Refugees trying to reach safety in Europe get stuck in Greece: Once in Europe, they have to remain in the country they first arrived in. They speak about lack of basic support like housing, clothing and food and daily racist abuse. Not only by fascists like Golden Dawn, but also Greek people – and the police. WATCH VIDEO HERE!

This is a first glimpse into an issue that we are working on. We…

The growth of rank and file committees, featuring the three longest all out strikes ever in Greece (steel factory, national newspaper & TV station), plus hospital occupations.

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- Refections from participants in the Finsbury Square Occupy camp, which is due for eviction in the near future



- A discussion about the social impacts of default, specifically looking at the parallels between contemporary Greece and the Argentina of 10 years ago



- An interview on 'take the flour back', an upcoming mass action against genetically modified wheat in the UK happening on 27 M…

We just sent this over to a couple of people in Greece to get some feedback, but seeing as they’re already sharing it around Athens we thought we might as well release it.

From the teargas clouds of Syntagma Square emerged a new approach to the crisis. Community kitchens, clothing exchanges and other acts of practical solidarity. It’s not charity, it’s practical solidarity. “We’re not givi…

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An English translation of anarchist analysis of the elctorial process in greece with links to the many texts coming from the various Anarchist collectives, groups and assemblies down the bottom.

If the elections could overturn this barbarism… they'd be illegal!

Simply by bringing together insightful reports from the uprisings of 2010/11 - in Egypt, Greece, Israel, Spain, the UK and the US - Paul Mason helps the reader get an overview of the present state of global class struggle. But, more than this, he puts these struggles in a historical and theoretical context and so provokes more interesting questions than any other recent book.

Friday 16 March 2012 marked the 100th episode of Dissident Island Radio - our centenary! And with that in mind we decided to make it a bit special. Alongside the usual mix of music, banter, and special guests on the mic we be heard an extended piece on the consolidation of neoliberal capitalism in Europe post 'crisis'. The discussion focuses primarily on the situation in Ireland, Spain, and Gre…

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Call for the Defense of Society and Democracy in Greece

We are a group of citizens who have come together from a variety of political backgrounds with a common purpose: the pressing need to articulate a coherent and persuasive critical voice that will be heard loudly both inside and outside Greece. In the context of a contemporary moment in which the central dilemma “austerity or bankruptcy” ha…

Episode 98 promises to be an action packed adventure for all the family. This time round we've got:

• Members of the SQUASH campaign discussing the legal aid bill, political motivations and tactics.
• Some nice people over from Germany to talk about the global M31 mobilisation against capitalism, discussing their plan to link radical campaigns, and potential actions against neoliberal austerity…

Demonstrations in Greece continue today after three days of strikes and manifestations. Hundred thousand citizens are protesting in Athens, Thessaloniki and all big cities of Greece against the new load agreement that is going to be voted at the Parliament this evening.

By Nicolas Mottas.

The default of the people is a prerequisite for the ruling political and financial elites in order to keep the morally corrupted Capitalism alive.[...]

The default of the people - not of the modern bourgeoise - seems to be the prerequisite for the recovery of the "sick", over-accumulated, Capitalist economy. Apparently, Greece (and, consequently, the whole of Eurozone) became …

pumpin out yer stereo - riding the Catalyst Radio internet airwaves!

Neither idealizations nor fables are appropriate. Such things, hurried and sketchy as they are, can only distort what is really happening for days now in squares across Greece, novel, dynamic, pluralistic, with inner contradictions and conflicts, in constant fluidity depending on the people that come each day giving it new meaning.

By Nicolas Mottas, June 7 2011.

Today is the 11th consequent day of mass demonstrations in front of the Greek Parliament in Athens, as well as in other cities of the country. One year after the signing of the notorious bailout deal between the Greek government, the IMF and the EU, the fiscal situation is dissapointing. But even more than that, the living standards of the Greeks have been enormous…

Episode 74 was a busy one for us, so put on your listening hat(s) as we begin by hearing a discussion about resistance to GM and the plans for January's Stop GM gathering. Live in the studio we had two of the occupiers of the new Bloomsbury Freeskool, telling us about where they're at and their plans for the building.



Next us we had one of the many anti cuts updates from groups such as the IWW, UK…

updated reports on resistance in Greece during the general strike today, December 15th.

Simon Chapman, 30, from Basildon, Essex, was arrested, beaten and tortured, and accused of throwing Molotov cocktails during an anti-capitalism protest in Greece in 2003.

London Indymedia and Dissident Island caught up with him at he 2010 Anarchist Bookfair to talk about his hunger strike during his time detained, his torture and beatings at the hands of the Greek police, and his long legal battl…

The Building of the Hellenic Centre in the heart of London is occupied since earlier this noon, 3 banners are flying on the roof and the balcony of the building.

"A singe spark can start a forest fire", Mao Zedong, 1930.



Mao was right. It was on the 6th of December when 16 years-old Alexis was falling dead from the bullet of a police officer in the very heart of Athens. What followed the homicide is known – Greece stepped into violent street clashes between indignant youths and police forces. Like the 2005 civil unrest in France and the 1992 Los Angeles…

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15 -17 Rampart Street, London E1 2LA (near Whitechapel, off Commercial Rd)

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About 70 people attended a the protest at Wood Green, gathering at 2pm. The crowd was shouting slogans in English, Kurdish and Greek.

Another protest in Solidarity with the Greek Uprising.

After police shot and killed a teenage boy last Saturday, protests have errupted all over Greece. The international community has responded with solidarity actions all over Europe, to get updates about what's going on in Greece check out the Occupied London blog.

On Monday protesters successfully shut the Greek Embassy down. Photos: 1 | Report on Indymedia UK: 1 | 2 | At this protest, journalists…

After police shot and killed a teenage boy last Saturday, protests have errupted all over Greece. The international community has responded with solidarity actions all over Europe. Today the Greek Embassy in London has been blockaded since the early morning hours. Clerks were sent home, and police closed off the road.

There have been reports of some arrests and police violence, one officer being …