{This article is part of a “Special Report” published by the New Anticapitalist Party-Revolutionaries (NPA-R) in France (translated from French), published in Revolutionaries No. 66, Nov. 1, 2026}
Thousands of students, teachers, and workers demonstrated en masse on October 21 in Athens and other cities across Greece. Faced with underfunding of schools, student expulsions, and the creation of private universities, the movement for quality education is back, mobilizing youth and workers in a comprehensive struggle against the government and the system of austerity, repression, and wars.
The government’s attempts to sow panic in order to undermine the mobilization have been in vain! We denounce the Ministry of Police and the New Democracy [right-wing] government, which, on October 22, closed the main subway stations and deployed massive numbers of law enforcement officers in central Athens. The police carried out provocative checks, going so far as to attack marchers at the end of the march with tear gas and stun grenades, particularly at the subway entrance.
All Articles from this Special Report
Youth and workers in struggle across Europe
Albania: After Nearly Six Months of the “Flamingo Revolution,” Gen Z Takes to the Streets Again
Elections in Serbia: Vučić Is Out—What Now?
Germany: Gen Z Against Militarism
Italy: “If you don’t let us dream, we won’t let you sleep!”
Movement for Housing, Wages, and Against Rearmament Policies in Spain
Greece — October 21 Should Mark the Beginning: Let’s Break the Election Wait Through Struggle!
