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Athens policeman accidentally hit by ricochet

Posted on January 6, 2009 by @ndy

A policeman in Athens, 21-year-old Diamantis Matzounis, has apparently been shot while guarding offices belonging to the Greek Ministry of Culture. The Belfast Telegraph reports that the man is dead; another account in The Times suggests that this report may … Continue reading →

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Lead Casted

Posted on January 5, 2009 by @ndy

There is no horror, no cruelty, sacrilege, or perjury, no imposture, no infamous transaction, no cynical robbery, no bold plunder or shabby betrayal that has not been or is not daily being perpetrated by the representatives of the states, under … Continue reading →

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So Frenchy So Chic

Posted on January 5, 2009 by @ndy

“The French will only be united under the threat of danger. No one can simply bring together a country that has 265 kinds of cheese.” ~ Charles de Gaulle, 1951 France braced for ‘rebirth of violent left’ Jason Burke in … Continue reading →

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Peace process surges further ahead

Posted on January 3, 2009 by @ndy

There is “great rejoicing at the nation’s capital”. So says the morning’s paper. The enemy’s fleet has been annihilated. Mothers are delighted because other mothers have lost sons just like their own; Wives and daughters smile at the thought of … Continue reading →

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Kill for peace : “Operation Cast Lead”

Posted on December 28, 2008 by @ndy

Emergency rally for Gaza : Stop the Massacre! End the Siege Now! 2pm, Sunday, 4th January Victorian State Library Cnr La Trobe and Swanston St Melbourne …previously… 5pm, Tuesday, 30th December Victorian State Library Cnr La Trobe and Swanston St … Continue reading →

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Merry Crassmas and a Happy New Fear // “You leftist pig cop!”

Posted on December 27, 2008 by @ndy

From The Department of “If Greeks or Germans Are So Interesting to You, Move to Greece or Germany”: Three weeks after the murder of Alexandros / Andreas / Alexis Grigoropoulos (December 6) in Athens by Epaminondas Korkoneas, the riots which … Continue reading →

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Rob Gilchrist : Saving the country economically from people who do a lot of good (…and need a shave)

Posted on December 24, 2008 by @ndy

Update (December 26) : miss x on ‘The beauty of hindsight – police informant caught after 10 years’, de.indymedia.org and Some thoughts by ultra_151. The first essay examines the methodology Rob employed in order to establish political credibility and a … Continue reading →

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French youth fear police violence along Greek pattern

Posted on December 20, 2008 by @ndy

French youth fear police violence along Greek pattern Celestine Bohlen (Bloomberg News) International Herald Tribune December 19, 2008 PARIS: A teenager murdered in cold blood, tear gas, arrests, clubbings and fascist provocations. The images from Greece this month were enough … Continue reading →

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“There must be some way out of here…”

Posted on December 20, 2008 by @ndy

While neo-Nazis belonging to Golden Dawn are exhibiting solidarity with their former comrade Epaminondas Korkoneas by lending Greek police a helping hand in Patras (and likely elsewhere), on Sunday (December 14) their German kameraden have upped the ante considerably by … Continue reading →

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Athens, New York… Melbourne

Posted on December 19, 2008 by @ndy

In Athens, on Wednesday December 17, an assortment of groups and individuals — workers, immigrants and the unemployed — occupied the the main offices of the General Confederation of Labour (GSEE). The boss of the GSEE is Yiannis Panagopoulos: “I … Continue reading →

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