Eleni Mitsou is a member of Xekinima (ISA in Greece). The Destruction of Nature and Intensive Farming Leads to Pandemics The pandemic of COVID-19, caused by the new coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2), didn’t take everyone by surprise. For more than a decade, dozens of scientists around the world have been warning of the outbreak of pandemics, due […]
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Eleni Mitsou is a member of Xekinima (CWI in Greece). Soon after coming to power in July 2019, the new right-wing “New Democracy” government unleashed a wave of repression and intimidation, especially against the youth in Greece. Since October, the police have been randomly attacking youth not just after protests and demonstrations, but also on […]
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Eleni Mitsou is a member of Xekinima (CWI in Greece). The 2018/2019 school year was marked by the mass youth climate strikes that shook the world. Greta Thunberg, a Swedish school student, at the age of 15, stopped going to school to protest outside the Parliament, demanding that the government treat climate change as a […]
Continue ReadingEleni Mitsou is a member of Xekinima (CWI in Greece). Strike action wins major concessions from contractors and bus administration After two rounds of strikes by Athens bus cleaners, a 15-day and an 8 day-strike, and a series of protests (outside the offices of their boss, the contractor Link Ap, the bus company administration, OSY, […]
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