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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
Greece Solidarity Campaign AGM Saturday 1st March 2014
Tony Benn, President of the Greece Solidarity Campaign, will welcome members, delegates and supporters to the Annual General Meeting. Speakers will include Marina Prentoulis who will speak on the current situation in Greece. We will be discussing the campaign’s work for … Continue reading
GSC Update 12 December 2013
Chanting during a general strike in Greece last November. Photograph: Menelaos Mich/Demotix/Corbis Please put these dates in your diary for 2014: GSC Organising Meetings will be held every 3rd Wednesday of the month 1830 – 2000 hours in Meeting Room … Continue reading
Doctors on Strike across Greece
90% of doctors across Greece belonging to the national health agency EOPYY have been on strike since November 25th in protest at the decision of the Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis to suspend a large number of doctors as part of the … Continue reading