All posts by Act for freedom now!
Attack on Deforestation Machinery in Atlanta Forest (usa)
No Whistling In The Atlanta Forest: A Communique
This is a story about a couple of queers who gathered last night in Intrenchment Creek Park to reject destruction in the name of profit and power and to destroy the machinery of the nefarious polities that have defiled the Atlanta Forest. We have deep respect and regard for acknowledging that this is Muskogee land and was the site of horrific abuses, of displacement, chattel slavery, and prison slavery.
They set out meandering through the forest, touching undergrowth, brush, breathing the cleanest air in the city, feeling the wetland take them in as their heels sunk beneath them. After a short walk, they reached an artificial break in the embrace of the forest. They found themselves upon the intrepid mound of dirt, a site of destruction, a jarring crack in the rythym of the forest. In the distance, 7 unguarded machines were illuminated by the moonlight. They knew what they had to do.
Continue reading Attack on Deforestation Machinery in Atlanta Forest (usa)
Montevideo, Uruguay : Solidarity
via: Attaque
From the territory usurped by the Uruguayen State.
During the night of Tuesday May 18 we decided to block one of the access roads to the town of Montevideo by fire.
We feel alongside the compas who, day after day, defy the daily routine of the prison, using their bodies as a stronghold in the struggle.
We send them a complicit wink of love and rage, which transcends the borders imposed by States and capital.
In memory of Mauricio Morales, comrade fallen in combat on May 22nd 2009; we want to send a loving warm hug to his friends and affinities, who remember him every day in the struggle.
Solidarity with the anarchist and subversive prisoners throughout the world! In this month of May of black memory, we remember the compas fallen in combat and, in solidarity with the anarchist and subversive prisoners in Chile, in Italy, in Greece and all over the world, we materialize our rage with the complicit anarchic fire of the struggle.
To transcend the borders, walls and bars.
Long live anarchy!
For the spreading of the revolt!
Long live permanent insurrection!
Translated by Act for freedom now!
Unmarked police car arsoned (Germany)
By chronik on 1. Mai 2021
Bremen, May 1, 2021
Another spark in Bremen: Against the curfew! Against the world of order! Unmarked cop car torched downtown!
We join the Autonomous Group that lit a fire on the first night of the curfew (https://endofroad.blackblogs.org/archive/12330).
The curfew is enforced with a massive contingent of cops and property protection, which leaves no other association than that of a police state.
If you are still on the street after 10 p.m., you are suspect. Until midnight you are exposed to police arbitrariness, which certainly has no witnesses. Cops decide whether you look like you could be doing sports or on your way home. After midnight there is no escape.
Solidarity campaign, appeal court for the anti-fascist demo at 17/9/2015 (Athens,Greece)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEXAjhK-Zzw
video in Greek : ΑΝΤΙΚΡΑΤΙΚΗ ΠΟΡΕΙΑ και ΕΠΙΘΕΣΗ ΣΤΟ Α.Τ ΕΞΑΡΧΕΙΩΝ 17/9/2015
—–
At 17/9/2015, 2 years after the murder of antifascist Pavlos Fissas by the hand of fascist Roupakias, an anti-fascist – anti-state – anti-capitalist demonstration (https://athens.indymedia.org/event/60243/) was called at Kaningos square by the «Anarchist’s assembly against state, capital, fascists».
As it has been historically proved, fascism is the right hand of bosses and states. Fascists are the useful front-men for the expansion of the capitalist interests on military terms, always embraced by the narrative of national consciousness and supremacy. Whenever needed, this narrative has been ideologically and materially employed on the purpose of redefining the social balances and the exploitative conditions.
Mauricio Morales – Let’s turn the city to ashes, a collection of writings by and for a fallen comrade. $antiago, $hile, Septiembre Negro 2009. English Edition 2014.
cover pdf:
book pdf:
See to it that anarchy lives
Contents: Introduction – Poems – Correspondence with Axel Osorio – Music – Some found writings – Conversations – Stories – Love, kaos and anarchy – Words of your brothers – The fire spreads – Prologue
Published by Elephant Editions 2014.
