dimanche 17 octobre 2010 à 17h
Soiree de solidarité avec les anarchistes Grecs
en prison suite aux differentes luttes et greves des annees passees...
https://paris.demosphere.net/rv/14227
dimanche 17 octobre 2010 - 17 a 22h
infos, tables de presse et musiques avec:
- JEUNES SEIGNEURS (street punk hardcore - Brest la Rouge)
- LA RABIA (chanson punk- Paname)
- TRUST NOTHING (hardcore punk- Espagne)
- ENDURANCE (hardcore punk - Espagne)
CICP 21 TER RUE VOLTAIRE 75011 PARIS - METRO NATION/ALEXANDRE DUMAS
We are facing an extortionate reality. 18 anarchist fighters in the hands of the state, with many of them imprisoned with extremely heavy sentences. At the same time the charges facing those who have not as of yet been brought to trial may also in all probability lead to long prison sentences. Yiannis Dimitrakis charged with the National Bank robbery on Solonos st. in the centre of Athens has been convicted in the first degree court to 35 years of imprisonment, Polikarpos Georgiadis and Vaggelis Hrisohoidis charged with the kidnap of the then president of the Industrial Association of Northern Greece (where all the fat cat bosses belong to) to 23 years. Ilias Nikolau, with a 7-year sentence for attempted arson against a Municipal Police building and Yiorgos Voutsis-Vogiatzis, convicted for the National Bank robbery in the Gyzi area of Athens, also remain incarcerated.
Other comrades remain in remand, awaiting trial. Konstantina Karakatsani, Panagiotis Masouras and Haris Hatzimichelakis accused of participation in the "terrorist" organization Cells of Fire Conspiracy, Alfredo Bonanno and Christos Stratigopoulos accused of a bank robbery in Trikala, Aris Sirinidis with the ludicrous accusation that he was the guy in a sombrero and vermuda trousers that fired shots at a riot police van in Exarhia in the summer of '09. The comrades Vaggelis Stathopoulos, Christoforos Kortesis and Sarantos Nikitopoulos are also in prison awaiting trial accused of participation in the "terrorist" organization Revolutionary Struggle, as well as the comrades Pola Roupa, Nikos Maziotis and Kostas Gournas, who have claimed the responsibility of being members of the same organization. Last but not least the comrade Simos Seisidis, -a fugitive since 2005 accused of participating in the bank robbery with Yiannis Dimitrakis and of being a member of the police and media constructed 'robbers in black' gang- was recently arrested. Simos was shot in the leg by the arresting cop, leading to the amputation of his leg and is now in remand at the St Paul prison hospital of Koridallos,
Many other comrades remain in a different state of hostage as there are warrants out for their arrest. Some of these warrants concern charges in relation to participation in the Cells of Fire Conspiracy, while Grigoris Tsironis and Marios Seisidis are wanted with a 600,000 euro reward on their heads. All comrades are accused with charges of robberies or "terrorism". A tragic end to this list concerns the murder of anarchist fighter Lambros Foundas after an incident with the cops in the Athens area of Daphni.
We are not talking here about an emotional count of the losses on the side of the anarchists and anti-authoritarians in the last five years. We are well aware after all that the sharpening of repression both against the anarchists and people in struggle as well as against the repressed in general and the raging dynamics that they appear to be developing with increasing intensity, is the outcome of a war manifested in the existence of two opposing sides. December, the rocks, the Molotov cocktails, the occupations of buildings, expropriated banks, blown-up buildings, armed attacks, strikes, demonstrations that hold under siege the Parliament, the president of the GSEE (the sold-out to the bosses general workers trade-union) being attacked at workers' mobilizations, politicians being jeered at during their public appearances are not incidents that have taken place by mere chance. Nor is the everyday reality of the struggle, of relationships between comrades, of collective processes, of self-organized projects that go against the dictates of dominant everyday life, incidental. There is an all and more intense feeling of collective strength that must seek to confront the enemy.
