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Greek Health Minister confronted in London

The Greek Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis, who had been invited to speak by the Hellenic Society of Imperial College, London, was confronted by an angry audience at the meeting on Sunday 16th March. ‘The government’s policies kill. Health Minister Mr Adonis … Continue reading →

Greek students and staff of Imperial College oppose Greek Health Minister speaking

The Hellenic Society of Imperial College has invited Mr. Adonis Georgiadis, the Greek Minister of Health, to speak about the Greek “national effort” to exit the crisis and the “pan-European dimension” of this effort on Sunday 16th March 2014. The … Continue reading →

Tony Benn – President of the Greece Solidarity Campaign

Tony Benn, our President and constant source of encouragement has died. We will miss him terribly but will continue his fight for world peace and social justice. Tony was following events in Greece and there were plans for him to … Continue reading →

Greek Health Workers Fighting Austerity – Meeting Thursday 20 March 2014

A fantastic opportunity to hear from Vivi Paschali, secretary of the joint unions at Evangelismos, the biggest Athens public hospital and member of the General Council of the public sector union ADEDY, who will speak at this meeting jointly organised … Continue reading →

Annual General Meeting of Greece Solidarity Campaign March 2014

Report by Cllr Isidoros Diakides, Co-Chair GSC, March 2014 Our patron and honorary president Tony Benn is ill in hospital as we’ve heard. Also in hospital with pneumonia is our big Greek friend, the well known composer Mikis Theodorakis, the … Continue reading →

Riot Police attack Teachers in Greece

Teachers, school cleaners and other public servants in the teacher union OLME and public service union ADEDY were protesting against the sackings of their colleagues outside a meeting of the TROIKA and government on Friday 28th February 2014. The government responded … Continue reading →

IMF Chief Christine Lagarde thinks the troika got it wrong on Greece?

    Alex Andreou writes in The Guardian 24.2.2014: On Thursday, Christine Lagarde made some comments in an interview for Australia’s ABC which have passed largely unreported, Greece no longer being the crisis en vogue. She admitted that the troika – … Continue reading →

Austerity measures have inflicted “shocking” harm on the health of the Greek population

In a damning article published in The Lancet (pdf), academics from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have reported evidence of rising infant mortality rates, soaring levels of HIV infection among … Continue reading →

Greek teachers issue international appeal for support to stop dismissals

  Greek teachers strike to stop dismissals Athens, 29/01/2014     To EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL, ETUCE and Teacher Trade Unions across the world STOP TEACHER DISMISSALS Dear colleagues, As you have already been informed on 23 July 2013 the Greek government, within the … Continue reading →

Golden Dawn photos show its Nazi face

A hoard of 14000 photos and 900 video clips discovered on the confiscated computers and mobile phones of 2 Golden Dawn MPs and a leader of a local Golden Dawn branch have been handed by police to the public prosecutor, … Continue reading →