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The Strength of Social Solidarity in Greece -Fourth Annual Congress

A report by Mary Wilkins of  Universee, the 4th Annual Congress of Social Solidarity Economy, Athens 2017. More than 1000 people from across Europe and beyond met in Athens from 9th to 11th June to discuss all aspects of social solidarity … Continue reading

Medical Aid for Greece Fundraising Dinner Saturday May 13th

      Pharmacy in the KIFA Athens Social Solidarity Clinic                        Kalamata Social Solidarity Clinic.  Come and have a great evening at the Fund-Raising Dinner For Medical Aid for Greece Saturday May 13th 2017 at 7.30pm Fabulous buffet dinner, live bouzouki music, a … Continue reading

Never Again! Marking 50 years since the Military Coup in Greece & Celebrating its Overthrow

The Greece Solidarity Campaign and Anti-Fascist Action for Greece invite you to: Speakers from Greece and from those who occupied the London Greek Embassy in solidarity with the Greek resistance to the military coup. The Theodorakis songs banned under the … Continue reading

Medical Aid for Greece Fundraising Dinner

  (Above) Pharmacy in the KIFA Athens Social Solidarity Clinic.      Kalamata Social Solidarity Clinic.  Fund-Raising Dinner For Medical Aid for Greece Saturday May 13th 2017 at 7.30pm Fabulous buffet dinner, live bouzouki music, a raffle.   Cypriot Centre, Earlham Grove, Wood Green N22 … Continue reading

Defiance: Greece and Europe. Book Review

‘Defiance: Greece and Europe’ by Roger Silverman Zero Books £15.99.  Book Review by Paul Mackney, Co-chair Greece Solidarity Campaign, first published in The Chartist Roger Silverman has done us a great service with what he calls a “single straightforward account … Continue reading

Greece – Austerity has Crashed the Economy.

The Eurogroup of Finance Ministers meeting in Luxembourg on October 10th 2016 agreed to back the next bailout loan tranche to Greece of 2.8 billion Euros. Greece had had to meet the draconian terms demanded by the eurocreditors in the Memorandum of July 2015. … Continue reading

Refugee crisis in Greece.

Greek courts have upheld the first appeal by a Syrian refugee against deportation to Turkey. The decision could unravel the controversial refugee deal recently struck between the EU and Turkey. Greece is having to deal with a new humanitarian crisis … Continue reading

Greek parliament to vote on more tax rises and even more contingency austerity measures

On Sunday 22nd May the Greek Parliament will vote on whether to agree to more tax rises and more, contingency, austerity measures – all demanded by the Troika of International Monetary Fund (IMF), European Central Bank(ECB) and European Commission in return … Continue reading

Support the Greece Solidarity Fundraising Dinner

  Greece Solidarity Fund-Raising Dinner Friday May 13th 2016 7.30pm        Fabulous buffet dinner, live bouzouki music, a raffle.  Reports from the latest GSC delegation to Athens. Cypriot Centre, Earlham Grove, Wood Green N22 5HJ Tickets £30.00.  Book your tickets now! Book … Continue reading

Greece needs a Europe fit for working people

Meet Giorgos Gogos, Chair of the Piraeus Dockworkers. Piraeus dockers have been foremost in the battle against the austerity programme imposed on Greece. The latest ‘punishment’ for Greece’s defiance  is privatisation of the docks. Greek workers cannot continue the fight … Continue reading