Greece

Willem Van Spronsen - Always on the Offensive at the Border Crossings

by Dimitris Chatzivasileiadis

Three years ago, on July 13, 2019 in the state of Washington, the antifascist anarchist Willem Van Spronsen fought his last battle in an armed attentat against a migrant detention center. [...] Precisely in this way, in the borders of the E.U. and the Greek territory, a long-running class massacre is being carried out, no less political than the intra-imperialist war in the Russian-Ukrainian zone. A massacre that is met with indifference by the comfortable Europeans and Greeks, bipartisans and leftitsts, just like the Germans who «didn't know» about the nazi death camps. Comrade Willem broke through an invisible border, blowing up the complicit silence, attacking the miserable class distinction, the antisocial cannibalism of those that don't risk their own skin while they inhabit the slaughterhouse, in the territories of the masters, with their own body. With gun at hand.

Paint attack and breaking of windows at courthouse

ATTACK!

...in solidarity with anarchist comrade Giannis Michailidis

On Monday night 11/7 we attacked the Patras courthouse, painting the facade and breaking its windows, in solidarity with the anarchist comrade Giannis Michailidis who is on hunger strike since 23/5, waging a struggle against state vengeance with his own body as a weapon.

A letter from the special cell of Lamia Hospital – Giannis Michailidis

Write an anarchist prisoner today!

Anyway at this moment, my own stinger has already pierced my body and is spreading poison destroying its vital organs, probably irreversibly. However, it will inevitably pierce, even if only temporarily, the murderous order that sustains this system of generalized enslavement and exploitation of nature (human and otherwise)…

THE ONLY DEFEATED STRUGGLE IS THE ONE NEVER GIVEN

FREEDOM OR DEATH

11/7/2022, Giannis Michailidis

Responsibility claim for hammer attacks

...in solidarity with anarchist comrade Giannis Michailidis

On Friday night, July 8th, we carried out a raid with hammers on the policed, touristic and “gentrified” centre of Thessaloniki on Tsimiski Street. We chose to attack a central store of the AB Vassilopoulos chain, which, apart from its constant stance on the implementation of the most neoliberal dictates in the labour regime of the chain’s branches, has taken the current intensity of the capitalist crisis as an opportunity to make a fortune at the expense of society by blowing up the prices of basic goods. We also attacked a branch of elpedison, which, respectively, is ensuring a rapid increase in its profits in the context of the current crisis, bringing poor households to their knees. Finally, we hit a Eurobank branch by breaking its ATMs.

Resonsibility claim for arson attack on a Cosmote vehicle

...in solidarity with hunger striker Giannis Michailidis

We take responsibility for the arson of a Cosmote vehicle at Tositsa Street, in Exarcheia, on Wednesday night 29/06 as a sign of solidarity with the hunger striker Giannis Michailidis, who has been on hunger strike since 23/05.

Claim of the Attack on the Amarousiou Tax Office

"LET’S BECOME  (as cops and judges believe)  “SUSPECTED OF COMMITTING NEW CRIMES”  Immediate release of the anarchist hunger striker Giannis Michailidis. Individuals from the known space."

On 07/07/2022 at 04.00 we carried out a symbolic bombing with two kilos of explosive material at the Maroussi Tax Office in solidarity with the hunger-striking anarchist Giannis Michailidis, who has been on hunger strike since 05/23/2022. However, there is also silence on this issue, with very little reporting. The fact that the «opposition» and «journalism» follow orders and comply with agreements has reached a new level in recent years, with the deliberate concealment of facts or their distortion. The omertà that prevails in the public discourse is, on the one hand, a requirement to deal harshly with the hunger striker and, on the other hand, it forces us to improve our means.

Start of a hungerstrike of the imprisoned D. Chatzivasiliadis

Write to an anarchist prisoner!