From discontent through to upheaval, from demonstrations to clashes, from attacks to insurrection the state must win back space, it has to show its teeth. It must enforce poverty, the "socialist" distribution of wealth from those at the bottom to those at the top. Without any protest. With journalists taking on the role of government spokesmen, judges and inquisitors free from any legal restraint, prisons in a state of the highest security, with more cops then ever on the streets ready to shoot. In order to instill the fear that will lead to submission the state must punish in an exemplary way those who rebel and fight. As a consequence we find ourselves at this particular period with a number of prisoners, either already having been sentenced to many years in prison or in all probability going to have heavy sentences dished out to them when they are tried.
Our solidarity towards our captive comrades at this crucial moment stands strong and is expressed through diverse action, as it has been expressed for decades by the anarchists and anti-authoritarians to the hostages of the social-class war who through the years have filled up the prisons. A part of this solidarity is also the direct practical support of our comrades in prison, the necessity and ability to provide them with the basics for their survival within the hellholes of democracy. Always bearing in mind, of course, that by no means can our solidarity be restricted to this sole purpose.
At the end of the day we know that prison forms the biggest crime against human existence and as such the only thing that it deserves is to be torn down so that not even its foundations remain. We also know that the final destruction of prison, in other words the radical, deep rooted change of the world we live in, will not be granted to us nor will it take place suddenly, out of the blue, in metaphysical terms. It will take place through struggle, through the ceaseless clash with whatever produces exploitation, repression, alienation. It will take place by the individuals themselves who through their stance and actions remain in conflict and struggle for the destruction of all authority, for freedom.
The above has been based on a text by the Initiative of anarchists from Athens calling for the creation of an anarchist prisoner fund.
List of anti-authoritarian and anarchist prisoners in Greece
Alfredo Bonanno
Dikastikes Filakes Korydallos
T.K. 18110
Athens, Greece
At 73 years of age, Alfredo is one of the oldest prisoners in the country. He was arrested with Christos Stratigopoulos in Trikala on October 1, 2009 and charged with being an "accessory to a felony" for his alleged role in a bank robbery. Lawyers have made repeated requests for Alfredo to be released on bail for health reasons. More information at: aftertrikala.blogspot.com
Christos Stratigopoulos
Dikastikes Filakes Koridallos
T.K. 18110
Athens,Greece
Arrested together with Alfredo Bonanno, Stratigopoulos has taken full responsibility for the October 1, 2009 robbery in Trikala
Yiannis Dimitrakis
Filakes Domokou
T.K. 35010
Domokos Phthiotis,
Greece
Simos Seisidis
Dikastikes Filakes Koridallos
T.K. 18110
Athens,Greece
Yiannis was arrested on January 16, 2006 after being seriously wounded by police bullets during a bank robbery in downtown Athens. Meanwhile, an arrest warrant was issued for three comrades alleged to be his accomplices. Two of them, Marios Seisidis and Grigoris Tsironis, are in hiding. The third, Simos Seisidis, was shot by police and arrested on May 3, 2010. Due to the injury he suffered, Simos had to have his leg amputated and after about one and a half months in hospital was placed in prison awaiting trial.
Polykarpos Georgiadis
Klisti Filaki Kerkiras
T.K. 49100
Kerkyra [Corfu], Greece
Polykarpos was arrested in Thessaloniki at the end of August 2008 and charged with the kidnapping of industrialist Giorgos Mylonas, which took place earlier that summer. In February 2010, he and comrade Vangelis Chrysochoidis were each sentenced to 22 years and three months in prison. Two weeks later, Polykarpos was transferred from Korydallos in Athens to Kerkyra Prison on the island of Corfu-a 19th-century structure built in the form of a panopticon. It is considered the worst "penitentiary facility" in Greece.
Vangelis Chrysochoidis
Filakes Domokou
T.K. 35010
Domokos Phthiotis,
Greece
Vangelis was arrested on the same day as Georgiadis, and received an identical sentence.
Panayiotis Masouras
Eidiko Katastima Kratisis Neon Avlona
T.K. 19011
Avlona, Attica, Greece
Panayiotis was arrested on September 23, 2009 and charged with participating in the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire. He has been in a juvenile facility since the beginning of his imprisonment.
Harilaos "Haris" Hatzimichelakis
Dikastikes Filakes Korydallos
T.K. 18110
Athens, Greece
Haris was arrested on September 23, 2009 and charged with participating in the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire. At this time he is in prison awaiting trial at Koridallos prison.