Printed by some anarchist comrades, with contribution from comrades of Act for freedom now! project. Layout by Antonia.
(contact elephanteditions@riseup.net re book version)
Nancy, France : Relay antenna fires, 4 years, 2 in prison for b.
Imprisoned since his indictment on September 24th 2020, for the burning of two relay antennas in the Jura during the first confinement, today B. was sentenced to 4 years, two of which in prison.
He was tried behind closed doors, without a lawyer, the only public a journalist and two members of his family, while about twenty people were present outside the court of Nancy to show their solidarity.
A dozen cops came specially to prevent us from entering the court, and we were given a lecture by the proc on justice, sanitary version. Hearings are public but only a little. Only family members can go in “exceptionally”. He was careful not to mention that this doesn’t concern journalists.
Continue reading Nancy, France : Relay antenna fires, 4 years, 2 in prison for b.
Greece :Text of the anarchist prisoner Giannis Mihailidis about the upcoming trial on 31/5/21
16 months after our arrests on 29/01/2020, after all the media propaganda that followed and our isolation in different prisons, we are being put on trial on 31/5 at Loukareos Court. Αs an anarchist I oppose this procedure as I refuse to be judged by the chosen caste of judicial authority. But we are facing an extended indictment that composes a narrative which distorts the events and has as its main aim the extension of our imprisonment.
Briefly, we have been charged with ‘criminal organization’ as well as possession and transportation of heavy weaponry (the comrades also face this charge, whereas from the first moment I stated to the investigators that the weapons found in closed bags in the back seat where I was sitting, were my own), forgery, use of forged documents, force against officials and judiciaries, and disobedience. Furthermore, I have also been charged with the bank robbery of the Piraeus Bank in Erimanthia, Achaia, robbery-abduction of a policeman in Thessaloniki, and escape from the rural prison of Tirintha.
From my side, despite my known detestation of the boring and devious language of the law, I have the obligation to fight the cops’ allegations in the court, to fight the plans of the state that aim for the extension of the captivity of the two comrades, as well as the defamation of our relationships. Because by giving us specific hierarchical roles in a ‘criminal organization’, the charge is not only false but affronts in total our choices, our positions, and above all the relationships of solidarity and equality that we try to promote. A charge that is based on zero evidence since the only event connecting all three of us is the event of our arrest, as neither Konstantina or Dimitra are in any way connected with the robberies and thefts written in the case documents. For these reasons, the fabricated story of the police is not going to be left without a response.
To end this update text, I would like to express how much the solidarity actions around our case warm my heart.
Solidarity is our weapon
18/5/2021
Malandrino Prison
Giannis Michailidis
source
Translated by Act for freedom now!
————————-
On 30/1/2020, comrades Dimitra Valavani, Konstantina Athanasopoulou and Giannis Michailidis were arrested in a stolen car in Agia Paraskevi following an anti-terrorist operation.
Weapons were found inside the car, which was driven by Giannis Michailidis. He and Konstantina Athanasopoulou were wanted, the first as fugitive from the rural prisons of Tirintha and for participation in the E.A. , R.O. REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE the second for bank robbery.
All three comrades are being tried on May 31 in the courts in Athens , Loukareos Street, room D80ST, 2nd floor.
The robbery of Piraeus Bank in Achaia on 29/8/2019 has been added to the case, as well as holding a police officer hostage in Halkidiki on 30/12/2019.
All three are also accused of forming a criminal organization.
TO BE ALL NEXT TO THEM
HANDS OFF THE FIGHTERS
NO HOSTAGE IN THE HANDS OF THE STATE
Act for freedom now!
