anarchist murdered by police in athens

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35 year-old comrade Lambros Foundas was murdered by cops on Wednesday morning in the suburb of Dafni (south Athens).

The police claims that he was a “terrorist” and that he was shot while trying to steal a car, and that was carrying firearms. Fountas was one of the over 500 anarchists arrested at the Polytechnic riots of 1995, in Athens.

The flier above reads: “HONOR TO THE ANARCHIST LAMBROS FOUNDAS”

more info as it comes

http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2010/03/11/211-anarchist-murdered-by-the-police-in-athens/#comments

[vyborg]

Knowing the methods of police, their version is very likely to be sci-fi. the situation in greece is more and more hot, that's why the state will resort to this methods.

[Bitter Ashes]

Fucking hell...
What kind of fucked up logic puts a man's life as lower than a car?! Keep us posted for more details as I think there's a Greek consulate office near to us which is in dire need of seeing some folks outside who know what thier masters are up to.

[Tablo]

I think we may see a backlash in response to this murder..

[Scary Monster]

Was it confirmed that the guy was carrying firearms, or was that part completely made up? More than likely, its the latter. It usually is. So to this i say, "FUCK the police"

[Little Bobby Hutton]

RIP comrade

[Ravachol]

Rest in peace comrade, La lotta continua!

[Omi]

RIP

Fuck the police!

[ZombieGrits]

shit, not another one :(

much respect to our hellenic comrades. the struggle there is very intense now, but i've got a feeling that it has still yet to come to a head

[Mälli]

Rest in peace comrade!

[MortyMingledon]

Rest in peace, comrade.

Weren't those Greek riots a few years back also about the police there killing a demonstrator? What a trigger-happy authoritarian lot they are... :(

[Crusade]

*Listens to "Cop Shot" by Dead Prez*

[Delenda Carthago]

The struggle of those who fight against all forms of power, who are anxious that each moment should not be wasted and who stubbornly maintain the belief that we are capable of creating a free and non-authoritarian world, is as distant from any kind of mythology or fiction as the earth is from the moon.

This struggle has had, has and will have countless casualties; dead, captured, and people who desist because they lose hope or compromise themselves because the powers that be have found the low or high price to buy them off.

Those seeking saints, martyrs or messiahs, or heroes and mythical beasts, are ultimately no different from those who do not miss the opportunity to point the finger at the scoundrels, the black sheep, the criminally suspect and those who politically have already lost. Both the superior beings depicted by one side and the extremist creatures from the other are equally expendable. In either case the purpose is to keep everyone sedated and docile, despite what the proponents of either side might claim.

Some ecstatically speak of those 'sacrificed', while the others piously try to measure the political loss. It is of little importance whether this convergence is achieved due to fanaticism or delusion, ignorance or expediency, for reasons of political visibility and survival or practising dogmatism. Those who are supposed to object shout to convince everyone that they have unfinished business with them, but this fraud is difficult to conceal. But so be it. This scenario is true and played to death, but the beaten path is always the most secure. Always? Or maybe it is not?

The following words, and those preceding them, are not the product of an obligation or sense of duty. Nor are they part of any revolutionary obituary. They are far away from and hostile to any attempt to mythologizing, ownership, engaging or disengaging, against the mud slung and the depreciation, which authority is already trying to spread after the disclosure of the identity and photograph of a dead "terrorist" following a gunfight with cops in Daphne. Lambros Fountas, who fell dead in a shootout with the crew of the police squad car in the area of Daphne is known for his anarchist activities.

From his years as a high school student he was socially active and would later join the anarchist group MAVRO AGATHI (Black Thorn), who issued the DROMI TIS ORGIS (Streets of Rage) 'zine/pamphlet/serial. He was active and participated in marches, rallies, social conflicts, demonstrations, flyposting, discussions and social events.

(Streets of Rage) 'THE MAGAZINE


He was one of the thousands of young people not enrolled at the time with any political youth party involved in the student occupations, demonstrations and clashes prior to and after the murder of Professor N. Temponera in Patras. Those young people were inspired by the insurrectional events of January 1991 as well as anarchist ideas and practices that they appropriated with a vitality which words are incapable of describing. The anarchist group Black Thorn, until its dissolution, participated in the Co-operation of Anarchist Groups and Individuals for Social Solidarity and Diverse Action.

