Today's Topics:
1. France, Alternative Libertaire AL #283 - Editorial: Judicial
slaughterhouses (fr, it, pt) [machine translation]
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
2. black rose fed: CUBAN ANARCHISTS ANNOUNCE OPENING OF ABRA
SOCIAL CENTER (ca, pt) (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
3. Germany, lieberation -- ON TOUR III - TWO LECTURES ON THE
FEMINIST ACTION WEEKEND IN ULM -- CONSULTING SUPPORT (de)
[machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
4. Britain, afed: UNIVERSITY PENSIONS POST-STRIKE BALLOT RESULT
IS A POOR DEAL FOR WORKERS (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
5. Greece, Vogliamo tutto e per tutti: Against the terrorists,
the use of DNA, the extraordinary trials and the exception regim
(gr) [machine translation] e (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
6. Czech, afed: First May 2018 -- An overview of this May Day
event, attended by anarchists and anarchists. [machine
translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
7. anarkismo.net: The myth of "kinematic" unity - by Vectrum
(gr) [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
8. vogliamo tutto: Against the terrorists, the use of DNA, the
extraordinary trials and the exception regime (gr) [machine
translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
9. Event for the 1st Encounter of Women By APO (gr) [machine
translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
10. anarchist-federation.gr: Solidarity with Tasos Theofilos
(gr) [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
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Message: 1
With the new judicial reform, it seems that Minister Belloubet wants to "restore the
confidence of our fellow citizens in our justice." Very good. Does it intend to tackle the
impunity of white-collar criminals? Or, worry about the police violence that is rampant on
a daily basis? Does it intend to call into question, finally, this deadly logic of
widespread punishment that sends fools, the poor, drug addicts to prison, to palliate
non-existent social policies? ---- In reality, it seems that the term "trust" refers to a
purely marketing logic because the purpose of this reform is only the acceleration of a
managerial efficiency security. It's about fluidifying the judicial slaughter. The main
measures focus on economy of means and profitability: merged courts, extensive mediation
procedures, directly verbal consumption of drugs.
Consequences: an acceleration of proceedings that is more of a chain-work than any kind of
justice, a gradual privatization of the judicial defense in the framework of the mediation
procedures and a greater range of penalties.
But this reform is also safe: the opening of 7,000 places of prison will create a breath
of air for most judges and it is a safe bet that the number of detainees will continue to
climb. This reform is yet another avatar of an ever more authoritarian state that claims
to fight " delinquency " or " insecurity " when it is the main provider.
Alternative Libertaire, the 1 st May 2018
http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Edito-Abattoirs-judiciaires
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Message: 2
Posted on May 5, 2018 - Federation Tags: caribbean anarchism, cuba, Latin America
Two cuban anarchists prepare a sign with logo of Abra social center to be hung
We are excited to reprint the below statement from our Cuban anarchist comrades announcing
the opening of the ABRA social center and library in Habana today May 5, 2018. Comrades
with the Taller Libertario Alfredo López and allied groups have been working for over 10
years to rebuild an anarchist presence in Cuba and the establishment of a permanent space
for social and political activities represents a tremendous step forward. The
International Relations Committee of Black Rose/Rosa Negra (BRRN) has sent a message of
revolutionary greetings and solidarity - we wish the comrades of ABRA great success! ---
Cuba -- Anarchy in celebration! Inauguration of the LIBRA Social Center and Library takes
place today, May 5, in Havana
Since May 5, 2018, a new stage in the self-emancipatory process of Cubans and Cubans
began, with the opening of ABRA: Centro Social and Biblioteca Libertária.
This commitment of the Alfredo López Libertarian Workshop (anarchist, anti-authoritarian
and anti-capitalist initiative that emerged in 2012, which is part of the Anarchist
Federation of the Caribbean and Central America), with effective and vital involvement of
related groups such as the Cuban Critical Observatory, Ranger, as well as some other
individual energies; intends to build an autonomous and sustainable space in Cuba today.
A space to promote experiences and practices independent of any foreign or national
government, or institutions that represent them, focused on the capabilities of those
involved. From ABRA we will insist on a practice that prefigures the kind of sociability
we dream of, and a kind of friendly relationship with the environment, which translates
into a minimum of consumption with a maximum of own non-polluting solutions.
This new commitment is essentially anticapitalist, since capitalism promotes a kind of
relationship between people that is based on utilitarianism, supremacy, competition,
greed, anything that does not lead to the sociability that we aspire to. This is sustained
by states, corporations and corporations that dominate and deprecate the world and our
country. That's why the Social Center stands on the other side of all this.