——–
To send letters to the comrades:
Dimitra Valavani (Δήμητρα Βαλαβάνη)
Dikastiki Fylaki Korydallou
Gynaikeies Fylakes, (women prison)
T.K. 18110
Korydallos
Athens
Greece
————-
Kostantina Athanasopoulou (Κωσταντινα Αθανασοπουλου)
Eleonas Women’s Prison
Thebes
T.K. 32200
Greece
————
Giannis Michailidis (Γιαννης Μηχαιλιδης)
Malandrinou prisons (Κ.Κ. Μαλανδρίνου)
T.K. 33053
MALANDRINO
FOKIDAS
GREECE
A first statement from comrades Valavani, Athanasopoulou and Michailidis 2/3/20
Difficult is the moment when freedom is lost. Especially when it had been won in adverse conditions. The situation gets worse if we consider that the blow we received on a material level has even stronger symbolic implications. Our cinematic arrest was followed by similar media propaganda, our graphic tour with bulletproof vests and the usual judicial management to find ourselves once again with an overblown set of charges, elements that form an extension of the handcuffs and weapons of the uniformed assassins.
A look at the wider social situation around us which is changing at a rapid pace so that we can slip away from our own microcosm a little.
From the magnitude of the workers’ exploitation and abolishing of labour rights to the stranglehold of animals in meat production units. From the intensive repression against protests and the purchase of state-of-the-art equipment from anti-terrorist services around the world, to deforestation and the disappearance of wildlife. From the financial exclusion of a growing social segment to the violent marginalization of most of the earth’s population. To the murders of the poor, the excluded, of all who are leftovers in the world of the mighty. From the provocative economic and business elite to the peoples being bombed, shot and uprooted. Where the interests of the powerful mean death, danger or a life drowned in submission. Nature, animals and humans mean nothing more than units generating profits and wealth. These and many others led us to choose the anarchist struggle, a choice that
challenges the existing social order. Our initial focus is on creating authentic and sincere relations, while at the same time there is the lasting need of our participation in the multiform struggle. After all, the anarchist struggle does not differentiate its means or support a hierarchy of forms of struggle. It is imperative and adjusts according to the conditions of each era, placing its bet on collectivization and diffusion on the social fabric.
Chile : en,it,gr, In memory of our anarchist fighter comrade Mauricio Morales 2009-2021
…I think that one´s dignity comes from, firstly, not faltering with respect to one’s ideas, staying firm. So if they try to overwhelm you with adversity, with insane violence (I think there is sane violence), with punishments, in the end with everything, if you conform and stay silent and falter and doubt, you are fucked. But ideas without action are worthless, it’s bullshit theory, therefore idea and action must be and are the same thing.
Mauri
—–
Early in the morning of 22th of May 2009, our comrade Mauricio Morales died. He was carrying an explosive which detonated in his backpack, he died on the spot. It is assumed that the disgusting institution of the Gendarmerie ( school of prison Guards) was the aim of his attack. He died as a fighter, without fear, without hesitation, confronting every form of power.
He decided to turn his hatred into action. He transformed his life into a constant fight against the existent. Publications, direct support to imprisoned comrades, the spreading of anarchist and anti-authoritarian literature, spreading ideas were some of the daggers he sharpened during his life. In this way he wanted to contribute in different ways to the destruction of this society based on the logic of power and exploitation.
Mauri’s star lights up the struggle
Act for freedom now!
——————
it:
In memoria del nostro compagno anarchico combattente Mauricio Morales, 2009–2021 (Cile)
[…] Penso che la dignità di una persona derivi, in primo luogo, dal non vacillare rispetto alle proprie idee, dal rimanere fermi. Quindi se cercano di sopraffarti con le avversità, con la violenza insensata (credo che ci sia una violenza sensata), con le punizioni, alla fine con qualunque cosa, se ti adegui e stai zitto e vacilli e dubiti, sei fottuto. Ma le idee senza azione non valgono niente, è teoria di merda, quindi idea e azione devono essere e sono la stessa cosa.
— Mauri
Nella prima mattina del 22 maggio 2009 è morto il nostro compagno Mauricio Morales. Portava con sé un ordigno esplosivo che è deflagrato nel suo zaino, ed è morto sul posto. Si presume che la disgustosa istituzione della gendarmeria (una scuola di guardie carcerarie) fosse l’obiettivo del suo attacco. È morto da combattente, senza paura, senza esitazione, fronteggiando ogni forma di potere.
