tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24554598214983922872011-10-16T18:31:15.192-04:00Updates, News, Actions, and Photos of the 2008 Social Uprising in Greece. Dedicated to Alexandros Grigoropoulos and All Others Murdered by the State. We Will Never Forget! We Will Never Forgive!Dragannoreply@blogger.comBlogger1891100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455459821498392287.post-91947225923770374782011-01-19T02:27:00.002-05:002011-01-19T02:40:48.340-05:00

Koukoulofori: stories, lessons, and inspiration from the greek anarchist movementThis is a must read!!View PDF of Koukoulofori by clicking here. (Right click and select "save link as" to download.)

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The militant anarchist group “Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire” yesterday claimed responsibility for a bomb attack last Saturday on the Athens home of a former deputy minister and warned the newly appointed National Intelligence Service (EYP) chief that he could be the next target.In a proclamation posted on the Internet, the group – whose previous actions had been confined to gas canister attacks

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Farmers close highway againHundreds of peach farmers used their tractors to block key junctions of the national road network in the prefectures of Imathia and Pella yesterday for a second day in a row, causing traffic disruptions for several hours. The producers are seeking state compensation for 200,000 tons of peaches from their surplus production this year.Psychico explosionA vehicle belonging

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Strikes, hunger strikes and environmental action leading to clashes with riot police open week after weekend of state terror in Greece.After the weekend of terror in Greece, the mid-summer week has started with a wave of strikes and environmental actions, underlining that the spine of the movement is too strong to break.On Monday 13/7 trains across Greece came to a halt for 48h as a result of a

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(to be updated)In the early hours of Sunday, July 12 the refugee settlement adjacent to the port of Patras was “mysteriously” set on fire during a police operation. According to eye-witness reports, the police cordoned off the area surrounding the settlement at about 5 a.m. Four greek citizens in solidarity who were near the settlement were immediately detained. Moments later the cops started ID’

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Athens - A bomb exploded outside the home of the former Greek minister of the interior early Saturday, sparking fears of a renewed crime wave in the capital. Nobody was hurt in that attack, which followed an earlier drive-by shooting in which three migrant workers were slightly injured.On Friday night a bus transporting police officers came under fire from a masked gunman, with at least two shots

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Christos Markoyannakis (pictured, centre) is a vice-minister for the Greek government. Mr Markoyanakis is head of the Vice-Ministry of Public Order - and he certainly does not lack the experience to fill the position. He launched his pubic sector career being appointed in the position of attorney general during the dictatorship (1967-1974). Old habits die hard: In the picture below, Mr

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Thodoros Iliopoulos is an anarchist and the last prisoner of December’s revolt still in pre-trial detention. He has been in prison since December and as of yesterday is the only prisoner of the revolt to be denied bail - still. On July 9 the court of appeals made explicit, in rejecting Iliopoulos’ application, that it did so on the grounds that Iliopoulos is an anarchist and therefore a “danger

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Athens, July 7. The anarchist migrant solidarity demo was very succesful. Indymedia reports put the number of demonstrators at around 2-3,000 in Athens and another 1,000 in Thessaloniki. On July 7, for the first time ever, fascists (who, ONCE AGAIN, were attacking the demonstrators from within police lines) tried to throw molotov cocktails against the demonstrators. Luckily, the fascists have

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Recently the Greek state and its neonazi thugs seek to intensify their attacks on poor immigrants. Anarchists (most of them are of the anarchist-communist variety, those who read Bakunin and Kropotkin) and antiauthoritarians (a label that includes anyone fighting against state oppresion, not necessarily an anarchist) from Greece called for a march in Athens on 7 July 2009 at 19.00 o'clock,

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Police officers have been assaulted and threatened in the notorious Cretan village of Zoniana, the scene of a botched raid two years ago, in an incident that has been kept quiet for several weeks, sources told Sunday’s Kathimerini.Three local police officers were allegedly beaten and threatened that they would be killed after they followed a pickup truck that had crashed into their vehicle and

