Matthaios Tsimitakis is a journalist in Athens, Greece. He was the social media manager for Alexis Tsipras in 2016–19. With Mihalis Panayiotakis, he coauthors a newsletter on Greek news.
Last week, two trains collided in central Greece, claiming 57 lives. Unions had long warned that cuts to the now-privatized rail network would cause a severe accident, but neither the government nor the country’s corporate media heeded the calls.
Under cover of the pandemic, Greece’s right-wing government has passed a slew of new measures to benefit the wealthy at the expense of workers, while massively expanding police powers. On the back of a decade of austerity, the latest laws are set to transform the country into a client state and playground for foreign tourists.