Something difficult
If anything keeps us alive and eager to wake up every day, it is our stubborn determination to fight until we see our dreams come true. Over the years of this constant inner flame, we change and try to adopt practices compatible with how we want to live, away from gods and masters. The flame never goes out, even if it flickers sometimes. As we wander through the real dystopian world, the people we meet make sure to keep us alive in the struggle simply by their presence. They are the figures around us who remind us to never stop, never back down. And when, unfortunately, we say goodbye to these figures, life stops for a moment before we remember that even then they inspire us to never back down.
Today we say goodbye to our comrade Georgia K.
Georgia, a long-time member of the station, was always there with all her strength to inspire us, to encourage us, and above all to take care of us. At meetings, discussions, and gatherings, she was there to listen and speak in her own way and with her own thoughts. She was always there to listen to our problems and generously offer help, advice, or a hug. Through the frequencies of 1431AM and the programs “Resistance Against Authority” and “Cry of the Butterfly,” she made sure to regularly convey events and opinions and to be the voice of the oppressed inside and outside the prison cells.
Georgia, we will miss you, thank you for everything. You inspired us throughout the journey. We will stay behind to make sure that the Cry of the Butterfly is heard loud and clear.
ALL OR NOTHING
LONG LIVE ANARCHY RE TSOKONTES
Free Social Radio
1431AM
To remember the feeling of freedom
the wild desires of a child the momentum of a vigorous will that does not resist
does not hesitate in the face of negotiation or dilemma
to destroy the Existent
that’s why before I go to sleep I want to hear the cry of the butterfly
to remember, not to forget.
Georgia, our friend, our comrade, was a free person. She spent her whole life outside social norms. She fought injustice in all its forms. An anarchist and a rebel, far from notions of guilt or innocence, she always stood by those who struggled, those whom society had marginalized.
An integral part of the rebellious anarchist scene for the last two decades, she participated in anti-repression struggles, nature protection (such as in Skouries), alongside impoverished immigrants, drug addicts, and prisoners. She became politicized after running away from home as a child, living on the streets of Germany, Turkey, and Athens, and then returning to her hometown of Thessaloniki.
Always unifying, she put the movement and the Cause above any egoism. Despite her age and experience, she never claimed infallibility or absolute truth, and sought to connect and collaborate with much younger comrades. Her political journey took her through the Immigrants’ Hangout, the 111 squat, the Solidarity Fund, the anarchist group Khanjali, the anarchist assembly for the insurrectionary perspective, the Athens Indymedia Management Team, and of course her beloved self-organized radio station 1431, would only be interrupted by death.
From today, every December 22 will dawn a little emptier. Her memory will light up the paths we walk, our joys, our sorrows, our defeats, and our victories.
We stood side by side with her in the face of the enemy. Together we celebrated our journey through this life.