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ATHENS, Greece- Police say a small incendiary device has exploded under the parked car of a top Greek judge in Athens, causing damage to the vehicle but no injury.Panayiotis Pikramenos, the newly appointed Council of State president, was not near the car at the time of the brazen midday attack near the court in the city center Thursday.Police say the homemade device consisted of four camping gas

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Athens - A radical left-wing group Wednesday threatened to target politicians and journalists in a proclamation sent to a newspaper following the killing of an anti-terrorism policeman last week. In the nine-page document sent to the Greek daily Ta Nea, the militant group Rebel Sect claimed responsibility for killing the officer, the worst attack since riots rocked the country in December. '

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--Mainstream Media News Source from eTaiwanNews--A small Greek militant group has claimed responsibility for the fatal shooting of an anti-terrorist policeman guarding a witness in central Athens.In a proclamation sent to the Ta Nea newspaper, which published it in full Wednesday, the Sect of Revolutionaries threatened further "political executions," mainly of police employees."We will strike all

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ATHENS (Reuters) - A self-styled anarchist who turned himself into Greek police claiming responsibility for the murder of a British diplomat's bodyguard in 2004 will be detained pending a trial, a court official said Tuesday.Nikos Kountardas, who turned himself in Friday, has previously served a sentence for hooliganism and is separately facing trial for taking part in the beating of a former

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According to a decision by the appeals committee of the city of Komotini, the detention of Nikos Kountardas will come to an end tomorrow morning. Nikos will be set free once the bail of 3,000 euros, demanded by the committee, is paid. The new bail conditions also include, once again, that he signs off at the police station of Xanthi once a month. From athens imc: “The struggle of doctors, lawyers

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Anarchists in solidarity with the purged immigrants of Agios Panteleimonas ventured once again to open the public playground which is kept locked by fascists in favor of segregation, leading to battle with riot police and five arrests.On Tuesday 9/06 anarchists in solidarity to immigrants who are being daily terrorised by fascist thugs of the Golden Dawn neonazi party and their local allies in

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A group of about 20 unidentified arsonists damaged three parked cars and a motorcycle but hurt no individuals early yesterday after hurling several Molotov cocktails at a riot police unit that had been stationed on the corner of Harilaou Trikoupi and Didotou streets in the central Athens district of Exarchia. After the attack, the perpetrators fled on foot, all of whom managed to elude

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Translator’s note: Yorgos Voutsis-Vogiatzis is an anarchist prisoner in Greece, held over an unsuccessful robbery. The short letter translated and published below was issued exactly one week ago, in response to an inmate’s death that Yorgos eye-witnessed. A NIGHT IN THE PRISON CELLDeath rattles follow one another; blood coming out from the mouth and nose. Pulses drop, the heart stops giving a

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On June 10, the attorney general responsible for Nikos’ case issued a recommendation according to which Nikos should be released with an additional bail. It is now down to the court of Komotini (in NE Greece) to make a final decision on Nikos’ immediate release. Noting that attorney generals tend to be conservative in their suggestions, it is highly anticipated that Nikos should be released

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A branch of Emporiki Bank in the Toumba area of Thessaloniki was damaged during an arson attack early yesterday. Assailants left a crude incendiary device made of cooking gas canisters outside the bank at about 4.30 a.m. About 20 minutes later, Molotov cocktails were thrown at a corner shop nearby. It was not clear if the two incidents were related. No injuries were reported.From Ekathimerini

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A group of hooded youths threw six Molotov cocktails at a police station in Patras early yesterday, causing minor damage but no injuries. The police station came under attack at about 5.30 a.m. The firebombs damaged the road surface, but the fire did not spread to the building nor the cars parked there. The assailants sped off on motorcycles. No arrests were made.From Ekathimerini

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Police firebombedA group of about 10 people wearing hoods threw Molotov cocktails at a police station in the northern Athens suburb of Melissia early yesterday. Nobody was hurt in the incident but six cars were seriously damaged. The guard on duty fired warning shots into the air, while another officer threw two stun grenades in an attempt to deter the assailants. Some of the attackers escaped on

