anarchism

Gridlock in Greece

Jun 28, 2011
So, time is running out for the Greek government to put a plan in place in the interest of avoiding complete economic catastrophe Too bad Prime Minister George Papandreou's austerity-tastic ideas are failing to win over the protesters (more).

Kanellos the Protest Dog

May 7, 2010
A stray dog named Kanellos has apparently been on the front lines of most major protests in Greece over the past two years. He is also the focus of a blog, the subject of a recent Guardian photo essay, and the inspiration for several YouTube video homages.
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Unions Join Greek Unrest

Dec 10, 2008
In a move that further complicates the anti-government unrest rocking Greece for the past four days, the country's two biggest trade unions have declared their intention to go ahead with a planned 24-hour strike, likely to paralyze the economy in protest against government policies and incompetent handling of the economic crisis.

Fueling the Fire of Real Change

Sep 29, 2008
The coals of radical social change smolder among the poor, the homeless and the destitute. As the numbers of disenfranchised dramatically increase, our hope, our only hope, is to connect intimately with the daily injustices visited upon them. Out of this contact we can resurrect, from the ground up, a social ethic, a new movement.