Today's Topics:
1. Britain, AFED, organise magazine: Britain, AFED, organise
magazine: Statement Against Repression of Resistance in Greece
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
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Message: 1
After being identified following the attack of the Parliment on May 21st - An action in
support of Dimitris Koufontinas, a comrade imprisoned for life on a hunger strike - two
activists must collect 60,000 euros before 14 June, otherwise they will spend 10 years in
jail. ---- Link to the financial support1:- https://www.lepotcommun.fr/pot/mjj83sy2 ----
The Prime Minister and Ministry of Justice are once and for all trying to put away Giorgos
Kalaïtzidis, co-founder of ROUVIKONAS** and Niko, both members of the same group and
famous Greek resistance fighters. In fact, both are prosecuted not for a civil offense,
but this time for a crime. By utilising an old law on the protection of historic monuments
of great value - a law almost never used, intended for the likes of the Acropolis or
Delphi - the state has found a way to trap our comrades who until now were always careful
not to cross this legal boundary into commiting criminal offenses.
As a result, Giorgos and Nikos face 10-years in prison and are being asked to pay a
gigantic security deposit of 30,000 euros each (60,000 euros in total) by the 14th of
June2, that is, three weeks before the legislative elections. The will to use the law to
quickly to lock up several well-known members of the group and to offer a resounding media
show is clear.
The hardening of the repression against the group (whose last sentence in April amounted
to 3,000 euros or ten times less) is one of the aspects of the state manipulating public
opinion right now. As a part of the European and local elections, Tsipras,- the Greek
Prime Minister - has just initiated early parliamentary elections and will play his role
on the 7th of July as an outsider facing the right. The right center of the electoral
spectrum hates Exarchaia (a district of Athens well known for art and resistance), the
Anarchists and other revolutionaries, and is preparing to enable Mitsotakis -the leader of
the right - to "evacuate Exarcheia in a month" and to "imprison the red and black bandits"
For the past two months, Tsipras has been striking with all the horrors on the right and
flexing his position of authority: six refugee squats have been evacuated, the Exarcheia
district daily harassed by the police, a TV show about the district which announces its
near end, the political prisoner Koufontinas brutally deprived of his supervised exit
permits to see his son, and now members of Rouvikonas about to go to jail.
This attack on the resistance movement in Greece is probably the hardest since Tsipras
came to power. No group has resisted so much in recent years as Rouvikonas: daily, like a
elixir the against resignation that Tsipras is trying to provoked.
Almost every day, we have heard about Anarchy and resistance in the news and in the press.
Almost every day, more and more people said that nothing is finished.
Because our solidarity is as unbreakable as is our will to fight.
We will stand and support our comrades everywhere, by all means, as we struggle.
Support to Giorgos, Nikos and all members of ROUVIKONAS!
Call for solidarity actions everywhere outside Greece!
- as just happened two nights ago in front of the Greek Embassy in Paris.
Call for financial support!
- if you are unable to donate, please share.
Even if we do not succeed in preventing the imprisonment of Giorgos and Nikos, other
members of the group will at least be able to escape other less severe sanctions and
continue the struggle.
- Rouvikonas
1. To participate in the call for financial support (before June 14th), the Pot Commun
with all the information is here: www.lepotcommun.fr/pot/mjj83sy2
To send cash directly, ROUVIKONAS will soon be on tour in Italy, Switzerland, France and
Belgium, from 1 to 9 June. ?????? will take care of it with us. All details of the tour
here: www. lamouretlarevolution.net/spip.php?rubrique34
To proceed by transfer or paypal (or cheque, but it is a bit long and complicated compared
to the other possible forms), contact in French: rouvikonasfrancophone@riseup.net or only
for a transfer, by communicating in English: rouvikonas@espiv.net
If you come to Athens before June 14th:
See you at K*Vox every day, starting at 16:00, place Exarcheia.
2. Presentation of Rouvikonas (10 minutes):
http://organisemagazine.org.uk/2019/05/30/statement-against-repression-of-resistance-in-greece/
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