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Fascist pogroms in Athens, one migrant stabbed to death, 17 hospitalized

Published on May 13, 2011 in Athens, News, Pogrom, Racism and Videos. Closed Tags: , .

In the early hours of May 12th a 21-year old Bangladeshi migrant was stabbed to death in the Kato Patisia district of Athens. The victim was lethally stabbed almost certainly by fascist thugs who have launched a series of attacks in the centre of Athens following the murder of a Greek man on Tuesday night, on the corner of Ipirou and Tritis Septemvriou Street. Eye witnesses report that the murderers of the 21-year old man chased him around the neighbourhood and spoke Greek. On Wednesday night alone fascist thugs roamed through a number of districts of central Athens, injuring many migrants, 17 of them were hospitalised.
(published at clandestinenglish on 13 May 2011 )

Video – Fascists attacking Migrants in Athens

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New pogrom against migrants in Athens centre

Published on May 13, 2011 in Athens, Injustice, News, Pogrom, Racism and Videos. Closed

In the early morning hours of the 10th May a theft ended up in the tragic murder of a come-to-be father in the centre of Athens. During the following hours of the day, the media started reporting about “three dark skinned suspects”, hence, initiating a propaganda which ended up in a manhunt by fascists of the extreme right group “golden dawn” on all migrants in the centre of the city.

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Statement by the 300 hunger strikers – 13th of March 2011

Published on March 14, 2011 in Hunger Strike, hungerstrike300 and Racism. Closed Tags: .

The struggle is complete. With the documents in hand and our heads up high, we return to our homes and our work vindicated, after 44 days on hunger strike.

The struggle continues. The announcements for an 8-year limit and the increase of work credit as prerequisites for the issuing and renewal of residence permits must become law immediately.

The struggle is the only option. The struggle against the daily exploitation and racism’s walls, the struggles for the legalisation of all migrants with no prerequisites, for equal rights between local and foreign workers, for a life with values and dignity, these are our next steps. Together with the anti-racist and migrant movement we will walk along this difficult path, the path of struggle.

The struggle unites us. With the documents in hand and the head up high we salute and wish farewell to everyone who supports us. To the people in solidarity in Greece and all other countries in the world, the doctors and their colleagues, all who stood by our side in these days of the hunger strike, in all days when our lives and our deaths demanded vindication and freedom.

See you at the struggles!

Patras: A harsh welcome to Europe

Published on March 14, 2011 in Border, Patras, Racism, Repression and Videos. Closed Tags: , , , , .

Call for worldwide action day: solidarity to the hunger strikers in Greece

Published on March 6, 2011 in Actions, Athens, cyberspace, Demonstration, Hunger Strike, hungerstrike300, Racism, Repression, Thessaloniki and Worldwide. Closed Tags: , , , , , .

Please post your planned solidarity actions in the comment field!

New York Indymedia calling for a worldwide solidarity action day on 10th of March – day 45 of hunger strike:

The 10th of March will be the 45th day of their hunger strike, but the Greek State has not yet responded to their rightful claims!
We call people in Greece and throughout the world to carry out civil disobedience actions on the 10th of March in solidarity with the 300 hunger strikers.

Announcement of the hunger strikers to society 4/3/2011

Published on March 6, 2011 in Athens, Hunger Strike, hungerstrike300, Injustice, Racism, Repression and Thessaloniki. Closed Tags: , , , .

Announcement – Response to the government’s proposal, after the meeting (of the immigrants-workers hunger strikers) with the ministers:

1. We hunger strikers, from the places of our strike in Athens and Thessaloniki and from hospitals, unanimously reject the government’s proposal for a regime of tolerance, because it does not respond to our claim for legalization with freedom of movement, work-based renewal and all other rights that legal immigrants have in Greece and Europe.

2. We reject the request of the minister of Health to transfer all Athens’ hunger strikers to hospitals due to weather conditions’ worsening. As we have done for 39 days with cold and floods, we continue the hunger strike in Hypatia building (Patission Ave, and Ipirou Str.), and of course those who are in critical condition will be transfered to hospitals under our doctors’s orders.

3. We stress once again that the nationwide hunger strike is our struggle, that we take the decisions on all issues, and we demand the lies and slander to be stopped.

The 300 hunger strikers in Athens and Thessaloniki, 4 March 2011

Ministery of Labour occupied by solidarity groups

Published on March 1, 2011 in Actions, Athens, Hunger Strike, hungerstrike300, Injustice, News, Photos, Racism, Repression and Thessaloniki. Closed Tags: , , , , .

Today (28th of February), on the 35 day of hunger strike solidarity groups occupied the Ministery of Labour in Athens to protest against the unwillingness of the Greek government to comply with the demands for legalisation by the 300 migrant hunger strikers. In December 2010 an egyptian man, who was working as a cleaner at the Ministry of Labour, due to lack of security measures fell to his death from the 3 floor of the building while cleaning the windows. The solidarity groups call for a gathering at 2 p.m. in the Platia Korai, in front of the ministery.
solidarity!

Performative statement of civil disobedience!

Published on January 31, 2011 in Athens, Hunger Strike, hungerstrike300, Injustice, Justice, Racism, Repression, Revolt and Uncategorized. Closed Tags: , , , , .

This statement, is an answer to the attempt by the government, to criminalize solidarity with the hunger strikers by saying that “those who are responsible for these processes we will search for with the prosecutor’s intervention and those who participated will be held accountable”.
Below is an email address for you to support this performative statement!

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Declaration of solidarity with the hunger strikers in Greece – Legalisation and equal rights now – Call for a week of action

Published on January 25, 2011 in Actions, Athens, Border, Demonstration, Deportation, Detention, Dublin II, Hunger Strike, hungerstrike300, Injustice, Justice, Racism, Revolt, Thessaloniki, Uncategorized and Worldwide. Closed Tags: , , , , , , , , , .

The 25th of January is the day on which 300 migrants in Greece started a hunger strike. Their demand is a collective legalisation of all the people excluded from Greek society based on their status – be it asylum seekers, not recognised refugees, illegalised people, exploited migrant labourers. It is not the first hunger strike in Greece where human beings are forced to use such a drastic measure to fight for their rights.

Hunger strikers in Thessaloniki

Hunger strikers in Thessaloniki


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US embassy cables: Greece and migration

Published on January 12, 2011 in Athens, Border, Deportation, Detention, Dublin II, eval { }, Featured, Frontex, News and Racism. Closed Tags: , , , , , , .

The Guardian released two embassy cables provided by the by now well-known wikileaks cablegate that report on the Greek government’s position and strategy on dealing with irregular migration. This article provides a short summary of the contents. Both reports were written shortly after the change of government in October 2009, in December and February respectively. They don’t offer any surprising insight, but sketch some policy lines.

  1. Greece tackles migration and asylum issues. 4th of December 2009
  2. Greece revamps security service and tackles immigration. 1st of February 2010

The first embassy cable, Greece tackles migration and asylum issues confirms that asylum and migration are high priority to the new government, both on a domestic as well as on a European level. From the summary:

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