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Greece to cut thousands of public sector jobs

Greece’s government has won parliamentary approval to cut thousands of public sector job cuts and clear the way for receiving the latest tranche of bailout aid.

Greece Solidarity Campaign Chair Handing Over Medical Aid Money In Athens

SYRIZA leader tells congress ‘party ready to govern’

ANA-MPA — Main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday evening declared his party’s “readiness and faith in taking the responsibility of overturning the memorandums’ tyranny and the old-fashioned party corruption… to govern the country at the … Continue reading

Fourth General Strike

Greek people’s anger at the austerity programme rose again into fury with the fourth General Strike of 2013 on July 16th. Demonstrations, protests and sit-ins expressed vehement opposition and resistance to another proposed round of cuts targeting public sector jobs. … Continue reading

4,000 police on duty for Schaeuble visit

Protests and gatherings banned in large swath of central Athens Police ban all ‘public gatherings and rallies’ in huge swath of city centre from 9am and 8pm on Thursday, including Syntagma Square, focal points of scores of anti-austerity demonstrations The … Continue reading

GSC – Special Update March ’13

Public Meeting with ALEXIS TSIPRAS, Head of Syriza Parliamentary Group and Leader of the Opposition to the current pro-austerity Greek coalition government, London Fri 16 Mar 2013! “The London branch of SYRIZA is proudly hosting c. Alexis Tsipras – the … Continue reading

GSC update 15 (18 Feb 2013)

GSC UPDATE 15  (18 February 2013) ~ please forward to friends and comrades ~   This newsletter describes the effects of austerity measures that Greek people are enduring and resisting. You may be able to help by affiliating yourself or … Continue reading

GSC Supports European Antifascist Manifesto  

Below is the European anti-fascist manifesto that the Greece Solidarity Campaign is supporting, Paul Mackney co-chair of GSC said, “The Greece Solidarity Campaign (UK), seeing anti-austerity and anti-fascism as inextricably linked, has endorsed the Manifesto.” Sixty eight years after the … Continue reading

Factory in Greece starts production under workers’ control

With unemployment climbing to 30%, workers’ income reaching zero, sick and tired of big words, promises and more taxes, unpaid since May 2011 and currently withholding their labour, with the factory abandoned by the employers, the workers of Vio.Me. by … Continue reading

GSC update 14 – (5 Feb 2013)

GSC UPDATE 14  (5 February 2013) ~ please forward to friends and comrades ~   N.B. the next Greece Solidarity Campaign  organising committeemeeting is at 6.30pm on Wednesday 20 February, ground floor suite, UNITE the Union Offices, 128 Theobalds Rd, … Continue reading