Full original title: Freedom to G.Michailidis - Start of a hungerstrike of the imprisoned D. Chatzivasiliadis

Imprisoned comrade Dimitris Chatzivasiliadis started today a hunger strike in solidarity with hunger striker Giannis Michailidis. Anarchist G. Michailidis has been on hunger strike since 23/5 to demand his legitimate release from prison. He is already on his 51st day with the risk of permanent damage to his health. In this circumstance, the judicial authorities are prolonging the torture of Giannis since, to date, the prosecutor has not made any recommendation on the demands of the hunger striker.

EPISY Attacked

ATTACK!

Full original title: Athens, Greece: Attack upon the offices of University Research Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (EPISY) for their involvement in assisting the investigation of cops and the army (National Technical Univeristy of Athens)

For all these reasons we chose to attack the offices of EPISY, inside Polytechnic City, at dawn on Saturday 25/6. Breaking through the security shutters, we used paint and fire extinguishers to cause material damage inside the building, where there are computers. This minimal reaction was only the beginning of a wave of sabotage actions against those university institutions involved in investigations of cops and the army.

Update from the march against the release of Alexis Grigoropoulos' murderer

I get it, but "march against the release" does not have a nice ring to it for anarchists. FTP, FTTP.

On Tuesday 5 July a rally was called against the release of Korkoneas. The meeting was called at 20.00 at the intersection of Messolongiou and Tzavella. The response of the people was quite large, and it was decided to hold a march through the streets of Exarchia. The pulse was strong from start to finish, and slogans were constantly shouted, with the aim of demonstrating that “justice” is clearly class-based: On the one hand, it releases the cop-killer of Alexandros, by decision of the Lamia Court of Appeal, the same court of appeal that on the other hand deprives the anarchist hunger striker from 23/5, Giannis Michailidis, of his freedom.

Spasm of solidarity with G. Michailidis

ATTACK!

On Sunday night 25/6, we attacked the luxury apartments HESTIA and the company Grivas/Integrated IT Solutions by breaking their windows on Alexandra Avenue.

Since 23/05 the anarchist political prisoner G. Michailidis is on hunger strike from 23.23.2005. His request is his formal release from the cells of bourgeois democracy, as he has served all the formalities set by their laws. Nevertheless, in his person the state is taking revenge for his steadfast attitude of struggle, his continuation of the struggle, his choice of escape and “illegality” far from capitulating to the regime. Thus, it keeps him in prison indefinitely, activating the dreaming of the statists, i.e. the police of thought and the possible commission of new offences.

The Exarcheia Riots of June 25: background and thoughts

pic from the june 25 riots in exarcheia

Why speak when you can be silent? and yet, since the sexy videos of the riots that took place in Exarcheia on Saturday, June 25 have gained a lot of views, the English-speaking audience might benefit from some context. What follows is my account of that night, from the perspective of a neighborhood resident, anarchist, etc.

Responsibility claim for the 28/5 clashes as a sign of solidarity with the hunger striker G. Michailidis

The target of our attack was the much-publicised DRASI Group. One of the two main pillars of repression of society along with the riot police. Our attack caught them completely off guard, not having the practical ability to approach us they were limited to picking up their fallen colleagues and throwing flash bangs. At our tactical retreat the DRASI felt they had the ability to fight back. Then something happened that made us even happier. Along with us, a large crowd of people got up from the shops and benches, left for a while the classic hanging out in Messolonghio and joined us in the conflict. The aftermath was beautiful, the garbage of the DRASI Team running chased through the alleys of the Exarcheia.

Arson attack on Eurobank ATM

ATTACK!

The anarchist hunger striker Giannis Michailidis is on his 33rd day of hunger strike and is being treated in Lamia hospital with his health condition being extremely poor. [...] We take responsibility as a minimal sign of solidarity with the struggle of our comrade and in the context of the international day of action for the arson of a Eurobank ATM in Agios Pavlos Thessaloniki in the early hours of Friday 24/6.

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