Solidarity Against the Persecution of the Gaucha Anarchist Federation in Brazil (ca, fr, pt)

Call for solidarity and endorsement against the persecution in Brazil of anarchist 
militants and the Gaucha Anarchist Federation in Porto Alegre ---- In Porto Alegre, on 
June 20 past, about 15 agents from the Civil Police raided the Ateneo Batalha da Varzea, 
political and social premises where the Gaucha Anarchist Federation is located, without a 
warrant. ---- In this city were, since the beginning of the year, there have been massive 
demonstrations raising popular demands that have to do with public transport, health, 
education, against corruption, and with a great intention for social change for their 
locality and their country. ---- In a country where thousands of people take to the 
streets to denounce that everything is rotten and that it is necessary and urgent to 
change it.

Faced with so much opulence of the powerful, with the stadiums built for the 
Confederations Cup and the FIFA World Cup. Faced with so much sustained repression, 
displacement and militarisation of popular neighbourhoods, almost total neglect of public 
health, education, and usury and theft that ? as a corollary ? is the cost and quality of 
transport.

And they seek to criminalise the FAG, and make it responsible for all the anger and fury 
that the population of the whole country has. They seek to accuse the FAG, saying that 
they encountered anarchist literature in their local. And what did you think you would 
find in an anarchist local? The FAG is accused of negotiating with the far right, when its 
work has been in places that the right rejects, such as the Popular Resistance committee, 
the waste collectors movement, trade unionism, the peasant movement, the student struggle, 
activities to involve more comrades in practices of libertarian culture.

And there are more and more things that separate the FAG from that which has been its 
enemy in a historical constant, such as the raid that occurred in 2009 under the order of 
governor Yeda Crusius, when the anarchist organisation held him responsible for the 
assassination of the activist Elton Brum.

So, it has itself been against the powerful, those at the top and their allies in power. 
This raid is above all ideological, because it is the persecution of our ideas that is 
principal. It is this which they want to erase: all meaning of rebellion and liberation
that our struggles can adopt; class independence, direct democracy, the building of 
people's power.

We therefore express our greatest concern and alert on the issue and will follow up on the 
matter by responding where we find the stories of our struggles!

Down with the repression of the Brazilian people's movement!
Down with the criminalisation of the FAG!
Forward with those who struggle!
Arriba los sue luchan!

Endorsed by:
Columna Libertaria Joaqu?n Penina (Rosario, Argentina)
Columna Libertaria Errico Malatesta (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Federaci?n Anarquista Uruguaya (Uruguay)
Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (South Africa)