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Seven hooded assailants threw Molotov cocktails and paint at the guard posts outside the Secretariat General for Information and Communication in Neos Cosmos, near central Athens, yesterday. The attack, which occurred at about 4 p.m., led to one guard post being destroyed but no injuries.From Ekathimerini

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Letter by anarchist A.Kiriakopoulos, who was captured during the days of the December uprising. He is one of the 6 people that still remain captives of the state for the events of December. In the next 2 weeks they will be coming in front of a board of judges who will determine wheteher they will be let free until their trialFive months after the explosive events of December, the mass arrests and

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(reposted from athens imc with some minor alterations)On Saturday May 16 anarchist Nikos Kountardas was ordered in pre-trial detention under the pretext of his supposed non-abiding to the bail conditions previously set to him. Nikos had been ordered to appear to his local police station (in the northern city of Xanthi) twice a month. At his previous appearance he was informed he could not sign

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Mainstream media in Greece are reporting today that A. Kougias, the lawyer representing both murderer-cop Korkoneas and his fellow cop and accomplice present at Alexis’ assassination, has applied for bail for them both, pending their trial. Kougias has demanded that his application is considered within 10 days. Kougias is the lawyer who claimed Alexis’ death was “god’s will” [sic] and that it was

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Nikos Kountardas is off thirst strike, continues hunger strike - realease decision expected MondayLast night, Nikos Kountardas was informed that there will be a court date set for him - and so, it seems, he is ending his thirst strike. Nikos continues to be on hunger strike, demanding his immediate release. It now seems likely that his demand will be decided upon tomorrow (Monday, 25.5). There is

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(updates will follow)* A solidarity demonstration has been called for Saturday, 23.5 at noon, outside the Nikaia hospital in Athens.On Saturday 16 May anarchist Nikos Kountardas was ordered in pre-trial detention under the pretext of his supposed non-abbiding to the bail conditions previously set to him. Nikos had been ordered to appear to his local police station (in the northern city of Xanthi)

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On Wednesday night (20.05) police raided a coffee house on Acharnon Street in Athens, mostly frequented by migrants. During a “routine check” (which often includes the intimidation and humiliation of the subjects of these checks), a policeman teared apart a copy of the koran, belonging to one of the migrants under search.At least 15 demonstrators were detained on Friday night. On Thursday, when

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--Mainstream News from Kathimerini--Suspected anarchists staged a barrage of arson attacks in Athens and Thessaloniki early yesterday, causing damage to firms supplying military and security equipment as well as car dealerships supplying police but causing no injuries.The blasts in the capital, caused by gas canister bombs, targeted several stores in the city and northern suburbs. In most cases

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Athens, 09.05. The neo-fascist group “Golden Dawn” (Chrisi Augi), had today called for a racist demonstration “against migrants” in Omonoia, Athens’ most central square - and one with a major migrant population. The photograph above depicts members of the Greek Riot police (MAT) side-by-side to members of the “Golden Dawn” (all wearking black helmets and carrying wrapped-up greek flags). Plenty

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In Athens an impressive block of at 2,500-3,000 people marched across the centre, passing by nearly all of the city’s political occupations. The demonstration, comprising mostly of anarchists, attacked banks and CCTV cameras all along the way. Police response was some (completely unprovoked) detentions at the end of the demo and a near-choreographic, supposed show of force by the newly formed “

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According to Athens Indymedia, around 60-80 police motorcycles entered the grounds of Athens University in the suburb of Zografou, blatantly violating the academic asylum. They entered after clashes with local football hooligans that left at least two police motorcycles burnt and a few policemen injured. There were many detentions and at least two arrests.Today (28.04) is a national day of

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Thessaloniki (15/4): Communiqué of attack against British college in solidarity with G20 and Nottingham arrestees: “Return to normality will never come”First, a short introduction. Attacks of this type (so called “camping-gas bomb” attacks, or simply “gazakia” in Greek, or like in this case, the smashing of window shops etc) have been taking place in Greece’s major cities for a while. Usual

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Police-state threats of extraordinary measures of repression and control fail to hamper social antagonism in Greece.The week before Easter was marked by rising tension in a wide range of social milieus in Greek cities in a climate of defiance to police-state promises made almost daily by the frail right-wing government. On Monday 7/4 the government called a closed doors security meeting

