Athens, Greece – In late August, Pakistani migrant Wares Ali, 52, died from heart failure inside Eleonas Refugee Camp as medical personnel have left hundreds without healthcare as part of the authorities’ strategy of displacement. Ali had been in the camp on the outskirts of…
Athens, Greece – Two things have been steady and invariable in Greece the last decades, the fine weather and nepotism. Even as the first starts to change due to the climate crisis, the second seems untouchable and intact. Once again, members of the Mitsotakis/Bakoyannis family lead the…
Athens, Greece – Following the final decision of the Athens City Council on July 4 to proceed with the evacuation of the Eleonas refugee camp, communities of migrant residents are left in a very difficult position. The Municipality of Athens and the Ministry of Immigration…
Athens, Greece – On May 1, 2022, masses of motorbike workers in Athens participated in a mass ride around the center of the country’s capitol as part of a May Day mobilization by the Grassroots Assembly of Motorbike Workers (SVEOD / Σ.Β.Ε.Ο.Δ.). Starting at Pedion…
Athens, Greece – After seven months and 18 hearings, the trial for the public murder of 33-year-old Zak (Zacharias) Kostopoulos in the center of Athens, was completed in early May 2022. On September 21, 2018, Kostopoulos was killed from an altercation with two shopkeepers, nine…
Xenophobia and violence against people of Roma origin is on the rise in Greece. Recent car chases and shootings by Greek police have killed one unarmed teenager and injured several others as a string of racist acts against Roma people have taken place across the…
In Athens, Greece, the police killing of George Floyd was greeted with rage. For the first time in modern Greek history, the broader movement for Black lives appeared and a demonstration in front of the American embassy ended up in flames. The impacts of Floyd’s…