Category Archives: Events

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 →

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 →

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 →

“I strongly believe that the people and the working class of Europe have to build a broad front against the economic war that neo-liberalism has launched”

Speech of Syriza Member of the Greek Parliament Theano Fotiou at the GSC and FBU fringe meeting at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in Bournemouth, UK Monday 9 September 2013. Theano, a former University Professor, was an official guest of … Continue reading →

The state of the Greek health service and the humanitarian crisis in Greece 2013.

Speech by Jane Beach,Unite the Union official Health sector, at the South East Regional TUC briefing for trade unionists on Politics in Greece, 24 October 2013, following her visit to Greece with the GSC.  I’d like to share with you … Continue reading →

World Aids Day Screening of ‘ Ruins – Story of a HIV Witch hunt’ November 29th 2013

  This ground breaking documentary by Greek film director, Zoe Mavroudi, on a witch hunt of HIV and women in Greece last year is being screened by the London & Eastern regional LGBT and Women’s Committees of UNITE the Union … Continue reading →

International Day of Solidarity with the Greek people November 9th. Break the handcuffs on Democracy and Freedom!

        There will be a London Solidarity Rally on Saturday 9th November  13.00 at Trafalgar Square. At 4.20 am on Thursday 7th November 2013 police raided the building of ERT – the Greek public broadcaster – which its … Continue reading →

Statement of support and solidarity for Greek public and private sector trades unions in their General Strike 6 November 2013

As members of the Greece Solidarity Campaign delegation which visited and met with leading and grass-roots trade unionists, social pharmacy and social solidarity centre organisers, municipal activists, university staffs, peace campaigners and political figures resisting austerity in the Athens area … Continue reading →