On the other hand, emancipation is not possible without being part of the communities.
That is why ABRA exists before and within them, not unrelated to the oppressions they
suffer, nor the victories they achieve in their struggle. It also engages in the dynamics
of resistance and creation of other similar groups, which give space in our Center and in
our projects. ABRA aims to provide a space for all those sociabilities, people and groups
of affinities that are not limited to the narrow framework of the government-opposition
conflict, stimulating the direct and self-directed approach in the various issues of daily
life, as well as the creation in all the spheres of reality.
This space is actively against discrimination on grounds of race, ethnic origin, gender,
sexuality, sexual orientation, gender identity, territory, level of education, economic
status, and any other that violates the dignity of the people. However, it recognizes the
plurality of thoughts (political, ideological, moral, etc.), without ever giving up
exercising our own.
ABRA is a place of socializing, amidst a commercialized and guarded city, and offers a
space for local, national and international counterintelligence, self-taught formation,
celebrations, celebrations and meetings, seeking to encourage the precarious
countercultural scene , productive and autonomous, existing in Havana and in the region of
Cuba.
The Cultural Center constitutes a space of horizontal communication to give voice to those
national and international experiences that are not of interest to the hegemonic agencies,
but which tax an antiauthoritarian and emancipatory perspective that interests those who
struggle in Cuba.
Here the means and ends do not contradict each other: they are the horizontality, the
freedom of the person and the effective participation from the direct involvement.
Social Center and ABRA Library
http://blackrosefed.org/cuban-anarchists-abra/
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Message: 3
on the weekend of the o4. - o6.o5.18 we will visit our companions on their weekend of
action with two lectures on the topics "total liberation - an introduction" and
"relationship anarchy". ---- here the announcement text and the link to the event: ----
"Whether it be the #Metoo debate or the demonstrations in Kandel by self-proclaimed women
fighters, the discussion about feminism is more relevant than ever. ---- The #Metoo debate
has brought the issue of sexism into society and sparked a major discourse on overbearing
behavior by men in positions of power. At the same time, many women * took the liberty to
write testimonials on sexual assaults and rape on social media. Too often, these reviews
have been trivialized or relativized in the past. ---- In Kandel on March 3, 2018, 4,000
people belonging to the political right, from AfD to open fascists, took to the streets to
propagandize their racist propaganda under the guise of women's rights. At the same time,
however, the right-wing spectrum represents an outdated family and image of women. For
example, the AfD wants to reduce monies for single parents and criminalize abortions.
From May 4th to May 6th, 2018, we will organize a feminist action weekend to pick up on
current debates and to exchange views and opinions. Because the #Metoo debate was just a
small break out of a structural problem that needs to be attacked as a whole. Furthermore,
we do not want to let racists dictate that they fight for "our women" dictate what
feminism is and how it should look.
The statement "our women" possessive and reduces the woman to an object that must be
protected from rape by not "German" men. The double standard shows up at the latest, when
it is addressed that this is a problem of society as a whole: Then attacks by supposedly
Germans are relativized: "she wanted it so, if that attracts so" ...
At the same time, we will broaden the debate to include a queer perspective, meaning that
we oppose a classical division of man and woman, support trans and inter-people,
solidarize ourselves with all lesbians, gays and bisexuals and the struggles associated
with them.
- on Friday, the 4.5. Therefore, in the Falkenkeller at 19 o'clock a lecture on "total
liberation" takes place. Then there is a concert.
- on 5.5. starts at 15 o'clock on the cathedral square Ulm our demonstration "breaking out
instead of endurance" with loud protest, exciting speeches and good music. Here we will
attack patriarchal structures and the construct of genders. At the end of the evening
there will be a lecture on "Küfa" (vegan food for a donation) and at 6 pm a lecture about
"relationship anarchy"
- on Sunday, the 6th of May. Let's conclude the whole thing at 2 pm with a reading "Qeere
Intervention" and a panel discussion.
