On Saturday June 8th, anarchists and left groups made a sit-in in front of the statue of alexander the great in Thessaloniki (greece), starting from 14:00 and lasting for roughly 6 hours and a half. At that area, the fascists of golden dawn were planning to do a happening. They were about 250 of them, whilst 300 people preempt, with the sit-in, the fascist's happening.

The city was full of police, which had surrounded the area around the statue and had also blocked central city streets. At the bookfair (which is next to the statue), some nationalistic book stands did not operate. The fascists finally met close to the white tower of thessaloniki and left -under police protection- at about 20:30. Following, and with their objective being achieved, the antifascists moved through the city centre, in a demonstration.

During the demonstration, the police's special forces (MAT) attempted to provoke by pushing the demo, but they were forced back. During both the demo and the sit-in, slogans were heard -among them: «people don't forget; they will hang the fascists», «cops-TV- golden dawn- all bastards work together» «greek and foreign workers united, greek and foreign fascist hanged».