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There’s no media or transport in Attica today because workers are on strike.

Workers across Greece’s Attica region plan to walk out on Tuesday of next week in solidarity with three all-out strikes.

Greece was shut down on Thursday by its first general strike since the newly formed coalition government. It was very effective.

Fifteen power workers in Greece were arrested last week after occupying their workplace.

This week is special for workers across Europe.

Greece has a new government. It has been imposed on the country by the European Union and International Monetary Fund (IMF). It’s headed up by a former banker. And it includes open fascists as ministers.

Greece’s main far right party is called Laos. It was formed in 2000 as a break away from the right wing New Democracy. And it absorbed other far right groups, including open fascists.

Europe’s leaders breathed a sigh of relief when prime ministers George Papandreou in Greece and Silvio Berlusconi in Italy stepped down.

I am a printer in Athens. For the past 20 years, our union hasn’t been that active. But the scale of the crisis has forced it to take action and become more militant.

The Greek government won a vote of confidence last Friday—only to resign on Monday.

"As a nurse I see the problems. Patients’ families often don’t have the basics, from proper nourishment and clothing to books at school.

Greece’s government has called a vote of confidence in parliament to be held at midnight tonight (Friday).