Voku and concert with Moukliomos Drom

By: börek - October 3rd, 2026  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku

Thursday October 8, 2026, Voku and concert with Moukliomos Drom.
From 19:00 till 20:00, Volkseten Vegazulu, vegan food served, no reservation.
From 20:30 to 22:00, music on the stage with Moukliomos Drom. Donations more than welcome.

With great pleasure, we are welcoming back Yiannis Chaldoupis at Joe’s Garage, this time with Moukliomos Drom. In 2022, Yiannis had visited an event organised by Aman Molli and ended up on the stage with his clarinet. In 2024, Yiannis performed with Nikos Tsop on guitar.
Moukliomos Drom is a band with deep roots in Epirus, Greece. Yiannis performs with Joris van Beek (violin), René Gosse (percussion) and Jan Wollring (accordion).
“The heart of our sound is formed by clarinetist Yiannis Chaldoupis, born and raised in Parakalamos. This village in northwestern Greece, near the Albanian border, is known for its vibrant Roma community. They play a crucial role in the preservation and development of the Epirotika (the unique, local music style of the Pogoni region). Yiannis grew up in this tradition and learned to play the clarinet from his uncle from the age of thirteen – in exchange of cutting wood for the man” https://moukliomos-drom.geomuziek.nl/ […Lees verder]

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We Sing to Live – The Struggle of Eleonas in Athens

By: börek - August 3rd, 2026  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku

Monday August 10, 2026, VoKu: We Sing to Live – The Struggle of Eleonas in Athens. Food served from 7pm, no reservation.

VoKu for financial support to pay the legal expenses of the comrades charged for the Eleonas Struggle in Greece. During the event there will be a short presentation about the Eleonas struggle and why is relevant for the broader antiracist and antifascist movement in Greece. On April 20, 2026, the first instance of the Eleonas trial concluded in Athens. Of the six accused, two were acquitted, and four given sentences from 9 to 16 months, plus court expenses. The arrests followed brutal police violence against the residents of the asylum seeker camp in Athens, who were organising against the eviction of the camp and the violent migration policy. […Lees verder]

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Shadow Game (Eefje Blankevoort, Els van Driel, 2021)

By: börek - July 14th, 2026  Filed under: Filmavond

Sunday July 26, 2026, movie night: Shadow Game (Eefje Blankevoort, Els van Driel, 2021), documentary with English subtitles. Door opens at 20:00, movie and presentation start at 20:30. Free entrance, donations welcome to support No Name Kitchen (NNK).

Everyday teenagers who have fled their war-torn countries try to cross Europe’s borders in search of protection and a better life. They travel through a shadow world we never see: a world of minefields, bears, fast-flowing rivers, smugglers and border guards. ‘The game’ is the bitterly ironic term for crossing borders that has become commonplace among these young refugees. Risking their lives, the teenagers undertake a treacherous journey that often takes months or even years. Along the way, they grow up fast. Shadow Game is a journey through the dark side of Europe with teenage refugees as our guides. Shadow Game is a transmedia project by Eefje Blankevoort and Els van Driel. It consists of a feature-length documentary, a web series, an adventure game and a photo series in collaboration with Cigdem Yuksel. Trailer of the movie: https://vimeo.com/514264176

The proceeds of this screening will go to No Name Kitchen (NNK), a grassroots organisation committed to defending the rights of people on the move across European border countries.
No Name Kitchen https://www.nonamekitchen.org/

Film night at Joe’s Garage, cozy cinema! Free entrance. You want to screen a movie, let us know: joe [at] lists [dot] squat [dot] net

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Benefit voku for the imprisoned comrades Giannis Karatsolis and Sofoklis Toutziarakis

By: börek - June 18th, 2026  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku

Monday June 22, 2026, Benefit voku for the imprisoned comrades Giannis Karatsolis and Sofoklis Toutziarakis. Food served from 7pm, no reservation.