During the occupation of the Polytechnical University of Athens in 1995 for the anniversary of the 1973 Uprising, Lambros Fountas was among the 504 who were arrested by the repressive state forces that invaded the university grounds on the morning of November 18th. He was, therefore, among so many young people of a generation that the politically correct were quick to describe as lost. Among all those who chose their partners' hand and travelled the 1990s from protest to protest, from roadblock to roadblock, standing in solidarity with passion in every social aspect, who chose to confront power with their rights and their wrongs, their differences amongst themselves and their stubbornness, confounding the authority that wanted them to simply be passers by in the social struggles. Not that there weren't any such people. Quite the contrary. Since then I have met up with Lambros and been side by side many times in marches, roadblocks and clashes.

We solemnly believe that what the people who fight leave behind them, is what they really contribute and is not superficial to the liberation process from the shackles of oppression and exploitation. This is a legacy that transcends any needs, decisions and choices.

Because the means are not an end in themselves and don't differentiate those fighting, but rather reveal possibilities, they don't sanctify those who choose one or another form, nor do they put anyone on a pedestal. There are no unknown comrades who have been unfairly lost. Nor is the point principally, in these situations, the search for operational errors.

Equally, however, we do not agree with the logic that explanations are the privilege of priests, initiates or those well-educated in internal affairs or with those who deal with cases and craft scenarios all the time, that the answer may begin and end with motto: loss is a necessary evil. Our position must be straightforward and outspoken.

We close, saying goodbye to Lambros with an Indian wish (and certainty):"The next time (we meet) will be better!"

ANARCHIST ARCHIVES GROUP FROM ATHENS 11/3/10

TRANSLATION FROM WEBSITE actforfreedomnow.blogspot.com 12/3/10

[chegitz guevara]

Rest in Peace is not the proper response.

Overthrowing the Greek state is the proper response.

[The Vegan Marxist]

Fucking hell...
What kind of fucked up logic puts a man's life as lower than a car?! Keep us posted for more details as I think there's a Greek consulate office near to us which is in dire need of seeing some folks outside who know what thier masters are up to.

Maybe because, within their eyes, a car is far more profitable than a man?

[Delenda Carthago]

Lambros wasnt killed because he was stealing a car.Get your mind together people!

[RATM-Eubie]

RIP:blackA:

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

Rip.

[Delenda Carthago]

Its not the time to act like widows."Rest in peace" and tears for the "poor man" that was killed by the "bad police".Lambros died not in defence,but in offence.He attacked this world and payed the price.His courage is what we need to look up to,whatever we choose in life and struggle.He got killed for beeing a revolutionary!So,the best way to make him rest in peace up there,is to continue the struggle!

http://www.skai.gr/files/temp/88BBFF7977368367CB00A892F23ACCB7.jpg

http://www.skai.gr/files/temp/9D16F8EC8FEB22696EAA2DD33AC0A84A.jpg

[Dermezel]

I wonder if that violated his Constitutional rights.

[Rakhmetov]

RIP

Fuck the police!


I love it when you talk sexy.

[Sasha]

About the killing of the anarchist Lambros Fountas
oohv - 13.03.2010 11:50

The struggle of those who fight against all forms of power, who are anxious that each moment should not be wasted and who stubbornly maintain the belief that we are capable of creating a free and non-authoritarian world, is as distant from any kind of mythology or fiction as the earth is from the moon.

This struggle has had, has and will have countless casualties; dead, captured, and people who desist because they lose hope or compromise themselves because the powers that be have found the low or high price to buy them off.

Those seeking saints, martyrs or messiahs, or heroes and mythical beasts, are ultimately no different from those who do not miss the opportunity to point the finger at the scoundrels, the black sheep, the criminally suspect and those who politically have already lost. Both the superior beings depicted by one side and the extremist creatures from the other are equally expendable. In either case the purpose is to keep everyone sedated and docile, despite what the proponents of either side might claim.

Some ecstatically speak of those 'sacrificed', while the others piously try to measure the political loss. It is of little importance whether this convergence is achieved due to fanaticism or delusion, ignorance or expediency, for reasons of political visibility and survival or practising dogmatism. Those who are supposed to object shout to convince everyone that they have unfinished business with them, but this fraud is difficult to conceal. But so be it. This scenario is true and played to death, but the beaten path is always the most secure. Always? Or maybe it is not?