Lectures and readings take place at Falkenkeller, Ziegelländeweg 3
For an anti-racist, queer feminism! Fire and flame to the Patriarchate! "
https://www.facebook.com/events/1520164744773623/
https://lieberation.wordpress.com/2018/05/03/on-tour-iii-zwei-vortraege-auf-dem-feministischen-aktionswochenende-in-ulm
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Message: 4
After several weeks of impressive and well-supported strike action in UK Universities over
pensions, taken by a record number of members of the University and College Union, and
with excellent student solidarity actions, a new negotiated proposal was put to a ballot
(for background see earlier posts on our blog:
http://afed.org.uk/solid-strike-action-in-higher-education-continues-over-pensions/ &
https://www.ucu.org.uk/strikeforuss ). In this blog by a member of UCU in the AF, we
analyse the reasons for what looks like a poor result which will do little to remove
uncertainty for workers about their future retirement income. ---- On 13th April 2018 it
was announced that members of UCU had voted to accept the deal offered by employers (64%
Yes with a 63.5% turnout), ending one of the largest ever university strikes which saw
closures, cancelled lectures and disruption to research and administration across the
country during 14 days of walk-outs over 4 weeks in late-February to mid-March. The deal
that has been accepted offers no firm promises about future pensions, simply that nothing
will change for 12 months while a panel of experts reviews the situation. This is
problematic as the scope of this review has not been defined (will we be forced to accept
the false assumptions constraining current valuations?) and the findings of the panel are
only recommendations and are not binding. An earlier deal, which offered reduced pensions
for three years while a review took place, was firmly rejected by rank-and-file members
despite union management looking like they were in favour. Although the current deal is
clearly better than this, many UCU members feel union management were too eager to end the
strike given that no guarantees had been extracted from the employers.
Given that the deal essentially offers members very little, many both inside and out of
the union have been asking why members accepted the deal. Here we cover some of the
reasons heard at branch meetings.
1. Fear of losing public support. People felt an independent review appeared ‘reasonable'
and the public wouldn't support the strike if we carried on, particularly as further
strikes in exam periods might mean delayed graduation. Many felt the students (and their
parents) backed us when it was a couple of missed lectures but not if the degree they just
paid >£40k for didn't turn up on time. Sadly, this feeds into the very real marketisation
where students are treated, and act, like customers.
2. Sally Hunt, general secretary of UCU. Despite having no mandate to do so, Sally Hunt
used the all members email lists to campaign to accept the deal. The no vote did not get
access to these. For people who were undecided, having the general secretary say they
didn't think we could get any more concessions was a deciding point. With the strike over,
she can now return to the normal business of her £200k job.
3. Fatigue. The strike took place over 14 days of bitter cold and snow. After handing out
leaflets in the cold members received some pretty thin pay cheques and management emails
telling them the fight was lost. The no vote was asking for people to sacrifice more for
an uncertain outcome, the yes vote was asking people to go back to regular pay and the
promise nothing would happen for at least a year.
4. Centrism/technocrats. Many felt the no vote had been hijacked by UCU Left/SWP and
demanding more was some leftie attempt at bringing down the Tories (SWP members were
actually discussing calling a general strike on the picket). Senior staff at some
universities did not want to be seen as dogmatic, ‘left' etc and were decidedly less
radical than their more junior counterparts on low wages and precarious contracts. Sadly,
this is part and parcel of organising in a union which represents everyone from admin
staff on £12k to professors on upwards of £60k.
Many also refused to accept that this was part of a wider political problem, that it was
just an oversight by management who didn't realise the pensions valuation was flawed and
so were acting in good faith. This line of thought brings us to the technocrats who
stifled much debate by focussing exclusively on the numbers, rather than management
decisions to prioritise executive pay and campus building over staff pay and pensions.
Medium.com was full of economics professors making their own actuarial models, convinced
if only UUK could see their shiny new model, it would be all sorted. There was no
realisation that this was part of a wider issue of marketisation of education, attacks on
pay/pensions and a wider attack on defined benefit pensions in the public sector. No
matter what the models say, the bosses want to end collective pensions. Unfortunately,
attempts to discuss this (at least at some universities) got you branded as a trouble maker.
5. The independent panel is sure to find in our favour! A very common argument from the
technocrats and optimists of the union, despite the panel's findings only being
recommendations and not binding.
With no promises from employers, an expert panel which can't enforce its recommendations
whichever side it favours and management intent on attacking staff pay, it seems highly
likely that UCU members will be out on strike in a years' time. Hopefully without Sally
Hunt in charge.
