Greek anarchists dropped a banner at a supermarket in Patras, promoting feminist initiatives during the pandemic, saying "The fight against gender inequality cannot be put under quarantine. Lockdown the patriarchy, power, and capital!".
Hundreds of anarchists and students marched on the Agio Venizelou in Thessaloniki in protest against the planned reintroduction of cops on campus, standing off with police and blockading traffic. No arrests were made, in a new development after the heavy crackdown on protests during the anniversaries of the Polytechnic Uprising and the 2008 riots.
About 60 student anarchists in Patras gathered at Georgiou Square to demand that the plan to reintroduce cops on college campuses be revoked, hanging a banner in the area. Police blocked the road to protesters, who eventually retreated after a standoff.
Hundreds of students gathered at the Propylaea in Athens to protest against the planned reintroduction of police onto college campuses, as they had been banned since the Polytechnic Uprising of 1973. Police kettled the crowd in but did not otherwise assault the demonstrators, as it would further reinforce their point.
Demonstrators gathered in Athens in front of the Elta Courier postage delivery office, demanding the reinstitution of the trade unionist Akis G. after being fired for attempting to unionize his workplace. Many criticize the company's practice of hiring employees as contractors instead of providing them with the proper benefits that they would be entitled to under permanent employment.
Members of the Anarchist Political Organization and the anarchist Cycle of Fire organization dropped a banner in Athens demanding protection and PPE for prisoners, or their immediate release from prisons for the remainder of the pandemic.
Anarchists in Athens dropped banners in Petralona in solidarity with Errol, an anarchist jailed by the Greek state for protesting in the Amygdaleza internment center and set to be deported to France in what many call purely political imprisonment.
Anarchists in Greece under the Save Greek Mountains campaign dropped a banner calling on the government to halt plans to build wind power on the Agrafa Mountains within the Rhodope mountain range, which would cause deforestation and loss of life for the birds of the area. The Rhodope Mountain range is shared by Bulgaria and Greece near the Evros River, […]
Teachers' and doctors' unions held a protest in Korai Square, Athens, and were surrounded by police forces seemingly fearing a riot breaking out by the hands of educators and medical workers. Demonstrators were then harassed while leaving, but no actual confrontations nor arrests occurred.
Anarchists in Patras hung 2 banners in a southern park and the pedestrian street of Gerokostopoulo in solidarity with inmates stuck in prisons experiencing the brutality of being in the captivity of the state in the midst of a pandemic. Demonstrators also expressed solidarity with 2 anarchists arrested in Athens during a protest outside the office of the general secretary.
Greek communists and anarchists in Athens tagged graffiti and dropped banners across the city in solidarity with Aytaç Ünsal, a Turkish lawyer arrested for connections to the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP-C), a Marxist-Leninist insurgent organization. He was recently released from a 13-year sentence after going on a death fast for 213 days, a week after his colleague Ebru Timtik died after 238 days.
35 protesters gathered in Eastern Thessaloniki to condemn the state management of the pandemic, attacking the banning of protests while the Prime Minister of Greece continues to violate quarantine and keep nonessential businesses open. Provided that it was a flash protest, everyone participating had dispersed by the time that police arrived on the scene.
Activists in Athens representing the Anarchist Federation dropped a banner outside of the European Central Bank in the city as part of the international day of solidarity with the political prisoners of the Chilean state. Many have been kept in isolation for months under the guise of quarantine restrictions, and have not seen family members in a time period that […]
Anarchists in Exarchia, Athens, took to the streets demanding amnesty for the political prisoners arrested during the December 6 protests on the anniversary of the murder of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos. They began a protest at his murder site and later marched out in the dozens demanding charges be dropped against the arrested the day before. Delta riot police responded by chasing the tail of the protest and arrested several.
About 30 protesters gathered in the Cretan city of Chania to protest on the 12th anniversary of the police murder of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos in Athens. Greek riot police then proceeded to attack the demonstrators, arresting at least 5 and causing several injuries. About 30 protesters gathered in the Cretan city of Chania to protest on the 12th anniversary of […]
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