#prosfygika

[radicalgraff]

Graff mural in Sydney in support of the squatted community of Prosfygika in Athens, Greece, which is under threat of eviction.

The once abandoned buildings of Prosfygika were squatted in 2011 and the residents organized various initiatives including collective bakeries, collective kitchens, a children's shelter, a structure for self-education as well as health structures which provide for the needs of the residents and wider community.

So far, the community has managed to resist and defend its ground and its inhabitants four times over the last ten years, and is currently organizing to defend itself against what it describes as the fifth and largest state attack, which would result in the eviction and redevelopment of the neighbourhood.

[kropotkindersurprise]

March 14, 2026 - More than 4,000 people took the streets of Athens, Greece on March 14 in support of the Community of Squatted Prosfygika and to protest against the government's plans to evict its 400+ residents and repurpose the buildings. [video]

[dispatchesfromtheclasswar]

[Video] May Day 2026 in Athens, Greece: From the frontline of grassroots struggles to the hunger strike for squatted Prosfygika

On May 1st, alongside the radical blocks of grassroots unions and anarchist/communist organizations, Suzon Doppagne announced the start of her hunger strike.

She stands in full solidarity with Aristotelis Chantzis and the Occupied Prosfygika Community. For 16 years, Prosfygika has stood as a self-organized neighborhood—now, the community is fighting back against corporate interests and state gentrification to defend its existence.

Solidarity is our weapon.

[angelkoba]

we will win or we will win: victory of prosfygika! victory of the hunger strikers!

Prosfygika is a squatted block in Athens made up of 8 houses which has been a safe haven for immigrants, workers, anti-fascists, and revolutionaries for decades. The community, which makes up 400 people living and organized in the squatted houses, has been faced with the danger of eviction by the Greek state in the recent months. the local parliament had announced they wanted to 'renovate' the houses and thus forcibly remove the autonomous, self-organized collective.

in an effort to stop the eviction, the people living in Prosfygika and internationalists have mobilized, held mass demonstrations, took legal action, etc. the residents Aristotelis Chantzis and Suzon Doppagne started hungerstrikes on the 5th of February and 1st of May this year in order to demonstrate with the last resource they have.

today, on the 138th and 54th day of the comrades' hunger strike, the planned eviction has been delayed without further notice, marking an end to the hunger strike.

this is a massive win not only for the residents of Prosfygika, but also for progressives and revolutionaries worldwide, to succesfully resist the capitalist interests of the greek state and continue on the legacy and history of the squatted block. Prosfygika's survival would have been impossible without the unwavering will of the hungerstrikers and the pressure put on the state by internationalists and revolutionaries.

[fromgreecetoanarchy]

The battle of Prosfygika: Striking images of squatters' resistance during a massive police operation

It all started in the early hours of Tuesday 22 November 2022 in Athens, Greece. In a massive operation, police special forces and squads of riot policemen invade one of the buildings of the Community of Squatted Prosfygika, break down the door of a flat and snatch two people. One of them is being accused of attacks against capitalist targets. The operation ends and the police withdraws from the building.

Ten hours later, at about 17:00, and for no apparent reason, a massive police attack is being unleashed against two of the buildings where many people have gathered in solidarity to the community of Squatted Prosfygika, an array of 8 buildings built in the 1930s to house refugees following the "Asia Minor Disaster".

Following the battle that ensued, scores of cops invaded the community and arrested 79 residents and people in solidarity, despite the fact that they initiated an attack with no other purpose than the attack itself, charging the arrestees with all sorts of misdemeanours for resisting their unprovoked attack. Amongst those arrested, there were even minors, a mother with her child, a pregnant woman, an accredited photo journalist and a lawyer. Many of the arrestees were badly beaten during the police invasion.

In the community of squatted Prosfygika, located next to a hospital mainly treating cancer patients, the High Court, Panathinaikos football stadium, schools and the greek police headquarters., there are currently more than five hundred people from every manifestation of the oppressed class: Refugees, immigrants, families with their children, the elderly, the sick, formerly homeless, political fighters, addicts, those dependent to the ELPIS hospital, and people of every nationality or religion. It is a multinational mosaic of the communities of the world’s most rebellious and plundered of peoples. People who have experienced capitalist war, displacement and torture, poverty and misery, persecution and hunger. These are the people that were attacked and arrested by the greek police on Tuesday 22 November.

In the words of the community "Our narrative about the neighborhood of Prosfygika speaks to the struggle for survival and dignity, for solidarity and companionship, for self-organization, equality and social struggle, for interracial and inter-religious coexistence in times of poverty and social cannibalism. A social and cultural workshop of self-esteem and community that continues to remain with those who built it, immigrants, refugees and opponents of capitalist barbarism. It talks about the smiles of dozens of children playing in the streets of the neighborhood, collective kitchens and self-organized production and self-education structures, social and political actions, care for the sick and the weak, maintenance work, with meager means, a place that concentrates memories of struggles of the working class over the past eighty years".

