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Another huge fuckin day just ended....
First, there was a 2 hour occupation of the building of GSEE, in solidarity with the 300 hunger strikers immigrants.
Then there was a prety good demo against unemployentment in a kinda big town which was very succesful.
25 toll stations nationwide where opened by the movement against the tolls.It was one of the biggest organised moves they have done.
But all these are small news.The headlines is the situation in Keratea.
Today it was kinda like a local revolt.Photos and pictures here
http://antixyta.blogspot.com/
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.ph...cle_id=1259405
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its kinda fucked up cause there are no pictures yet from the huge phase of the clashes in the streets of Keratea.But one thing is sure,this is not over...
edit:
new photos and videos
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.ph...cle_id=1259898
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.ph...cle_id=1259761
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On Tuesday, 8 February, by 4pm, the coordinated attack of junta’s henchmen culminated against the people of Keratea (Attica-Greece). During the last two months, since 11 December, residents and people in solidarity resist strongly against the landfill construction project in Lavreotiki area. People oppose by any means to the plan of their lives’ deterioration and the natural wealth’s plunder that are attempted by the construction companies’ hyenas and their political crutches of democratic dictatorship.
The resistance of the local society through institutions but also by widespread social counter-violence – such as almost daily clashes with riot police at the barricades with Molotov cocktails, stone throwing and sabotage of the constructions – could not be left unanswered.
In an unprecedented (as far as this area is concerned) motivation of all State repressive mechanism’s instruments, police security bastards raided houses of fighters-residents so as to criminalize their actions and intimidate all those who resist.Policemen beat and arrested many persons. One detainee’s mother suffered a heart attack, as was witnessed even by the town’s mayor. People in solidarity tried to prevent the arrest and demanded his immediate release, circling the local police station. In this way, the State launched its military-style operation. Police squads unleashed a biological warfare, with continued use of tear and asphyxiant gas, pepper spray, as well as flash bang grenades, aiming to exterminate the local community.
The deafening silence of corporate media was once again in full coordination with the uniformed pigs’ misanthropy: while plainclothes thugs and riot cops wacked ‘young and old men, women and children’ (according to many in situ reports) and shouted at times Alexis Grigoropoulos’ name in an apparent show-off of their murderous self-satisfaction, on the parliament’s benches the new health policy amendments were discussed. The mass media provided for full disclosure of the events in Keratea-Lavreotiki – ironically, provoking nostalgia for former ‘breaking news bulletin’ of misinformation. At the same time that the corporate left limited its reaction to a query on the parliament’s agenda, and made vague denouncements of police violence, people of all ages and ideologies were practicing their right to active self-defense, throwing pots, oranges, stones and any other handy object from balconies and streets against the town’s fully-armored invaders.
The junta’s henchmen turned an entire region into a militarized zone, broke the blockade of the Industrial Park (VIO.PA), occupied the main streets of Keratea and restricted the fighting residents to small pockets of resistance in streets around Agios Dimitrios central square. Indicative of the events – which the State, the bosses and the media parrots want to wipe out – was the overall wake of war: churches’ bells resounded from early afternoon calling people to go on the streets while the municipal radio of Lavreotiki hosted (even for a few hours) live correspondence against junta’s regime.
Lavreotiki area and particularly the town of Keratea have been secluded, literally and figuratively; this can be proved by dozens of angry eye-witnesses, dozens of injured and wounded citizens, the guarded approaches to the region, the all-out attack on a radical struggle which is convicted in obscurity by the regime and its mouthpieces. But mainly this is indicated by the common testimony of all those who publicly denounced State’s brutality, stressing that only by chance did we not mourn victims tonight (until 9/2). At least in one case, a plainclothes cop pulled his gun against people.
The exact number of injured, detained and arrested has not yet been verified. The only certainty is that the struggle of Keratea and Lavreotiki residents is our struggle, a struggle on the verge of despair and mere survival. The most conservative to the most radical individuals of the local community recognize the State as terrorizing mechanism, and call out for solidarity that might and shall be expressed by any means, throughout Greece and abroad. On Wednesday, 9/2 at 7pm residents and people in solidarity call an open gathering in Agios Dimitrios central square (in front of the church), in Keratea.
There will be more updates on the situation
and a brief bulletin on the two-month mobilizations.
More info:
rioter.info
occupiedlondon
Occupation of the Amnesty International (Greek section) building in solidarity of the 300 emigrants hunger strikeToday we worked-in the building of Amnesty International considering that they are jointly responsible for the protection and propulsion of human, social and political rights.
The hunger strike of 300 immigrants has reached the 22nd day. This grand fight marks a turning point to the matter of immigration. The immigrants prefix the only means they have, their body and their lives, trying to make visible an existence that dominion has forced to nothingness. They fight for obvious rights of every human. They ask for their legalization and a life with freedom and dignity.
In times of crisis, like the one that we are experiencing today, authority tries to make up enemies and put the blame on them in order to disorientate society from the true causes that create barbarity against society. This way, immigrants are presented as the ones responsible for the suffering of society and so they must disappear in any possible way. Here implies a logic of camps, pogrom in the center of the cities and the wall of Evros. The finalization of exclusion. Of course nobody speaks the truth as far as the real causes that led those people to leave their countries are concerned.
There is an obvious try of the rulers to create opt zones. The only thing left to the authorities is a spread of fear and threat. And this is the common fact that binds us with immigrants in the first place. The steadily growing suppression, the fact that we are reaching a permanent state of exclusion and alert. In this logic, those immigrants fight is a fight for every single one of us, the workers and the society. Facing this straight attack that the regime unleashes, we are in great need of creating spaces of enlarged solidarity.
