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[Athens,Greece] Update from today’s demonstration in Monastiraki square in solidarity with the imprisoned comrades

Today, Saturday 30/11 afternoon, a gathering was held in Monastiraki in solidarity with the comrades imprisoned for the Ampelokipi case.

Throughout the gathering, there were loud slogans of solidarity with our comrades who are in prison and against the state and capital, intervening for some time in one of the most central points of tourism and over-consumerism in the city.

HANDS OFF THE COMRADES

STATE AND CAPITAL ARE THE ONLY TERRORISTS

SOLIDARITY TO THE ARMED REBELS

MARIANNA, DIMITRI, DIMITRA, NIKO GERA FREE

KYRIAKOS XYMITIRIS ONE OF US

COMRADE FOREVER ON THE PATHS OF FIRE

Assembly of Solidarity for the imprisoned, fugitive
and persecuted fighters

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International Call for action days 30.12-01.01: In memory of Kyriakos X and in solidarity with the persecuted of the Ampelokipoi case [eng, ger, gr, esp, cat]

Assembly in memory of K.X. and in solidarity with the persecuted comrades in the Ampelokipoi case

On the 31st of October, in an explosion in an apartment in Athens, the anarchist comrade Kyriakos Xymitiris fell in the battle for social and class liberation. The anarchist comrade Marianna suffered severe injuries, after being treated at Evangelismos Hospital under constant police surveillance, she was transferred on Friday 15/11 to Korydallos Prison. In the aftermath of what happened on 31st October, the comrades Dimitra Z, Dimitris, Nikos R. and A.K have been imprisoned as well in the pre-detention prison in Korydallos. The five comrades have been charged under the anti-terrorism law 187A: formation and membership of a terrorist organization, explosion and supply, possession and manufacture of explosives, damage to private property.

The pressure exerted by the Greek anti-terror unit, working hand in hand with the interrogator in charge of the case, led to the early discharge of comrade Marianna from the hospital, with the management of Evaggelismos hospital not holding responsibility for their patient. As with every prison in the world, Korydallos is a place ruled by mistreatment and harsh conditions. The women’s section of the prison is even more neglected than the men’s section, making it a faithful copy of the patriarchal society in which we live. This torture inflicted on the comrade is rooted in the most classic practices of Western patriarchy, which is enslaving and colonial. The stripping of subjectivity and manipulation of bodies as objects, by force, is a historical practice of white patriarchy. This tries, through European states, to create the myth of an external enemy—an enemy of color, with a different alphabet. However, it is clear that patriarchy is a current enemy coming from the Western world, and is seen in the mistreatment to which the comrade and many other imprisoned individuals are being subjected.
Continue reading International Call for action days 30.12-01.01: In memory of Kyriakos X and in solidarity with the persecuted of the Ampelokipoi case [eng, ger, gr, esp, cat]

EN/IT From Bari (South of italy) in memory of Kyriakos and in solidarity with Marianna, Dimitra e Dimitris.

On the 16th of November, the assembly “NO CARCERE NO CPR” (no prison no deportation center) organised a greeting in front of the prison of Bari in the South of Italy for those inside. We took the chance to also hold a speech about Kyriakos Ximitris and our comrades in the prisons of Athens which we want to publish here.
All love and solidarity for Marianna, Dimitra and Dimitris and those who are grieving the loss of their friend and comrade Kyriakos.

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Il 16 novembre l’assemblea NO CARCERE NO CPR ha organizzato un presidio di fronte al carcere di Bari per le persone detenute. Abbiamo colto l’occasione per leggere un testo, per Kyriakos Ximitris e le nostre compagne in prigione ad Atene, che vogliamo pubblicare qui. Amore e solidarietà per Marianna, Dimitra e Dimitris e chiunque è in lutto per la perdita dell’amico e compagno Kyriakos.

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These words we speak in solidarity with our comrade Kyriakos Ximitris and in solidarity with Marianna, Dimitra e Dimitris.

