Category Archives: News

The significance of the Golden dawn trial

GSC co-chair Cllr Isidoros Diakides takes a brief look at the background to this marathon trial of Greek neo-nazis and draws out some of the implications of the guilty verdicts This was a marathon saga, that took five and a … Continue reading →

Solidarity statement about the Golden Dawn trial

Please add your name to our statement here. GSC letter – full list of signatories – updated 10am, 07/10/2020 On Wednesday 7th October the five and a half year trial of the Greek neo-nazi organisation Golden Dawn is expected to conclude. … Continue reading →

Solidarity Delegation to Athens June 2019

A  fourteen- strong delegation from the Greece Solidarity Campaign visited Athens June 2-4 2019.  The aim of GSC Solidarity delegations to Greece is to enable a range of UK based politicians, trade unionists and activists to see first-hand and learn … Continue reading →

Greece Solidarity & Unite the Union Meeting: Meet 3 Women Building Social Solidarity

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Open Meeting: Social Solidarity in Greece. Wed Oct 10 Westminster

Social Solidarity in Greece  Wednesday October 10th 6.30pm  (Arrive 6pm, bring ID) Portcullis House, Room R, 1 Parliament St, Westminster, SW1A 2JR    Introduced by David Lammy MP  Hear from three women building grassroots social solidarity Eleni Sotiropoulou from Patissia Social Solidarity … Continue reading →

The Terrible Human Cost of Greece’s Bailouts

By Frances Coppola. Published 31 August 2018 in forbes.com     Let’s stop playing: “Blame the Greeks”.  Babies, adolescents and young adults did not cause Greece’s debt disaster. But they are paying for it – with their lives.   When writing … Continue reading →

Fund-Raising Dinner for Medical Aid for Greece with Women Social Solidarity Activists from Athens

  Fund-Raising Dinner for Medical Aid for Greece Saturday October 13th 2018 at 7.30pm Hear from 3 women social solidarity activists from Athens! Fabulous buffet dinner, live bouzouki music, a raffle.    At the Cypriot Centre, Earlham Grove, Wood Green … Continue reading →

Key Dates for Autumn 2018

    Three Women Social Solidarity Activists from Athens visit London  October 9th – 14th – A Speaking Tour. The Greece Solidarity Campaign with the support of the trade unions NEU/NUT and Unite the Union are organising a speaking tour with … Continue reading →

Greek government steps up but UK steps back

It’s mid-February and a Syrian mother and her two children drown in the sea attempting to reach Greece from Turkey. Mike Davis and Wendy Pettifer report on a Greece Solidarity Campaign delegation visit to Scaramanga camp to discover living conditions … Continue reading →

Beware the ECB bearing gifts for Greeks

  Article by Michael Roberts published on his blog October 2017  The announcement by the European Central Bank that it has so far made €7.8bn in profits from its holdings in Greek government debt reveals the true nature of the … Continue reading →