On 18/01/23, a police–media spectacle begins in Patras following a raid by the Hellenic Police (EL.AS.) on the homes of 7 individuals, under the pretext of an investigation into unsolved robberies that had taken place in the city. Those arrested are confronted with a frame-up and are charged with forming a criminal organization. After a sham trial, with flimsy indictments, planted witnesses, and numerous contradictions, the charge of criminal organization is downgraded to that of a gang, and the remaining charges are separated. One of the defendants was acquitted. The comrades, Giannis Karatsolis and Sofoklis Toutziarakis are accused to 21 years and 3 months and 25 years and 6 months for 7 robberies. At the risk of serving four-fifths of the sentence imposed. Right now, Giannis is at Malandrino’s prison and Sofoklis at Agios Stefano’s prison.

What follows is their social vilification, presenting them as individuals well known to the authorities, anti-authoritarians with a rich criminal past. In the case of Giannis Karatsolis a pivotal role in his prosecution was played by his surname, as he is attributed the title “The son of Stelios of 17th November.” His conviction was pre-decided despite the total absence of evidence, which was nevertheless deemed incriminating, labeling him as the mastermind. His orchestrated identification is set in motion in order to secure his pre-trial detention and ultimately his conviction. Likewise, in the case of Sofoklis Toutziarakis there is no identification whatsoever, while the hostility with which he was treated was evident in the attempt to link him even to a robbery case that had already been conclusively closed, for which other individuals had confessed and been convicted. The targeting of the two comrades was not accidental, as they are people who from a young age had active participation in struggles for social and class emancipation. Their political activity was a decisive factor, since both were activated at “Parartima” squat at Patras and every subject active within it are in the crosshairs of repression.

Against the manufactured binaries of innocent–guilty, we respond with solidarity. In the face of state violence, we stand by our comrades!
Until the demolition of every prison!

Open solidarity assembly for the imprisoned comrades. […Lees verder]

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Paper Cabaret & voku for the arrested comrades on May 11 in Greece

By: börek - May 31st, 2026  Filed under: Benefiet, Collage, Volkseten/Voku

Saturday June 6, 2026, Paper Cabaret, monthly night of analog collage extravaganza, from 7pm. Free entrance, donations welcome. Vegan food is also served from 7pm, no reservation. A people’s kitchen to support the arrested comrades on May 11 in Greece.

Statement by the 8 arrested comrades regarding the May 11 case:

Today, May 12, we appeared before the prosecutor and were given a deadline to appear before the investigating judge on Friday, May 15, at 9 a.m. at the Evelpidon Building 9.

In the early hours of May 11, 2026, a group of comrades carried out a bank expropriation in Kato Tithorea. About 5 hours later, 5 of them were arrested following a coordinated police crackdown and house raids; 8 comrades, anarchists, found ourselves held hostage by the state.

We have been charged with a list of inflated charges, including bank robberies and weapons possession. The comrades are being held at GADA, and the comrades at the Vyronas Police Station. Today, May 12, we appeared before the prosecutor and were given a deadline to appear before the investigating judge on Friday, May 15, at 9 a.m. at Evelpidon Street, Building 9.

LONG LIVE ANARCHY

SPYROS DRAVILAS PRESENT

CHARIS TEMPEREKIDIS PRESENT

SEBASTIAN OVERSLUIJ PRESENT

The 8 comrades in the May 11 case

https://athens.indymedia.org/post/1641149/
https://athens.indymedia.org/feature/10621/

Paper Cabaret is a monthly event at Joe’s Garage, a night of analog collage extravaganza! From 19:00, free entrance, in collaboration with Paper Surgery https://papersurgery.noblogs.org/

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Benefit Voku for imprisoned comrade Akis. D

By: börek - April 15th, 2026  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku

Monday April 20, 2026, Benefit Voku for imprisoned comrade Akis. D. Food served from 7pm, no reservation.

A few words from Akis. D about his persecution and imprisonment in Greece:

At the same time when the domestic neoliberal road-roller of modern totalitarianism flattens any resistance on all fronts, displaces people from their first homes on behalf of foreign funds and banks, fragments our personal and comradely relationships, crushes any labour gains that have been won through struggles and blood, beats and tortures fighters and activists who participate in class and social struggles, slashes salaries and pensions so that the money does not even reach half of the month, actively participates in the genocide being carried out against the Palestinian people by providing military bases and logistical equipment, covers up the state crime with the 57 dead in Tempi and eliminating any scandal that appears in the spotlight.
Amidst all this mess of events, today, 20/11/2025, I was sentenced by the three-member judicial panel to 5 years in prison and a fine of 2,100 euros. In a sham trial, I was faced with a rotten and fabricated indictment, cut and sewn by the state garbage of the Hellenic Police, which concerns my alleged involvement in the attack that took place on 14/02/2025 in the Western Attica Region.
The charges against me are the following: damage to buildings and public property, violence against employees, attempt to cause serious bodily harm, illegal carrying of a weapon, use of a weapon.
From the state’s perspective, walking a random night within a short distance of your home is a criminal offense to the extent that you are now tried, convicted and end up in a domestic penitentiary institution. Obviously, the reason I was targeted and am currently locked up in state cages is my uncompromising and continuous participation in workers’ and people’s struggles, always having as my life stance the just struggle against a rotten and corrupt capitalist system. From the first moment of my arrest, I denied the accusations they are making against me. Accusations that in no case are based on reality. Accusations that create a fabricated truth based on distortion and lies. At the same time, websites and television stations known for their “ethics” and “validity” were trumpeting inaccuracies with the sole purpose of targeting and persecuting me in those days, as well as the police’s invasion of my home a few hours later, even confiscating political printed matter and posters.

THE PASSION FOR FREEDOM IS STRONGER THAN ALL CELLS
IN THE END WE WILL WIN
SOUL DEEP
AKIS D. […Lees verder]

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Benefit Voku for Greek anarchist legal cost

By: börek - April 14th, 2026  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku

Thursday April 16, 2026, Benefit Voku for Greek anarchist legal cost. Food served from 7pm, no reservation.

Chronicle of the prosecution

On March 8th and 9th 2020, after a state security operation three male and one female comrade are arrested. Τhe authorities’ sole piece of evidence was two cops having ‘visually’ identified the first arrested person on a video of the attack against the Mitsotakis* Foundation. The other three were arrested due to their friendly and comrade relationships. They now find themselves charged with an enormous case file which includes 55 attacks.

Based on the anti-terrorist Act 187A, they are charged with setting up and participating in an alleged terrorist organization under the name of “comrades” . The authorities are prosecuting the comrades based on attacks, actions and public addresses uploaded on counter-information platforms which had been signed using the term “comrades”. In this way, the police are attempting to bring any political action signed by “comrades” together under the umbrella of a collective terrorist organization.

A few words on the construct of the organization “comrades”, from the statement of the prosecuted female comrade in May 2020: /… / Behold then, the State, in its attempt to sell the ideological construct of “war against terrorism” fabricating organizations. They claim the terrorist organization they created by the name “comrades” to be a group that has acted since 2016 up to the present carrying out attacks in Athens. This reasoning goes beyond normality or reality in a way that can only be called ridiculous. In fact, the name of this infamous organization is but a sign-off used by the broader spectrum of anarchist/ anti authoritarian groups for many years now. It was used, it is still being used and it will continue to be used. Anyone who searches can find hundreds of texts bearing the said signature all over Greece, most probably even abroad. This new stratagem, the use, that is, of a broader signature and its conversion into the name of a terrorist organization, is unprecedented and its only aim can be to “lump” together […Lees verder]

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Voku and book presentation “Time’s Decay” by Reboot 93, graffiti artist from Athens

By: börek - April 2nd, 2026  Filed under: Book presentation, Volkseten/Voku

Wednesday April 8, 2026, Voku and book presentation “Time’s Decay” by Reboot 93, graffiti artist from Athens. Food served from 7pm, no reservation.
Time’s Decay is a photography collection of graffiti that remained alive at least 10 years from the day they were photographed. The first book covers the first half of Athens Metropolis from the northern suburbs to the center of the city. The purpose of the book is to highlight the history of the local (and not only) graffiti scene by making an extensive tribute to the older generations, that managed to make small but accountable wins against the decay of time, repression and the upcoming gentrification of the hoods. The project started in 2016 and finished in 2024. Printed and self-published by Reboot 93 in Athens, Greece. Self-Funded. No Sponsors. Release date: 20/10/2025. The publication includes an 29×21 book of 248 pages with antiscratch cover + a surprise zine of 32 pages + stickers.

Food will be served from 19:00, book presentation will start from 20:00. […Lees verder]

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