The 31st of october 2024, our anarchist comrade Kyriakos has been killed by a bomb that exploded in an apartment in Athens. Another comrade, Marianna, was seriously injured by the explosion.

Marianna spent two weeks in hospital, where she had to fight not only her heavy injuries but also the torture from the greek anti-terror-cops, who did – unsuccesfully – try to get whatever information out of her.
Continue reading EN/IT From Bari (South of italy) in memory of Kyriakos and in solidarity with Marianna, Dimitra e Dimitris.

Barcelona – Intervention and banner for Kyriakos and Marianna

Banner of solidarity and honour, intervention with text reading on the Ampelokipi case

In the context of a punk concert in El Clot neighbourhood, comrades hung a banner and read a relevant text in the Catalan dialect.

May the flame not be extinguished, we will continue the struggle.

Kyriakos present

Marianna freedom

via: athens.indymedia.

About Violence: A Communiqué on the Block NATO Demonstration* (Montreal,Canada)

*This release is based on the journal Block NATO, organised by CLAC and D4P, but it is independent. We will explain here the reasoning behind our actions of the evening of Friday, November 22nd, because we know why we do these things and we believe very strongly in what we do.

Let’s put things first in context : Friday 22/11/24, marked the start of NATO’s parliamentary assembly in Montreal. NATO represents the military apparatus of the global north, it’s the biggest military alliance in history. While our governments are already making the life of the excluded and exploited a death circus, NATO pressures Canada to invest 50% more of its GDP into the military. That represents 55 billion dollars. NATO is a major decision-making body that embodies militarist and imperialist interests. It’s also an accomplice in the genocide happening in Palestine.
Continue reading About Violence: A Communiqué on the Block NATO Demonstration* (Montreal,Canada)

$hile: Call for a week of agitation by Marcelo Villarroel

Call for internationalist solidarity for the Release to the Streets of comrade Marcelo Villarroel Sepúlveda, an anti-authoritarian prisoner in the Chilean prisons still held captive by the military laws of Pinochet.

Week of Agitation from December 9 to 16, 2024.

– From the Marcelo Villarroel Anti-Prison Solidarity Network to the street RSAMVALK in Chile together with a group of Like-Minded Individuals in different places and territories of the planet, we make this call that seeks to maintain the visibility of a very serious legal-political situation very serious since it expresses all the hatred and vengeance of the power that, above its own legality, keeps our brother and comrade who, since December 2023, should already be on the streets for having fully served the 14-year sentence that was imposed for two bank robberies that occurred in 2007.

Continue reading $hile: Call for a week of agitation by Marcelo Villarroel

From Hamburg to Greece – Solidarity-Declaration of the Open Anarchist Assembly Hamburg

 Solidarity-Declaration of the Open Anarchist Assembly Hamburg

[greek below]

Dear comrades,
we are anarchist comrades who came together on December 6, 2024 for the third Open Anarchist Assembly in Hamburg.

We are anarchists from different spectrums, with different experiences and perspectives.

We come together once a month to coordinate existing initiatives,
develop new ones and network.

We are not a homogeneous, fixed constellation – but we are united by our rejection of all forms of authority and our longing for a world free from exploitation and oppression.

We followed the events of October 31, 2024 in Athens with sadness and anger. Continue reading From Hamburg to Greece – Solidarity-Declaration of the Open Anarchist Assembly Hamburg

POSTER : REBELLION IS THE EXPLOSIVE URGENCY OF PUTTING OURSELVES ON THE LINE (LONDON,UK)

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OBEDIENCE IS A PROGRAMMED, ORDERED EXISTENCE

REBELLION IS THE EXPLOSIVE URGENCY OF PUTTING OURSELVES ON THE LINE

An untimely blast in an Athens apartment on the 31st of October left an anarchist dead and another seriously wounded. In a millisecond the preparation of a single liberatory attack on one aspect of domination expands into a wide panorama of the social war.

