Monthly Archives: January 2009

“Our answer will be given on the streets”: final build-up for January 9 demonstrations

Thursday, January 8, 2009

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 [...]

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“Was the riot cop shooting orchestrated by the state?”

Monday, January 5, 2009

Rough translation of a posting on Athens indymedia, the day after a riot cop was shot in Eksarhia, Athens. The text below is important as it seems to reflect a sentiment shared with the majority of the people in the anarchist, and the wider antagonist social movement in the country: The greek state seems to [...]

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#37 05:13 Riot cop shot in Eksarhia, Athens; dozens of detentions in the area; house raids have started

Monday, January 5, 2009

(Breaking news) UPDATE, 12:12 As reported in mainstream media, the riot cop was shot twice (at the thigh and near the shoulder). He underwent an operation and is in a non-life threatening condition. According to the cops, 72 people were detained over the night in Eksarhia. Indymedia reports put the number up to as many [...]

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#36, 14:11 New year prisoner solidarity actions across the country; solidarity to K. Kuneva strengthens; build-up to Jan 9 demonstrations begins

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Update, 01.10 photos (from Athens IMC) from today’s solidarity demo with Konstantina in her neighbourhood (Petralona, in Athens) “Konstantina is not alone, ISAP-OIKOMET, murderers” The ticket validation machines of the local metro station, smashed during the demo (outside a bank) “Burn me! I’m drinking your blood” On the 23d of December Konstantina Kuneva, a migrant [...]

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Pretty Objects of Revolt

Thursday, January 1, 2009

reposted from here. “What you feel as the intimate estrangement of corporeal need is what I feel as the estranged intimacy of desire: your need is my want; my want is your need” – Sade The cradle of democracy is burning. It may change its frequency, its duration and its specific location, but I want [...]

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