A Rainbow of Struggles

From Balkan Anarchist Bookfair 2025

Report on BAB2025 by the Thessaloniki Organising Assembly and the Balkan Solidarity Network

From 15th to 18th of May hundreds of comrades from all geographies of the Balkans and Europe gathered in Thessaloniki, Greece to participate at the Balkan Anarchist Bookfair (BAB) 2025. More than a hundred collectives and initiatives from the international anarchist and anti-authoritarian movement exhibited their books, zines, merch... During the festival more than 30 discussions and workshops took place in two squats in the city... attended by hundreds of participants.

Input of Libertatia squat on the topic of squats/social centers at BAB2025

From Balkan Anarchist Bookfair

A few words about Libertatia squat

Libertatia squat, the neoclassical listed building at the junction of Sarandaporou and Stratou streets in Thessaloniki, has been squatted since May 2008. In these 16 years it has been a hospitable place not only for those in need of housing but also for the ongoing struggle against the state, capital, capitalism and fascism.

Greeks revolt against government after 57 die in train crash

From Void Network

An update for English-speaking friends who want to make sense of what is happening in Greece: Late at night on February 28th, the collision of two trains in the recently privatised and chronically degraded railways left at least 57 dead, most of them students at Thessaloniki’s local universities. Since then, there has been permanent mobilisation, marches, demonstrations and strikes.

Responsibility claim for a raid on a riot squad of MAT

From Athens Indymedia via Dark Nights

On 07/10 at noon we returned a small share of the state violence that we receive daily by attacking with Molotov cocktails the riot squad that guards the Steki of Biologica at the University of Thessaloniki. We have taken all necessary measures to avoid endangering passers-by. First we targeted the cops who were standing guard while sleeping and after they made sure to disappear we hit the bus itself.

Responsibility claim for the attack on the MAT platoons

From Athens Indymedia Via Dark Nights

Full original title: Thessaloniki, Greece: Responsibility claim for the attack on the MAT platoons inside the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

We take responsibility for the Molotov cocktail attack on the platoons at the main entrance of the university in the early morning hours of Saturday, October 1.

Arson attack on Eurobank ATM

The anarchist hunger striker Giannis Michailidis is on his 33rd day of hunger strike and is being treated in Lamia hospital with his health condition being extremely poor. [...] We take responsibility as a minimal sign of solidarity with the struggle of our comrade and in the context of the international day of action for the arson of a Eurobank ATM in Agios Pavlos Thessaloniki in the early hours of Friday 24/6.

Terra Incognita squat update

via Act for freedom now!

Full title: A brief update on our preliminary examination calls regarding the eviction of Terra Incognita squat

We come to witness once again how the state targets the people who chose to support open assemblies and events of the squat with their presence while using their fingerprints on some items as the only evidence to justify this attack. To make it clear, now they target people only because of their presence in an open political space where events, solidarity kitchens, manifestations, workshops and so much more were taking place. They target people who practically supported the squat against any type of attack. They criminalize the concept of the squat itself, the movement that chooses to support the existence of such structures and those underly their importance in a system which constantly takes away everything that we have won through years of struggling.

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