[kropotkindersurprise]

October 24, 2024 - Today, in Athens there is a trial against 79 comrades from the defence of the neighborhood of squatted prosfygika against the attack of the state that happened on 22/11/22 Solidarity is our weapon. [link]

[dispatchesfromtheclasswar]

Defend Prosfygika: The defiant community of squats next to Athens Police HQ takes to the streets

Athens, Greece (21 January 2023): Images from the dynamic protest in solidarity to the community of squatted Prosfygika that 2 months ago in a massive police operation was attacked by riot cops and police special forces.

It all started in the early hours of Tuesday 22 November 2022 in Athens, Greece. In a massive operation, police special forces and squads of riot policemen invade one of the buildings of the Community of Squatted Prosfygika (Προσφυγικά), break down the door of a flat and snatch two people. One of them is being accused of attacks against capitalist targets. The operation ends and the police withdraws from the building.

Ten hours later, at about 17:00, and for no apparent reason, a massive police attack is being unleashed against two of the buildings where many people have gathered in solidarity to the community of Squatted Prosfygika, an array of 8 buildings built in the 1930s to house refugees following the "Asia Minor Disaster".

Following the battle that ensued, scores of cops invaded the community and arrested 79 residents and people in solidarity, despite the fact that they initiated an attack with no other purpose than the attack itself, charging the arrestees with all sorts of misdemeanours for resisting their unprovoked attack. Amongst those arrested, there were even minors, a mother with her child, a pregnant woman, an accredited photo journalist and a lawyer. Many of the arrestees were badly beaten during the police invasion.

In the community of squatted Prosfygika, located next to a hospital mainly treating cancer patients, the High Court, Panathinaikos football stadium, schools and the greek police headquarters., there are currently more than five hundred people from every manifestation of the oppressed class: Refugees, immigrants, families with their children, the elderly, the sick, formerly homeless, political fighters, addicts, those dependent to the ELPIS hospital, and people of every nationality or religion. It is a multinational mosaic of the communities of the world’s most rebellious and plundered of peoples. People who have experienced capitalist war, displacement and torture, poverty and misery, persecution and hunger. These are the people that were attacked and arrested by the greek police on Tuesday 22 November.

In the words of the community "Our narrative about the neighborhood of Prosfygika speaks to the struggle for survival and dignity, for solidarity and companionship, for self-organization, equality and social struggle, for interracial and inter-religious coexistence in times of poverty and social cannibalism. A social and cultural workshop of self-esteem and community that continues to remain with those who built it, immigrants, refugees and opponents of capitalist barbarism. It talks about the smiles of dozens of children playing in the streets of the neighborhood, collective kitchens and self-organized production and self-education structures, social and political actions, care for the sick and the weak, maintenance work, with meager means, a place that concentrates memories of struggles of the working class over the past eighty years".

[fromgreecetoanarchy]

[VIDEO] They thought he would give up, but they underestimated a believer defending an idea

At the Prosfygika community of Squats in Athens, Greece, over 400 people face the constant threat of eviction. Since February 5, 2026, Aristotelis Chatzis, and since May 1, Suzon Doppagne, have been on a hunger strike to the death, with a demand that transcends anything personal: for a neighborhood to remain alive."

Yesterday, Aristotelis Chantzis, currently on his 140th day of a hunger strike, suffered a rapid deterioration in his health. He presented with acute Wernicke's encephalopathy, exhibiting symptoms of double vision and an unsteady (ataxic) gait, alongside severe electrolyte imbalances. He was rushed to the "Gennimatas" Hospital shortly after 17:00, where he is now hospitalized. Treating physicians and solidarity activists state that his condition is at a critical threshold, with his body weight having dropped to 35 kilograms. Meanwhile, Suzon Doppagne marks her 55th day on a hunger strike.

"A call for a solidarity gathering has been issued for Wednesday, 24/6 at 12:00 at Gennimatas Hospital, followed by a protest at Syntagma Square at 19:00 on the same day."

According to the Community of Occupied Prosfygika, the struggle is directed against government plans to evict the historic refugee apartment buildings. Organizers characterize the state's plan as an operation of "gentrification" and commercial tourism development that treats housing as a commodity and a field for corporate investment profit, threatening to displace hundreds of people.

The complex has operated as a self-organized community for 16 years. Today, it hosts 22 social structures and houses over 400 residents of 27 different nationalities. Notably, its initiatives include a Hospitality Structure for cancer patients and their caretakers treating at the neighboring "Agios Savvas" Oncology Hospital, which was established in cooperation with the hospital's workers' union.

Moreover, as the Community of Occupied Prosfygika of Alexandras Avenue state: "The hunger strike to the death of our two comrades is undertaken in defense of the neighborhood and the Community of Occupied Prosfygika—the largest self-organized project for social housing, solidarity, and public benefit in Greece and Europe—their 400-plus residents, the structures, the relationships, the culture, and the collective memory of this historic neighborhood. The fight is already in its final stage and will result either in the vindication of the just demands of the strikers and the Community, or in their death.

It is a fight that concerns everyone, addressing the burning issues that plague Greek society; issues that may be intensely expressed at Prosfygika, but are common, social problems linked to universal human needs. It is a fight for the right to housing, the right to health, food, education, and culture. A fight for solidarity and the right to the city. Ultimately, a fight in defense of life itself and dignity, to state with determination that our societies can and will defeat necropolitics, the plundering of our lives, the regime that drives us to misery, and the unvindicated memory of our dead. Our right to life and dignity will win.