Here is a translation of Serge's first message since he was seriously injured by
the French police on March 25, 2023, along with many others, during a protest inSainte-Soline. Serge spent a month in a coma after a police officer shot him inthe head with a GM2L grenade. We have been anxiously monitoring his situation andare extremely relieved to announce that he has recovered sufficiently to issuethe following statement. ---- Just as we are thankful that Italian anarchistAlfredo Cospito miraculously survived his 180-day hunger strike against solitaryconfinement in the Italian prison system, we are thankful that Serge remainsamong the living. It's heartening to see that the line between life and death issometimes a little wider than it seems, especially at a time when we've lost somany friends. A little bit of good news makes it easier for us to continue ourstruggle with oppression.On Tuesday, June 20, French police arrested 18 people accused of being linked tothe Soulevements de la Terre (Rebellion of the Earth), one of the movementsinvolved in the protests in Sainte-Soline. The next day was the date set byFrench Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin for the state-ordered dissolution ofSoulevements de la Terre. As usual, the state threatens the lives of those itpurports to protect, blames the victims of its attacks, and then takes steps tosilence the survivors.Message from S on June 17, 2023Hello everyone,my name is Serge and I was seriously injured, like many others, at thedemonstration against the Sainte-Soline megatank on March 25, 2023. I was hit inthe head by a grenade, probably a direct shot by a police officer equipped with aCougar grenade launcher. I suffered a serious head injury that left me in anabsolutely critical condition, which was made worse by the fact that theemergency services could not attend to me during the demonstration. After a monthin artificial sleep and six weeks spent in the intensive care unit, I wastransferred first to the neurosurgery department and then to the rehabilitationcenter. I now feel that I have made huge progress in being able to move, eat andsimply talk and think. It will be an extremely long journey, but I am determinedto give it my all, to fight to get back what I once had, both physically andmentally. I do it for myself, of course, but also because I believe that refusingto surrender, refusing to be crushed by the repressive machinery, is a politicalnecessity at a time when states are betting on the use of terror and on usremaining passive.Above all, I would like to thank everyone who carried me in that minefield, heldmy hand, protected me, gave me first aid (stopping the bleeding, CPR, intubation,etc.) and simply allowed me to stay alive. I would also like to thank the nurseswho took care of me at every stage and are still helping me get my body and mindback. I can only tell you how good I felt when I woke up from the coma and sawthe huge solidarity that people showed: rallies, texts, tags, donations,exhibitions, events and various messages from friends from all over the world.The echo of your voices and the roar of the streets helped me and my loved onesto keep going. A big thank you to all of you for all of this. You were amazing.All of this reminds us that it is vitally important that no beating, noimprisonment, no mutilation, no murder perpetrated by the forces of thecapitalist social order go unnoticed. They mutilate and murder people so oftenthat it's no accident, it's part of their job. Too many stories around the worldremind us that there is no truer statement than ACAB. All scumbags really arebastards. They are and will remain the servants of the bourgeoisie whoseinterests they protect and whose survival they ensure.The only perspective that the capitalist class offers us is a significantdeterioration of our living conditions, and everyone working here and abroad iscurrently experiencing this bitter reality. Faced with the struggles we arewaging to thwart this catastrophic fate, they have apparently decided todrastically increase repression, both through new repressive laws and by givingfree rein to law enforcement, as seen in Sainte-Soline. We must take note of thisand collectively promote the idea that it is impossible to participate in combatwithout effective protection and the ability to resist. We are not martyrs.However, our strength has little to do with what happens on the battlefield. Ourstrength is in our numbers, in our place in society and in the better world westrive for. Against a handful of organizations of leaders and bureaucrats whowould like to send us home as soon as they claw our way to their place in thesun, we need a thousand ways to organize at the grassroots level and for concretesolidarity, for friends in the movement, but also , and perhaps above all, forall those who join future revolutionary movements.Strength to friends who are currently looking for states!Long live the revolution!See you in battle soon.Le Shttps://www.afed.cz/text/7966/nejsme-mucednici_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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