Hunger Strike – Page 27

Heraklion, Crete, Greece: Responsibility claim for paint/stone attack on New Democracy office & hammer attack on Ministry of Justice audit conference in solidarity with anarchist comrade Giannis Michailidis

Posted on 2022/07/12 by darknights

“We are not going to reach anarchy today or tomorrow or in ten centuries, we are just going to march towards anarchy today, tomorrow and forever.”

Errico Malatesta

On 23/5 the anarchist comrade Giannis Michailidis starts a hunger strike demanding his release from prison. Having served 3/5 of his sentence, under the laws of civil justice he should be free from the shackles of the state.

This attack on Michailidis is not an isolated attack but is part of a generalised attack by the state on political prisoners and militants who deviate from the framework it imposes.

After 49 days of hunger strike, the comrade’s health has reached a dangerous state. The culprits for any possible harm suffered by Michailidis are the government of the New Democracy as well as the judicial and prosecutorial authorities who are counting twice the rejection of his request for release.

For the above reasons, we chose to attack on Friday 8/7 at dawn the offices of New Democracy with paint and stones as well as the Ministry of Justice audit conference with sledgehammers, thus showing our practical solidarity with comrade Michailidis.

IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF COMRADE GIANNIS MICHAILIDIS

STATE AND CAPITAL ARE THE ONLY TERRORISTS

SOLIDARITY IS OUR WEAPON

SOLIDARITY WITH THE POLITICAL PRISONERS WHO HAVE BEGUN A HUNGER STRIKE IN SOLIDARITY WITH GIANNIS MICHAILIDIS

Comrades from the South

Source: athens.indymedia

London, UK: 11/07/22 Intervention at the Greek embassy in London for G.Michailidis and the struggle of the migrants in Elaionas

Posted on 2022/07/12 - 2022/07/12 by darknights

Intervention at the Greek embassy in London for G.Michailidis and the struggle of the migrants in Elaionas in Greece.

the text given out:

FREEDOM TO HUNGER STRIKER GIANNIS MICHAILIDIS

SOLIDARITY TO MIGRANTS IN GREECE

Giannis Michailidis is an anarchist prisoner on hunger strike since 23/5. He has served 8.5 years in prison and, while he fulfils all formal conditions for his release, he is kept in preventive detention. The Greek judges backed by the Greek state refuse to release him on the pretext that he does not meet the substantive conditions of release. This additional detention is being used at will to punish him for remaining unrepentant and maintaining a militant stance within the prison walls. This is not the first time Michailidis faces the vengeance of the Greek state. His heavy prosecution began in 2011 when an arrest warrant was issued against him for involvement in the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire, for which he was later acquitted. He chose the path of illegality and was arrested in 2013 in Velvento Kozani, after expropriating a bank together with 3 other anarchists, where he was tortured by the police. Continue reading “London, UK: 11/07/22 Intervention at the Greek embassy in London for G.Michailidis and the struggle of the migrants in Elaionas” →

South London,UK : Discussion event in solidarity with anarchist prisoner Giannis Michailidis on hunger strike in Greece

Posted on 2022/07/11 by darknights

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DISCUSSION IN SOLIDARITY WITH ANARCHIST PRISONER GIANNIS MICHAILIDIS ON HUNGER STRIKE SINCE 23/5/22

South London: 6PM WEDNESDAY 13TH OF JULY 2022

At The Field, 385 Queens Road SE14 5HD

Anarchists in solidarity

Source: Act for freedom now!

Exarcheia, Athens, Greece: Responsibility claim for arson attack on a Cosmote vehicle in solidarity with hunger striker Giannis Michailidis

Posted on 2022/07/10 - 2022/07/26 by darknights

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.

The much advertised return to normality and order,with special planning for Exarcheia, has been shredded now when cars are burned under their eyes as well as motorbikes with them on them. The 21.000 policemen that Theodoricakos proudly said that they patrol our city, either don’t want to or can’t catch up with us. They are useless anyway.

