DISCUSSION IN SOLIDARITY WITH ANARCHIST PRISONER GIANNIS MICHAILIDIS ON HUNGER STRIKE SINCE 23/5/22
South London: 6PM WEDNESDAY 13TH OF JULY 2022
At The Field, 385 Queens Road SE14 5HD
Anarchists in solidarity
DISCUSSION IN SOLIDARITY WITH ANARCHIST PRISONER GIANNIS MICHAILIDIS ON HUNGER STRIKE SINCE 23/5/22
South London: 6PM WEDNESDAY 13TH OF JULY 2022
At The Field, 385 Queens Road SE14 5HD
Anarchists in solidarity
The health condition of hunger striker Giannis Michailidis, who is on his 46th day of hunger strike and is under guard at Lamia General Hospital, is at an extremely critical point.
First of all, I would like to emphasize and make it known that although it is legally foreseen for any prisoner to appoint his personal doctor to examine and monitor him, in this case and despite the relevant permission, I was not allowed to have a clinical examination in person, our communication was between bars and in the presence of the police officer right next to me, thus abolishing medical confidentiality since he was listening and watching all our communication.
Giannis white blood cell count has dropped so far below the lower normal limit that it now poses a threat to the striker. Leukopenia leads to severe immunodeficiency. Platelets are also very low and Thrombocytopenia can cause severe and threatening bleeding. There is anaemia that is getting worse, disturbance in liver function, hypocalcaemia.
Continue reading 8/7/22 : Medical opinion for the hunger striker Giannis Michailidis (Greece)
The cassation for the ”Scripta Manent” trial ended on 6 July.
The court requalified the explosive attack against the carabinieri cadet school of Fossano (Cuneo) of June 2nd 2006, claimed by Rivolta Anonima e Tremenda/ Federazione Anarchica Informal [Anonymous and Tremendous Revolt/Informal Anarchist Federation] and which Anna and Alfredo were accused of, into “political massacre” (art. 285 of the criminal code), referring to the court of Turin for the aggravating recalculation of the sentence. All the other sentences were confirmed including 1 year and 9 months and 2 years and 6 months for 11 comrades and acquittals for the rest of the accused, convictions and acquittals that have thus become final.
The time will come for more in-depth reflections. What seems evident is the State’s determination to break the anarchist movement and the revolutionary struggle, further worsening what emerged from the Turin court with a ruling that does not seem to contain any margin for review. As the contradictions on which this society rests become more and more ungovernable, before social tensions take unmanageable forms for power, the State is trying to strike a blow to the movement and send out a warning to those who do not give up: two or three years for writing a newspaper, dozens of years in prison and even life imprisonment for those who pass to the road of action.
Continue reading Italy: Cassation of the ”Scripta Manent” trial
Taking responsibility for the attack at the Tax Office of Maroussi area on 07/072022
On 07/07/2022 at 04.00 we carried out a symbolic attack with two kilos of explosive material at the Tax Office of Maroussi in solidarity with the anarchist hunger striker Giannis Michailidis.
The reasons for the hunger strike should already be known nationally. However, there is silence on this issue too, with very few reports. The fact is that any “opposition” and “journalism” follows orders and keeps agreements, reaching a new level in recent years with the deliberate concealment of facts or their distortion. The omerta that prevails in public discourse is, on the one hand, a prerequisite for dealing harshly with the hunger striker and, on the other hand, forces us to upgrade our means.
In the continuation of the solidarity manifestations with the hunger striker since 23/05 Giannis Michailidis, yesterday Tuesday 05/07 we threw thousands of flyers at the courts, the town hall and in central points and neighbourhoods of Komotini. Also in the previous days slogans were written in and around the centre.
Immediate release of the anarchist Giannis Michailidis
The imprisoned comrade Dimitris Hatzivassiliadis started a hunger strike today in solidarity with the hunger striker Giannis Michailidis. The anarchist G. Michailidis has been on hunger strike since 23/5 to demand his rightful release from prison. He is already in his 51st day with the risk of permanent damage to his health. In this circumstance, the judicial authorities are prolonging the torture of Giannis since, to date, the prosecutor has not made any recommendation on the hunger striker’s demands.
VICTORY IN THE STRUGGLE OF THE ANARCHIST HUNGER STRIKER GIANNIS MICHAILIDIS
EXPLOSION AND FIRE IN ALL CELLS
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URGENT: Prosecutor’s proposal to the council for the release of G. Michailidis
Today, Wednesday 6/7, the prosecutor’s proposal for the release of the anarchist hunger striker Giannis Michailidis, who has been on hunger strike since 23/5, was submitted to the council. The prosecutor’s proposal was rejected, so it now remains for the council to meet at an unspecified time.
There is no doubt. The judiciary is torturing and attempting to completely exterminate our comrade. Giannis has been entitled to his release for months now, as he fulfils the formal conditions, but he is being held “preventively” as a prisoner because the bastards of the state-judicial complex consider that “there is a risk that he will commit new offences”. They now want to cause irreparable damage to the striker’s health, with irreparable problems that will accompany him for the rest of his life.
We have no illusions. The justice system that has released murderers and rapists (Ep. Korkoneas, P. Filippides, Ath. Hortarias, Leventis) in the last few days is class-based. It is the voice of the state and capitalist society, which fears people like Giannis, because in their faces they carry the dignity and intransigence of a man who struggles and always keeps his head high. In their faces they carry the prospect of the revolutionary overthrow of the world of wage slavery and power.
We remain wholeheartedly on the side of our comrade to the end.
GIANNIS STRENGTH TILL FREEDOM
Assembly today, 6/7, 18.00, ASOEE
Assembly in solidarity with the anarchist hunger striker Giannis Michailidis
Mail of the assembly: mihallil@riseup.net
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In the evening of 02/07 a group of comrades moved towards the building of YMET with the aim of attacking with stones and Molotov cocktails. At the same time, other comrades were setting up barricades outside the campus gate. After the attack and clashes with the cops guarding the building, a total of more than a hundred comrades lined the barricades.
Despite the widespread and murderous chemical firing, people stood their ground and the formations continued for about an hour, resulting in injuries to riot cops. Continue reading Athens, Greece: Responsibility claim by Anarchists for the attack on the YMET cops in solidarity with hunger striker G. Michailidis
Several hundred (not 50 like the media report) hooded in groups attack the MAT riot cops at the local cop station just round the corner from the Zorgrafou university campus, where there is also a 3 day Anti-Racist Festival occuring with Hip Hop live.
The attack on the cops sparks a 2 hour battle with the cops at the entrance to the campus, in which burning tyre barricades, fire extinguishers, a rain of stones and wave after wave of molotov attacks are inflicted on the state murderers in uniform. The riot only stops after a continous assault by the cops with not only CS gas but the internationally banned CN gas that burns skin.
Continue reading Zografou, Athens, Greece: Molotov Attack on local cop station and riot outside Zografou university campus in solidarity with Giannis Michailidis
On Thursday 30 June, the Assembly of Solidarity with the anarchist hunger striker Giannis Michailidis called for the “3rd Panhellenic Day of Action and Solidarity for Giannis Michailidis”. In Athens the second central march took place, which started from Propylaea, passed through Omonia, reached Syntagma and ended again at Propylaea.
It numbered about 600 people, and was supported by several organisations and collectives. The police presence was again strong, with riot police cordoned off left and right to the end. Their attitude in this particular march was more provocative and abusive. However, the march was completed as normal.
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