[8/3 18:30 Women’s Prisons in Korydallos]
March 8th and every day we stand beside the imprisoned
On March 8th, we will gather in front of the women’s prisons in Korydallos at 18:30 to send a message of solidarity beyond the walls and show those inside the cages that they are not alone.
March 8th is yet another reason to take to the streets and fight against patriarchy and every form of power. For us, mechanisms of oppression, such as class exploitation, racism, transphobia, and others, cannot be seen or fought separately from one another. We expect nothing from the judiciary and any institutional authority, as they perpetuate the complex of class, racist, and gender-based oppression. Instead, we fight to expose the injustice that “Justice” imposes. This year, in a context where struggles against trafficking, the crime in Tempi, and the genocide of Palestinians are filling the streets with rage, we decide to send a signal of solidarity to all those who have been or are imprisoned within the cells of democracy.
It is a fact that patriarchy, class inequality, and racism are what lead women, femininities, trans, and non-binary people to prison. Moreover, life in prison is a mirror, a reflection of society itself, where oppression, insecurity, inadequate healthcare, and lack of freedom are experienced at their extreme. The situation in prisons attests to this. Most prisoners fight for their survival within prison, while often continuing to care for the survival of those outside, as the care for children, family, friends, and comrades does not cease to socially burden women, even after they are imprisoned.
This situation is often used to operate the penal system, to blackmail the prisoners and suppress their individual or collective resistance, and to prevent collective organization inside and outside the prison walls. The threat of a longer sentence and extended imprisonment affects not only the prisoners themselves but also those who care for them. Many are inside because they are Roma or migrants. Others are in prison because they faced their oppressors—since, as we well know, self-defense is not recognized by “Justice”—or because they were forced into illegal labor by their exploiters. There are also those who are in prison because they chose to fight against the world of exploitation, risking their freedom for a society of equality and freedom, against patriarchy and every form of power.
Currently, anarchist comrades Marianna M. and Dimitra Z. are in the women’s wing of Korydallos prison, charged with belonging to a terrorist organization after an explosion on 31.10.2024 in an apartment in Ampelokipoi. In this explosion, our comrade Marianna M. was seriously injured, and anarchist comrade Kyriakos Xymitiris lost his life. Marianna M. was transferred to Korydallos after only two weeks in the hospital and a few hours after her last surgery, having to face not only imprisonment but also the miserable healthcare conditions inside the prison. In her case, not only were the necessary measures for her medical care after her serious injuries not taken, but the prosecuting authorities attempted to torture her through investigative procedures and forced DNA sampling (as was the case with all those prosecuted for the Ampelokipoi case). These conditions are not new, but they need to be clearly stated again and again.
Prison is made to isolate and break people, but we are here to remind everyone that no one is alone facing the state and repression, against patriarchy and every form of power, against all prisons.
AGAINST PATRIARCHY AND EVERY FORM OF POWER
NO ONE IS ALONE IN THE HANDS OF THE STATE
FREEDOM FOR MARIANNA M., DIMITRA Z., AND ALL THOSE PROSECUTED FOR THE AMPELOKIPOI CASE
DENIAL OF MEDICAL CARE IS TORTURE UNTIL THE FALL OF EVERY PRISON
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