Letter of the anarchist Vanggelis Stathopoulos
read at the event SOLIDARITY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE TODAY & THE NEED FOR A FEDERATED MOVEMENT held on 10/04/2022 by the Assembly of Refugee Squats (SY.KA.PRO) at the Self-managed Canteen of Law university in Athens

Letter:

I greet the comrades who organized and participated in this event.
I would like to refer to the question of social solidarity. Solidarity is a relationship-concept that inspires the broader movement, it is a basic component to build a world against the exploitation of man by man, a common practice of subversive movements worldwide. Practical solidarity is not a position, it is an attitude of life, it is a matter of consciousness, it becomes an experience in our lives. It is the practical critique against social cannibalism. By expressing it each and every one of us in our personal lives, we grow with it, giving it practical and meaningful significance. Solidarity is an experience, we hold it in our hands and distribute it generously when needed.

Practical solidarity is an idea, it defines our conscience, it is a code of values, it is the act between people without the mediation of money or power, and it is based on selflessness and characterises the human condition. It is our history and our future. It is the choice to remain human. Continue reading Athens, Greece: Letter of the prisoner anarchist Vanggelis Stathopoulos read at the event SOLIDARITY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE TODAY & THE NEED FOR A FEDERATED MOVEMENT held on 10/04/2022 →

Thanos Chatziaggelou: During a witch hunt, pride is hidden in the fire beam.

In this case, beyond what is objectively true and what is a lie, the greatest danger lies behind the political goals of the anti-terrorist unit. So, what are the shocking pieces of evidence of the service, infamous for its methodical lies: A ridiculous anonymous phone call that names me personally as the one responsible for a set of arson attacks in the region of Thessaloniki (a phone call whose number I assume is going to be missed in the trial by the hackers of the service), surveillance of ambiguous quality and origin taken from my personal daily life, my arrest together with my companion Georgia Voulgari in the house of Panos Kalaitzis, where I had in my possession a set of confiscated items that are named as “arsenal” and two clear political statements: the common responsibility claim of one and only arson attack at the FNRC from me and my companion and my personal responsibility claim of being a member of the Anarchist Action. Continue reading Greece: Text by anarchist prisoner Thanos Chatziaggelou: During a witch hunt, pride is hidden in the fire beam. →

Necessary clarifications concerning political imprisonment in Chile in the face of opportunistic liberal denialism dressed up as solidarity and support groups.

1. Political imprisonment in Chile has always existed because it is inherent to the authoritarian world and the logic of domination and did not begin on October 18, 2019 with the so-called “social explosion”.

2. From 1990 to date, continuously, there are people who have been part of different expressions of anti-capitalist combat who have fought insistently against the State and on that path have encountered prison, clandestinity or death.

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Words of the comrade Pablo “Oso” Bahamondes on March 29

Faced with another Youth Combatant Day, I believe it is pertinent to pause for a moment to look at the life stories of many of our comrades who have fallen in combat, who took up this subversive path, despite the various political contexts in which capital is masked.

This day marks a real concrete milestone in which we rediscover our history and the dialectics of life, which leads us to question our practices as individuals and collectivity on a daily basis.

The expression of combativity is not just reduced to dates or moments of actions (barricades, confrontations, sabotage, etc.), but extends to all forms of collective work deployed in various spaces. It is a daily permanent practice that requires learning, debates and real connection with our surroundings, building affinities and clearly stating our proposals for the destruction of this reality, and it is the task of all of us.

We cannot fall into unbridled spontaneity in the actions we propose.

The networks of complicity are woven in practice and not in virtuality, not in the superficial discourse, poster or selfie published like a crude advertising commercial; much less through ambivalence in regards to institutionality, endorsing conventions and / or elections, arguing the classic “I vote, but I also organize”.

We must be able to enter self-criticism, rethink ourselves, no matter how hard it might seem to us.

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On a day like today, March 8, two years ago, the streets of the main cities of the territory dominated by the Chilean State were filled with thousands of people who with colors, shouts, slogans, fire and barricades visibilized and/or attacked the macho scourge. Today, only a few bodies fill the streets. Many prefer to wait for the changes promised by the new government from the comfort of their homes, changes that promise to end heteropatriarchal machismo among the inhabitants of this territory.

The hopes and expectations unfortunately remained just that, because the heteropatriarchy will not end with any legal reform or social welfare. Continue reading Chile: THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE STATE IS PART OF THE STRUGGLE AGAINST PATRIARCHY →

On Saturday 9 April, 2022 following the call of the assembly of solidarity with the imprisoned, persecuted and fugitive militants, more than 200 comrades gathered at Exarcheia Square in solidarity with the anarchist prisoner Giannis Michailidis.

During the meeting, which lasted about an hour and a half, the text of the assembly was read, texts were distributed and fliers thrown. Then a march followed through the streets of the dependencies, without the presence of the police or any other problems.

The response to the meeting and the march was another message to the State that the anarchist comrade Giannis is not alone. He has with him the movement of solidarity with the political prisoners that will always give all its strength to break the regime of exclusion that the State and capital have in store for them. The “indefinite” detention regime imposed on the comrade is another example of this brutal repression of the enemy within.

source Translated by Act for freedom now!