Decise di trasformare il suo odio in azione. Trasformò la sua vita in una lotta costante contro l’esistente. Le pubblicazioni, il sostegno diretto ai compagni imprigionati, la distribuzione della letteratura anarchica e antiautoritaria, la diffusione delle idee furono alcuni dei pugnali che affilò durante la sua vita. In questo senso volle contribuire in diversi modi alla distruzione di questa società basata sulla logica del potere e dello sfruttamento.
La stella di Mauri illumina la lotta.
Act for freedom now!
[Pubblicato il 22.05.2021 in inglese su actforfree.noblogs.org, traduzione italiana in malacoda.noblogs.org].
————
gr:
Στη μνήμη του αναρχικού συντρόφου μας, Mauricio Morales… 2009-2021
«… Νομίζω πως η αξιοπρέπεια κάποιου προκύπτει, πρωτίστως, απ’ το να μην αμφιταλαντεύεται για τις ιδέες του, να παραμένει σταθερός. Διότι, αν προσπαθήσουν να σε καθυποτάξουν μέσω αντιξοοτήτων, παράλογης βίας (θεωρώ πως υπάρχει και λελογισμένη βία), τιμωριών, άπαξ και όλα αυτά τελειώσουν, αν συμβιβαστείς και παραμείνεις σιωπηλός και πλημμυρισμένος από δισταγμό κι αμφιβολία, τη γάμησες. Οι ιδέες δίχως πράξεις δεν αξίζουν τίποτα, γι’ αυτό θεωρία και δράση πρέπει να είναι και είναι ένα ενιαίο πράγμα.»
Mauri
Νωρίς το ξημέρωμα της 22ας Μάη του 2009, πέθανε ο σύντροφός μας, Mauricio Morales. Κουβαλούσε εκρηκτικό μηχανησμό ο οποίος εξερράγη στην τσάντα του, και ξεψύχησε στο σημείο εκείνο. Φαίνεται πως στόχος της επίθεσής του ήταν ο άθλιος θεσμός της Αστυνομίας (συγκεκριμένα, η Σχολή Δεσμοφυλάκων). Έφυγε ως μαχητής, δίχως φόβο, δίχως δισταγμό, πολεμώντας κάθε μορφή εξουσίας.
Πήρε την απόφαση να περάσει απ’ το μίσος στη δράση. Μετέτρεψε τη ζωή του σε μια διαρκή μάχη ενάντια στο υπάρχον. Τα έντυπα, η άμεση στήριξη σε αιχμάλωτα συντρόφια, η διάχυση του αναρχικού και αντι-εξουσιαστικού λόγου, η διάδοση ιδεών, αποτέλεσαν κάποια απ’ τα στιλέτα που ακόνισε κατά τη διάρκεια της ζωής του. Ποθούσε έτσι να συνεισφέρει με ποικίλους τρόπους στην καταστροφή τούτης της κοινωνίας που θεμελιώνεται στη λογική της εξουσίας και της εκμετάλλευσης.
Το άστρο του Mauri ακόμα λάμπει στον αγώνα
Act for freedom now!
Μετάφραση: Δ.Ο. Ragnarok
Italy: The trial for ”operation Scintilla” began in Turin on Tuesday 4th May
via:ilrovescio.info
The first of the preliminary hearings – the usual bureaucratic ritual of formalities – was a chance to see Carla, currently under house arrest with all restrictions, and Natascia, unexpectedly transferred from the prison of Santa Maria Capua Vetere. Nat was moved, without her lawyer’s knowledge, as the hearings will take place in a courtroom in Turin not set up for videoconferencing.
From what we could understand she had been awakened at around 2am, taken by plane to Milan Linate where she arrived at 9:20, and escorted to the court over an hour late for the start of the trial. In spite of her lawyer’s insisting that she be allowed to sit next to him, the chief of the escort (4 screws from Santa Maria Capua Vetere) wouldn’t allow Nat to get out of the cage and threatened anyone who tried to exchange even a few words with her. In spite of the glass, bars and ugly faces, those in the courtroom shouted out and greeted her. Nat looked tired after the journey but was in good form otherwise.
Continue reading Italy: The trial for ”operation Scintilla” began in Turin on Tuesday 4th May