Athens 2-3,000 took the streets responding to the callout of the Law school occupation for a demonstration. The cops seemed very passive, for once. There are rumours that they are running out of tear gas, which is why they had to play passive today. A large part of the demonstrators passing in front of the police lines spat at them, throwing them stones, paint.
Patras at least 5-6,000 people took the streets for the demonstration called by the university occupation and in response to the recent coordinated police &fascist attacks. Eyewitness says: “one of the most beautiful demonstrations I’ve ever been to. The atmosphere was simply amazing, an unprecedented amount of people on the streets… The riot police are still on the street, together with the hordes of their undercovers, but the demonstrators made them look so much weaker today”.
Thessaloniki Eyewitness account: “The demonstration, called by the occupation of the Theatre School of Thessaloniki, started off with around 500 people. High school students kept joining in though, so we ended up with 1,500-2,000 people marching through the working class suburbs of the city. The cops tried to provoke us but it was impossible. The most amazing thing about today’s demo was that the meet-up between the anarchists and the high school students that we were all hoping for, did happen”.
Komotini Reports are coming in on Athens IMC that the besieged students in the town’s campus have managed to leave. The students who were from the neighbouring city of Xanthi are on the way back; local students left the campus also. The fascists, undercovers etc who were following the demonstration with crowbards and knives, attacked and besieged the students with no excuse and no provocation from their side whatsoever. No passaran…
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great news!! im looking forward for images from the demonstration in Patras!
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How sure are we about Patras? It almost sounds to good to be true, 5000 protesters in a city of 170.000 inhabitants. Anyways, even if it is a bit overrated, who cares, this is great news. I’m really glad there’s less random violence.
Also, this is From Anarchist Strategic Center, who claims to have it from Inymedia UK:
From Indymedia UK: “Over 30 police vehicles, both marked and unmarked, were attacked in Bristol last night by anarchists with catapults. 2 sites were targetted, Broomhill Road in Brislington and Poplar Way in Avonmouth and extensive damage done. Seems like Big Brother can’t be watching everywhere.” Catapults? Any further information on this would be greatly appreciated.
pieter: it is true. we are talking of at least 5,000 (up to 6 or 7,000) on the street. This is unprecedented. This is historical. No passaran!
Pieter, check out http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/12/415093.html
Solid(A)rity with you from the SF Bay Area.
this is a good blog, thank you for the on the ground updates, the media here in the US is silent….
http://vice.typepad.com/vice_magazine/2008/12/greece—inside.html?cid=142409528#comment-142409528
Also lets use this as an opportunity to make contacts abroad.
The next couple of years are going to see major problems in europe. Lets make as much contact with other groups as we can, as close to and far from home as we are able.
I will keep following this, greetings from a group starting up in belgium.
In solidarity with you ! Keep up the fight, don’t let them crush you ; CRUSH THEM !
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Very very nice. Solidarity from The Netherlands. It’s beautifull to see so much people on the streets in Athen everyday to tell the state/business world that they should fuck off.
Jeroen, you have an emailadress or something for that group? I’m from Belgium too, hence.
Sadly enough not yet, we had planned to get together the beginning of Januari but considering all the recent events have decided to speed up. For the moment there is only a tiny core group, we’re getting together on sunday, ill let you know afterwards. The problem is the apathy of people in belgium.
Great, you can mail me at pieter.blomme@gmail.com if you have any news. There’s a manifestation in Gent, monday-evening btw. There’s more info about it on the site of the Anarchistisch Kollectief.
Beautiful, beautiful news.
Solidarity from Toronto, Canada, where the media is also silent. Thankfully I know what’s going on because my boyfriend lives in Thessaloniki for now and has been out there everyday since Saturday… but because he’s out until late, I can’t get much news for him, and your blog has been very informative
I wrote the mail down, ill keep you posted. Also thanks for the info just read about it via A-info’s.
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