More in depth information and discussion about the dispute and its context can be read
online here: https://medium.com/ussbriefs/
http://afed.org.uk/university-pensions-post-strike-ballot-result-is-a-poor-deal-for-workers/
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Message: 5
SOLIDARITY DISCUSSION to the anarchist-communist Tassos Theofilos-Saturday, May 5, ISAP
Thiseio, 1pm ---- The state and market clusters, which aim to accumulate wealth in the
hands of the most powerful at all costs, establish an exception regime by imposing a
barbaric regularity: the overthrow of acquired rights, unbearable taxation, first-time
auctions, privatizations, pillage of nature are some examples of today's reality. The
state, unable to secure a social consensus, follows the well-known path of repression and
terror to those who resist. When the state is called upon to confront people who question
the necessity of its existence and its monopoly in violence, it chose both the tough
repression of the struggle and the "retaliation" of the fighters. Repressive methods and
abusive sentences against persecuted fighters serve, on the one hand, the interruption of
their political action, their physical and moral extermination, and, on the other hand,
the paradigm of the rest. Even in the guards, whoever resists, does not rush or subdue,
keeping a stance consistent with his / her ideas and values, then a new legal framework is
put in place in a special exemption regime that aims to kneel them , depriving the rights
acquired after in-and-out games. Here are just a few examples of this peculiar status:
Appeal of innocent decisions . On 11/5, the appeal of the innocent decision of Tassos
Theofilos will be examined in the plenary session of the Supreme Court after 5 years of
imprisonment. A case based on the suggestions of counter-terrorism-based DNA samples that
collapsed in the Court of Appeals in July 2017.
Criminalization of entire villages: On 10 May, residents of Thessaloniki are tried in
Thessaloniki. Halkidiki and solidarity because they are fighting against the looting of nature
Modification of laws and abusive sentences . On 26/3, after the terrorist organization
collapsed and taking advantage of the sophisticated ambiguity in 187A, the five-member
court of appeal sentenced N. Romano to atomic terrorists in 20 years for three incendes,
A. Dalli in 29 years for three bank expropriations and ELTA with a unique element of DNA
blends, D. Politis in 13 years for distinct possession of ammunition and an attempted
expropriation, G. Michailidis in 11 years for possession of ammunition and forgery, and
YPF member G. Tsakalos in five years NIA for instigation to forgery.
Anarchist N. Maziotis has been convicted of hitting the Revolutionary Struggle in the BT
in life imprisonment .
Criminalization of related and friendly relationships . The condemnation of Ireanna and
Pericles in 13 years without being suspended by the charge of involvement in a criminal
organization with only an essential element the personal and friendly relations they had
with Mr Papadopoulos (who was acquitted for the category of participation in the VPA) is
one of the most exciting examples.
What unites these assumptions is the anti-terrorist service, the 187A terrorist, and it
concerns fighters or people who have personal or fellow relations with them. In such
cases, the counter-terrorism and, by extension, state-of-the-law and judicial mechanisms
they are relentless and operate on the main axis of vengeance, discipline and
exemplification. The "rule of law" is a treaty that serves the interests of the
sovereigns, and when their "righteousness" is not enough, there are "exception regimes"
such as those created by the terrorists. On the "black holes" created by the judiciary,
they try to throw away those who consider themselves to be dangerous and / or intruders of
the regime and those who are not subjected. He either defeats them legally, imposing long
sentences, either by building black holes such as modern concentration camps for
immigrants, Korydallos underground cells, and the highest security prisons for political
opponents. Power has been trying, trying and always trying to isolate and exterminate
those who are fighting and to impose a regime of terror on those who stand beside them and
do not accept to define their life and choices.
So, through the repressive attack, not only is the elimination of political opponents, but
also their isolation and the withdrawal from their social environment of politicians and
staff, which is a basic prerequisite. Thus, the "anti" terrorist and the punishment of
those in it can not be predicted and choose to stand next to their / their relatives,
relatives, companions without counting the imperatives of power. Consequently, in essence,
with 187A, anyone who has a relationship with an accused (regardless of whether he is
"guilty" or "innocent") automatically means that he knows about his / her action and has
contributed psychologically and materially irrespective of evidence. So, he / she will
also be treated with the same methods and will be used as an example for those who
continue to disregard the imperatives of power. For us, the "guilty" or "innocent" dipole
does not define our attitude towards those who are in the target of repression.
Against all these we stand by the side of the struggling, the opposing, the insurgent,
recognizing our common position, which is on the same side of the barrier against the
state, capital, exploitation and oppression. We stand solidarity with those fighters who
are in the hands of the state. Race inside and outside the cells, for a world of
equality-solidarity-justice-freedom, to the detention of the last prison.