The following words, and those preceding them, are not the product of an obligation or sense of duty. Nor are they part of any revolutionary obituary. They are far away from and hostile to any attempt to mythologizing, ownership, engaging or disengaging, against the mud slung and the depreciation, which authority is already trying to spread after the disclosure of the identity and photograph of a dead "terrorist" following a gunfight with cops in Daphne. Lambros Fountas, who fell dead in a shootout with the crew of the police squad car in the area of Daphne is known for his anarchist activities.

From his years as a high school student he was socially active and would later join the anarchist group MAVRO AGATHI (Black Thorn), who issued the DROMI TIS ORGIS (Streets of Rage) 'zine/pamphlet/serial. He was active and participated in marches, rallies, social conflicts, demonstrations, flyposting, discussions and social events.

(Streets of Rage) 'THE MAGAZINE


He was one of the thousands of young people not enrolled at the time with any political youth party involved in the student occupations, demonstrations and clashes prior to and after the murder of Professor N. Temponera in Patras. Those young people were inspired by the insurrectional events of January 1991 as well as anarchist ideas and practices that they appropriated with a vitality which words are incapable of describing. The anarchist group Black Thorn, until its dissolution, participated in the Co-operation of Anarchist Groups and Individuals for Social Solidarity and Diverse Action.

During the occupation of the Polytechnical University of Athens in 1995 for the anniversary of the 1973 Uprising, Lambros Fountas was among the 504 who were arrested by the repressive state forces that invaded the university grounds on the morning of November 18th. He was, therefore, among so many young people of a generation that the politically correct were quick to describe as lost. Among all those who chose their partners' hand and travelled the 1990s from protest to protest, from roadblock to roadblock, standing in solidarity with passion in every social aspect, who chose to confront power with their rights and their wrongs, their differences amongst themselves and their stubbornness, confounding the authority that wanted them to simply be passers by in the social struggles. Not that there weren't any such people. Quite the contrary. Since then I have met up with Lambros and been side by side many times in marches, roadblocks and clashes.

We solemnly believe that what the people who fight leave behind them, is what they really contribute and is not superficial to the liberation process from the shackles of oppression and exploitation. This is a legacy that transcends any needs, decisions and choices.

Because the means are not an end in themselves and don't differentiate those fighting, but rather reveal possibilities, they don't sanctify those who choose one or another form, nor do they put anyone on a pedestal. There are no unknown comrades who have been unfairly lost. Nor is the point principally, in these situations, the search for operational errors.

Equally, however, we do not agree with the logic that explanations are the privilege of priests, initiates or those well-educated in internal affairs or with those who deal with cases and craft scenarios all the time, that the answer may begin and end with motto: loss is a necessary evil. Our position must be straightforward and outspoken.

We close, saying goodbye to Lambros with an Indian wish (and certainty):"The next time (we meet) will be better!"

ANARCHIST ARCHIVES GROUP FROM ATHENS 11/3/10



10 March, 2010
At 5am cops opened fire on 2 people in dafni, a suburb of Athens.
One, an anarchist known to various groups, lies dead. The other is free.
Apparently the relevant government ministry and cops have released information and his photo asking for information...
from uk indymedia

11 March 2010

Terrorist link in Dafni shootout

A 35-year-old man who was killed during a shootout with police in the southeastern Athens neighborhood of Dafni early yesterday is thought to have been involved in Greece’s domestic terrorist scene, source said.

Lambros Fountas was shot dead when he and an accomplice were seen by two police officers in a patrol car at 4.40 a.m. as they attempted to steal a parked vehicle.

Fountas had been known to police since he was arrested during disturbances at the National Technical University of Athens in 1995. He allegedly had contact with members of the Exarchia-based anarchist movement and had been on the anti-terrorist squad’s watch list for a long time.

The suspect with whom Fountas was allegedly attempting to steal the car managed to evade arrest but based on forensic tests carried out on evidence found at the scene, police believe that the second man had taken part in a recent attack carried out by Revolutionary Struggle.

The urban guerrilla group has carried out a number of attacks in recent years, including firing a rocket-propelled grenade at the US Embassy, murdering a witness protection officer and detonating a car bomb outside the Athens Exchange.

