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Extreme Right Golden Dawners Sentenced Over Attack Against ANTARSYA Member

Two extreme right Golden Dawn party supporters were found guilty of bodily harm today by a court in Serres, northern Greece. The two xenophobic party supporters were tried for an attack against a leftist ANTARSYA supporter they carried out...

New Greek Poll Shows SYRIZA Leading by 5%

Greek main opposition party SYRIZA appears consolidating its distance from ruling New Democracy, as a poll conducted by “Pulse” showed. SYRIZA got 27% in voting intention, leaving New Democracy way behind with 22%, while the second coalition partner, PASOK, appears third...

Tight Security Measures in Athens Municipality Swearing-In Ceremony

The swearing-in ceremony of the new Athens municipal administration members took place late this afternoon, under tight security, at Technopolis in Gazi. Anti-fascist organizations and Golden Dawn party members congregated in relatively small numbers outside the venue on Pireos Street. Some members...

Protestors Tear-Gassed in Downtown Athens

Despite the protest ban by the Greek Police due to the Ecofin and Eurogroup meeting, a demonstration was held on Tuesday, April 1 in downtown Athens, organized by the major opposition party SYRIZA, the All Workers Militant Front (PAME) and...

Clashes Follow Street Murder in Greece

Greek riot police battled into the night of Sept. 18 with protesters angry over the murder earlier in the day of an anti-fascist who was stabbed to death, police said, by a man who is a member of the...

Leftist's Murder Sparks Outrage Against Golden Dawn

Greek police are investigating the stabbing death of a 34-year-old hip-hop artist that leftist groups said was killed by a gang of neo-Nazi Golden Dawn members who critics say travel in packs to assault immigrants and their perceived foes. There...

Solidarity March for Turkey Rebels

A solidarity march from leftist parties took place on the main streets of Xanthi on June 11 in support of the Turkish rebels. The Committee of solidarity to Turkish citizens, consists of SYRIZA, ANTARSYA and KKE members, who originally gathered...

Ex-SYRIZA Chief's Plan B: Euro Exit

Alekos Alavanos, former head of the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) kicked off his new Plan B party on April 4 with a platform that calls for Greece to exit the Eurozone, an idea opposed...

Anti-Fascists Battle Golden Dawn in Chania

Rallies and protest marches followed the April 2 incidents in Chania, Crete, between Golden Dawn members and leftist, anti-fascist organizations causing inconvenience among citizens and mobilizing police forces. The incidents resulted in the arrest of six people, four Golden Dawn...

16 Activists Arrested in Syntagma Square, Charged on Insubordination

25 activists from Spain, Italy, Ireland, France, as well as from Greece, participated in European demonstrations against the Greek crisis and the EU's and the IMF's policy. 16 were arrested early in the morning of May 15 in Syntagma Square in...