Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by Collective / Multiple signers, GLEZOS Manolis, THEODORAKIS Mikis
65 years after the defeat of nazism and fascism, European people are today confronting a dramatic threat, this time not military, but a financial, social and political one.
A new “Empire of Money” has been systematically attacking one European country after another in the last 18 months, (…)
, by ALMPANIS Yannis
October 28 is the National Day of Greece. On October 28, 1940 Mussolini asked Greek government to surrender. When the Greeks replied “NO”, Italians invaded the country. Surprisingly, Greek army won the war over the wanna-be Roman Empire of Mussolini. Only after a second German invasion, Greek (…)
, by ALMPANIS Yannis
October 20: second day of 48h general strike (clashes between demonstrators)
The 48th general strike of October 19-20 has been by far the most successful strike in Greece since the fall of the dictatorship in 1974. It was the first time since many many years that private sector had a huge (…)
, by MARCHETOS Spyros
Mr. Papandreou has shunned constitutional procedures since May 2010, when the infamous Memorandum authorized austerity to save the bankers. It was imposed by the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, but its ratification by the Greek Parliament was (…)
, by Sinistra Critica
Different approaches and criteria can be used to take a position regarding what happened on the 15th October. We are not really interested in a debate about whether people were ‘violent’ or whether there was a conspiracy or counter-posing the ‘good guys’ to the ‘bad’ ones. Our approach and (…)
, by AFTHINOS Pantelis, KLOKE Andrea
The 48-hour political strike of 19 and 20 October was another highlight of the class struggle, clearly expressing the intention of the workers and the middle classes to overthrow the government. On Wednesday, October 19, about 400-500,000 demonstrators took to the streets in Athens and a total (…)
, by Indignants, M15
The citizens of Puerta del Sol and Syntagma Square express our indignation and invite all the ‘indignados’ in all the squares around the world to join us.
From the USA to Brussels, from Greece to Bolivia and from Spain to Tunisia, the crisis of capitalism is on the rise. A crisis caused by (…)
, by FAULKNER Neil
The response to the wave of riots that swept England this week is finely balanced between those denouncing the rioters as hooligans and those talking about poverty and police harassment. Neil Faulkner looks at the causes and consequences.
‘Mob rule’. ‘Wanton destruction’. ‘Mindless thuggery’. (…)
, by GERMAN Lindsey, REES John
Politicians and journalists have rushed to blame the riots on ‘sheer criminality’. The same cry from the defenders of the status quo has echoed down the centuries after every riot in London.
The ‘London mob’ has been an object of fear for London’s wealthy almost since the city was founded. (…)
, by ANTENTAS Josep Maria
Starting from the demonstrations of 15M [May 15], do you think that there may be a change in the concept of representative democracy as we know it today?
Josep Maria Antentas – 15 M challenged the current political model. Although vaguely, and not without contradictions and limits, the (…)
, by ANTENTAS Josep Maria, DIVÈS Jean-Philippe, VIVAS Esther
Beyond the special characteristics of each country, what has been happening both in the Spanish state and in Greece, after the start of the uprisings in the Arab world, will have consequences throughout the continent. Hence the importance of a thorough analysis of the reality and potential of (…)
, by Indignants
We call on the officers and mainly the simple employees of the Greek Police, this time, to respect the will of the people and their constitutionally patented popular sovereignty.
We warn them not to even think of applying illegal commands issued by a deposed government, that has shredded the (…)
, by Indignants
48 hours in the streets
Calling all over Greece to join Syntagma Square, in order not to allow the Medium Term austerity program to pass.
It has been one month since we have flooded the squares along our country, claiming to get grip of our lives. In the end of June, our struggle comes to a (…)
, by ANTENTAS Josep Maria, VIVAS Esther
The day of June 15 (15J) was one of those that leave their mark. 24 hours that amounted to much more than that. Time accelerated and condensed. Undoubtedly it marks a turning point, of uncertain outcome, in the history of the movement born on May 15 (15 M).
The mobilization before the (…)
, by ANTENTAS Josep Maria, VIVAS Esther
The level of outrage has once again exceeded all expectations, taking to the streets en masse, and showing the gap that exists between those who are angry and political institutions. From the 19 May (15M) to the 19 June (19J), forces have come together and unity has been created, not just the (…)
, by KLOKE Andrea
A few days before June 15 it was announced that the government had postponed the vote on the “Midterm Program” (the Memorandum No. 2) until June 28. The protesters decided, therefore, to perform a “dress rehearsal” on June 15 at Syntagma Square, calling for a first attempt to seal off the (…)
, by LA BOTZ Dan
Swiss unions, which have been relatively successful in defending their position during the 1990s and 2000s, are now facing new challenges from the changing economic and political situation in Europe. While other unions were in North America, Latin America, and Europe were being beaten down since (…)
, by FASFALIS Dimitris
Workers in Greece today stand in the forefront of the converging European class struggles against big capital’s attempt to make working people pay the costs of its crisis.
Mobilizations against this austerity drive are spreading across Europe. In France, strikes and demonstrations were held (…)
While car bosses in France are on the offensive to eliminate jobs and close factories, the long struggle at the Ford factory near Bordeaux is a counter-example showing that even in this situation, victories are possible. It is no coincidence that one of the main organisers of this struggle in (…)
, by KLOKE Andrea
Social resistance against the policy of the “memorandum” in Greece, which was imposed on the country at the beginning of last year by the “Troika”, a kind of committee composed by the ruling classes of the major EU countries and the USA, represented by the Brussels Commission, the ECB and the (…)
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