Greek Reporter, “Greek Anarchist Fighting ISIS in Syria Speaks Out”
A Greek anarchist, a member of the Rouvikonas (Rubicon) group, who traveled to Syria to fight the Islamic State terror group (ISIS) has spoken on camera about his experience of the war and the reasons that made him join the fight. Nikos Mataragas’ testimony is in the documentary Belkî Sibê (Maybe Tomorrow): A Journey Through […]
Ekathimerini.com, “Police probe sheds light into clash between drug dealers and anarchists in Exarchia”
A police investigation has shed light into a clash between drug and arms dealers and anarchists in the central Athens neighborhood of Exarchia, Kathimerini has learned. Meanwhile 29 Greek and Albanian nationals are to face charges in the wake of a major police crackdown in the area. During the operation carried out between December and […]
Al Jazeera, “Greek police arrest 12 amid raids on anarchist squats”
The evacuation of three squats in Athens comes after a spate of far-right attacks on anarchist and left-wing spaces. Greek police raided three anarchist squats in the capital and arrested at least 12 people, local media reported on Monday. Police officers carried out the evacuations of Gare and Zaimi, a pair of squats in the Exarchia […]
The Washington Post, “Anarchists from across the Balkans clash with Greek police”
THESSALONIKI, Greece — Anarchists and riot police have clashed in Greece after some 2,000 protesters from across the Balkans marched in the northern city of Thessaloniki against nationalism. Police used tear gas and threw stun grenades at the anarchists, who also barricaded themselves at the University of Thessaloniki. Police are prohibited by law from entering […]
The Guardian, “This refugee squat represents the best and worst of humanity”
On 26 April 2016, the same month the EU-Turkey deal trapped 60,000 refugees in Greece, migrant solidarity activists broke the locks on City Plaza, a shuttered hotel in Athens’ anarchist Exarchia neighborhood, and gave 400 stranded people a home. Over the next year, City Plaza grew into the best known of over a dozen squats […]
Al Jazeera, “From NATO to Antifa: One Afghan’s journey to Greece”
The Antifa activists – comprising anarchists, communists and other anti-racists – shout slogans against Golden Dawn in Greek. “Not in parliament, not anywhere,” chants a group of demonstrators carrying red flags. “Smash fascism everywhere.” Continue Reading
The New York Times, “Anarchists Fill Services Void Left by Faltering Greek Governance”
“People trust us because we don’t use the people as customers or voters,” Mr. Sagris said. “Every failure of the system proves the idea of the anarchists to be true.” Continue Reading
Vice, “Greece Is Cracking Down on the Anarchist Squats Giving Shelter to Refugees”
Demonstrators gathered outside the station, along with lawyers who the police forbade from entering. A green anarchist flag fluttered from the window of a detention cell on the top floor, held by a North African man who had been locked inside for nine months. Protesters marched in two separate rallies. Police shot tear gas. Fires […]
Vice, “Greece’s Anarchists Are Taking Better Care of Refugees Than the Government”
Imagine a neighborhood run by anarchists. It radiates from Exarcheia Square, an intersection of three streets, where trees hang the banner: until every animal cage is empty. until every prison cell has been destroyed. K-VOX, an anarchist bar, keeps watch from one corner. The neighborhood boasts an old, rich network of squats, leftist social centers, […]
Vice on HBO, “Season One, Episode Four: Love & Rockets”
With their economy in the toilet and no jobs to be had, Europe’s youth are taking to the streets to demand radical changes. There has been a rise in extremism on both ends of the spectrum, as people respond to economic precarity and political impotency. VICE heads to Greece and Spain, two of the countries […]