Solidarity with Fire: The Insurrection to Come

“solidarity with the fires in Greece, the insurrection to come” Today is the sixth continuous day of protest riots in Greece, with some of the biggest developments being the international spread of the protests and the magnitude of the damage done to private business in Greece. This is just a roundup from mainstream news sources […]

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Any sign of political climax in Greece?

If one looks into the etymology of the original Greek word, climax, it apparently refers to “propositions rising in effectiveness,” of a goal achieved through specific steps. The Oxford English Dictionary credits “popular ignorance” for making “high point” the meaning of climax, while Marie Stopes, a birth-control pioneer, turned it into a substitute for orgasm. […]

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“This is war”: More news on the Greek uprising

“Every single, and I mean every single shop in the centre of Athens is damaged or destroyed”. “It is war, don’t you see? This is war.” And so it begins. The biggest string of riots the country has seen in its post-dictatorship (1974) era. Talking heads on TV screens are completely freaking out. “What would […]

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Anarchist News on the Greek Uprising

There is very little information coming out in English, and on North American anarchist blogs, with news or direct communication from Greece or about the Greek protests. This is what I have found thus far: ••••••• So far, the blog with the most active coverage is ON THE GREEK RIOTS, news direct from Greece, in […]

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RAGE

“Rage is what I feel for what has happened, rage, and that this cop who did it must see what it is to kill a kid and to destroy a life” a student in Athens told reporters Monday. Good things come in threes: Three government buildings were torched by protesters in downtown Athens on Monday, […]

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Watching Oppression Burn: Across Greece, Across Europe

Some media are calling these “riots” by “extremists,” while others insist on speaking of “self-styled anarchists” (as opposed to officially incorporated and state-recognized anarchists?) — I prefer to see these events as a transnational festival of insurgence that targets some of those insititutions that embody and breed violence locally and internationally: the police, the state, […]

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