With a resounding blast the struggle is upturned, its hitherto anonymous players thrown into the forefront of the clash. Shock and anguish invade our hearts and minds for the death of Kyriakos Xymitiris and the wounding of Marianna Manoura – well-known, esteemed comrades active in the many-faceted anarchist struggle in Greece and beyond – but so does resolve and unwavering complicity. Immediately an alchemy of rebel love and defiance surges forth, overrunning the borders by which states segment their control over this ruined earth.

Continue reading POSTER : REBELLION IS THE EXPLOSIVE URGENCY OF PUTTING OURSELVES ON THE LINE (LONDON,UK)

Freedom to anarchist prisoner K.K (Greece)

The anarchist K.K. was arrested on 7/11/2024 in Missolonghi and is now on remand in the prisons of Kassavetia, accused of placing an explosive device in an investigative van outside the A.T. police station in the town of Messolonghi on 11/10/2024.

Gathering – Solidarity demonstration : 01/12/2024, 12.00 – X. Trikoupi Square, Missolonghi
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On Saturday, November 30, we call for a solidarity rally with the imprisoned comrades M.M., D.Z., D. and N.R., at 18:30 in Monastiraki Square in Athens (Greece)

 November 30th, we call for a solidarity demonstration with the imprisoned comrades M.M., D.Z., D. and N.R., at 18:30 in Monastiraki Square in Athens

The text of the convention:

October 31 forever etched in the heart of every fighter. With anger and determination we stand by our comrades

On 10/31/24, after an explosion in an apartment in Ampelokipis, our anarchist comrade Kyriakos Xymitiris fell in the battle for social and class liberation, while our anarchist comrade Marianna M., who was also in the apartment, ended up in the Annunciation hospital with multiple injuries. Two more people were arrested at the same time, and taken to the investigator, with the comrade Dimitris and the anarchist comrade Dimitra being remanded in custody. While remaining a multi-injured patient for 15 days in Evangelismos hospital and just one day after the second operation in a row, on the morning of Friday 11/15 the anarchist comrade Marianna was transferred to Korydallos prison.

The pressures of the anti-terrorist trash, which work in close cooperation with the investigator who has taken over the case had resulted in the comrade being discharged and taken to the women’s prison of Korydallos, where there is not even a hospital and therefore the possibility to she is provided with appropriate care for her injuries. We make it clear in all directions, whatever happens to our comrade will have consequences and will not be left unanswered. Such impositions of state power are clearly torture.

Continue reading On Saturday, November 30, we call for a solidarity rally with the imprisoned comrades M.M., D.Z., D. and N.R., at 18:30 in Monastiraki Square in Athens (Greece)

Mesolongi Solidarity with imprisoned K.K. by comrades in solidarity

[Message] Solidarity with imprisoned K.K. by comrades in solidarity

On Thursday 7/11, the 17-year-old comrade K.K. was arrested in Messolonghi. charged with planting an explosive device in an investigative van on 11/10.

The only clues that led to his arrest: footage from private (illegal) cameras recording a figure. The real reason: his constant participation in social struggles, for which he has been targeted for years in this small society.
Continue reading Mesolongi Solidarity with imprisoned K.K. by comrades in solidarity

Responsive march in solidarity with the persecuted comrade of the Ampelokipi case in Chania (Grete,Greece)

[Chania] Responsive march in solidarity with the persecuted comrade of the Ampelokipi case in Chania old town

After today’s 22/11 provocative pre-trial detention of Nikos Romanos with the only “evidence” being a fingerprint found on a bag in Arkadiou, thus linking him to the Ampelokipi case, a responsive march of solidarity with the persecuted comrade was held in the old town of Chania on Friday evening.

The fairy tales of the state and the cops, as reproduced by the media, told to lull a society that is in slumber, always seeing terrorists in the world of struggle, while the real enemy hides behind the guise of law and order.

