Greece Solidarity Campaign - April 2014 update
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Music Against Fascism - 5 May live music at Charlie Wrights, Pitfield Street N1
Anti Fascist Action for Greece have organised a night of live greek hip hop, blues, reggae and ceilidh music not to be missed! Tickets on the door: £5 Proceeds will go to "Solidarity in the West of Athens" campaign, and to the survivors of Farmakonisi tragedy. More info
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Cooking the books (again) - the truth behind 'recovery'The Greek Government and the Euro Commission use dodgy accounting to hide the dire state of Greece’s public finances. In truth the economy has shrunk by 23% and national debt stands at 170% GDP. See reports in the Guardian and the Wall Street Journal
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Austerity Europe - their vision for Greece
The European Commission are planning further cuts in public spending in Greece of €7.7 billion in the next 4 years. Read more.
A plan called Greece 2021 submitted by Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras to the Euro Working Group in Brussels promises more privatisation and cuts in tax for big corporations. Read more
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The Greek people choose the alternative Radical anti-austerity party Syriza is ahead in most the major latest polls in Greece for the local and European elections next month. Manolis Glezos will be amongst Sryiza's Euro candidates . The GSC was set up following an open letter calling for international solidarity with the Greek people by Glezos and Theodorakis in 2012
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Anti racists on the march
Last month, thousands of trade unionists, migrant workers and anti-austerity protesters took to the streets of Athens to march against racism and fascism. See video report
One week later Greek PM faced calls to resign after his top adviser was caught on film apologizing to Golden Dawn for the public inquiry into the fascist party. Read more.
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From Skouries to Athens, the struggle of Greek women against austerity
Women in Greece are hit disproportionately byausterity, experience a rise in violence in the home and from the state and lead the battle to resist.
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A law unto themselves - shocking new report into Greek police
New research by Amnesty catalogues the culture of racism, violence and systematic human rights abuses by the Greek police, and highlights the lack of political will by pro austerity politicians to do anything about it.
The Amnesty report follows the investigation into the police links with Golden Dawn.
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Greek child poverty grows with the crisis of 3 mill uninsured say global charities
A new Unicef report show over a third of all children in Greece are now at risk of poverty. Doctors of the World say rising unemployment means 3 million people have no access to the health care system. See Medical Aid to Greece |
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How to build an anti austerity movement!
There have been over 20 thousand organised public protests on the streets of Greece since pro austerity politicians signed the first memoranda with the Troika in 2010. There have been an average of 4.5 protests in the capital each day. The figures were released by the Greek government. Read more.
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No more austerity - demand the alternative London 21 June The Greece Solidarity Campaign is a founding signatory to the Peoples Assembly. Join us on the national demonstration for the alternative. Find out more. |
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Support the campaign
Greece is in the frontline of austerity. The GSC organises to spread awareness, facilitate links, challenge misconceptions, and provide practical solidarity. It is open for individuals to join and organisations to affiliate. Find out how. Share this bulletin, link with us on Facebook |
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Our mailing address is:
Greece Solidarity Campaign
Housmans Bookshop
5 Caledonian Road
Islington, London N1 9DX
United Kingdom
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