It is way too hot. (45 degrees) and I am packing and leaving the love of my life for two weeks. I fly tomorrow and I HATE flying. Keep me in your thoughts.
[I love you, LOML and I will see you very soon]
The Second Carnival of Radical Action! is up today and I am honoured to be included. Some striking parallels exist between the posts from me and from Sokari.
Thank you for this one, Fire Fly. Very, very much appreciated.
Technorati: carnival of radical action, carnival, activism, grassroots
Trying to Help on March 26th, 2009Crisis in Patras [...]
Thank you to all those who sent me the link to this article (in Greek) about the Roma community who were living at Votanikos. If anyone has time to do a translation, it would be greatly appreciated… ?!
World Roma Day on April 8th, 2009Breaking News: Roma on March 3rd, 2009Roma Role-Model on February 17th, 2009Retaliation [...]
Reasons for light blogging in the next few weeks:
Tuesday was my 13 year anniversary with the love of my life. We are still celebrating.
It is too hot to sit at the computer.
I am going to England for a couple of weeks to visit family and friends. It’s been too long since I’ve seen them, so [...]
[This post was written by Panayote Dimitras of the Greek Helsinki Monitor. I took the photographs at the City Hall action I attended yesterday. I will write my thoughts on the "event" tomorrow.]
There was a crew preparing a documentary on the recycling of metal scrap filming the Votanikos Roma last week. They got notice that [...]
There will be a meeting tomorrow (Monday) in Athens to protest the recent illegal evictions of people from Votanikos. Some of the Roma community affected by it will be attending, along with human rights activists and members of some of the political parties. Please email me if you interested in coming.
World Roma Day on April [...]
Don’t forget, DD Live is tonight as usual. Please see the top of the page under DD live for details. Look forward to seeing you all later. It’s been a while for some of you and I miss you. Call in if you get a chance.
A Short Border Handbook on June 9th, 2009Mice on the [...]
The relevant report on Greece by the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) presented to the Fifth Human Rights Council of the UN (11th to 18th June 2007).
The report also has information on past and present Olympic evictions as well as reports from following countries: Australia, India, Israel/Palestine, Kenya, Nigeria, Philippines, Sri Lanka [...]
Another article from Elefteros Tipos about the Roma in Athens (in Greek)
I will be going later in the week with GHM to look for the Roma who were evicted from Votanikos. There are some ideas for action but we are waiting to hear whether anyone with real power will support them.
I will update here as [...]
From Panayote Dimitras of GHM:
This morning the police went there again (Votanikos) and evicted the remaining Roma from 120 Iera Odos old factory. They are now out on the streets and asking us desperately where they should go, to which we have no answer and no-one cares to help give them one.
This means they will [...]
More media coverage of the situation at Votanikos.
All of them are in Greek only for now.
The press release from the Greek Helsinki Monitor about the illegal evictions.
A Kathimerini article by Pantelis Bukalas.
A short segment from Skai Television spreading the outright lie that the Roma left of their own free will.
[All the photographs on [...]
BBC video segment by Malcolm Brabant about the Roma settlement in Votanikos.
Broadcast this morning on BBC World.
Technorati: BBC, Greece, Votanikos, Roma, evictions
World Roma Day on April 8th, 2009Breaking News: Roma on March 3rd, 2009Roma Role-Model on February 17th, 2009Retaliation against Roma on January 29th, 2009Violations of Roma Children on January 1st, 2009
I was at the Roma settlements in Votanikos again yesterday. Everyone living there is under imminent threat of illegal eviction. What does that mean? They have not been served eviction papers and no alternative housing has been found as required by European and International law. Some of the families have already been bribed by [...]
Don’t forget like I did ! It’s DD live tonight. Email me if you don’t have the password yet and come along later for chat and nonsense. You can access the room by clicking here.
See you later…
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A [...]
The article in Elefteros Typos (written by Katerina Oikonomakou) about this blog and in particular, about the Roma series was published yesterday. Thank you Katerina, for your interest in both the blog and more importantly the issues I have been covering.
I will post an English translation (with permission) as soon as I can. Any [...]
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