Once again in the last few weeks, we are standing before an unprecedented situation here in greece. The (suspicious, to say the least) injuring of a riot police cop has been followed by a frantic state and media attempt to shift the mood against the police and the state following the assassination of Alexandros. What is more, a sinister procedure is under way, aiming to terrorise the participants of the popular revolt and to criminalise all and any form of dissent: House raids in the country’s big cities follow one another; on the night of the shooting of the riot cop only, more than 75 people were detained following random raids in bars and cafes around Eksarhia, in Athens.
Our movement was public and open from the beggining, and will continue to be so -people here realise the importance of responding to the media/state hysteria with a mass presence in tomorrow’s demonstrations in Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras and across the country. An anarchist assembly is under way in the Athens Polytechnic at the moment.
There will be updates from the demos in Athens, Thessaloniki and Patras from this blog during the day tomorrow.
Banner dropped at the Aristotle University, Thessaloniki:
“Solidarity with K. Kuneva. Freedom to all the arrestees. Everyone to the streets, against the terrorism of the state and the bosses”
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This just in – OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA riots in response to police murder… check infoshop.org for more info…
Tomorrow’s a big day!
Coyote Can you paste link here please?
I can’t find this info.
Thanks
http://cbs5.com/ <–see video on the right
http://www.indybay.org/ <–lots of photos, video and reports
news.infoshop.org
your Athens riot map seems to be that of the b3ta toilet coin game …
sorry guys it was my google maps mewssing me about… now it makes alot more scence !
*~SPARK IN ATHENS, FIRE IN TORONTO~**
Recognize the system as flawed and transform it!
What: Solidarity rally with the Greek uprising
When: THIS Friday Jan 9 at 12 NOON
Where: Outside the Consulate General of Greece at 365 Bloor St. E (at Sherbourne)
Sponsored by: Association of Part-time Undergraduate Students, Common Cause, CUPE 3903, CUPE 3907, No One Is Illegal Toronto and Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
Why: Privatization of education, corporatization of campuses, barriers to immigration, police repression, poverty and institutionalized racism all led to the current uprising in Greece. We are struggling here with the very same issues! This is why we stand with our brothers and sisters in Greece.
Racist and Classist Police Brutality
Police murdered unarmed 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos on Dec 6 in Athens, the latest outrage in a long string of brutality. His death sparked an uprising by thousands of Greeks fed up with police controlling their communities. In Toronto we also see police brutality and impunity. Racial profiling is common practice and police actions disproportionately target youth, racialized and poor people. Toronto police regularly cover up and bury cases of brutality and corruption while obstructing the complaints process. The police will not yield their power or behave responsibly unless we fight back.
Unequal Access to Education
For many years in Greece, students have successfully fought off attempts to end universal access to higher education by organizing themselves, protesting and occupying their schools. In Canada, undergrad tuition fees have almost doubled over the last decade. This makes higher education impossible for many working class people without taking on crippling debts. Schools like U of T and Queens are moving towards self-regulation, allowing them to charge whatever they want.
Unemployment
Anger in Greece is fuelled by lay-offs and increasing rates of unemployment among young graduates accelerated by the global financial crisis. In Canada, we’re feeling these effects as we slide deeper into recession. The unemployed and those at risk of eviction will find gutted social assistance programs while banks and corporations, whose greed caused this crisis, get bailouts. The government, banks and corporations must be held accountable.
Attacks on Non-Status People and Union Organizers
In Greece, migrants and immigrants experience daily humiliation at the border and even murder by police and vigilantes. In December they took to the streets demanding justice and dignity. Organizers of predominantly immigrant and migrant unions face threats, assaults and death from company thugs. The rail company office has been occupied in response to the violent acid attack on Bulgarian union organizer Konstantina. Non-status people and migrant workers in Canada often face deportation if they stand up for their rights. Immigrants and migrant labourers face overwork, substandard accommodations, unsafe conditions, unliveable pay and overt racism.
Antifa Slovenia – Of course. Here are several links to the recent riot in Oakland.
http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20090108012120338
http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20090108012128340
http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=2009010801341349
http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=2009oscar-grant-riots
Oh sweet, some action in T-dot!!!
Fucking-A, I’m going to be in the city tomorrow around that time… I’ll see if I can make it! Just got to figure out how to get there!
i’ll be at the toronto demonstration in solidarity
Banner dropped at the Aristotle University, Thessaloniki? Doesn’t look like a banner to me. It’s a painting on the wall. Any idea what it says, anyone?
Stuff on Oakland:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/01/08/18559668.php
Some stuff happened tonight as well. It looks like this isn’t going to be the last demo like this is the bay…
The graffiti says the message typed in bold below the picture.
Solidarity with K. Kuneva
Freedom to all the arestees
Everyone to the streets
Against terrorism of the state and the
as it is writen directy beneath the photo
Haha, i was obsessed with the ‘banner’ i guess. Anyway, I wish you inspiring protests today in Greece and elsewhere. From Quito, Ecuador.
Couldn’t make it out to the Toronto solidarity rally – hope everything went well.
The Toronto picket was pretty good, we had about 100 people out and the speeches were very anti-capitalist and revolutionary. We’re doing a follow up talk and film screening next week hope you can make it!
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Community Forum on the Uprising in Greece and its Lessons for Toronto
RECOGNIZE THE SYSTEM AS FLAWED
AND TRANSFORM IT!
Saturday January 17, 5:30pm – 7:30pm
OISE, Room 2211 (252 Bloor St. W – 1⁄2 Block East of St. George St.)
ENDORSED BY: APUS, Common Cause, CUPE 3903, CUPE 3907, No One Is Illegal – Toronto, OCAP
• Toronto Organizers will speak on their experiences with direct action and disruption.
• A pre-recorded interview with an international activist who was involved in the December 2008 occupation of Athens Polytechnic.
• Clips from The Rehearsal (1974), a film recreating the events of the 1973 occupation of the Athens Polytechnic University by its students, an event that toppled a dictatorship.
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[...] ON THE GREEK RIOTS promises to report on its blog today concerning today’s mass demonstrations planned across Greece today, with an anarchist assemply currently taking place in the Athens Polytechnic. Demonstrations and riots in Greece have continued, more sporadically since Christmas, and this January 9 mobilization has been planned for at least a couple of weeks now. Also, check Twitter for any updates as people post them from Athens. [...]
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