Greece
General strike brings Greece to a standstill

Thousands of people across Greece joined a general strike and mass protests, demanding action against high living expenses, restrictions on union organizing, and excessive military spending

Workers in Greece mobilize against austerity, announce general strike in November

Workers across Greece in sectors including hospitality, metalwork, transport, and education have launched a wave of strikes demanding an end to austerity policies imposed by the government

Athens dockworkers block ammunition shipment bound for Israel

Workers at Piraeus Port prevented the loading of ammunition destined for Israel, condemning the political elite’s complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza

Do EU countries purposely delay rescue missions to migrants lost at sea?

Humanitarian organizations and media investigations warn that EU coast guard services may be implicated in illegal pushbacks and intentional delays of rescue missions

Massive police crackdown on student organizers in Greece met with widespread condemnation

Student youth groups across Greece have been protesting against the conservative government’s plan to allow foreign private universities to set up branches in the country

Greeks demand justice on first anniversary of Tempi train collision

A deadly train collision in Tempi, Larissa, last year, killed 57 people. People’s movements have blamed criminal negligence, underfunding, and privatization of the railways by the government for the accident

Greek farmers continue their protest

A week-long protest, including rallies and blockades in major motorways across Greece, forced the New Democracy (ND) government to call the farmers for negotiations on Tuesday

Greek students hit the streets for another round of protests against private universities

Students, teachers, and progressive groups are protesting a bill that permits private universities to operate in Greece. They say it will be detrimental to the interests of students from disadvantaged backgrounds, and downgrade the value of degrees in government institutions

Greek students protest government bid to welcome private universities

The Kyriakos Mitsotakis government is trying to push a controversial bill to open private universities in the country by circumventing a constitutional ban

Greeks protest docking of US warship

The USS Gerald Ford is docked at the Souda Port in Chania, which serves as a prominent naval base for the United States and its NATO allies in the eastern Mediterranean

Anti-imperialists slam Greece’s involvement in US operation against Yemen

The conservative New Democracy government announced that it will send a Hellenic Navy Frigate to the Red Sea to join the US-led “Operation Prosperity Guardian” to counter Yemen’s Ansar Allah’s naval blockade against Israel

‘Polytechnic’ of resistance: 50 years of the historic uprising in Athens

A students’ strike in Athens Polytechnic on November 14, 1973, escalated to an open revolt which marked the beginning of the end of the US-backed military junta