Victory to the 300 hunger strikers
Legalization of all immigrants
Antiauthoritarian Movement of Athens
Aren't you a bit optimistic that something might come from this especially with the events going on elsewhere, that people might push it to the limit this time. I know the government isn't going to nudge so this might be a chance to radicalize?
I know you guys have had many general strikes last year, so I might be too hopeful or simply not fully aware of your situation, but the first general strike of the year, I hope, should be something big.
"And you will be the generation that overcomes the defeat" Nizar Al-Qabani
"Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made president should on no account be allowed to the job" Douglas Adams
More than 250.000 gathered.Bigger demostration than May 5th last year.There are a lot of incidents,right now people are gathering back in Syntagma sq. This is gonna be a Tahrir sq. night!
I ll come back with more in a while.
On the street it was a huge thing.The fucked up thing is that people want to strike but cant because of the stupid organisation of GSEE(which is the only confederation in Greece).
That's just awesome man. I'm sure if you can occupy the square for a while you might gather some momentum, and people might muster the courage to extend the general strike and join in. Just try to hold on to it for as long as possible. Even if they try to forcefully disperse you, it's still a minor victory.
"And you will be the generation that overcomes the defeat" Nizar Al-Qabani
"Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made president should on no account be allowed to the job" Douglas Adams
up until now(6.30) few hunderds of people remain.It suposed to be a call for 7, but I dunno.Cops have throw a chemical warfare, tons of teargses today.Syntagma sq. is a gas chamber.
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A lil supm from the riots.I want to find photos or video to show you the size of the demo.
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I have lived in the monster and I know its entrails; my sling is David's. -Jose Marti
...revolutionaries are anti-civilisation because we are opposed to what class society defines as 'civilized' and desireable; because class society and 'civilization' are two-sides of the same coin. Hierarchal organisation, parliaments, commerce, property rights, the police, law and order, fences, borders, religious institutions, these are the things that define 'civilization.' These are the institutions upon which 'civilized society' and class society are based; and all of these will be destroyed when capitalism, the state --- when bourgeois society is pulled down and trampled on by the exploited and oppressed in the struggle for liberation. - bleeding gums malatesta
At last I found a picture that kinda shows the size:
unfortunatly,its not the whole demostration(and of course ut doesnt show KKE-they are always alone),but its good enough...
Then they need to go on a wildcat.
This sounds like good news. I have not had time to follow events in Greece.I would love to see an "Egypt" or a "Tunisia" occur in Greece.Being already a bourgeois democracy there needs to be greater working class organization though, something existing to replace the existing state system of class control.The events in the Middle East and North Africa are inspiring to working people everywhere.
If there is a "Greek 1968" (the Acropolis as Tharir Square?)and the working class moves towards contesting state power, this example will spread like wildfire. Then we will see the true "Eurabia".
To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget
Arundhati Roy
Lenina Rosenweg is a glorious beacon of light
Damn,how can noone thought of that?Its so simple:your union doesnt have your back against your boss,you do it anyway.And if you get fired,dont worry.Numbers show the nudity of capitalism,so you ll be the best anticapitalist example.
Anyway, some more photos from the thing with the "Ghost Rider Cop"
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.ph...cle_id=1265944
edit:holy shit! check out that guy!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pict....html?image=10
I haven't got the money to come to Greece again...but man...would I want to....
Keep it up.
Also could you elaborate more on GSEE?
I was refereing to unions here. They were criticising the strikes and protests in Greece because its bad for the employment here. Obviously (according to the unions) since we are stupid enough to swallow the bullshit about working until we are 67....means everybody else has to awel....and since the Greeck government has managed to fiancially mismanage and "we" have to bail them out we need the budget cuts and law changes to happen in Greece because otherwise we have to cut back more here...
Its one of the worst cases of class unsolidarity by unions ever. Fuckers
In Greece he have a diferent system on our syndicalism comparing to other countries.He only have one third degree confederation for the people workin on the private sector,which is GSEE.On the public sector,is ADEDY.
So, in order to call for a general strike, you have to get the OK of GSEE.The problem is,as you can guess,that GSEE is a fuckin sold out institution that is beeing runned by PASOK's mechanisms. Dont say its reformist:reformists dont believe in radical changes, but they do fight against the bosses.These dudes are 100% sold out and the most funny thing is, you will not find a single person in Greece who doesnt know it.Why dont we change the system and demand more than one confederation you will ask?Its the fuckin left that doesnt want to "destroy the unity of working class".If you consider that we have unions that consist by workers and bosses too,you can see what a big deal of "unity" we have.
The revolutionary answer to all that, is the network of base unions that are beeing created for the last 3 years.Ιt startet in a small range, 2-3 of them, and now we have more than 35 unions like that.One of the best things anarchists and leftists have done in this country.
Talkin about working class unity...I was refereing to unions here. They were criticising the strikes and protests in Greece because its bad for the employment here. Obviously (according to the unions) since we are stupid enough to swallow the bullshit about working until we are 67....means everybody else has to awel....and since the Greeck government has managed to fiancially mismanage and "we" have to bail them out we need the budget cuts and law changes to happen in Greece because otherwise we have to cut back more here...
Its one of the worst cases of class unsolidarity by unions ever. Fuckers
Exactly...the unions have sold out. Its the same everywhere.
Are the Greek unions tied to left reformist social democratic parties like PASOK and the KKE?
What is the state of syndicalist and militant/revolutionary unions (ones democratically controlled by the workers themselves without a bureaucratic 'leadership') in Greece, do such unions exist?