The society is at present noticeably distanced from the issue of the comrade’s hunger strike.The same people who have been experiencing pandemic, war, misery and impoverishment for 3 years, who have experienced incarceration in their own skin, are coldly indifferent to the inmates and inmates in the state-run hellholes. We ought therefore to be harshly critical and self-critical of the abject failure of both sides to bridge their gaps. And not so that anarchists and society can hold hands and go off into the sunset, but because each needs the other for liberation. However harsh this realization may be.

Comrade G.M. is on his 47th day of hunger strike and his health situation is getting worse and worse. The case of the comrade is a case for all of us. We are not trying to blackmail a positive decision of the bourgeois justice, nor are we trying to prove the partiality of a state mechanism. We stand by comrade G. M. and his difficult but crucial decision for the future and we are trying to show the state the cost of this war. If anything happens to any hunger striker, they will not get away with a few burnt cars and a few burnt cops. They will count material and physical losses…

SOLIDARITY WITH THE HUNGER STRIKER GIANNIS MICHAILIDIS

SOLIDARITY TO THE COMRADES FOTIS DASKALA AND DIMITRIS HATZIVASILIADIS, WHO FROM 04/07 AND 06/07 RESPECTIVELY ARE ON HUNGER STRIKE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE STRUGGLE OF THE G.M.

Anarchists

Source: athens.indymedia

Thessaloniki, Greece: Responsibility claim for hammer attacks in solidarity with anarchist comrade Giannis Michailidis

Posted on 2022/07/10 - 2022/07/10 by darknights

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.

This raid was carried out in solidarity with the anarchist hunger striker G. Michailidis. The comrade is on the 47th day of his hunger strike and while his health condition is getting worse day by day, the state and the judicial mechanisms continue to prolong his vindictive detention. The comrade has been entitled to be released from prison since December and yet every request for his release has been repeatedly rejected. Thus, while a state murder is in full swing, the establishment media are concealing both the struggle of G. Michailidis’ struggle and his just demands, as well as the movements of the solidarity movement, reinforcing the state’s death policy, paying off their political debts for the Petsas list*.

We are going through a period when dozens of people are committing suicide, unable to pay the electricity bill, unable to cope with the unbearable cost of living and meeting their basic needs, and the first homes of poor families are being auctioned off, those who are fighting to defend university asylum are beaten, migrants are murdered by the security forces at the borders, political prisoners barricade their own lives in order to claim their rights. At the same time, the state and capital demonstrate every day in the most violent way that they are not only indifferent to the social base, but that the bleeding of the social base, together with the repression of those who resist, are necessary conditions for ensuring their domination.

We therefore stand against the “preventive detention” of G. We stand against the G. Michailidis’s “preventive detention”, which demonstrates the real intentions of the state: the vengeful and exhausting treatment of those who struggle and at the same time the preventive terrorizing of those who will inevitably be radicalized in the face of the oppression of their lives by the state and the bosses. That is why we have to realize that the struggle of G. Michailidis’ struggle is a struggle of the whole society and we must show our solidarity by every means, from marches and rallies to occupations and attacks. Because the defense of political prisoners and their struggles should and can be another stone, a driving force in the direction of the struggle for the total overthrow of the capitalist system.

IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF THE ANARCHIST HUNGER STRIKER GIANNIS MICHAILIDIS

IN THE FACE OF THE DETERIORATION OF THE COMRADE’S HEALTH WE WILL RESPOND WITH VIOLENCE AGAINST THE VIOLENCE OF CAPITAL AND STATE DEATH POLICY

WE SUPPORT THE NATIONWIDE SOLIDARITY MARCH IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE COMRADE, SATURDAY 9/7 – 18.00 IN LAMIA

Solidarians

Source: athens.indymedia

DN Note

* Petsas list, a corruption case involving a list of 1,232 media outlets that received moneyfrom the Greek state as part of the coronavirus public awareness campaign “We Stay Home”.

Greece: Solidarity poster for anarchist hunger striker Giannis Michailidis by ‘Individuals from the known space’

Posted on 2022/07/08 - 2022/07/08 by darknights

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.