MARIANNA, DIMITRA, DIMITRI, NIKO, STRONG UNTIL FREEDOM

KYRIAKOS XIMITIRIS ALWAYS PRESENT

STATES ARE THE ONLY TERRORISTS

from Open meeting of solidarity to the persecuted comrades of the Ampelokipi case

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https://athens.indymedia.org/post/1632931/
Translated by Act for freedom now!

Remembering Alfredo M. Bonanno (Carrara, Italy, December 8th, 2024) en/it

Remembering Alfredo M. Bonanno

Sunday, December 8th, 2024

2.30 p.m.: One year after his death, a moment to remember Alfredo M. Bonanno. We will meet at the entrance to the village of Torano.

5:00 p.m.: Meeting on the figure of Alfredo, in the perspective of organising a conference of studies on the influence of his thought and action in anarchism.

8:30 p.m.: Dinner.

The meeting and the dinner will be held at Circolo Culturale Anarchico ‘Gogliardo Fiaschi’, via G. Ulivi 8/B, Carrara.

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Ricordando Alfredo M. Bonanno

Domenica 8 dicembre 2024

Ore 14:30: A un anno dalla scomparsa, un momento per ricordare Alfredo M. Bonanno. Ci vediamo all’ingresso del paese di Torano.

Ore 17:00: Incontro sulla figura di Alfredo, nella prospettiva della costruzione di un convegno di studi sull’influenza del suo pensiero e azione nell’anarchismo.

Ore 20:30: Cena.

L’incontro e la cena si terranno al Circolo Culturale Anarchico “Gogliardo Fiaschi”, via G. Ulivi 8/B, Carrara.

Hambach Forest – banner for comrades Kyriakos & Marianna (Germany)

We were horrified to learn of the explosion on October 31, where Kyriakos X. died and Marianna M.. was seriously injured. Our hearts stand by the people who were close to them and who now have to deal with severe repression while grieving.

We are angry and disgusted by the actions of the Greek state, which immediately began to take advantage of this tragedy to attack the anarchists. The state’s efforts to isolate and silence our comrades and break the bonds between us will strengthen them and further spread the ideas and struggles of our comrades.

The desire to spread rebellious ideas rips like a wind, uncontrollable and unconceivable, beyond borders, laws and every attempt to intimidate us.

A seed of these ideas was carried from Athens to this forest and will be cultivated by all of us here as part of our struggle against domination and for the liberation of all living beings.

Strength for the long struggle ahead of us to Marianna, Dimitra, the other accused and to all those who are close to them, who care and fight alongside them.

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https://athens.indymedia.org/post/1632767/
Translated by Act for freedom now!

Hackney, London : Banner drop in memory of Kyriakos and in solidarity with the comrades from the Ampelokipoi case (UK)

From London to Athens Solidarity to the Political Prisoners Marianna, Dimitra, Dimitris, Hands Off Romanos, Fallen Anarchist Kyriakos Forever Alive

On November 18, comrade Nikos Romanos is also arrested in connection with the same events. Nikos Romanos held his friend and comrade Alexis Grigoropoulos in his arms as he took his final breath on December 6, 2008, assassinated by the bullet of a special state officer.

In the years that followed, the Greek anti-terrorist agency repeatedly targeted Nikos and other anarchists, imprisoning them with fabricated evidence in an effort to suppress the blooming anti-authoritarian social movements. Nikos Romanos spent years as a political prisoner, held hostage by the state, before being released in recent years.

NO ONE ALONE / NO ONE IN THE HANDS OF THE STATE

THE REBELLION OF THE EXPLOITED IS NEVER TERRORISM

FROM LONDON TO ATHENS, SOLIDARITY TO NIKOS, MARIANNA, DIMITRA, DIMITRIS AND ALL OTHER PRISONERS OF THE STATE AROUND THE WORLD

FALLEN ANARCHIST KYRIAKOS LIVES FOREVER IN OUR STRUGGLES