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Arsonists planted incendiary devices at Greece's main Orthodox cathedral and three other churches Thursday in a provocative new round of anarchist violence since major riots in December.Police said one device exploded causing minor damage outside the Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity in the port of Piraeus, near the Greek capital. No one was hurt when the crude gasoline device went off at

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ATHENS, Greece, April 3 (UPI) -- A man shot and wounded two Greek police officers Friday in Athens' Kypseli residential district and fled the scene on a motorbike, authorities said.The two officers were taken to a hospital. One, 30, was was critically wounded in the neck and the other, 26, suffered light head injuries. the Athens News Agency reported.The assailant approached the officers and

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Mainstream media falsely report that the occupation of the administration building of the Aristotle University is over and that an agreement has been reached with the occupiers. Truth is, that the administration has been forced to issue a statement condemning (even if vaguely) subcontracting as a policy- yet no concrete action has yet been announced on its side. The occupation continues at least

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The prisoners in the prison of Thiva (mainland Greece, approx. 100km NW of Athens –trans.) have also revolted. This is a “drug detox” prison and it is also where Katerina Goulioni was held before her death. Prisoners in Thiva revolted after hearing that, even after Katerina’s death, people from outside were not allowed to visit and bring them news. Innitial reports state that one of the prison’s

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“The biggest expectations lie ahead of us and we find ourselves in the joyous position of seeking ways to drift along with them”From 8 a.m. this morning (19.03) tens of comrades occupied a building on the corner of Patision Ave and Skaramaga Str (right between the Athens Polytechnic and the Economics University in Athens– trans). Works inside have already started; a soundsystem has been set up

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According to various newssite reports,prisoner Katerina Goulioni, prisoner and militant prisoners’ rights activist, has died in police custody this morning.UPDATE, 15.48 Latest comments from IMC Athens reveal that Katerina was on the same boat to Crete with fascist prisoner “Periandros”. Periandros attacked anarchist prisoner Yannis Dimitrakis outside the boat (Yannis is in the hospital but is

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Reports are coming in that, approximately 20 minutes ago (12:30 GMT+2, Greek time) a group of around 50 people attacked high-stret shops in the affluent central Athens area of Kolonaki. Multinational outlets such as Benetton, Sisley, Zara and Rococo were smashed while leaflets calling for the liberation of Yorgos Voutsis-Votzatzis, an anarchist prisoner, were distributed. Kolonaki is the most

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ATHENS, March 9 -- Groups of youths on Monday afternoon attacked and vandalized two bank branches in Athens, using stones, sticks and other objects, and no injury was reported. The incidents occurred at around 2 p.m. local time. Youngsters broke the windows of the National Bank of Greece branch in the center of Athens and a Proton Bank branch in the city. Earlier Monday, a strong explosion

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A bomb has exploded outside the offices of Citibank in Athens, the Greek capital, damaging the building and nearby cars.The device, which was detonated at around 0300 local time, was planted behind the bank in the suburb of Psychiko."The bomb exploded at the rear of the bank's building breaking its windows and damaging two cars parked outside the bank," a police official said.So far no group has

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Protest marches in response to the fascist-parastate handgrenade attack against the Immigrants’ Social Centre in Athens erupt in riots seeing neonazi national offices burned.Riots broke out twice during the last week, both times in during protest marches against the fascist-parastate attack against the Immigrants’ Social Center in Exarcheia with a hand-grenade on the 24th of February.During the

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On the early hours of Tuesday, six carriages of the Athens-Piraeus Railway (ISAP) were petrol-bombed and burnt. According to eye-witnesses and the proclamation issued by the group that claimed responsibility for the attack, no passengers or staff were put at risk during the attack as they were asked to vacate the carriages before hand.According to Railway officials and mainstream media reports,

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Hundreds of suspected anarchists caused serious damage to the central offices of conservative newspaper Apogevmatini and torched several parked cars early yesterday (February 26) afternoon after breaking off from a rally protesting a hand grenade attack on a left-wing human rights group and immigrant support network in Exarchia on Tuesday night.About 1,000 people participated in the protest rally