Exarcheia, Athens, Greece: Update from the rally-march against the release of cop Korkoneas who killed Alexis Grigoropoulos on 6th December 2008

Posted on 2022/07/06 by darknights

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. The march moved through the streets of Exarcheia, and ended exactly at the point where it started, namely at the monument of Alexandros.

After the end of the march, people chose to clash with the repressive forces that were positioned in the vicinity of Exarcheia, but also in many places in the neighbourhood. Another extreme form of authoritarianism and indiscriminate repression unfolded in Exarchia by the Greek Police assault battalions. Following the attacks by the riot police and DELTA forces, the repressive forces surrounded Exarcheia, drowned the neighbourhood in chemicals again and stormed the shops in the area, where patrons were having a drink. They began to bully and drag people into the pile. Specifically, in the bar “5 streets”, despite the strong protests and disapproval, all the people were brought to the GADA by MAT and OPKE, while not even the employees of the shop were spared from the “sweeping” operation. A spontaneous solidarity gathering was immediately called outside the GADA, where a large number of people in solidarity were present. The people who were arrested were released a few hours later. Continue reading “Exarcheia, Athens, Greece: Update from the rally-march against the release of cop Korkoneas who killed Alexis Grigoropoulos on 6th December 2008” →

Athens, Greece: Responsibility claim for attacks on cops on the night of 18/6

Posted on 2022/07/06 - 2022/07/24 by darknights

In the war against the state we taste the most full and beautiful moments of freedom. These are the moments when we defy the power complex around us and the atmosphere, now full of gasoline and smoke, captures our definition of clean air on the street.

There, we always carry with us the prisoners of this war who are physically restrained in the cells of democracy. An integral part of the anti-authoritarian struggle, they are the imprisoned form of our self, as we, inversely, are the unreleased form of theirs.

One such moment was the evening of Saturday 18/6, when we set up a trap and attacked the Delta group, as well as the other repression groups that rushed to the Exarchia area, as a signal of solidarity with our imprisoned comrades. An attack that was accompanied by people present in the neighbourhood, giving for another Saturday the message that Exarchia is a field of resistance and struggle.

As for Bakoyannis and peace-loving citizens, they would be well advised to come to terms with the idea that as long as we exist the only law that will be applied will be the law of physics that calculates the distance travelled by a panicked Deltas running at 80klm/h. Besides, if they want the business community in the area to flourish they might as well open up parts garages left behind by their friends in uniform. Just as if they want redevelopment they can build the new apartment buildings in the area with all the marble and stones eating away at their heads.

Fighting greetings to: Giannis Michailidis, Georgia Voulgaris, Fotis Daskalas, Thanos Chatziangelou, Vangelis Stathopoulos, Iasonas Rodopoulos, Panagiotis Kalaitzis, Haris Mantzouridis, Kostas Sakkas, Dimitris Hadjivasiliadis, Georgos Petrakakakos, Spyros Christodoulou, Savvas Xiros, Dimitris Koufontinas, Pola Roupa, Nikos Maziotis, Dinos Giagtzoglou, Harika Kizilkaya, Hazal Secer, Sadi Naci Ozpolat, Sinan Oktay Ozen, Sinan Cam, Ali Ercan Gokoglu, Burak Agarmis, Halil Demir, Hasan Kaya, Anil Sayar, Ismail Zat

YOU FROM THE BARS WE FROM THE STREETS TOGETHER WE ARE CRUSHING THE STATE AND THE LAWS

IRRECONCILABLE STRUGGLE UNTIL THE DEMAND OF THE HUNGER STRIKER GIANNIS MICHAILIDIS IS MET

Source: athens.indymedia

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)

Posted on 2022/07/06 - 2022/07/06 by darknights

In recent times, we have seen the campus of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki turned into a release field for the murderous mania of the cops. Similar incidents of violence will become a daily occurrence in whichever campuses the university police are installed, which in order to get a foothold in the sanctuary will come accompanied by all the forces of the Greek police. This wave of repressive violence is intended to crush any possible resistance to the educational restructuring that has already been passed, namely the exclusion of the social base from higher education, disciplinary measures and the expulsion of students, cameras and controlled entry to schools, the alignment of curricula and research with the interests of capital.