Solidarity with the anarchist-communist Tasos Theofilos
SOLIDARITY DECLARATION Saturday, May 5, THESEIO ISAP, 1pm
Friday 11 May, 9am , gathering at the Court of Appeal (Alexandras)
anarchist collectivity Vogliamo tutto e per tutti
http://vogliamotutto.espivblogs.net/2018/05/04/
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Message: 6
Every year, at the First May, we commemorate the first demonstration in Prague on
Strelecký Island, which took place here in 1890. It was not the same this year. On that
occasion, the Anarchist Federation (AF) organized a free-of-charge meeting on the island
that was supposed to be a traditional reminder of the 128-year-old event and what led to
it - the struggle of the Chicago workers for eight hours of work and the subsequent
execution of anarchist activists. At the same time, the event should provide room for
mutual meetings and informal debates and become the starting point for further activities
on this holiday day. ---- Shooting Island ---- After noon, the first anarchists and
anarchists began to shout at Strelecký Island. After some time, some 60 people of all ages
ranged from retirees to small caps. The pleasant sunny weather and the shade of the local
trees created a pleasant picnic atmosphere. While the debating and listening participants
of the anarchist gathering debated, the program started with a songwriter who is already
an inseparable part of these annual meetings at Srelák. Meanwhile, the candidates could
browse the materials produced by the AF Publishing House . The novel, which was to be
dismantled here, was the wall paper Chudás , published by the Prague Solidarity Network
SOL! S, and the title of the letter follows the anarchist fourteenth daybook, which
started at the beginning of the 20th century.
After the production of music, the next program of the meeting and other events that took
place at the First May in Prague and somehow relate to legitimate social requirements or
are directly organized within the anarchist movement followed.
AF member then read the speechorganizing organization in which he clearly expressed the
positions of the anarchists and what the first May means. He said that although it is not
possible to add "living mass struggles to improve the conditions of working, unemployed,
retired, students and other underprivileged people on this day", it is not the only reason
to give up on the vision of a free and self-governing society. Attention then turned to
the social struggles that are taking place in France and emphasized the idea of anarchist
internationalism. In this context, it was not possible to condemn the nationalist
tendencies and the backwardness of the Czech parliamentary left. The speech ended with a
statement: "We refuse to participate in the current order, where short-term profits take
precedence over the urgency of the climate tragedy, weapons trade in front of people's
lives, cheap goods before working conditions, police repression against free-lance
alternatives. We did not choose capitalism. Our choice is a free and self-governing
society without unnatural authority. "
The word of speech could be taken in the form of a leaflet, just like the last issue of
the A3 wall paper . A moment later, the attendants went to a commemorative plaque
commemorating the 1890s demonstration and laid flowers here on the black and red flag.
Subsequently, it was freely debated, and instead of the second hour it was gradually emptied.
For dignified living
Most of the people were then moved by the National Class to the nearby Jungmannovo Square,
where Socialist Solidarity, Alternativa from the bottom, and the Bydlet-to-live initiative
"Demonstration for Affordable Housing and Decent Salary" held two hours. There were about
200 people gathered at the opening speeches headed by the "Flats for People, Not for
Profit" Transparency, and the chanting of "Housing is the Right" on the march through the
center of the city notably affected by gentrification.
Several stops were made along the way to further thematic speeches, and the whole event
was concluded at the Prague City Hall.
The demonstration was quiet. There was a meal from Food Not Bombs, which was eloquently
reflected in the exquisite exposition of luxury jewelery before.
In front of Milada, behind Milada
Since 16.00, Prague has begun another event, a memorial meeting in front of the former
squat Milada. At the First May we reminded the 20th anniversary of the casting of this
dilapidated villa.
At that time, a group of anarchists who had been expelled from the squad Zenklovka several
months earlier, breathed new life. Several times, its residents had to face police attacks
and buzzing, the fatal house became in 2009, when he was brutally exterminated with the
assistance of the police by a private security guard and for sure devastated enough to
become uninhabitable. And now it was a really sad look at the building, where a lot of
people were changing, hundreds of concerts and other cultural events took place here.
Over the course of the afternoon, more than 50 people showed up, including some of those
who were in the recovery of the villa in 1998. There was a distro AF Publishing House, and
small children were running around. In addition, the stories associated with the Milada
and activism at the time of her occupation came to fruition.