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Faceless:(A text distributed on the streets of Athens these days. See this post for some background information on Konstantina’s case)The attack against Konstantina Kuneva wasn’t a murderous one. Her likely death as a result of this attack was a secondary issue for the pigs who conducted it. The sulfuric acid was used for her stigmatisation, her degradation, her disgrace. For her return to order,

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On the night of February 24 the Haunt of Migrants on Tsamadou Street in Exarcheia was attacked while an assembly of the Association of Conscientious Objectors was taking place inside: A hand-grenade was thrown from outside. Luckily the building’s window was shut and double-glazed - the first layer of the window broke but the hand-grenade bounced off and exploded outside.What follows is a

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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The helicopter company offered "escapes ... to idyllic destinations." But this wasn't the kind of flight it had in mind.For the second time in nearly three years, a notorious bank robber was lifted out of a prison where he was being held along with his Albanian accomplice in a rented chopper amid fire from prison guards. Within hours, hundreds of people had joined more than

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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police on Wednesday destroyed a powerful car bomb left outside the offices of Citibank in a northern Athens suburb.A guard at the offices called police after seeing the car being abandoned, and the bomb squad destroyed the device shortly before 7 a.m. (0500GMT), police spokesman Panagiotis Stathis said. A police statement later said at least three people were seen

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In the night of January 13th 2009, an incendiary device, composed of gas canisters and gasoline, exploded in the entrance of the (police) commissariat of Evomos (region of Thessalonica), and damaged the windows in the facade and the ventilation system. Shortly after, the police arrested the 26 year old anarchist Ilias Nikolau, who does not live far from there. Ilias was, together with Dimitra

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ATHENS, Greece: Authorities in Greece say a police station and a luxury car dealership in Athens were targeted in overnight arson attacks, causing damage but no injuries.Police say 14 luxury cars burned up in the Halandri area after small cooking gas canisters were set off at the dealership and started a fire.In Wednesday's second incident, small gas canisters exploded outside a police station in

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To read in broken english copy and paste using Google Translator If anyone has a clean translation please post it in the comments.Here's the statement:ΟΣΟΙ ΔΕΝ ΟΠΛΙΖΟΝΤΑΙ πεθαίνουν. Όσοι δεν πεθαίνουν είναι θαμμένοι ζωντανοί στις φυλακές, στα αναμορφωτήρια, στα πέτρινα φέρετρα των νέων στεγαστικών προγραμμάτων, στα ασφυκτικά σχολεία, στις κατακαίνουργιες κουζίνες και κρεβατομαρες, τις γεμάτες

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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities said Wednesday a previously unknown group has claimed responsibility for a gunfire and grenade attack on an Athens precinct.The statement was found in a computer disk left on the grave of a teenager whose shooting by police sparked massive riots last year.A police statement said a group calling itself Sect of Revolutionaries claimed it carried out Tuesday's

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A homemade explosive device planted outside a building housing the office of former Agriculture Minister Savvas Tsitouridis caused minor damage but no injuries when it detonated late last night. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.from Kathimerini.com

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ATHENS, Greece — Police fired tear gas and clashed with farmers for a second straight day Tuesday at Greece's largest port of Piraeus.The violence occurred after police stopped protesters who sailed from the island of Crete with their tractors to stage a protest in the capital, Athens.Several ferry services were disrupted, as some of the more than 1,000 farmers at Piraeus hurled rocks and planks

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ATHENS, Greece (AP) A suspected left-wing terror group attacked a police station in Athens Tuesday, shooting at the building and throwing a hand grenade, a month after a similar attack seriously wounded a policeman.Anti-terrorist police were investigating the pre-dawn shooting in the Korydallos district of western Athens, in which three attackers wearing hoods and helmets opened fire on the

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A branch of Emporiki Bank in Ambelokipi, central Athens, was seriously damaged early on Saturday when assailants threw petrol bombs and camping gas canisters inside the building. Police said that the attack took place at about 1 a.m. Nobody was hurt.Found at Ekathimerini.com