Sources suggested that the two men had been stealing the car so that it could be used in an imminent strike.

According to the police, the two suspects had already broken into the Seat Ibiza when a patrol car pulled up a short distance away. One of the officers turned on the siren, prompting Fountas and his accomplice to jump out of the vehicle and begin shooting at the policemen. The officers took cover behind their patrol car and in the ensuing exchange of fire, the 35-year-old was killed.

A Zastava handgun, with two bullets missing from the chamber, and an assault grenade were found in his possession. He was also carrying a walkie-talkie and wearing two pairs of leather gloves. Police also searched Fountas’s home but did not reveal if they had found any clues.

THE ONLY TERRORIST IS THE STATE! NOTHING MORE NOTHING LESS..
HAVE A NICE JOURNEY MY COMRADE LAMBRO!
report from Greek daily Kathimerini, via actforfreedom

:ninja:

[Delenda Carthago]

The urban guerrilla group has carried out a number of attacks in recent years, including firing a rocket-propelled grenade at the US Embassy, murdering a witness protection officer and detonating a car bomb outside the Athens Exchange.


No.Revolutionary Struggle had nothing to do with the killing of the witness protection cop.That was done by Revolutionaries Secht.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Struggle

[Black Sheep]

Mass media claim LF was a member of Epanastatikos Agwnas (Revolutionary Struggle), a new terrorist organization spawned after the arrest and dismantlement of 17N (November 17th).

All too convenient, as terrorist acts of Ep.Ag. and other mini-terrorist groups have so far done their best to distract the public against major economic reforms, goverment monetary and corruption related scandals, police brutality etc.

[Delenda Carthago]

mass media claim lf was a member of epanastatikos agwnas (revolutionary struggle), a new terrorist organization spawned after the arrest and dismantlement of 17n (november 17th).

All too convenient, as terrorist acts of ep.ag. And other mini-terrorist groups have so far done their best to distract the public against major economic reforms, goverment monetary and corruption related scandals, police brutality etc.

ξερεις πολυ καλα οτι οι πρωτοι που μιλησαν για την επεκειμενη οικονομικη κριση,2μιση χρονια πριν,ηταν ο ΕΑ.ασε τις μπουρδες λοιπον.

[MortyMingledon]

Its not the time to act like widows."Rest in peace" and tears for the "poor man" that was killed by the "bad police".Lambros died not in defence,but in offence.He attacked this world and payed the price.His courage is what we need to look up to,whatever we choose in life and struggle.He got killed for beeing a revolutionary!So,the best way to make him rest in peace up there,is to continue the struggle!

Respecting a fallen comrade is not counter-revolutionary.

It's not that by respecting him we are wasting valuable time that could be spent overthrowing the bourgoesie.

[Sasha]

Mass media claim LF was a member of Epanastatikos Agwnas (Revolutionary Struggle), a new terrorist organization spawned after the arrest and dismantlement of 17N (November 17th).

All too convenient, as terrorist acts of Ep.Ag. and other mini-terrorist groups have so far done their best to distract the public against major economic reforms, goverment monetary and corruption related scandals, police brutality etc.

17N and revolutionary struggle identifie(d) as marxists, if he was an member of any armed strugle group it would be way more likely to be "conspairacy cells of fire)

[Omi]

I love it when you talk sexy.


Wtf is that supposed to mean?:blink:

[Delenda Carthago]

17N and revolutionary struggle identifie(d) as marxists, if he was an member of any armed strugle group it would be way more likely to be "conspairacy cells of fire)

who identified RS as marxist?And second of all,COCoF are not into guns.They plant bombs.

[the last donut of the night]

Comrade, please be assured that while you rest in peace we will continue fighting. Capitalism will be overthrown, and one day we will all remember the martyrs, such as you, that made that possible.

Solidarity!

[chegitz guevara]

Respecting a fallen comrade is not counter-revolutionary.

It's not that by respecting him we are wasting valuable time that could be spent overthrowing the bourgoesie.

He's dead and beyond the reach of your respect.

Joe Hill said it best, "Don't Mourn ... Organize!"

[Tifosi]

Has their been any retaliations?

[Omi]

http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/15571958.jpg

As always. ;)