Giorgos Garbis, founder of the anarchist publisher "Free Press," has died

From Athens Indymedia

The anarchist publisher, bookseller, and translator of "Free Press" publications, Giorgos Garbis, passed away on Wednesday, June 25th, in the afternoon. The death of George Garbis, founder of the anarchist publisher "Free Press," marks the end of the historical era of a generation of Greek anarchists who had an enormous contribution. George Garbis, born in 1947, joined the anarchist movement in May 1968, influenced by the events in France.

Athens, Greece : Anarchists smash gentrification in the name of Kyriakos X.

From Act for freedom now

Exarcheia has been transformed into a sterile, dead tourist entertainment zone where the culture of consumerism dominates and alienated, superficial relationships prevail. Hipster shops, swanky hotels, flashy airbnbs now flood the neighbourhood, turning it into a flashy showcase for the apathetic apolitical who museumise its rebellious characteristics.

Athens: La Zone, a new libertarian space in Exarcheia

from Freedom News UK

Opening a new activist space in Exarcheia has a significant dimension. This historic district of resistance to the dictatorship, and today to gentrification, is particularly threatened by the Greek government and developers. Squats evicted and migrants controlled, permanent presence of police forces and muscular surveillance.

Incendiary attack on the machinery of the Elikonos Station

Via Dark Nights

In a society that champions the urban landscape as the sole way of existence, our liberty and very essence endure relentless oppression day after day. To turn a blind eye to this truth is to allow this tyranny to thrive and progress. It’s degrading to merely endure this survival state instead of truly living. We must rebel against it by any means necessary. Therefore, on 26/5, we executed an incendiary attack on the equipment situated at the construction site of the Elikonos station within the forthcoming line 4 of the metro.

Actions Against Gentrification & Displacement

Via Act for freedom now!

Full original title: Athens, (Exarxeia) Greece :Taking responsibility for the actions against gentrification and displacement By Anarchists

We call for corresponding sabotage in every neighbourhood affected by the onslaught they call “development”.

Text regarding the situation in Exarcheia

From Athens Indymedia

Exarcheia finds itself in a moment of existential crisis. However, while most groups are focusing on the external forces that threaten the neighborhood, they are ignoring some of the internal conditions that have helped bring us to this point.

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