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Bank blastAn improvised explosive device made out of gas canisters detonated shortly before 3 a.m. outside a branch of Probank in Thessaloniki yesterday. The explosion provoked a fire that caused minor damage to the facade of the bank before the local fire brigade arrived to extinguish it. No injuries were reported.Rash of robberiesYesterday there was a spate of five bank robberies and one attack

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A parked car belonging to the Saudi Arabian Embassy in the affluent Athens district of Neo Psychico was damaged in an arson attack early yesterday morning that caused no injuries. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack that was carried out using a homemade explosive device. Last April two cars belonging to the Saudi Arabian Embassy were torched in Athens in attacks subsequently

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VASILIS IKONOMOU/REUTERSFarmers sit next to a tractor during a blockade of the main highway linking Athens to northern Greece near the central town of Volos yesterday. Unimpressed with a government aid offer, farmers blocked road junctions, causing long traffic jams on a fourth day of protests. Farmers want higher subsidies to offset falling commodity prices.Protesting farmers yesterday rejected

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Riots and clashes between extreme leftists groups and the police took place in Athens followed the peaceful march and rally in support of Kostadina Kuneva, a Bulgarian national working in a Greek syndicate, who was attacked and burned by acid in December.Anarchists, who had joined the march, started throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at the policemen who were guarding a government building,

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Farmers from northern Greece all the way down to Crete carried through with their promise to take drastic action as part of their protests against plummeting prices for crops, which they claim have led to their incomes shrinking.The vociferous and disruptive protests have prompted the government to begin drawing up plans to provide financial support for farmers.More than 500 tractors blocked the

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THESSALONIKI, Greece - Two months after her kiosk was torched in local riots an elderly woman from Thessaloniki has received an unlikely cash gift from anarchists to rebuild her life, a press report said on Tuesday."As anarchists, we felt we should support a fellow human victimized by blind violence," an organization calling itself Anarchist Initiative said in a statement sent to Eleftherotypia

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Approximately 100 anarchists attacked a demonstration of fascists and right wingers at an anti-immigration rally in the Aghios Panteleimon district of central Athens, which has a large immigrant population. Police intervened after scores of youths wearing motorcycle helmets and armed with sticks pelted each other with stones, bottles and flares.

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A prominent Greek shipping tycoon who was kidnapped at gunpoint near his home in broad daylight was freed today after his family paid a ransom, Greek police said.Pericles Panagopoulos, 74, the founder of Greek ferry operator Superfast Ferries, was abducted in broad daylight by three armed men with AK47s near his home in Kavouri, a coastal suburb of Athens, on 12 January.Panagopoulos, who police

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Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:33pm GMTBy Renee MaltezouATHENS, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The wife of a Greek shipping tycoon who was abducted at gunpoint in Athens six days ago appealed to his kidnappers on Saturday to contact her, saying she was ready to pay the ransom.Pericles Panagopoulos, founder of Greek ferry operator Superfast Ferries, was snatched along with his driver in broad daylight by three armed men

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**RESIST! OCCUPY! TRANSFORM! SUSTAIN!**WHEN: Saturday, Jan 17 5:30 pm – 7:30 pmWHERE: OISE (252 Bloor St. W at St. George) room 2211 (2nd flr)ENDORSED BY: APUS, Common Cause, CUPE 3903, CUPE 3907, No One Is Illegal - Toronto, OCAP

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ATHENS - Greek far-left outfit Revolutionary Struggle on Thursday threatened fresh attacks on police after two hits in which a young policeman was injured and called for an armed uprising to overthrow capitalism.In an eight-page manifesto published in Greek weekly Pontiki, the elusive group considered Greece's most dangerous extremist organisation said it fired on police to avenge the fatal

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Wrap-up of the situation in Greece; UK solidarity events and Occupied London #4 coming upThis blog started off three days after Alexis’ assassination, as a minimum attempt to publicise information straight out of Greece on the riots (which quickly turned in a full-scale revolt!). Around seventy posts and more than one thousand comments later, we are closing a (first) round. One of the main

