More than 15,000 people demonstrated yesterday evening in the streets of Athens against the vote in Parliament of a third memorandum which imposes new austerity measures on the Greek people and workers. It was the first day of general strike since Tsipras has been in government. ADEDY (the main trade union of the civil service) demanded: “the abolition of the memorandum” and “the cancellation of the debt”.
38 Syriza MPs reject the agreement
16 July 2015, by38 Syriza MPs reject the agreement.
Overall result: 229 yes, 64 no, 6 abstain/present, one absence.
Today is a tragic day for Greece and for its Left.
Majority of Syriza CC reject agreement
15 July 2015STATEMENT by the 108 (out of 201) members of Syriza’s Central Committee
Athens now! An explosive situation
15 July 2015, byMass rally this evening in front of Parliament.
“Historic victory of the No”
5 July 2015, byStatement by the scientific coordinator of the Truth Committee on Public Debt (Greece), Sunday 5 July 2015 at 21.24.
Syriza MPs call for parliamentary debate on Debt Committee report
23 June 2015Request for the opening of a debate in plenary session of the Greek Parliament in connection with the results of work of the Truth Committee on the Public Debt. This request was presented by 49 Syriza MPs in the 24 hours which followed the public session of the committee on 18 June 2015.
Call for a European bottom up mobilization, from movements of Greece: 20 - 26 June
8 June 2015The outcome of the ongoing battle against austerity will define the future not only of the Greeks but also the future of the European people who struggle for more democracy and equality. During the previous governments, Greece used to be a guinea pig but now is a positive example which some forces want to smash.
On the campaign trail for Baba Jan
1 June 2015, byIt was one of most fascinating days of Baba Jan’s election campaign. We started from Gilgit to join the main rally that would start from Ali Abad, in Hunza valley. We were a handful of comrades when the rally started, however within half an hour, we were over 100 on motorbikes and few cars.
International Solidarity campaign for Baba Jan relaunched
27 May 2015, byWe have been campaigning several years for the release of the ten “climate change prisoners” in Gilgit-Baltestan (north of Pakistan), the most prominent of them being Baba Jan. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, together with Shakrullah Baig, Iftikhar Hussain, Mahar Ali, Alleem Ullah, Irfan Ali, Rashid Minhas, Musa Baig, Sher Khan and Sher Ali.
Statement on the elections of May 24, 2015
25 May 2015, byThese elections show that something has already changed. The historic defeat of the People’s Party is a forceful challenge to the policies of attack on rights, on democracy, a real slap in the face to the policies that have led to the working social majority into a situation of continuing impoverishment while the elites are enriched. It is only natural because the electorate is composed mostly of people that work every day to generate wealth and have suffered from the crisis. There is a fundamental advance in these elections: the consolidation of political tools such as the candidacies of Popular Unity and Podemos, through which the people have been able to express themselves. The popular mandate is clear: throw the PP out of all institutions without allowing the PSOE to provide a superficial replacement.
