7,000-8,000 protesters gathered at Parliament Square (Syntagma) again tonight, while in the parliament PASOK government’s parliamentary majority together with the extreme right-wing party LAOS were approving their own (and IMF’s) new austerity package. At about 21.30 GMT+2 and without any obvious reason, riot police attacked the protesters: Some of the protesters are currently (22.00 GMT+2) gathering at the Polytechnic School building in Patision [...]

Following the fine tradition of “boss kidnapping” in France and elsewhere, workers at the courier company INTERATTICA in Athens decided to take direct action today, when it was announced that the company was going bankrupt and that all 205 of them would be sacked with no compensation. Immediately, all exits to the company’s building were [...]

A cab spinning on Syngrou Avenue. The driver is boasting on the phone about the ride he’s picked to the leafy, seaside suburb of Faliro. Faliro; tranquility and sea views, an island of quiet in an erratic city […] I’m feverish and after all the madness of the past few days the promise of a [...]

16 people were detained in total in today’s demonstration; of these, nine will face charges (i.e. the detentions were turned into arrests) and will be held, most likely, until tomorrow, to appear before an attorney. Two videos of three of the detentions just outside the Athens University building of Propylea, from Athens IMC: