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USA: Greetings from Manchester, Kentucky!

It has been a miserable chain of bus rides and holdovers through MDC Brooklyn, FDC Philadelphia, FCI Petersberg VA, and USP Atlanta GA, but I have finally arrived at my destination: FCI Manchester, a medium-security federal prison in Kentucky. It is good to be able to breath fresh air in the yard and get in the groove of doing this time.

Those who were upset about the lengthy sentence, rest easy knowing that it will not break me: I remain defiant as ever, and encourage others to turn that anger into action. The purpose of their politically motivated prosecutions is to try to deter and silence us, so it’s on us now to up the ante: to escalate the struggle, to create anarchy.
Thanks everybody for having my back.
YOURS FOR THE REVOLUTION,
JEREMY

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Ukraine: Autonomous Workers Union Statement on the Current Political Situation

The laws which were passed on January 16th showed that the faction of the ruling class which now controls the government is ready to install a reactionary bourgeois dictatorship on the model of the Latin American regimes of the 1970s. The “dictatorship laws” criminalize any protest and limit the freedom of speech; also, they establish responsibility for “extremism”. Parliamentary mouthpieces of the class dictatorship of corrupted bureaucracy and monopolist bourgeoisie are the Party of Regions and the so called “Communist” Party of Ukraine which has long ago become a political force serving interests of capital.

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Protest against transphobia at Exarchia square on Saturday 25 Januray at 17:00

TRANSPHOBIA AT EXARCHIA AND ELSEWHERE (AND EVERYWHERE!)

Last Friday, late at night, two trans women (members of queer trans) were subjected to verbal attacks and threats by several men at Exarcheia. Their silence was gold. Possibly! Had they answered or reacted, there would be another beating in front of the astonished regular guests of the square. How many of us would have reacted? How many would take a stand? This incident is just another reason to remind ourselves that being a trans is something that we need to justify, to defend, to be punished for, to have a good alibi, to have our eyes open, never walk around alone and generally to be very careful. This gives a representative example of women’s role in our society and the need for a feminist and anti-fascist education. Continue reading Protest against transphobia at Exarchia square on Saturday 25 Januray at 17:00

[ENG & FR]Anarchist Kostas Sakkas was arrested again – L’anarchiste Kostas Sakkas a été arrêté de nouveau

Anarchist Kostas Sakkas, who was arrested together with anarchist Alexandros Mitrousias in 2010 carrying guns, is accused of participating in the anarchist guerilla group Conspiracy of Cells of Fire, something that both he and the group deny. The Greek state held him imprisoned over the legal limit of 18 months and K.Sakkas struggled for his freedom by hunger-striking in June 2013.

Kostas Sakkas was arrested again on Thursday, January 16. This time, counter-terror police narration claims that Kostas’ fingerprints were found on objects at the house of Haris Hatzimichelakis, member of CCF guerilla group, arrested back in September 2009 during a counter-terror squad raid.

Greek police attempts to justify the hilarious fact that Kostas’s fingerprints, who was arrested back in 2010 and was kept imprisoned, were identified only today, almost 4,5 years later. Cops claim that although Kostas Sakkas was arrested and obviously thoroughly investigated by the counter-terror squad in 2010, they had no fingerprints of him.

A week earlier Kostas Sakkas was arrested again for presumably violating his restriction conditions, when he spent some hours overnight at a friendly house. Sakkas was released the next day since court cleared him of the unstable charge.

Solidarity to K.Sakkas

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L’anarchiste Kostas Sakkas a été arrêté de nouveau

L’anarchiste Kostas Sakkas, qui a été arrêté avec l’anarchiste Alexandros Mitrousias en 2010 en portant des armes, est accusé de participer dans le group pratiquant la lutte armée Conspiration de Cellules de Feu, quelque chose nié par lui et le groupe. L’état Grec le tenait imprisoné bien plus que le limit juridique de 18 mois et K.Sakkas a lutté pour sa liberté en faisant une greve de faim pendant 38 jours en Juin 2013.

Kostas Sakkas a été donc de nouveau arrêté le Jeudi, 16 Janvier. Cette fois, la police anti-terroriste affirme qu’ils ont trouvé ses empreintes digitales sur des objets dané la maison de Haris Hatzimichelakis, membre de la CCF, arreté en 2009 pendant une descente de la police antiterroriste.

La police grecque tente de justidier le fait redicule que les empreintes digitale de Sakkas, arreté en 2010 et imprisoné, sont identifiés que aujourd’hui, presque 4,5 ans plus tard. Les flics affirme que meme si Sakkas etait imprisoné et bien evidement enquete approfondiment par la police antiterroriste en 2010, ils n’avaient pas trouvés des empreintes digitales.

A noter aussi que la semaine derniere Kostas Sakkas a été arrêté pour une violation des ses conditions de garanties, comme il a dormi chez une amie. Sakkas a été libéré le lendemain.

Statement of Spyros Stratoulis about the end of his hunger strike

Yesterday at 10/1/2014, after 60 days on hunger strie, the judicial council of Thessaloniki adopted the much needed decision concerning my fate in an implied criminal involvement. The result has not been announced to me, until the official publication of the οrdinance. Given that the final decision regarding my case has already been made, I deny to participate in their bureaucratic game or use my health condition according to predifined conditions, I, therefore, decide to put an end to the hunger strike that I started on the 11-11-2013. Continue reading Statement of Spyros Stratoulis about the end of his hunger strike

Mexico: Updates about the 3 anarchist comrades arrested for molotov attacks

This morning , 10/1, we learned that Fallon, Carlos, and Amelie are now being held under a portion of Mexican Federal Law referred to as the ‘arraign’ that permits arbitrary detention without charge or evidence for a period of 40 days, which can be renewed one time, while under investigation by the Centro de Investigacion y Seguridad Nacional (CISEN), a branch of federal policing comparable to CSIS. During this period of detention without charge, our three friends are being held in a special detention centre under the authority of of the CISEN, and not in a regular prison.

The full implications of the their extended detention in this facility are not clear right now. However, it is likely that direct communication with the three arrested will be impossible, and we do not still know the limits on communication with our friends. Continue reading Mexico: Updates about the 3 anarchist comrades arrested for molotov attacks

Solidarity with the hunger striker Spyros Stratoulis

Comrade Spyros Stratoulis has been imprisoned since the age of 17. For 21 years now he is keeping a rebellious stance by participating into action

s, hunger strikes and revolts, but paying for his dignified course of actions with a large number of disciplinary punishments. Thr

oughout the years in prison he has been connected with anarchist fighters and political struggles inside the walls [T/N: in prison]. In 2008, he was kept in custody again occasioned by a wave of insurrections in prisons (the long struggle in 2008 with thousands of imprisoned hunger strikers in Greece -English subs http://www.black-tracker.gr/details.php?id=541 ), after the attack against the anarchist John Dimitrakis by the prison guards. Today, the repressive mechanism, by exploiting telephone conservations of other people, is finding the opportunity to unfold its avenging rage by accusing him of participating in the so-called criminal organization “Thessalonica’s haunts”. Spyros Stratoulis is deprived of his prison leaves which he has gained with long fights while his time imprisonment risks to be extended indefinitely until the holding of the trial for his case. Continue reading Solidarity with the hunger striker Spyros Stratoulis

Action Day in solidarity with imprisoned hunger striker (60 days) Spyros #Stratoulis

Thursday 9/1, Greece

Agrinio–>

Dimadi square | 18.00 pm | Solidarity demo | Apertus squat

Athens–>
Monastiraki | 17.00 pm | Solidarity demo | Solidarity assembly for Sp. Stratoulis & Antiauthoritarian Movement Athens

Heraklion, Crete–>
Liontaria square| 18.00 pm | Solidarity demo | Sine Dominis

Thessaloniki –>
Kamara | 18.00 pm | Solidarity demo | Solidarity assembly for Sp. Stratoulis & Antiauthoritarian Movement Thessaloniki

Ioannina–>
Prefecture | 18.00 pm | Solidarity action | solidarity group

Three compas are arrested and accused of causing damages.

On Sunday, January 5, around 10pm two individuals dressed in black attacked the building of the Minsistry of Communication and Transport (SCT) and a Nissan dealership causing damages to offices and cars by throwing rocks and molotov cocktails.

It is noted that during the attack against the SCT, the guarding cops initially fired warning shots and then directly against our compas but didn’t manage to wound anyone. The general police directorate of Mexico (PGJ-DF) announced the arrests of three people for the attack. Their names are:

Fallon Poisson (from Canada)
Amelie Pillierst (from Canada)
Carlos López Martin (from Mexico)

All of them have participated in numerous actions and initiatives of the anarchist movement.

They are accused for causing damages estimated to circa 750 minimum wages that is approximately 50 to 150 thousand pesos. Based on that and taking into account that there will not pressed more charges against them our compas can be set free after paying a bail of 120.000 pesos plus the compensation for the damage caused.

According to the latest reports, the Ambassador of Canada in Mexico visited our comrades and informed them that the Mexican authorities will deport the twocomrades from Canada as soon as possible. This has also happened in the past with Alfredo Bonanno and Gustavo Rodríguez. Therefore, Carlos López will bethe only accussed therefore we call for every form of solidarity to be expressed.

