The insurrection in Greece has entered its second week. There was a solidarity march and general assembly in San Francisco on Saturday, December 20th. Protesters marched to New College, the Mission Police station and then up Market to Powell Street. The protest ended in Union Square. There were 5 arrests as police in riot gear moved in after protesters entered the Westfield Shopping Center.

Breaking News From 12/20:
7:11pm The protest officially ended at the Christmas tree next to the ice rink with an announcement that 5 people had been arrested. Riot police continued to line up in front of Macys screening all of those going in even after the protest had dispersed
6:56pm: About 25 protesters ran past 3rd Street and turned onto Geary St., while hundreds of cops in riot gear marched and drove behind them. The cops blocked Geary at Grant and arrested at least one person. Protesters then went up Grant to Post and into Union Square.
6:29pm: The march moved quickly down Market Street to the Powell St. area. Some of the protesters appear to have gone into the Westfield Shopping Center. At least one person was arrested. Crowd outside of mall mostly surrounded by police, but there are also hundreds of shoppers outside the mall while the protesters are holding banners and playing music on a sound system. After arrest crowd pounded on police van chanting "let them go."
5:00pm:The crowd stopped outside of the police station on Mission at 17th Street for speeches about the situation in Greece and about police brutality.
4:35pm: Crowd moves up 22nd to Valencia and stops at New College where two banners are dropped reading "Burn the Banks Smash The State" and "Solidarity With Greek Uprising"
4:15pm: About 200 people marched down Mission Street from 24th Street. Chants included "Repression? No thanks! We'll burn your fucking banks!".

Legal Updates: 12/24: Court Hearing Friday Dec 26 | 12/23: Possible Emergency Court Hearing | 12/21: Three folks who were arrested are out

Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | SF Protest Announcement | Day of International Action Against State Murders | Interview with Rabble Rouser International Day of Action for Athens | Day of Solidarity for Greece

Modesto: Anarchists Take to the Streets in Support of Greek Insurrection | SF: Attack on B of A- Greek Solidarity

Background: In Greek there have been increasing occupations of high schools, universities, government buildings, and TV and radio stations. Municipalities have declared autonomy and workers have taken over trade union offices, critiquing union bureaucrats across the country.

What started out as rage against the murder of 15-year-old anarchist Alexandros Grigoropoulos has come to be characterized as a widespread insurrection by Greek youth, workers and immigrants who regard the Greek state as illegitimate and are determined to wrestle back control of their lives from the global financial casino.

The Polytechnic University, a hub and symbol of resistance since the overthrow of the military dictatorship in 1974, has put out a call for international solidarity on December 20th. Already there have been solidarity actions in every major city in Europe, in Olympia (WA), Santa Cruz, Boston, Chicago and New York City.

On December 17th, students from New York City started an occupation of the New School for Social Research in solidarity with the Greek Uprising and to call attention the grievences with the administration.
Communique from the New School occupation.

Communique from Albanian Migrants | Communique from Trade Union Occupation | Video from the Occupation of State TV station NET | Greek protesters clash with police | Tuesday (12/16): reports from Greece | "Stop shooting tear gas. We've cried enough without your help!" | Riot police headquarters attacked;State TV station occupied | Greek Communist Party (KKE) bombed after calling riots the work of foreign intelligence | Eyewitness reports police violence against Athens protesters | More of the truth about Alexandros' murder | Greek police charged with murder

Continuous Updates from Center for Anarchist Strategy | Updates from Occupied London Blog | Athens Indymedia

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