For a decade now, VIOME has been the only self-managed factory in Greece, where workers control the production process. It is a…
Theodoros Karyotis
The latest attack on the squatting movement in Greece is the preamble for a massive operation of housing dispossession by the right-wing government
The importance of grassroots urban struggles
Now that Syriza has caved in to the creditors, the need for grassroots mobilization is more urgent than ever. A new cycle of struggles is ahead of us
A yes vote would entail a major setback for popular struggles; a NO vote, by contrast, would open up radical new horizons for the grassroots movement
Some personal notes from my participation in Thessaloniki’s great #vote4water referendum
As economic governance gets more and more removed from the interests of the population that it claims to represent, the task now lies with the citizens to claim their basic rights
While there is still a long road ahead, the formalization of the cooperative, the overwhelming response of society and the extension of the distribution network offer a positive outlook for the Vio.Me struggle
Workers, activists and academics gather at the occupied and self-managed Fralib factory in Marseille for Europe’s first “Workers’ Economy” meeting