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The Thing That Crushed You

The oppressed do not automatically become liberators. There must be a case at the ICJ on Greek government complicity in Gaza, and a citizenry organised enough to make silence the more expensive option. Pillar 05 is the answer to the silence.

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What We Did Not Say Last Night

Yesterday, the duty. Today, the reason. The project that boarded the flotilla six hundred miles from its own shore is a colonial project. The ICJ said so in July 2024. AURIO is reading it with the country, out loud.

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A Search and Rescue Zone Is a Duty, Not a Courtesy

Israeli forces boarded the Global Sumud Flotilla inside the Hellenic search and rescue zone. Greece stayed silent. A SAR zone is not a courtesy. It is a duty.

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Refuse the Catastrophe Story

Our species has spent forty years rehearsing its own extinction. We do not yet have a story for the world that solves it. AURIO is the politics that builds that story.

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Where AURIO Stands

Evidence first. Labels second. AURIO's ideology, its intellectual lineage, and the answers we will give when the questions get hostile.

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Why I Came Back

The brain drain is not solved by moving talent from London to Kolonaki. It is solved by building something in the places that were left behind.

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Healthcare as a Commons

Greece spends €7.8 billion a year on health. The money reaches Athens. It does not reach the Cretan mountain villages, the Mani, the interior of Epirus, the smaller Greek islands or rural Evros. AURIO's eleventh pillar applies the inverse care law, social determinants and community primary care to fix a system designed for those with connections.

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Social Security and Dignity

Pension cuts that never stopped. A generation locked out of stable work. A quarter of the economy invisible. AURIO's twelfth pillar rebuilds the floor that was dismantled under instruction from abroad.

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A Plain Guide to the Party

We have published six founding documents. This post explains, in plain language, how the party actually works: who decides what, how you participate, and why it is built the way it is.

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Greece Chooses Weapons Over People. AURIO Opposes.

Greece spends €7 billion on defence and €30 billion on arms to 2036 while cutting education and agriculture. It signs a €3.5 billion military deal with Israel while Gaza burns. AURIO demands a different path: European defence sovereignty, investment in communities, and principled consistency in foreign policy.

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Greek Identity Is Culture, Not Colour

Giannis Antetokounmpo is Greek. Negros tou Moria is Greek. Greek identity is built on language, community and shared experience. AURIO will host cultural events that prove it.

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Why We Chose These Fonts

Every font has a story. We chose four typefaces that were built by people who believe the same things we believe. Here is why.

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A New Political Party for Greece

AURIO is a new Greek political party built on evidence, truth, and community action. We are publishing our full programme, twelve policy papers, and opening signature collection.

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Why We Oppose the EU-Mercosur Deal

The EU-Mercosur deal sacrifices Greek rice and honey producers for German car exports. AURIO stands with Greek farmers.

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The Budget Tells the Truth

Greece has an €8.1 billion surplus while cutting education and agriculture. The budget is not broken. It is a choice.

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What 200 Signatures Means

200 signatures to register a political party. Each one is an act of belief that Greece can change.

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The Brain Drain Is Not an Accident

Greek teachers earn 31 per cent less than other graduates. The education budget is being cut by 10 per cent. You do not underfund schools by accident for decades.

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7,000 Cities Do It. Greece Does Not.

Over 7,000 cities worldwide use participatory budgeting. Greece uses zero. AURIO will change that.