Inside Rouvikonas’ Push to Build a Nationwide Movement
The Greek anti-authoritarian collective Rouvikonas is expanding its presence across the country as the increases its repression. [VIDEO]
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Greek Trials Turn Migrants Into ‘Smugglers’ and Minors Into Adults
Crete’s courts are convicting shipwrecked people on the move as “smugglers” in trials lasting minutes, with lawyers documenting minors registered as adults and sentences reaching hundreds of years.
Nikos Romanos Acquitted As Greek Government Pushes Terrorism Cases
Testing Greece’s controversial terrorism law, Greek anarchist Nikos Romanos was acquitted of terrorism charges after serving 17 months in pretrial detention in what he described as "political revenge" over a partial fingerprint found in an apartment after an accidental explosion in Oct. 2024.
Inside Greece’s Refugee Camps, Gender-Based Violence Is Built Into the System
Since 2022, the German collective Rosa Rolling Safespace has been providing a mobile safe space for women living in refugee camps around Athens. Their work shows that gender-based violence in these settings is not incidental but structural, a direct product of European and Greek migration policies.
How Trans Healthcare in Greece is Pushed Outside the System
A trans woman in Athens shares her story and provides a brief view into the barriers that exist in the medical system and one that cannot be told without acknowledging the broader climate in which trans lives in Greece are lived.
Prosfygika Claims Victory: Hunger Strike Suspended Amid Ongoing Struggle Over Development
A victory has been declared in Athens after two activists suspended their hunger strike following a resolution to halt the plans to evict the long-standing squatted community of Prosfygika.
Kurdish Refugees Protest for Dignified Living Conditions at Greece’s Oinofyta Camp
Kurdish refugees detained in the Oinofyta camp protest the Greek authorities' 'discriminatory treatment.'
Our Common Language Is Resistance: Life Inside Prosfygika
We take you inside Prosfygika, a historic community of squatted houses in Athens that's under renewed threat of eviction.
Greece: Arson Attack on Art Gallery Against Genocide
An art gallery in Athens that stands against the Gaza genocide was set on fire on Easter morning, prompting protests.
Hands Off Prosfygika: Eviction Threat Sparks Hunger Strike and Mass Mobilization
The Community of Squatted Prosfygika, a historic occupation in Athens, is facing an eviction threat due to a regional “regeneration and development” plan.
Exarcheia: Political Life Suffocated by State Surveillance
A planned systemic attack on Athens' Exarcheia district has accelerated recently with forced evictions, police patrols, searches and the normalization of violence by police.
Tractors and Tensions: Greek Farmers Rush to Athens Demanding Urgent Reforms
On February 13, farmers across Greece mobilized, converging from Afidnes toward Syntagma Square in Athens after a nationwide committee organized roadblocks.