This Is Athens

A personal account of my short visit to Athens, Greece. My initial intent was to do a report on the anarchist neighbourhood assemblies. Truth be told this task was more challenging than I expected. Few within the neighbourhood assembly scene agreed to be video taped or photographed for fear of retaliation by the police, their employers and fascists. I was also made aware of the troubling hardships undocumented immigrants and their supporters face, the rise of the neo-nazi party Golden Dawn, and the role of the police in suppressing social struggles. This piece is only a snapshot of the complex situation of a country in a state of "civil war." and how anarchists are reacting to it. Español Este video recuenta la visión personal del autor en su visita inicial a Atenas, Grecia. La intención inicial era realizar un reportaje sobre las asambleas en los barrios anarquistas. Esta tarea fue más complicada de lo que el realizador esperaba, ya que pocos en las asambleas barriales aceptaron ser