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17th November Celebration in Greece

17th November Celebration in Greece

Every year, on the 17th of November, Greeks but especially Greek students memorialize the students’ revolt against the colonels’ junta. Students prepare school celebrations, and a big march starts at the Athens Technical University and ends in the American Embassy, ...

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CATASTROIKA: Privatization goes public (Video – A must see…)

CATASTROIKA: Privatization goes public (Video - A must see...)

On April 26, 2012 at 20:00 let’s turn off the TV and turn to an alternative source of information. The creators of Debtocracy, a documentary viewed by millions of people around the world, present their new production, entitled CATASTROIKA. They analyze the ...

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DEBTOCRACY – a documentary produced by the audience

DEBTOCRACY - a documentary produced by the audience

“Debtocracy” is a documentary that seeks the causes of the Greek crisis and proposes solutions, hidden by the government and the dominant media. Watch it below with English subtitles: [youtube 1_yTriIJa9I] Debtocracy website: http://www.debtocracy.gr/indexen.html

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TEENAGE RIOT: ATHENS – Documentary Video!

TEENAGE RIOT: ATHENS - Documentary Video!

An extremely interesting documentary from VICE network about the recent riots last month in Athens: On the eve of the biggest Greek strike since the right-wing junta was overthrown almost three decades ago, VICE travels to Athens to meet up with the people ...

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The Shock Doctrine – Documentary (A Must See…)

The Shock Doctrine - Documentary (A Must See...)

An important documentary based on Naomi Klein’s 2007 book, The Shock Doctrine. A study of disaster capitalism, based on Naomi Klein’s proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on disasters, war and terror in order to establish its dominance. Today Greek society seems ...

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“We Are All Greeks” – Protests of solidarity all around the world!

We Are All Greeks - Protests of solidarity all around the world!

Solidarity protests for Greece are organized in many European countries for this Saturday! People will protest against economic crisis and its effects on the Greek society. As noted in an online call to the international audience, the austerity measures that the ...

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“I, too, am Greek ! Solidarity with the Greek people !”

I, too, am Greek ! Solidarity with the Greek people !

Thousands of ordinary European citizens have joined their voices to the "Movement of Nantes." demanding double nationality! People all across Europe who want to express their support to Greece during this difficult period of crisis, started the "Movement of Nantes" and ...

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10Oct/12

Merkel’s visit in Athens! (video)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told Greece that the "tough path" of painful spending cuts will pay off, amid demonstrations by thousands of protesters in Athens in a show of anger against her visit.

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9Oct/12

Angela Merkel in Athens today!

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is due to Athens today, Tuesday, October 9th 2012.

Greek police issued a statement that any public gatherings and marches would be banned that time in a large area around the city center. (Follow the link to see the map below)

11May/12

Tsipras Letter to EU leaders: “Greek people politically illegalized the Memorandum”

The leader of Syriza party yesterday sent a letter to Mr. Jose Manuel Barroso, Herman Van Rompuy, Martin Schultz and Jean-Claude Juncker.

Mr. Tsipras states that the vote of Greek people politically illegalized the Memorandum due to which Greece was led to being “the only European country in peacetime which in 2012 is now in its fifth consecutive year of deep recession”.

Read the full letter below:

4May/12

Wolfgang Schauble: “Greece will respect the commitments otherwise there will be consequences!”

According to "The Guardian" website, the German Minister of Finance declared that the results of this weekend's Greek and French elections "will not have, in essence, any impact on German financial policies".

Schäuble also rebuffed the idea that the winner(s) of the Greek general election could seek to change the terms of its financial aid package. Greece must respect the commitments made, he said, or else "it will have to bear the consequences"...

Moreover, the German politician added that "being a member of the EU is entirely voluntary..."

This is a direct message to the Greek people just a few days before the elections...

Maybe  it would be simpler if the Greek elections were held in Germany.. or if the German politicians directly appoint the next Greek government! It could save us a lot of money...

 

7Apr/12

“Private Parades” 24-25 March 2012 (Video)

The PRIVATE-FOR-POLITICIANS Parades for the celebration of the 25th of March 2012! (25')

Student March in Memory of the Glorious Day, in 1821, when the Greek Revolution began for Emancipation from the Ottoman Empire. Nowadays, a Greek "empire" has enslaved the Greek People.

15Mar/12

«Support Greece»!

Α group of Greek people from Netherlands created a Facebook group with the tittle «Support Greece»!

The group tries to inform people all over the world about the country and its history, which is lately associated only with the term "crisis".

The  leader of the group is a Postgraduate law student at the University Leyden, Valeria Iliadou.

The main goal of the group is the creation of a global organization for the support of Greek people and Greece with actions.

«Support Greece» already lists almost 4,000 members and the number is increasing rapidly!

17Feb/12

“We Are All Greeks” – Protests of solidarity all around the world!

Solidarity protests for Greece are organized in many European countries for this Saturday! People will protest against economic crisis and its effects on the Greek society.

As noted in an online call to the international audience, the austerity measures that the Greek parliament voted on February 12 (under the pressure of the EU and IMF) are imposing major reductions in salaries and pensions while the dismissal of thousands civil servants is planned!

The Indignant movement warns that Greece "is used as a laboratory experiment"!

"Greek people need international solidarity and ask for our support. We respond to their call. We are all Greeks! "

13Feb/12

Anonymous’ Solidarity Message to Greece (?)

A new video of Anonymous was uploaded in youtube. The origin of the video is not yet identified but its message is a direct warning to the Greek government!

Greece's government will fall...and so will the European Union.
We will stand by the people of Greece.
We are currently attacking all digital police infrastructures.

Watch the video below:

17Dec/11

Suicides soar in Greece as Economic Crisis strangles citizens!

Greece has the most suicide incidents due to the economic crisis in Europe!

Recent statistics from the first five months of 2011 show a significant increase in suicides of almost 40% compared to the same period last year!

Between the years 2000-2009 the number of suicides in our country were 3,661, with 350-400 incidents per year.

After Attica and Crete are the areas with the most incidents. It is worth noting that during the last 18 months over 20 people committed suicide in Crete!

13Dec/11

Riot police against protesters with disabilities! (Video)

Ok... This happens ONLY in Greece....

Riot police was deployed in front of  the Prime Minister’s Mansion, the Greek Parliament and the Finance Ministry this morning in order to prevent "Riots(!?)" from people with disabilities who gathered in order to protest against cuts in welfare and pensions decreases!

In the following video you can see riot police pushing back  protesters on wheel chairs:

17Nov/11

Thousands of people in the march towards the U.S. embassy

The protest march for the 38th anniversary of the Polytechneio was completed shortly after 19:00 pm today with small scale riots outside the American embassy and near the Syntagma square.

Angry protesters wearing hoods, threw stones and molotov bombs against the police and they break windows of shops and banks.

The police replied and fired tear gas.

According to estimations, at least 20,000 people participated in the protest march.