Tag Archives: Athens

Athens: ‘Thirty years of squats: The social and political projectuality of squatting, yesterday, today, tomorrow’

Posted on 09/02/2013 by squat

On Thursday evening, February 7th, an event-discussion took place in the occupied social centre VOX in Exarchia with participants in squatting projects of the past and the present in Athens, such as Valtetsiou (1981), Charilaou Trikoupi (1985), Lelas Karagianni 37 … Continue reading →

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Athens (Greece): K-Vox solidarity demo, February 2nd

Posted on 28/01/2013 by squat

Part of the constant flow of solidarity demonstrations with squats that happen on a near-daily basis across the entire country. Demonstration in solidarity with K-Vox [the occupied anarchist social centre by Exarcheia square]. Hands off occupations. Saturday Feb 2, noon, … Continue reading →

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Athens: Police raid Greece’s oldest anarchist squat. Lelas Karagianni re-occupied

Posted on 15/01/2013 by squat

On January 15th, at about 12.00pm, cops raided Greece’s oldest anarchist squat, Lelas Karagianni 37. Solidarians and neighbours gathered at Amerikis square and then outside the squat, trying to prevent the eviction. There were several comrades on the rooftop of … Continue reading →

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Athens (Greece): Updates on the 92 arrestees of the re-occupation of Villa Amalias squat

Posted on 13/01/2013 by squat

Timeline from Contra Info, see Athens Indymedia for pictures from solidarity demo that reached the area of Evelpidon courts. [15.36pm] Since the morning of January 12th, few hours before a large solidarity demo took place in downtown Athens, the 92 … Continue reading →

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Athens (Greece): 10,000 people march in solidarity to Villa Amalias and against state fascism

Posted on 12/01/2013 by squat

Today takes place a 10,000 people demonstration in solidarity to the 92 people arrested on Wednesday after the re-eviction of Villa Amalias and against the state-run fascism. The demonstration started from Propylaea of Athens University and marched via Patision avenue … Continue reading →

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Athens (Greece): Villa Amalias, Statement by the 93 arrested from inside the police HQ

Posted on 10/01/2013 by squat

“We will do it again, as many times as it takes”  Nothing less than our non-negotiable position for social spaces that we support and they support us in return. Nothing other than what we say and what we do all … Continue reading →

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Athens (Greece): Police raid in Skaramanga squat

Posted on 09/01/2013 by squat

Following the eviction and arrests in Villa Amalias squat during the morning of January 9th, a police raid in the Patission 61 & Skaramaga squat is underway. At about 15.00pm, anti-riot squadrons smashed the door and stormed in the building. … Continue reading →

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Greece: Villa Amalias re-squatted and re-evicted – biggest number of anarchists detained in 15 years

Posted on 09/01/2013 by squat

At approximately 07:30 on January 9, dozens of people re-squatted Villa Amalias this morning, hanging a banner writing: “Squat for Ever – Villa Amalias”. Almost immediately, riot police that encircled the building threw tear gas inside. At approximately 09:20, the … Continue reading →

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Greece, Australia & India: Solidarity actions with Villa Amalias

Posted on 02/01/2013 by squat

Solidarity actions with Villa Amalias recently happened in different Greek cities, and in Goa (India) and Sydney (Australia): – Athens: Paint bomb attack against the old city hall, in solidarity with Villa Amalias squat On the night of December 24th, … Continue reading →

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Athens (Greece): Statement by the Villa Amalias squatters held in the police HQ in Athens

Posted on 23/12/2012 by squat

The Villa Amalias squat has been an open political, cultural and social space, as well as a housing collective, for the past 23 years. In all these years there have been plenty of active groups in the squat including groups on … Continue reading →

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Athens (Greece): Villa Amalias, “We are, and we shall remain here”

Posted on 21/12/2012 by squat

Statement released on Friday, December 21, 2012 Today, on December 20th, 2012, the police raided Villa Amalias. Under the pretext of a complaint for drug dealing, they searched the building in the presence of a district attorney. Their findings are … Continue reading →

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Athens (Greece): Anarchist squat Villa Amalias raided by riot police today

Posted on 20/12/2012 by squat

via eagainst.com (texts in En | It | Tr | De | Fr): Once again, the State is trying to terrorise by means of sudden raids against occupied self-organized spaces. Villa Amalias squat is housed in the building of Heyden … Continue reading →

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Athens (Greece): Solidarity with squats and self-organized spaces

Posted on 04/12/2012 by squat

KEEP YOUR HANDS AWAY FROM THE SQUATS SOLIDARITY TO SQUATS AND SELF-ORGANIZED SOCIAL CENTRES In a legality that is plundering our lives, we remain clusters of illegality. WE CREATE Squats and self-organized social centres are parts of the liberated timespace. … Continue reading →

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Athens (Greece): Eviction of the housing squat on Spyridonos Trikoupi street in Exarchia

Posted on 30/10/2012 by squat

On October 30th, at around 10am, anti-riot squadrons stormed the streets surrounding Exarchia square and violently evicted the housing squat on Spyridonos Trikoupi street. According to the initial information, approximately ten people were taken to the Exarchia police station, while … Continue reading →

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Athens (Greece): K-VOX Social centre reoccupied by hundreds tonight

Posted on 21/04/2012 by squat

More than 1,000 people at Exarcheia square solidarity concert. VOX, the social centre that was evicted and sealed off by police yesterday, has been reoccupied by hundreds of people in solidarity tonight. People tore down the steel plates sealing off … Continue reading →

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Athens (Greece): Major police operation in Exarcheia, K-VOX social centre sealed off

Posted on 20/04/2012 by squat

Major police operation in Exarcheia, Athens sees two anarchist social centres evicted; the entire neighbourhood is currently under curfew and cut off by heavy police forces At approximately 06.50 GMT+2 on Friday morning, heavy police forces conducted simultaneous raids at … Continue reading →

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