This picnic atmosphere greatly contrasted with the inadequate deployment of police forces,
including the secret and tracking car. Perhaps the fizzles had also come to remember - for
them, during the demolition of the interior of the squat, the stolen cash, the exciting
atmosphere of the percussion streets, etc. Fortunately they stayed with memories and made
no trouble. After some time, they probably understood the needlessness of their actions,
so they first recalled anton, then the heavy-haired supplies, and finally remained the eye
of a big brother and a group of "secret" police warders.
Screening
And who did not have enough at the First May, he could go to the Cross Club in Holešovice,
which is a mile away from Milada. Here was the ninth part of the anarchist documentary
show Trouble from the sub.media team. He, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the
1968 uprising in the world, focused on current student movements. The film mainly
discussed the state and potential of the student movement in our country.
In Pilsen against the Nazis
The opportunity to go to the streets was not only in Prague. For example, the Republican
Square in Plzen was given the opportunity of the ultra-lawmakers under the auspices of the
Workers 'Party of Social Justice, the Workers' Youth and the Bloc against Islamization.
Vandas reported for a dozen of his remaining, tragic-looking, but loyal, supporters of the
red doubledecker. The reason for this "stage" multi-cultural choice is not known to us,
but only illustrated the tragicomicity of the whole encounter of the party, which already
has its dubious glory when hundreds of neo-Nazis supported it in the streets behind. She
also worked on a bus in a group of military uniforms.
There were several dozens of predominantly local anti-racists with signs such as "Drag the
drop from my plate", "We do not want in Pilsen", "Violence and racism are not solved",
"White pride, black conscience", etc.
It did not like the two Vandas, who did not finish their run and ended up in the hands of
the heavy boys. Those who then surrounded the anti-fascists and made them free movement.
https://www.afed.cz/text/6832/prvni-maj-2018
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Message: 7
Movement without memory is a movement without a prospect ---- Anarchism is not a
historical continuation of left-wing national liberation fronts nor Marxist-Leninist
analyzes. If we do not want to reflect on the struggles of the dead anarchists who were
slaughtered by Bolshevism and devoted their lives to building the libertarian
revolutionary perspective for the transition to individual, class and social liberation
from the bonds of sovereignty and patriarchy for another society liberal values, we have
to repurpose the historical thread of anarchism, and not to pursue unflinchingly against
the enemies of liberty, like tails crawling behind ethnic-patriotism and statehood on the
left. ---- The myth of "kinematic" unity ---- "A Malatesta partner and Trotsky's fierce
critic, as well as Stalin, Luigi Berneri was a well-known Italian anarchist organization
and traveled to Spain to fight the Spanish Civil War. He was given a seat in the Economic
Council but refused to take part in the government. When conflicts between anarchists and
members of the Communist Party controlled by Stalin in Democratic Spain broke out,
Berneri's house, which shared it with several other anarchists, was attacked by
Stalinists. He and his companions were described as "counter-revolutionaries," disarmed,
stripped of their papers and forbidden to go out on the street. On May 5, 1937, the
Stalinists murdered Berneri along with another Italian anarchist, Francisco Barbieri. "
From the Anxious voices of dead anarchists
The Stalinists prefer to kill anarchists like me and let the fascists defeat from taking
on their political responsibilities in Spain in 1937
The voices of dead anarchists remain unsettled today because the systematic in the
historical time and their mass killings by Bolshevism tend to be constantly and
purposefully forgotten, overlooked, absent within the anarchist circles themselves.
The imprisonment, exile and execution of thousands of anarchists in the world since
Bolshevism for two centuries, from the First International and the schism with Marx,
Russia in 1917, Spain in 1936-39, Cuba and elsewhere, instead of forming a historical
lesson and political stockpile in today for many political groupings are random "lathia"
that are not going to be repeated, "mistakes" that are downgraded, ignored and eventually
offend the life and work of those who were sacrificed for freedom, libertarian communism
and anarchy.
At the same time, Bolshevism's power, with its rhizome and historical dominance in large
geographic regions of the planet, implying statation, vertical organization, hierarchy,
tends to move and is a point of almost religious worship by a large part of the current
"anarchist space "in Greece. The attempt to link anarchist history in Greece with the
triptych "EAM-ELAS-MELIGALAS" beyond unrealistic is also dangerous. The intended fronts to
the left of the statehood are repeated as a historic tragedy after the Stalinist
prevalence in the social revolution in Spain. Already the modern social democracy of the
left-wing government as a genuine political expression of state and capital, the same left
that until a few years ago participated in the same anti-fascist and individual social
fronts and movements together with the "a / a space", continues the same persecution of
every anarchist expression by faithfully following the previous political governors of the
Greek state in the post- ND and PASOK. The left-wing aims of seizing power are anything
but a relationship with anarchist ideas and libertarian values.
