Athens Riots: Police open fire on Anarchists

[The Feral Underclass]

There are mayday riots happening right now in Athens, Greece and the police have just opened fire on them. One anarchist has been shot in the leg.

Newswire link (http://www.revolutionaryleft.com/index.php?showtopic=35284)

[RASH chris]

So have they been in the streets since may day? Or did they have thier may day marches today, and are now engaged in street fighting?

[The Feral Underclass]

Originally posted by [email protected] 11 2005, 04:59 PM
So have they been in the streets since may day? Or did they have thier may day marches today, and are now engaged in street fighting?
Apparently they decided to have them later for some reason, and as far as I know, when I heard this news they were still in the streets.

[Djehuti]

Are you 100% sure about this? Is your source reliable?

[The Feral Underclass]

Originally posted by [email protected] 11 2005, 05:13 PM
Are you 100% sure about this? Is your source reliable?
Yes, to both questions.

Apparently they have mentioned it on CNN

[SonofRage]

http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Anarch...l?oneclick=true (http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Anarchists-attack-Athenss/2005/05/11/1115584995351.html?oneclick=true)

[Djehuti]

During a book presentation, policemen-bodyguards of PASOK's ex-ministers Verelis and Venizelos, were armed within the premises of the Athens Polytechnic School (NTUA) campus at downtown Athens. (This constitutes a violation of Academic Asylum laws, valid in Greece since the collapse of the military colonels' junta in 1974, mainly propelled by student uprising in November 1973 in the same campus.)

Anarchist and lefist comrades tried to make the policemen-bodyguards leave the campus and conflicted with them. The result was gunfires one of which injured one comrade, at the leg. He was transported to the Laiko Hospital.

Comrades returning from the anarchist May First demonstration joined the comrades inside the campus and are currenty occupying the campus, demanding the safe departure of those inside, along with the arrest of the cop that fired the gun.

The ex-ministers and members of parliament are still in the campus.


http://athens.indymedia.org/display.php?articleId=596

[Djehuti]

the comrades in the campus have three demands

1. the university board to condemn the fact that armed police had entered the university

2. withdraw police so people can leave safely

3. name the cop to the public

The first two demands have been met and the third has been rejected, although the name of the cop was made known by the MPs themselves long ago


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The occupation ended

at 4.30 early in the morning. Everybody was released, and no arrests were made.


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Ibid.

[The Feral Underclass]

http://athens.indymedia.org/display.php?articleId=596

More info from Indymedia in Athens.