Archive for September, 2007
Thank you George for your comment pointing to a letter Teacher Dude sent to the Athens News outlining his experience of police brutality. You can read his full account of the incident here. I talked to Teacher Dude at DD live on Thursday and asked him what we could all do to help. He told […]
From the Greek Helsinki Monitor
Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM) highlights three trials of the far right newspaper “Eleftheros Kosmos” for anti-Semitic and anti-Roma articles published in 2006. “Eleftheros Kosmos” is supporting, and is supported by, the extreme right party LAOS (People’s Orthodox Rally) that has just entered Greek Parliament after the 16 September 2007 elections. LAOS […]
The first DD live will be up and running later after a two month hiatus. For those of you who are new to this blog, we meet up on Thursdays for live chat (very often with much silliness). As this is the first meeting after a long break, I will post the instructions on how […]
As I sit in my new home, looking out onto my little balcony filled with plants with the sun streaming in, I am reminded again how lucky I am. According to European and international law, we all have the right to decent housing. Below are just two examples:
Everyone has the right to a standard of […]
Via the Greek Helsinki Monitor
An article by Apostolis Fotiadis for the Inter Press Service News Agency about Nigerian women who are trafficked to Greece to work on the streets in downtown Athens.
ATHENS, Sep 25 (IPS)
Every night besides the town hall of Athens, next to Omonia square, where the narrow streets of the popular […]
From an email sent to me by the center:
We are looking for volunteers to help the “Support Center for Children and Family” in Athens. The Center is making efforts to have disadvantaged children enrolled in school and provide support for socially excluded children (street children), children belonging to racial, national, and religious minorities and children […]
After a very long two months, I am back online ! I have missed my blog terribly and especially the people who visit me regularly and support this place. Thank you for your patience and for continuing to check my activities. Tomorrow is Thursday so I will be hosting the first DD live for what […]
Thank you, Teacher Dude, for speaking out with such dignity and courage. I saw the interview. The guy who spoke “against” you and your photography came across as an idiot with no leg to stand on. The journalist kept asking him what law he was following. He had no answer because there is no such […]
Sad to see the extreme-right Nationalist party of Laos get 10 seats in the new government. They are on the inside for the first time since the end of the fascist dictatorship of Greece. Your thoughts ?
[I have no more time today online.
OTE have said they are coming on Saturday to reconnect us. We’ll see…]
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The saga continues…
Yesterday was the day we were to have our appointment to connect our phone (we’ve waited 6 weeks for this).They were supposed to be at the house between 10am and 1.30pm but no-one showed up. Nice long working hours eh? No wonder they can’t get anything done. Anyway, we called and they said […]
I am shocked and saddened to find out that my friend Teacher Dude was beaten up by the police for taking pictures. He is an outstanding photographer and I always look forward to his latest postings. He (and he’s not the only one) did not know that it is illegal to take pictures of the […]
Could everyone please refrain from name-calling and personal insults. I have very little online time and do not want to spend it baby-sitting. Also, could you stop giving yourself really long, over the top tags/nicknames. It breaks my blog! You know who you are because I have edited two of your comments already.
Thank you.
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I am well and truly fed up of waiting for my phone connection. We have an appointment (this doesn’t necessarily mean connection) on the 12th September. By then we will have been 6 weeks without a phone. And for the pleasure of being without service for this time we will pay 80 euros and have […]
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