On Friday 12/12 at 16:00 we will meet outside Bristo Square in order to protest against the murder of Alexis Grigoropoulos

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English Translations of statements by witnesses to the shooting of Alexis Grigoropoulos, the event which catalysed the current uprising in Greece.

"-I saw the patrol car between Zoodoxou Pigis street and Tzavela street, it left but a minute later, the two drivers came back. They were both armed and they shot that kid, without a reason.
-Did you see them aiming?
-Yes, they were aiming.
-They didn’t shoot up to intimidate?
-No, they shot the kids that were standing there.
-Did they see the kid falling dead?
-Yes, someone shouted that the kid was wounded, but they turned and left."

It continues:

"Police is using Neo Fascists and policemen in plane clothes , with rocks and sticks , pretending to be demonstrators , targeting either the demonstrators or vandalizing small shops and houses , trying to divert the climate and scare of the every day citizens.
The pictures are from Patra city, where Policemen in plane clothes and Neo Fascists were clashing with demonstrators AND caught vandalizing small shops in the city."

• Indymedia UK
• garizo.blogspot.com

Website of the Occupation of the Athens University of Economics and Business (mostly Greek, some in other languages).

• http://katalipsiasoee.blogspot.com/

This blog at Occupied London has eyewitness reports from the streets of Greece.

"Fascists working with cops run amok in Patras; they stab two in Athens; police shoot 15 times in the air in Palaio Faliro and a flaming car is driven against the police station of Zefyri, Athens." (more)

Has a mixture of short and long reports. Some of the key posts:

"One male (a migrant, his ethnicity is not being reported) and one woman have been stabbed tonight. (...) it becomes quite clear: The “official” Greek state has reached its limit in dealing with the revolts. Monday’s riots were simply out of the police’s capacity for control. This is the time for its informal forces to kick in: the fascists. Their perfectly coordinated attacks in Patras clearly shows this."

To get an idea of how widespread the feeling is (not just kids / insurrectionist anarchists):

"The following day, a well-known local poet, now in his fifties, walked up to the police station, alone. He calmly opened his bag and, one after the other, he lit and threw the molotov cocktails he had in his bag. A new form of poetry?"

And the divisions:

Greek Police Kills 16 Years Old Boy

On Saturday 6th of December at around 10pm, police drove into Exarhia, a town square where people gather in Athens, Greece. After a verbal argument with a group of teenagers, the police car left, the policemen parked the car and then returned on foot.
The two policemen threw a flash-bang grenade at those present in the square, and then one of the policemen pulled out his gun and shot, in cold blood, a 16-year old boy. The victim was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. According to eye-witnesses, the policeman had been swearing at the young man before shooting him. The two policemen have been detained, accused of murder (which they are denying), and two Greek Government ministers have offered to resign over the death, which were not accepted by Greek prime minister.

In a spontaneous response, thousands of people gathered in city centers all over Greece. Rallies, demonstrations, direct actions and riots are taking place all around the country in anger at the death of a child and in protest against state brutality. Protests have also taken place in Germany, and the UK.

This is the latest victim in a long list of state-murders, including the 1985 killing of 15 year-old Michalis Kaltezas by Greek police.

We Can't Ignore State Violence!

Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty have pressurised the top local  manager for Jobcentreplus to admit claimants have the right to be accompanied to interviews at Jobcentres, where unemployed people have to sign on and are assessed for benefits.  Many claimants complain of harassment and threats to take unsuitable low paid jobs, or to go on schemes and work for their benefits.

"  Four days of riots and protests by angry Greek youths have weakened the already shaky conservative government of Greece, analysts say.

Clashes between security forces and students escalated after police killed a 15-year-old boy on Saturday.

As news of the death spread, thousands of protesters turned out on the streets of Athens, the Greek capital, and other cities across the country...

"The riots started because of the killing, but it was just the cherry on the cake: the problem is the government's economic policy, the scandals, its apathy," Takis Kafetzis, professor of politics at the University of the Peloponnese, said....

As police struggle to bring rioters under control, trade unions are preparing for a 24-hour general strike on Wednesday against pension reform, privatisations, and the rising costs of living...

Unions and the opposition accuse the government of only caring for the wealthy. Despite the years of economic growth, one fifth of the country's population lives below the poverty line. "

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