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The Athens Polytechnic uprising occurred on November 17, 1973, as a massive student demonstration of the popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967 to 1974. The uprising that began on November 14, 1973, escalated to an open, anti-junta...

As of November 1973, it had been six and a half years since Greece had been placed under strict military rule. Opponents of the junta which took over in the April 21, 1967 coup had been tortured, jailed, exiled, or put...

The commemorations marking the anniversary of the November 17 student uprising at the Athens Polytechnic University in 1973 officially kicked off on Friday. The gates of the National Metsovio Polytechnic were opened at 9:30 and will stay open for the...

A delegation from the governing SYRIZA party, including prominent ministers, was prevented by leftist groups from laying a wreath at the Athens Polytechnic Memorial on Friday, on the eve of the 45th anniversary of the uprising against the junta. Television...

A group of about 70 anarchists continue for a second day the occupation of the Athens Polytechnic, hours before the culmination of festivities for the anniversary of the uprising. The occupation of the building raise concerns that the commemorative events...

Groups of anarchists have occupied the main building of Athens Polytechnic, two days before the anniversary of the 1973 student uprising against the dictatorship. According to a statement published on a leftist web site, the occupiers are calling for "rebellion...

Thirteen people were arrested while five more were detained near the Athens Polytechnic late on Thursday alleged to be involved in the clashes that broke out after the march for the 43rd anniversary of the students uprising. Earlier, roughly 200...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and several SYRIZA officials were met with boos when the PM laid a wreath at the Athens Polytechnic monument on the anniversary of the student uprising on November 17, 1973. Minor clashes broke out on...

A shocking video depicting the riot that took place on Tuesday, April 7, in downtown Athens, Greece, near the Polytechnic school, was posted on YouTube by anti-authoritarians. The video with the eloquent title “Athens: Front line view of the riot in...

Some 20,000 to 25,000 Greeks participated in the annual protest rally to the US Embassy on Monday evening, marking the 41st anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic Uprising of November 17, 1973. The demonstration was policed by more than 7,000 officers, who...

  Among the documents that were seized by the Greek anti- terrorism police officers, on Wednesday, when they raided the houses of several MPs and Golden Dawn’s offices, a video was found with Greek Golden Dawn’s chief Nikos Michaloliakos stating...

Events commemorating the 37th anniversary of a students' uprising at the Athens Polytechnic[...]

Thousands marched on the streets of Athens toward the US Embassy on Sunday to commemorate the anniversary of the Polytechnic uprising and the victims of the deadly 1973 crackdown by the police and the army of a student uprising...

Violent clashes erupted on the streets of central Athens right after the conclusion of the annual march commemorating the 1973 Polytechnic uprising against the military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 until 1974. Despite more than 5,000 police officers being...

Dozens of anarchists launched a barrage of petrol bomb attacks against the police at the infamous Exarhia area of Athens. Police responded with tear gas and a number of properties have been damaged. A woman was hospitalized with burns after being...