Walid's story

Damian Mac Con Uladh (@damomac) investigated the case of Walid, a 29-year-old Egyptian immigrant who was kidnapped and tortured by his employer, a Greek baker, on the island of Salamina last week-end, in what must be one of the most freakish racist crimes committed in Greece. Here is the section of this week's #rbnews international show where he summarized what he found out.

Walid's story by Irategreek on Mixcloud

#rbnews international weekly show - 10 November 2012

On the #rbnews international show on 10 November 2012, our guest was Damian Mac Con Uladh, journalist with the Athens News and the Irish Times. We discussed the international media coverage of Greece in the past two weeks, the challenges facing democracy in Greece and the case the freakish racist attack on Walid, a 29-year-old Egyptian man who was kidnapped and tortured by his employer on the island of Salamina near Piraeus.
You can listen to the podcast after the jump.

#rbnews international weekly show - 20 October 2012

On the #rbnews international weekly show on 20 October 2012, we discussed the news of the week with SYRIZA's chief economist Yiannis Milios. Topics include the Israeli boarding of the Estelle, which was sailing to Gaza, the 18 October general strike and EU summit, and the links between Golden Dawn and the police,which were exposed in international media. You can listen to the podcast after the jump.

Interview with Laurie Penny and Yiannis Baboulias

On 15/10/2012, we interviewed Laurie Penny (@PennyRed) and Yiannis Baboulias (@YiannisBab). We talked about Greece, the rise of neo-nazism, comparisons with other fascist movements in Europe and how the media should manage such movements. You can listen to the podcast after the jump.

#rbnews international weekly show - 13 October 2012

In the third #rbnews international show of this season, we discussed Angela Merkel's visit to Greece and the police operation it entailed, Golden Dawn's antics in parliament and in front of the Chytirio theatre (see more here and here) and the publication of the IMF report detailing the shortcomings of austerity policies on the day it was made official that unemployment in Greece is above 25%.
Our guest this week was the editor-in-chief of the English-language version of Kathimerini newspaper, Nikos Konstantaras. You can follow Nikos on Twitter @nkonstan.
The podcast is available after the jump.

#rbnews international weekly show 2 - 06 October 2012

In the second #rbnews English-language show of this season covering the period 30 September-06 October 2012, we discussed the Lagarde list, the new austerity measures, the multiple detentions and arrests by the police and torture cases and upcoming events in Greece, as well as developments with regards to the financial crisis in other European countries. The podcast is available after the jump.