Daily Archives: May 6th, 2010

#282 | Protest in front of the parliament comes under attack as austerity package is voted in

Thursday, May 6, 2010

7,000-8,000 protesters gathered at Parliament Square (Syntagma) again tonight, while in the parliament PASOK government’s parliamentary majority together with the extreme right-wing party LAOS were approving their own (and IMF’s) new austerity package. At about 21.30 GMT+2 and without any obvious reason, riot police attacked the protesters: Some of the protesters are currently (22.00 GMT+2) gathering at the Polytechnic School building in Patision [...]

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#281 | Names of the dead announced; bank workers strike today in memory; police launch unprecedented attacks in Athens

Thursday, May 6, 2010

The names of the three bank workers who died in the Marfin bank branch that was set alight have been announced. They are Paraskeui Zoulia, 35; Aggeliki Papathanasopoulou, 32 and Epameinondas Tsakalis, 36. We are all very shocked and saddened by their tragic deaths and it is extremely hard to keep on reporting from here [...]

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#280 | Statement by the Skaramanga squat in Athens regarding today’s events: The murderers “mourn” their victims

Thursday, May 6, 2010

The statement below was issued a few hours ago by the anarchist squat of Skaramanga and Patision in Athens. The murderers “mourn” their victims (Regarding today’s tragic death of 3 people) The enormous strike demonstration which took place today, 5th of May turned into a social outflow of rage. At least 200,000 people of all [...]

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