Monthly Archives: December 2009

#155 | Urgent financial appeal by the Resalto Solidarity Fund

“Resalto” is the anarchist space in Western Athens that was raided by police on the evening of December 5th (background info on the case is here). The 22 comrades arrested during the brutal break-in of the space were released by the Piraeus Court at the dawn of Tuesday, December, 8th. However, the court imposed strict [...]

#154 | Antirepression actions continue / New wave of occupations of universities

Anti-repression demonstration took place yesterday in Thessaloniki too. About 2000 demonstrators. No riots erupted and no chemical gasses were used (something actually rare). Demonstrations yesterday also in Trikala, Chania, Rethymno, Giannena, and many neighborhoods of Athens. Also gatherings happened in metro stations and central squares of Athens and text were handed to people and read [...]

#153 | Anti-repression demonstration in Athens ends; cops still surrounding the Propylea buildings; attempts to close down the Law school radio station; Resalto arrestees’ bails run into tens of thousands of euros

The anti-repression demo that had been called for in Athens ended a few hours ago. Called by far-leftist groups (EEK, Network for Social and Political Rights, and others – sorry if forgetting someone and please add!) the demo was also joined by many anarchists. The cops, for a second concecutive night, were provokatedly standing in [...]

#152 | About the open selforganized space “Resalto”

Keratsini is the municipality, where the police raided the anarchist space Resalto and then raided the occupied town Hall as well, arresting 22 in Resalto and 41 in the Town Hall. Until now, some are set free and some other remain in the hands of the police. The Municipal Council of Keratsini published the following [...]

#151 | State and parastate working together…

In the video we see the police and hooded people with them to swear against the demonstrators and not allowing them to continue the demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsOBtTNJ-aA Who are these people mr. minister of protection of citizen? Are they protectors of the citizen too? The minister said that during the demonstrations the police didn’t even scratch [...]

#150 | Update (07 Dec)

It’s almost impossible to write a proper update of what is happening everywhere. Demonstrations took place in Monday in almost all cities and neighborhoods, especially from students. These are just some of the cities, that Athens IMC users informed about: In Kozani, occupation of the city hall in solidarity to the arrested and to denounce [...]

#149 | Student demonstration ends; clashes around the Polytechnic right now.

17.55 GMT+2 The administration building of the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki has just been occupied by students in protest against the violation of the academic asylum for a third consecutive day. From Saturday until Monday, at least 823 people have been detained across the country; of these, 159 have officially been arrested and charged. These [...]

#148 | Police brutality (photos) / update from thessaloniki

An update from Athens and other cities will come later, because now everyone is out to the streets. Demonstrations took place for second day in most cities. Many detentions or arrests and violence by the police. The oppression has no precedent. In Thessaloniki today a demonstration even bigger than yesterday took place. I believe about [...]