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ATHENS, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Greece's most militant left-wing guerrilla group claimed responsibility on Wednesday for the shooting of a policeman last week and two other attacks, police sources said.The Revolutionary Struggle urban guerrillas said in a pamphlet sent to a weekly publication they were behind the shooting, which left a 21-year-old police officer seriously wounded, as well as an attack

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OFFICER RECOVERINGPoliceman gunned down in Exarchia breathing unaidedThe 21-year-old police officer seriously injured in an attack by unidentified gunmen in Exarchia last week was yesterday breathing unassisted and showing gradual signs of recovery, doctors said. Diamantis Mantzounis, who last week underwent a second operation to stop a stomach hemorrhage, was “stable but improving,” according to

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International mainstream media report this morning that the planned US shipment of ammunition from Greece to Israel has been canceled. The reason for this is still a bit unclear: While the international media claim the decision was made by the Pentagon in light of the proximity of the Israeli port of Ashdod (the shipment’s destination) to Gaza, Greek mainstream media paint a very different story:

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Athens - The owner of a large Greek shipping company was kidnapped near his home in Athens by armed men Monday, in the third such abduction of a prominent businessman in Greece within six months. Pericles Panagopoulos, the founder of Greek ferry operator Superfast Ferries, was abducted by three men carrying Kalashikov assault rifles as he was being driven to work. His driver was reportedly set

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Mainstream media reports have revealed that the U.S. Navy is attempting to ship 325 20-foot containers of ammunition (over 3000 tons) from the private greek port of Astakos to Israel, in an emergency shipment of arms to aid the occupation in its ongoing war crimes against the Palestinian people in Gaza. Information as for when this shipment will be attempted is conflicting; possible dates are the

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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine calls upon the Greek movement, the Greek people and all international progressive forces to halt the planned shipment of U.S. arms to Israel from the Greek port of AstakosThe Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine calls upon the Greek movement, the Greek people and all international progressive forces to halt the planned shipment of U.S.

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Video taken on Friday January 9th, 2009.Police attack crowd of student demonstrators unprovoked.

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The 21-year-old police officer seriously injured in an attack by unidentified gunmen in Exarchia was under observation yesterday after undergoing a second operation to stop a stomach hemorrhage.Diamantis Mantzounis was said to be in a critical but stable condition following the operation, which was carried out without complications, according to doctors. The operation was deemed necessary after

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On the morning of January 9th, the offices of OIKOMET (the employers of Konstintina Kuneva) were trashed as a response to the brutal attack (READ ARTICLE HERE) on the Bulgarian immigrant syndilcalist, K. Kuneva. OIKOMET provides cleaners to major banks and state services such as the Metro system and the National Electric company.Photos of OIKOMET offices getting trashed

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January 9, about 100 demonstrators gathered in the Greek embassy to show our solidarity with the people of Gaza and with the Greek Insurrection.Although we were at all times surrounded and harassed by police and other law enforcement entities, we managed to block the main street to shout and show our flags and signs. From the "Viva Anarchist Greece" written on one of the banners to the "

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Crimethinc's article "how to organize an insurrection" now in easy to print pdf zine format available for download here

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15:38 Massive Athens demo ends; people retreat in the university; air gun found by demonstrators; Patras and Thessaloniki demos set to start16:28 At least 60 detentions so far. Police have surrounded the Law School and Propylea and make mass arrests. Mainstream media report there are around 8,000 police on the streets of Athens with clear orders to make mass arrests.15:29 The first tear gas

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Athens blastsArsonists target a bank and a coffee shop, causing damageUnidentified assailants firebombed a bank in the Athens neighborhood of Kato Petralona early yesterday, causing minor damage but no injuries. The blast, cause by a device consisting of gas canisters, damaged the bank’s facade and a scooter parked nearby. Earlier yesterday, arsonists targeted a branch of the US coffee shop chain

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This is an update on the most critical events of the past two weeks in GreeceIt is true, I haven't made any posts for a long time now, but that doesn't mean that things in Greece are dead. On the contrary. I will try to give you an update on the most critical events on the past two weeks. Attack against Konstantina Kuneva:On the 23rd of December, Konstantina Kuneva, a Bulgarian migrant worker in

