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Reports coming out of Greece over the last few days indicate that the recent social upheaval has seen a wave of violence and racism against immigrants by the police and the courts. The unrest, say Greek immigrant rights groups, has...

The six-day-long occupation of the City Hall of Ag. Dimitrios in Athens ended last night with a march of more than 200 people. The last assembly of the liberated city hall called for another popular assembly meeting for next Monday...

Greek police fought street battles Friday with youths who hurled petrol bombs and stones amid new demonstrations over the police killing of a schoolboy. After one of the calmest nights since the death of Alexis Grigoropoulos last Saturday sparked nationwide...

The world stares wide-eyed as city after city falls into chaos, slowly finding their voices, finding their cause. Whether it be governmental corruption or empathy for the family of a 15-year-old shot dead by a cop, people have risen up...

BBC's Malcolm Brabant looks at why student anger has erupted across Greece over Saturday's fatal police shooting of a teenage boy. The riots that have swept Greece for the past two days and look set to continue for the foreseeable...

Latest statement issued by the popular assembly at the City Hall of Aghios Dimitrios, Athens: AGAINST PROSECUTIONS AND DETENTIONS SOLIDARITY WITH ALL THOSE ARRESTED AND PROSECUTED FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE POPULAR INSURRECTION The events that have taken place so...

Communiqué from the City Hall of Aghios Dimitrios, Saturday December 14th 2008 (The original, in Greek, can be found at http://katadimadim.blogspot.com/ ) INVITATION TO THE OPEN POPULAR ASSEMBLY OF THE LIBERATED CITY HALL OF AGHIOS DIMITRIOS On December 6th, 2008,...

A convicted murderer in Greece who made a dramatic prison escape by helicopter earlier this year was arrested near Athens on Monday, police said. Alket Rizaj, of Albania, was arrested with a female companion at an isolated house near the...