Anarchists Doing Socialism Better than Bureaucrats

Anarchists Fill Services Void Left by Faltering Greek Governance

It may seem paradoxical, but Greece’s anarchists are organizing like never before ( Read more... )

Wave of Immigrants Could Unleash Horror of Revitalizing Urban Neighborhood. No Nation is Safe.

Greek punk bands raise money for refugee squats
Around a dozen squats provide housing for refugees and migrants in the Exarchia neighbourhood of Athens.
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May You Live in Interesting Times with a Hue of Orangeness.

Economic issues are not separate from “identity” issuesBuilding the largest possible movement to not only tackle the immense, and intensifying, problems facing humanity and the environment but to overcome these problems is our urgent task. Given the position the Left finds itself in today ( Read more... )

Turkey slides towards authoritarian rule as commission approves plan to increase powers for President Erdogan

Proposed constitutional changes will be debated in parliament and possibly go to a referendum before becoming law

A parliamentary commission has approved constitutional reforms that would substantially increase the powers of President ( Read more... )

OP: The first article is from just before the U.K.'s 'Brexit' vote, which has been hailed by Europe's far right.
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Europe far-right leaders rally against Islam, EU

At meeting in Vienna, Europe's major far-right parties rant against EU, "radical Islam" and asylum seekers.
( Trigger warning: racism, xenophobia... )

The UN refugee agency said today it will no longer transfer newly-arrived migrants on Lesbos to a camp on the island, after Greece began to confine them to the facility as part of the EU-Turkey deal.

The Moria camp, which was visited by Hollywood star and UN refugee agency envoy Angelina Jolie last week, has now been sealed and migrants ( Read more... )

The joke doesn't seem so funny now - the case of blonde child Maria has exposed widespread prejudice about Romany people

If we were to make a list of reasons as to why a child should be taken into care, "being blond" would probably not make the cut. This week, however, two Roma children in Athlone and Dublin were snatched from their families for ( Read more... )

Greek police beat up another ‘illegal immigrant’ who’s actually a tourist

Even after Greek police handcuffed him without giving cause, took his passport and beat him on three separate occasions as they dragged him to the station, South Korean tourist Hyun Young Jung insisted on being sympathetic. ”I can understand them asking me for ID and I even ( Read more... )

It's a warm night in Athens, and the nuns have broken the police line. They didn't have to try too hard. The lines of riot cops assembled outside the Chytirio theater are mostly trying to stop the anti-fascists from reaching the neo-Nazis, nuns, and priests who have come to protest the opening of the “gay jesus” play Corpus Christi, not the other ( Read more... )

More than 1,100 unregistered migrants were arrested and another 4,900 brought in for questioning by police on Saturday in the context of a sweep operation code-named "Xenios Zeus" in the wider Athens area, the Attica Police General Directorate (GADA) announced on Sunday.
Of those arrested, 1,130 did not meeting the legal conditions for residency in ( Read more... )