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Rough translation of a posting on Athens indymedia, (Read Original Text in Greek Here) 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 be pulling out some of its oldest and dirtiest tricks

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05:13 Riot cop shot in Eksarhia, Athens; dozens of detentions in the area; house raids have started(Breaking news)UPDATE, 05.13 At approximately 3.23 this morning a riot cop was shot while guarding a building of the ministry of culture in Eksarhia. Mainstream media outlets confirmed the news; apparently the riot cop is injured (not in a life-threatening condition) and currently undergoing an

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3 January 2009 In Lausanne, manif "reclaim the street" with banners and blocking traffic on the main crossroads in the city. Photo.1st January 2009 In London, attacked two banks and tags in solidarity with the rioters Greek.Found at: Non-Fides.fr

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Arsonists attacked more than 20 banks and businesses in Athens and Thessaloniki during New Year’s celebrations early on Thursday.Over a period of two hours, six bank branches, two ATMs, four car dealerships and five parked cars in various parts of Athens were attacked with Molotov cocktails. There were no injuries reported.In Thessaloniki, firebombs caused damage to six shops, a department store

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14:11 New year prisoner solidarity actions across the country; solidarity to K. Kuneva strengthens; build-up to Jan 9 demonstrations beginsOn the 23d of December Konstantina Kuneva, a migrant cleaner and militant union organiser at the Athens Piraeus Electric Railway (ISAP), had sulphuric acid thrown at her face as she was returning home from work. She is still in critical condition. Even if

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Koridalos prison (Athens)

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New year's eve, most of the people choose to stay in their houses or go to bars, all celebrating the coming of the new year. However there are people who at these times choose to stand close to those who are alone, locked away and forgotten and there are people who believe that the social struggle never ends.In Athens, around 1000 took part. They first started at the mens prison and then

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“We occupy today the Thessaloniki Trade Unions Center to resist state oppression expressed in murders and terrorism against working people. We occupy the Trade Unions Center and obstruct its administration; we do not obstruct the workings of 1st degree unions; far from it, we appeal to them and to working people to join this common struggle”The occupation of the Trade Unions Center of

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Monday Dec. 29 2008Hackers Against Oppression have called for Electronic Civil Disobedience in Solidarity with Greek Anarchists on Wednesday Dec 31, the final day of December. December is the month in which Alexandros Grigoropoulos, a 15-year-old Anarchist, was murdered in cold blood by Greek Police. It is also the month that will forever be remembered by all those who struggle. Minutes after his

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Rough ride for Zoniana policeThree policemen were slightly injured and their patrol cars damaged when residents of the notorious Cretan village of Zoniana attempted to prevent them from arresting a fellow villager who was wanted for attempted murder.The officers were tipped off on Sunday night that the 35-year-old suspect was at a cafe in the village, and moved in to arrest him. However, some 20

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This is only the first set of answers to come in from our Greek comrades. We hope shortly to receive further perspectives from other elements of the Greek uprising, so we can provide a comprehensive background on the context and dynamics of the revolt. If you or someone you know is situated to give your own answers to these questions, please email them to us at rollingthunder@crimethinc.com.-How

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The greek version of the text below was distributed in the occupied Economics University of Athens (and elsewhere, I imagine) in the first week of the revolt. The photo is from Athens yesterday, posted on Indymedia. At first sight the image and the text might seem to clash - yet this is one good reason why I wanted to put them together… Do hold in mind that Greece has no historical memory of May

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The Occupation of the Polytechnic ended at midnight of the 24th of December – The struggle continues…ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE POLYTECHNIC OCCUPATIONImmediately after the murder of Alexandros Grigoropoulos by the special police guard Ep. Korkoneas and the first clashes in the streets of Exarchia, the Polytechnic university was occupied and turned into a focus for the expression of social rage. Being a

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December 24, 2008 In Milan, a police car and four cars on fire the municipal police, tag solidarity with insurgents in nearby Greek. At Bochum, Germany, on the night of 23 to 24, the police headquarters was attacked in the paint in solidarity.Translated from: Non-Fides.fr

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