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Britain’s TUC Solidarity with Greece

The TUC General Council, representing 6 million trade unionists in Britain, sends greetings and solidarity to the people and trade unions of Greece, through our sister organisations ADEDY and GSEE. Greek workers and their families and communities have suffered terribly … Continue reading

Urgent! Drop the Debt! Let Greece Breathe! Thursday 19th Feb 6.30pm Parliament Square.Solidarity with the Greek People

Gather at 6.30pm this Thursday 19th February in Parliament Square, London (by Churchill statue) to show your solidarity with the people of Greece.  Bring your banners and placards demanding: ‘Drop the Debt!’ ‘ Let Greece Breathe!’ After a very successful mass rally of 2000 people … Continue reading

Frances O’Grady,Trade Union Council (TUC) : Why the Greek Elections are so important – for the Greeks and Europe as a whole

This Sunday, the Greek people go to the polls in what must be one of the most important elections not just for Greece but for Europe as a whole. What is at stake is the future of democratic control of … Continue reading

Stand with Greece – Vote for Change

  This last weekend there were Solidarity Actions across Europe showing support for the Call for Change to the failed austerity policies imposed on Greece by the IMF, European Central Bank and EU.  Syriza, the anti-austerity radical left coalition party … Continue reading

Greece Solidarity Campaign Election Briefing – Monday January 12, 6.30pm

The Greece Solidarity Campaign is organising a series of events in the lead up to the general elections in Greece on January 25th. A Greece Solidarity Election Briefing  will be held next Monday January 12th at 6.30pm at  Unite the Union, 128 … Continue reading

Welcoming ‘anti-austerity party’ for Merkel at the British Museum

  German Chancellor Angela Merkell was met with cries of ‘Drop the Debt’ and  ‘We don’t want no Memoranda’ in a protest organised by the Greece Solidarity Campaign outside the British Museum on Wednesday January 7th. As Greeks prepare to … Continue reading

GREECE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN STATEMENT ON THE GREEK ELECTIONS. STAND WITH THE PEOPLE OF GREECE!

Greece stands on the brink of momentous change. The forthcoming general election presents huge, transformative opportunities to the people of Greece – and to Europe more widely. The anti-austerity party SYRIZA – and the movement and people as a whole … Continue reading

Protests mark December 6th anniversary of the police shooting of 15 year old Alexis Grigoropoulos and the current 26 day hunger strike of Nikos Romanos

On December 6th in Athens and London demonstrations are being held to commemorate  the murder of 15 year old Alexis Grigoropoulos by a policeman in 2008  and to show support to Alexis’ friend Nikos Romanos who is on the 26th … Continue reading

Athens 1944: Britain’s dirty secret

On December 3rd 1944,  28 people were shot dead and many others injured in the central Syntagma Square in Athens by the British… just days after Nazi Germany had been booted out of Greece by the Greek resistance allied to … Continue reading

Remembering the 24 victims of the Athens Polytechnic Uprising17th November 1973

On 17th November 1973 – 24 people were killed in the Athens Polytechnic Uprising, a massive demonstration of the popular rejection of the Greek military dictatorship (1967 -1974). The names and details of the 24 who died can be seen … Continue reading