Wednesday, December 12 2007 | Oread Daily

The General Confederation of Workers of Greece (GSEE) and the Civil Servants’ Supreme Administrative Council (ADEDY) called the nationwide general strike in protest over the country’s social security system. "Participation is almost total. There is overwhelming outrage and condemnation at the government's policies," spokesman Efstathios Anestis of GSEE told Reuters.

Athens - A self-proclaimed anarchist bank robber arrested after a shoot-out in Athens city centre in 2006 was jailed for 25 years on Tuesday.

To jeers from dozens of young anarchists and amid a heavy police presence, an Athens criminal court found 28-year-old Iannis Dimitrakis guilty of armed robbery, attempted homicide and membership of a criminal organisation.

...[W]e have evidence to show: a video from inside a police station where you can see two Albanian immigrants being tortured by at least one civil cop with a big baton...Download the video before they erase it. Circulate it as widely as possible, so everyone...knows what's happening in Greece.

On Saturday, May 19, 2007, an anarchist/anti-authoritarian street march in solidarity with refugees and immigrants took place in Patras, a port city in Greece.

Greece: Burning Police Cars
Athens IMC | April 26, 2007

April 26, 21.30GMT According to the ministry of justice, the Malandrino prisoners have now returned to their cells, ending their three-day revolt.

April 26, 20.45GMT The tightly guarded police station in the Athens district of Exarcheia is attacked, ostensibly in solidarity to the revolted prisoners around the country. 40-50 people attack and burn the building's guardhouse and at least seven police cars, as well as a few motorbikes. Earlier in the day another group had thrown molotov cocktails against the headquarters of the riot police in Zografou, Athens. A day before, a series of buildings around the Exarcheia district of Athens were attacked in solidarity to the prisoners. Buildings included the offices of two ministers (one being the minister of justice).

A spokesman for the Malandrinos inmates said police were "welcome" to take on the protesters. "We will kill for our dignity," convicted murderer Yiannis Palis told Antenna TV. "We will take this all the way."

[Note from b&r: The following is an excellent, though quite lengthy, analysis of the weaknesses inherent in much of contemporary anarchism; if your time is limited, skip the literature review.]

[In the Anarchist movement]...one divide that is growing more sharp is the same one that runs through much of Europe, the debate between insurrection and organization...[T]here seems to be a lingering affinity for certain Western values that are at the heart of the state and capitalism: a worldview based on dichotomies, and a logical structure that is startlingly monotheistic...For example, when there are two different strategies for revolution, many of us do not see this as two paths for different groups of people to walk...but as evidence that somebody must be Wrong.

Greek police detained some 60 people in Athens after suspected anarchists burnt a bank ATM late Monday, authorities said. Nobody was injured in the petrol bomb attack in central Athens, which caused minor damage. Police responded by raiding cafeterias frequented by suspected anarchists in the city center, detaining around 60 people. Nobody was arrested or formally accused of involvement in the fir

Since the first day of hunger strike there have been dozens of solidarity actions by anarchist comrades all over Greece. From demos and taking over radio stations, to attacks on police stations, bank explosions, even a huge banner demanding their release was attached to helium balloons that were set off in the air amongst hundreds of unsuspecting cops during the new year's eve Athens city center celebration to the embarrassment of gathered politicians and TV crews that were broadcasting the event live. Also, in Salonica, baby Jesus was stolen from the city's christmas crib. In its place, a CD was left with propaganda material demanding the release of the prisoners.