Weaknesses and shortcomings in the libertarian political strategy for the transition to
social liberalization can not be covered, supplemented and relied on "loans" by the
political aims and political strategies of the left. Organization and struggle based on
libertarian values have nothing to do with the left pyramid-hierarchical organization and
the strategy of taking power from the left. The myth of "kinematic" unity, the imaginary
establishment of a "all together" movement is a proven historical recipe for the failure
and defeat of the anarchist movement. The left has never ceased to treat imperialism,
neonazism, poverty, immigration, etc. as opportunistic themes. in order to propagate to a
small or large extent its political position and strategy, presenting its state model as
the only way to address the social and political impasse imposed by the bourgeois
sovereignty over the lives of the oppressed and exploited. At the same time it is
instrumental in the imaginary concept of a "united movement" as it serves to emerge
politically, to attract new members and to spend in the next ballot its participation in
the "movement". Throughout this process, the co-operation with the left shows nothing more
than self-organization, horizontalism, struggle against delegation and statistness, and by
extension any libertarian revolutionary prospect for social liberation. As has been shown
recently, despite the estimates,
"If the concept of Anarchy has so far been interpreted as a state of utter disorder, this
is because people have been taught that their issues are regulated (by the State), that
they are governed correctly, and that power is necessary." ANARCHIA THE ANARCHICS ARE
WONDERING - by Johannes Moore and Emma Goldman
Anarchism is not a historical continuation of left-wing national liberation fronts nor
Marxist-Leninist analyzes. If we do not want to reflect on the struggles of the dead
anarchists who were slaughtered by Bolshevism and devoted their lives to building the
libertarian revolutionary perspective for the transition to individual, class and social
liberation from the bonds of sovereignty and patriarchy for another society liberal
values, we have to repurpose the historical thread of anarchism, and not to pursue
unflinchingly against the enemies of liberty, like tails crawling behind ethnic-patriotism
and statehood on the left.
Movement without memory is a movement without a prospect.
Related Link: https://www.provo.gr/myth-of-unity/
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SOLIDARITY DISCUSSION to the anarchist-communist Tassos Theofilos-Saturday, May 5, ISAP
Thiseio, 1pm ---- The state and market clusters, which aim to accumulate wealth in the
hands of the most powerful at all costs, establish an exception regime by imposing a
barbaric regularity: the overthrow of acquired rights, unbearable taxation, first-time
auctions, privatizations, pillage of nature are some examples of today's reality. The
state, unable to secure a social consensus, follows the well-known path of repression and
terror to those who resist. When the state is called upon to confront people who question
the necessity of its existence and its monopoly in violence, it chose both the tough
repression of the struggle and the "retaliation" of the fighters. Repressive methods and
abusive sentences against persecuted fighters serve, on the one hand, the interruption of
their political action, their physical and moral extermination, and, on the other hand,
the paradigm of the rest. Even in the guards, whoever resists, does not rush or subdue,
keeping a stance consistent with his / her ideas and values, then a new legal framework is
put in place in a special exemption regime that aims to kneel them , depriving the rights
acquired after in-and-out games. Here are just a few examples of this peculiar status:
Appeal of innocent decisions . On 11/5, the appeal of the innocent decision of Tassos
Theofilos will be examined in the plenary session of the Supreme Court after 5 years of
imprisonment. A case based on the suggestions of counter-terrorism-based DNA samples that
collapsed in the Court of Appeals in July 2017.
Criminalization of entire villages: On 10 May, residents of Thessaloniki are tried in
Thessaloniki. Halkidiki and solidarity because they are fighting against the looting of nature
Modification of laws and abusive sentences . On 26/3, after the terrorist organization
collapsed and taking advantage of the sophisticated ambiguity in 187A, the five-member
court of appeal sentenced N. Romano to atomic terrorists in 20 years for three incendes,
A. Dalli in 29 years for three bank expropriations and ELTA with a unique element of DNA
blends, D. Politis in 13 years for distinct possession of ammunition and an attempted
expropriation, G. Michailidis in 11 years for possession of ammunition and forgery, and
YPF member G. Tsakalos in five years NIA for instigation to forgery.
Anarchist N. Maziotis has been convicted of hitting the Revolutionary Struggle in the BT
in life imprisonment .
