In recent months state repression has been intensified inside and outside ASOEE (Athens University of Economics and Business), in downtown Athens, against immigrant street vendors, students and other people who stand in solidarity with the oppressed. A permanent presence of anti-riot squads around the university premises along with plainclothes cops—who are constantly and jointly launching targeted attacks that often include tear gas, fired at the perimeter and the forecourt of ASOEE—has thus become daily circumstance. Today, May 28th, once again an orchestrated raid against immigrants was launched at the main entrance of ASOEE by large police forces, plainclothes cops and at least thirty thugs of the neo-Nazi party Chrissi Avgi/Golden Dawn, who were seen wearing helmets and holding batons during the attack.

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