Last December 22, the police installed a video surveillance camera in front of the house of some anarchist comrades in the Gracia neighborhood of Barcelona. The camera was located on the side of the roof of a restaurant right in front of the house in question. It was protected by a dark glass casing and pointed directly at the door of the squatted house of the compas (as can be seen in the photograph), which is why it is impossible to think that it was a “security” measure of the restaurant, which already has its own “security” system. The restaurant has refused to give coherent explanations about these facts.
It should be noted that the compas were arrested on August 23 of this year, accused of having participated in the actions of the May 1st demonstration. This is a repressive case being handled by the Violent Extremism Brigade of the Mossos d’Esquadra, an information brigade that now specializes in the persecution of anarchists. After months of investigation, the compas were arrested at the door of their home, and since then members of the secret police have been seen around the property.
We know that the security forces of the state watch and spy in different ways and periodically on anarchists and the revolutionary movements of which they are part. The police have at their disposal all the means to do so, as they have already demonstrated before and do in territories all over the planet. But now we not only have the presentiment, but also the certainty and the proof that proves it thanks to the images and information provided.
With the dissemination of this information we want to publicly denounce the serious violation of privacy and intimacy that such spying in front of a squatted house as a result of police investigations against anarchist comrades. Without falling into paranoia or fear, we want to make a call to take care of security in our spaces and environments to be able to deal with events like these that may be happening.
The “progress” does not stop, the control society is getting stronger every day. Both the state and private companies, in this case Dahua, profit at the expense of our limited sense of freedom, creating common enemies when they are the ones who exploit and oppress us daily. We reject any attempt to control the state, the companies and the citizens who need it so much. If the state spies, its eyes will be broken.
Courage to all the comrades who act against the system.