For any solidarity actions (mails, salutations, financial support and information) you may use the following means of conctact:
fuego_a_las_carceles@riseup.net
or the email of the Anarchist Black Cross of Mexico city (cruz negra anarquista DF)

Informal movement against prisons! Freedom to all prisoners!
City of Mexico

Stratoulis on hunger strike since 11/11: Latest medical report

For the 4th time Spiros Stratoulis, on hunger strike for 59 days(since 11/11/2013), is transfered to the University hospital of Larisas, and for the 4th time he signs and leaves. According to his doctor Dimitris Mpampalis and his advocate Stratouli Konstantina Katsia, the treatment of the medical and nursing staff of the hospital until now is completely unethical, highlighting the right of the police forces to be at the place of examination and the prohibition of his personal doctor to have any contact with him.

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Statement of the 11 arrested antifascists, members of the initiative against Xenios Dias and detention centers for immigrants in Greece

“When on Saturday, the 28th of December 2013, we went out for a political intervention in the metro stations against the state-organised pogroms of “Xenios Zeus” and the detention centres for immigrants, we already knew who we had against us. A state that continually pushes towards totalitarianism and implements a racist immigration policy, conducted as a military operation. A police that not only legally enjoys excessive powers, but has the de facto right to ignore the law anytime and whenever it feels like it. The fascist/racist part of greek society which, to the extent that it coordinates with state policy, believes that it can say and do anything it wants against immigrants with absolutely no cost.

We also knew who we wanted to meet. Those who feel the need to confront the barbarism that is spreading, those who due to their position are in the receiving end of this violence. For this reason, a number of collectives of the area and of the centre of Athens decided to organise a number of similar interventions which will result in a demonstration on the 11th of January 2014. For this reason, we made sure that the texts, posters and leaflets that we were handing out were in 7 different languages. For this reason, we chose the multi-racial neighborhoods of Patisia, Ag. Nikolaos, Victoria as the area of our intervention. Neighborhoods in which there is a daily manhunt of the police against immigrants, and in which the holy alliance of cops/fascists/mafia and the racist “citizens’ committees” has written the most “glorious” pages of its recent history. Pogroms, racist attacks, mafia activities, constant police controls, detentions and arrests with colour as the only criterion, torture in the police stations.

Continue reading Statement of the 11 arrested antifascists, members of the initiative against Xenios Dias and detention centers for immigrants in Greece

Πρωτοχρονιά 2013/2014: Διεθνής διαδήλωση θορύβου μέσα και έξω από τα κελιά, τις φυλακές και τα κέντρα κράτησης όλου του κόσμου.

Διεθνής Διαδήλωση Θορύβου μέσα και έξω από τα κελιά, τις φυλακές και τα κέντρα κράτησης όλου του κόσμου.

Η εκδήλωση αυτή είναι εμπνευσμένη από το βορειοαμερικάνικο κάλεσμα για μια μέρα δράσεων ενάντια στις φυλακές την Πρωτοχρονιά του 2010/2011, το οποίο επαναλήφθηκε το 2011/2012 καθώς και την χρονιά που μας πέρασε και παραμένει σχετικά αμετάβλητο: Οι διαδηλώσεις “Θορύβου”έξω από τις φυλακές, σε ορισμένες χώρες, αποτελούν αδιάλειπτη παράδοση. Ένας τρόπος για να εκφράσουμε την αλληλεγγύη μας στους ανθρώπους που βρίσκοντα φυλακισμένοι κατά τη διάρκεια του νέου έτους, να θυμηθούμε εκείνους/-ες που αιχμαλωτίστηκαν από το κράτος. Μια διαμαρτυρία θορύβου σπάει την απομόνωση και την αποξένωση των κελιών που φτιάχνουν οι εχθροί μας, όμως δεν πρέπει να σταματά εκεί.

Η φυλακή έχει μια μακρά ιστορία στο κεφαλαιοκρατικό σύστημα,αποτελεί μια από τις πιο αρχαϊκές μορφές παρατεταμένων βασανιστηρίων και τιμωρίας. Έχει χρησιμοποιηθεί για να να βασανίζει και να αργοσκοτώνει τους ανεπιθύμητους –παραβατικούς, κατά την άρχουσα τάξη– που δεν έχουν καμία ανάγκη να “χωρέσουν” εντός του προκαθορισμένου καλουπιού της κοινωνίας.

Continue reading Πρωτοχρονιά 2013/2014: Διεθνής διαδήλωση θορύβου μέσα και έξω από τα κελιά, τις φυλακές και τα κέντρα κράτησης όλου του κόσμου.