In the wake of this restructuring we see more and more collaborations between Greek universities and military and police services, for whose needs research projects are carried out in the laboratories of the schools. These research projects, which concern border surveillance and the monitoring and suppression of militants, are funded by the EU and NATO to the tune of millions of euros.

In conclusion, within the framework of the European Defense Industrial Development Program, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the University of Patras in cooperation with the Hellenic Air Force and the Ministry of National Defense conducted the research project <<Project Lottus>> for the design of a drone for the protection of land and sea borders. As a continuation of this project, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the Democritus University of Thrace and the University of Thessalias in cooperation with the Hellenic Aircraft Industry will carry out the industrial production of such a drone, which will be made available to Frontex and the coast guard, among others, the agencies responsible for thousands of murders and expulsions of migrants in the middle of the Aegean Sea. Similar research projects have been undertaken by the NTUA, under the EU-funded Horizon 2020 programme. From Jason and Poseidon to Andromeda and Ingenius, the NTUA has been involved time and again with the logistical upgrade of the border guard and the army. Another project that the NTUA has undertaken is Prevision, which promises to be a state-of-the-art tool in the hands of state security. The aim of the programme is to monitor and map individuals with deviant/radical attitudes and views. The coordinator of all these programmes, on behalf of the NTUA, is the EPISY, i.e. the research arm of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. Continue reading “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)” →

Athens, Greece: Responsibility claim for incendiary attacks on the Secretary General of the Greek Police Officers’ Union and SKAI journalist Aris Portosalte by ‘Direct Action Cells’

Posted on 2022/07/04 - 2022/07/04 by darknights

LET FEAR CHANGE SIDES

The Direct Action Cells undertook the incendiary attacks on the homes of the Secretary General of the Greek Police Officers’ Union Evangelos Mantziorou on June 2 in Peristeri and the SKAI journalist Aris Portosalte on June 14 in Vrilissia. Our attacks were carried out in the context of our strategy expressed through the slogan “Fear must change sides”. For the last 1.5 years we have been trying with all our forces to target people who, from their position, staff the Greek capitalist formation. High-ranking police officers, big journalists, government officials, technocrats who plan government policy, judges, have been targeted. At the same time we have carried out incendiary actions against financial and political targets. Our action is aimed at sending a clear message to these puppet masters. Those who from their position participate in the savage attack that capitalism has unleashed on all aspects of our lives are in the crosshairs of the Direct Action Cells.

Their apologetic statements, the terror with which they jump out of bed when they hear the explosions of the devices we place in their homes, the condemnatory statements of the parties and the media, show that we are on the right track. The encouraging comments from our people, our class people, are our strength to carry on. Through our actions we are trying to keep alive the tradition and practice of direct action. To make it clear that our enemies have names and addresses. To prove that our momentum is greater when we become unpredictable and to call on other militants to follow our example.

The choice of the far-right neoliberal university student and his targeting was not the result of a victimhood and a source of disgust caused by his public presence. Aris Portosalte as a persona encapsulates the most extreme aspects of neoliberal discourse in the country and with his shrill voice he challenges and seduces the sympathetic ears of the neoliberal audience. His daily rants are not the opinion of a journalist, as he and those who deplored the attack on his house want to peddle, but the outgrowth of the political footprint of New Democracy in Greece at the cutting edge of its thought and speech production, the media. Like another harlequin, he has taken a leading role in the forefront of far-right propaganda and is doing the dirty work that the ruling party’s political cadres often avoid. Continue reading “Athens, Greece: Responsibility claim for incendiary attacks on the Secretary General of the Greek Police Officers’ Union and SKAI journalist Aris Portosalte by ‘Direct Action Cells’” →