The 13th Anti-Racist Festival will take place this weekend (4th, 5th and 6th of July) at Goudi park (entrance from Katehaki metro station).
From the festival organisers

Three days against racism, with migrant communities, anti-racist organizations, concerts and migrant music groups, discussions, dance and theatre, playground, multicultural cuisine

This is the first year, I think, that the festival [...]

Via Abravanel
A while back, I wrote an angry post about the racist attacks against the Pakistani community in Rendi.

Right now I am so angry that people are still denying racism in Greece. Why aren’t more people outraged that this is going on ? How long are we going to ignore this hatred ? How many [...]

I apologise for being late with this issue. I was caught up with various other problems on this blog and actually forgot that I had meant to post it.
From the Open Society Justice Initiative
Athens, February 5, 2008

Human rights groups today denounced as racist a statement by Greece’s top prosecutor suggesting that certain ethnic groups [...]

An article by Spyros Karalis in Kathimerini looks at the humanitarian crisis in Arta for some 3000 foreign workers.

Photo by Yiannis Bardopoulos

Following the revelation in Kathimerini earlier this month of the degrading living conditions being experienced by foreign workers in Arta and their exploitation by human traffickers and some citrus farmers, as local residents and [...]

I am posting this article from the Athens News by Kathy Tzilivakis in full.

‘Sorry, it’s been taken’ is what most foreigners in Athens are told when they ring to inquire about a rental ad in the newspaper. Based on a year-long survey, easily identifiable characteristics such as a heavy accent tend to increase the chances [...]

This article appeared in Kathemerini shortly after the racist attacks I wrote about here and here. This was written by a Greek journalist not a “foreigner who likes stirring up trouble where there isn’t any”

The monster begins to resemble us
By P. Mandravelis
We were all shocked when we learned about a neo-Nazi group attacking immigrants in [...]

From the International Herald Tribune

Rights activists say Greek neo-Nazis increasing attacks on migrants
ATHENS, Greece: Neo-Nazi groups have stepped up attacks on foreigners in Greece, human rights activists said Wednesday after five Pakistanis were injured by racists last week.
“There has been an escalation in racist violence, to an extent unknown in previous years, with a constant [...]

On October 29th this year, I blogged about the rise in racist violence in Greece. The Hellenic League of Human Rights expressed “deep concern” about a gang of racists who are attacking foreigners (specifically in this case, the Pakistani community in Rendi). I felt anger and sadness and fear that this was happening.
I [...]

There has been a dramatic rise in racist attacks in Greece over the last five years according to the Hellenic League of Human Rights. A rally was organised on October 21st (unfortunately I did not buy the Athens News last week and did not know about it) to protest a series of attacks on the [...]

The HLHR (The Hellenic League for Human Rights) and KEMO (Research Centre for Minority Groups) annual report for 2007 has been published. It is entitled “Racism and Discrimination against Immigrants and Minorities in Greece: the State of Play”

The landscape of immigration, minority and anti-discrimination policies in Greece is largely marked by issues of [...]

How can we combat racism in Europe ? One of the first steps is to know the extent of the problem and finding out who is affected and how. The annual report of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) was published recently and it shows a distinct lack of data on racial [...]

To tell or not to tell.
I received a comment from Martha two days ago on the post Short Break Over. I left it up followed by this response

Thank you Martha for allowing people to see what kind of vile garbage people come up with.
I am leaving your disgusting racist, homophobic, misogynist (and everything else) comment [...]

From Cyprus Mail
MOST children of immigrants and ethnic minority groups in Cyprus schools live in social exclusion from their Cypriot classmates.
This was the main conclusion to emerge yesterday from a workshop on the integration of foreign children organised by migrant support group KISA. Support groups and unions engaged in a public dialogue with state representatives [...]

Just quickly posting some of the other links from other blogs on the rape that has shocked so many people here in Greece.
toomanytribbles on the punishing of the all involved before an investigation was even launched.
currybet on the frenzied media coverage here and the almost total lack of commentary from outside the country.
An angry and [...]

Alter station were at it again this evening despite receiving heavy fines for violating broadcasting standards. They were showing more blurry images supposedly of the racist gang rape of a schoolgirl. The actual video captured on a mobile phone is reported to have been erased. I couldn’t bring myself to watch it to see what [...]