Criminalization of related and friendly relationships . The condemnation of Ireanna and
Pericles in 13 years without being suspended by the charge of involvement in a criminal
organization with only an essential element the personal and friendly relations they had
with Mr Papadopoulos (who was acquitted for the category of participation in the VPA) is
one of the most exciting examples.
What unites these assumptions is the anti-terrorist service, the 187A terrorist, and it
concerns fighters or people who have personal or fellow relations with them. In such
cases, the counter-terrorism and, by extension, state-of-the-law and judicial mechanisms
they are relentless and operate on the main axis of vengeance, discipline and
exemplification. The "rule of law" is a treaty that serves the interests of the
sovereigns, and when their "righteousness" is not enough, there are "exception regimes"
such as those created by the terrorists. On the "black holes" created by the judiciary,
they try to throw away those who consider themselves to be dangerous and / or intruders of
the regime and those who are not subjected. He either defeats them legally, imposing long
sentences, either by building black holes such as modern concentration camps for
immigrants, Korydallos underground cells, and the highest security prisons for political
opponents. Power has been trying, trying and always trying to isolate and exterminate
those who are fighting and to impose a regime of terror on those who stand beside them and
do not accept to define their life and choices.
So, through the repressive attack, not only is the elimination of political opponents, but
also their isolation and the withdrawal from their social environment of politicians and
staff, which is a basic prerequisite. Thus, the "anti" terrorist and the punishment of
those in it can not be predicted and choose to stand next to their / their relatives,
relatives, companions without counting the imperatives of power. Consequently, in essence,
with 187A, anyone who has a relationship with an accused (regardless of whether he is
"guilty" or "innocent") automatically means that he knows about his / her action and has
contributed psychologically and materially irrespective of evidence. So, he / she will
also be treated with the same methods and will be used as an example for those who
continue to disregard the imperatives of power. For us, the "guilty" or "innocent" dipole
does not define our attitude towards those who are in the target of repression.
Against all these we stand by the side of the struggling, the opposing, the insurgent,
recognizing our common position, which is on the same side of the barrier against the
state, capital, exploitation and oppression. We stand solidarity with those fighters who
are in the hands of the state. Race inside and outside the cells, for a world of
equality-solidarity-justice-freedom, to the detention of the last prison.
Solidarity with the anarchist-communist Tasos Theofilos
SOLIDARITY DECLARATION Saturday, May 5, THESEIO ISAP, 1pm
Friday 11 May, 9am , gathering at the Court of Appeal (Alexandras)
anarchist collectivity Vogliamo tutto e per tutti
http://vogliamotutto.espivblogs.net/2018/05/04/
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* View & Update - Discussion
for the 1st international political, artistic, athletic and cultural encounter of women
struggling, called by the Zapatista women in Caracol of Morelia (8-10 March 2018) *
Presentation of the brochure "Challenges for women's liberation. A Look Through the
Women's Games in Chiapas " At the Occupation of Lelas Karagiannis 37 -- THURSDAY 8 MAY,
19:00 -- On March 8, at the end of our presentations, each of us lit a small
flame.[...]Take this flame and transform it into anger, courage, determination ... Hold on
and then you might think that there can be neither truth nor justice or freedom within the
patriarchal capitalist system. And then maybe we can meet again to fire the system. And
maybe you are next to us to make sure no one extinguishes the fire until there is nothing
but ashes. And then, sister and mate, that day that night, maybe we can say together:
"Okay, now we can really start building the world we need and deserve. "
from the words of Zapatista women at the close of the meeting
Group Against Patriarchy - Anarchist Political Organization
http://apo.squathost.com/
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On May 11th, Tasos Theophilos is drawn back to the courts. ---- "Unfaithful Justice" once
again shows her true face as a teammate in the defense of power by state and capital ----
The persecution of Tassos Theofilos is purely political. It is purely classical. It is a
prosecution that is targeted at many more. The anarchist movement, the world of the
struggle, the resistance choices are being persecuted. ---- How many times does someone
who has been acquitted need to be reinstated until convicted? Those who need power answer.
---- As many times as we allow it, we answer. ---- We are massive on the road. ----
Solidarity is our weapon. ---- May 11 will not be the end of the road ---- Saturday 5/5 _
13.00 Thiseio (ISAP Station) ---- Friday 11 / 5_ 9.00am Appeals Court (Alexandros)
http://anarchist-federation.gr/archives/1764
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