Konstantina Karakatsani
Filakes Elaionas
T.K. 32200
Elaionas, Greece
...charged with participating in the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire. A warrant was issued for her arrest on September 25, 2009, and she was finally caught on April 22, 2010. She remains in prison awaiting trial at Elaionas female prison.
Konstantinos "Kostas" Gournas
Klisti Filaki Trikalon
T.K. 42100
Trikala, Greece
Kostas was arrested on April 10, 2010 and charged with participating in Revolutionary Struggle. On April 29, together with Nikos Maziotis and Pola Roupa, he claimed responsibility for said group.
Panayiota "Pola" Roupa
Klistes Filakes Gynaikon Korydallos
T.K. 18110
Athens, Greece
Pola was arrested with five other comrades on April 10, 2010 and charged with participating in Revolutionary Struggle. On April 29, she claimed her belonging to said group in an open letter co-written with Nikolaos "Nikos" Maziotis and Konstantinos "Kostas" Gournas. Due to her advanced stage of pregnancy, she was transferred from Elaionas to Athens and on the 23rd of July gave birth to her and her partner's Maziotis child.
Evangelos "Vangelis" Stathopoulos
Klisti Filaki Trikalon
T.K. 42100
Trikala, Greece
Vangelis was arrested on April 10, 2010 and charged with participating in Revolutionary Struggle. He denies all the charges.
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Christoforos Kortesis
Dikastiki Filaki Korinthou
T.K. 20100
Corinth, Greece
Christoforos was arrested on April 10, 2010 and charged with participating in Revolutionary Struggle. He denies all the charges.
Sarantos Nikitopoulos
Dikastikes Filakes Koridallos
T.K. 18110
Athens, Greece
Sarantos was arrested on April 10, 2010 and charged with participating in Revolutionary Struggle. He denies all the charges. He and Nikos Maziotis are being held in a special wing of Korydallos Prison along with prisoners from the 17 November urban guerrilla group.
Nikolaos "Nikos" Maziotis
Dikastikes Filakes Koridallos
T.K. 18110
Athens, Greece
Nikos was arrested on April 10, 2010 and charged with participating in Revolutionary Struggle. On April 29, together with Kostas Gournas and Pola Roupa, he claimed responsibility for the group.
Giorgos Voutsis-Vogiatzis
ASKA Filakes Kassavetias
T.K. 37100
Volos, Magnesia, Greece
Giorgos was arrested on October 3, 2007 after a bank robbery in the Gizi area of Athens. In April 2009, he was sentenced to eight years in prison.
Ilias Nikolau
Dikastiki Filaki Thessalonikis
T.K. 54012
Thessaloniki, Greece
Nikolau was arrested on January 13, 2009 and charged with planting an incendiary device at the Evosmos police station in Thessaloniki. On December 4, 2009, he was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison.
Aris Seirinidis
Dikastikes Filakes Koridallos
T.K. 18110
Athens, Greece
Aris was arrested in Athens on May 3, 2010 (the same day as Simos Seisidis) during a random police identity check and initially charged with "weapons possession" (he was carrying a handgun) and "resisting arrest." The mass media and police immediately began a disinformation campaign, suggesting that Aris and Simos Seisidis had perpetrated a "bloody robbery" at a Praktiker hardware store. A day later, the authorities rejected that version of events, and on May 7 they decided to grant Aris a provisional release. However, the pigs weren't satisfied with that decision, and a new arrest warrant was issued for him just before his release. This time, Aris was charged with a police shooting that happened last year. One afternoon at the beginning of July 2009, someone wearing shorts, sandals, a Mexican sombrero, and a surgical mask walked out on to Harilaou Trikoupi Street in Exarcheia and opened fire on a riot police unit guarding the headquarters of the socialist PASOK party.
Evangelos "Vangelis" Pallis
Klisti Filaki Trikalon
T.K. 42100
Trikala, Greece
Vangelis is an "ordinary" prisoner who was "politicized" in prison. He has been part of the struggle inside prisons for many years. His letters and other writings often appear in anarchist publications.
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