Twenty days ago anarchist prisoner Nikos Romanos went on hunger strike to demand his educational furlough. His situation is described as ‘critical’.   Nikos Romanos’ name is closely tied to the equally well known Alexandros Grigoropoulos, the 15-year-old boy who was shot and killed by police officer Epaminondas Korkoneas in Athens, on December 6, 2008. Only 15 years of age himself, Romanos witnessed hi ...

ReINFORM invites European Trade Unions to condemn the following two incidents of employers' arbitrariness in Greece. We strongly believe that solidarity among European workers is a vital ingredient of the struggle for decent working conditions and a decent life. We hope that you share this belief and ask you to sign the following two declarations of support by the Trade Union of Salaried Engineers in Greece ...

"Our dreams, their nightmares", "Money for the education, not the bankers", "When injustice becomes a law, resistance becomes a duty", "Assemblies, sit-ins to overthrow the 'New High School'" - read the banners of the high school students in Greece, who massively took the streets yesterday protesting against the 'New High School', the law voted by the Greek government aiming at the structural transformation ...

There have been clashes in several French cities after a man protesting against a controversial dam project was killed in a confrontation with police. A prosecutor said that Remi Fraisse, 21, died of wounds caused by "an explosion". His body was discovered in the early hours of Sunday morning after rioting in Albi in southern France. There was violence in Albi, Nantes and Rennes as hundreds of people protes ...

The fundamentalist extremists of the so-called "Islamic State" have massacred thousands. The government of Iraq has been unable and unwilling to stop them. The Syrian Kurdish PYD has put up strong resistance. They have helped Ezidi's to escape and to organize self-defence groups against IS. They have proven to be the most effective resistance against the fundamentalist terror. For weeks, IS has been attacki ...

On Thursday, October 16th, 20.00 at IIRE ( Lombokstraat 40, 1094 AL Amsterdam) Grenzeloos and Borderless organize a discussion meeting on the Rojava experience, the current situation, the role of Turkey and the Netherlands as well as the ways of concrete solidarity with the resisting people of Kobane. The event will be in English and Dutch. Confirmed speakers: Sheruan Hassan (PYD Spokesperson) Nuri Karabulu ...

Che Guevera died 47 years ago, but he continues to inspire millions around the world. The popularity he enjoys so many years after his death is proof that though “they” may have killed the man, “they” will never extinguish the ideas for which he died. On 9 October 1967, Ernesto “Che” Guevara was executed by a Bolivian army officer at the end of his ill-fated attempt to foment revolution throughout Latin Ame ...

The Dutch media, the EU officials and the Greek government cheer about a supposed success of austerity policies in Greece. They present that after 4 harsh years, the economy is going back in track and that the state is now functional to support the people. Similar stories flood occasionally the media on other austerity-hit countries such as Spain, Portugal and Ireland. In the Netherlands, similar austerity ...

Afgelopen zaterdag protesteerden in Den Haag ruim 250 mensen onder het motto “Samen Tegen Racisme! Voor een solidaire samenleving”. De aanleiding voor deze demonstratie was de demonstratie die de rechts-extremistische organisatie Pro Patria in de Haagse Schilderswijk organiseerde op 10 augustus. Deze demonstratie was zogenaamd tegen moslimfundamentalisme, maar bleek uiteindelijk gericht tegen alle islamitis ...

With only a few months of existence, the new Spanish political party Podemos received more than one million votes in the last European elections. This resulted in five seats in the European Parliament. Regeneration of democracy and alternatives to the EU austerity measures are central themes in the party´s political programme which, - as well as the selection of its candidates - was organised online with th ...