Armed Proletarian Justice – Communique No.1

On 18/12 armed fighters of our organization approached the Central Camp of MAT (Units for the Reinstatement of Order)/EKAM (Directorate of Police Operations of Attica) in Kokkinopoulou Street and placed a bomb under the sentry post. You were lucky this time, the same will not apply next time. We dedicate our action to those who have been murdered, tortured, beaten and raped by the Greek Police. Armed struggle requires responsibility and political conscience. It is neither a hobby of some extremists nor a fetish of some fantasists. It is a political choice. Our primary concern was, is and will be in the future the protection of any person unrelated to our action. To ensure the safe removal of random passers-by, two warning calls were made where detailed instructions were given to the police. For us – and we stress this – it is of the utmost importance that no innocent person should be harmed in any way. The targets that we chose and will choose in the future – whether material infrastructure of the system or the personnel itself – will be clearly defined as such. We do not want to risk anyone else’s safety. Even if it puts our own security at increased risk. We carry the enormous responsibility that comes with the de facto use of such means of struggle. Period.

In Greece there is a long historical tradition of urban guerrilla organizations. Their action, according to the historical context and the conditions of the period, has always been politically just, targeting the sell-out scum and the infrastructure of the political-economic establishment. With our action, the hollow proclamations of the New Democracy, which at every opportunity proclaims the definitive elimination of the urban guerrilla, have collapsed. We put into question the much advertised doctrine of law and order by targeting the MAT/EKAM headquarters. We will strike again at the right time, targeting the defiant representatives of the rotten political and economic system and their uniformed henchmen. That is, the culprits of the most heinous crimes committed in the name of the state. Next time the uniformed bastards will be facing the barrels of our guns. And that’s no threat. Nor is it a warning. It’s a commitment. We don’t like arrogant grandstanding, but we do like consistency to define our political discourse. This police state relies on the power of guns, and anyone who wants to fight it must hold themselves to the same standard. We throw down the gauntlet and declare that we will speak the same language that the fascists of the Greek police understand; we have taken it on board, as the cops’ guns are blazing.
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