GR: Τιμή στην μαχητική μνήμη της Σνιζάνας Παρασκευαΐδου
ES: Honor a la memoria combativa de Snizana Paraskevaidou
FR: Honneur à la mémoire combative de Snizana Paraskevaidou
ID: Untuk mengenang Snizana Paraskevaidou, kombatan tak tergoyahkan
DE: Griechenland: Verhaftungen nach dem Tod einer Anarchistin
RU: Снижана Параскевайду. Памяти товарища
IT: Onore alla memoria combattiva di Snizana Paraskevaidou
On the 3rd of May 2025, at 5 am in the morning, Snizana Paraskevaidou lost her life because of the premature detonation of an explosive device she was placing outside a branch of the National Bank of Greece in Thessaloniki. The tragic death of this comrade lead to a widespread media terror-lust and so far, two arrests and the search of the cell of imprisoned anarchist comrade Fotis Tziotzis. We recognise and remember Snizana as a fighter and a heroine who died in battle, whose name and life is not forgotten.
In the underbelly of Thessaloniki, life is a brutal struggle. It was for Snizana who came from a Georgian background that emanated from the working-class districts of the city, that emanates the everyday war that we all face there, to climb out of the poverty of the streets. She had the courage to make the fear change sides against the state, against the cops and the wealthy.
Our memories of her are of a female comrade with strength who we met when she was supporting the comrades in courts and in prisons or the moments on the barricades where she emboldened all of us. She was there in Exarcheia rioting until we dropped exhausted in countless battles over a decade. One moment we will always remember is her alongside us all armed to the teeth on the roof of the Thessaloniki university for another 6th December.
It was no surprise to us when she was imprisoned for possession of a kalashnikov.* She knew how to do the essential, how to take the brutality of life and weaponise it. She had the ability to see with open eyes, and she always had time for others, she always cared for fellow comrades. Snizana always had an ear for the next moment of attack, which was directed by her rage against this existent system. An insumountable rage that never compromises, that never snitches, that goes face-to-face with authority with a dagger gripped in the teeth. Even if she fell in the act, she will live on in us.
We didn’t see her for some years. We parted two ways on those streets where we met but we will never let her be forgotten because the insurrection continues. She has inspired us with the same rage to continue it.
For the immediate attack against capitalism, the state and all forms of domination.
Some Individualists & Nihilists
DN Note
*We would like to make a correction, that Snizana was never proven to have been carrying any weapons, she was only accused of it. She was eventually acquited of the charge and was only held by the authorities not actually imprisoned.