GREEK TRAGEDY? 24 AND 25 AUGUST 09 SOLIDARITY ACTION IN LONDON FROM RANDOM ANARCHISTS.
ATHENS, 6 December 2008 two policemen on patrol in the
Exarchia area stop their car, walk down a pedestrian area and shoot
into a small group of young people at point blank range. A 15 year
old schoolboy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, is struck in the heart, and
dies instantly. Immediate attempts by police and media to frame the
murdered boy according to the usual stereotypes fail miserably. Alexi
was an esteemed pupil at a private school in a wealthy suburb and
was in Exarchia by choice, a young person seeking freedom and discourse far from
videogames and the consumer culture. A choice that he paid for with his life.
Immediately the streets of Exarchia filled with angry people of all ages. During the night police
stations are attacked, banks and superstores set alight. The nearby Polytechnic university is
occupied. The rebellion spreads over the weekend and on Monday every school in Greece
comes out on strike. Hundreds of police stations all over Greece are attacked by pupils.
Town halls and colleges are occupied. The rebellion intensifies and spreads to wide strata of
the population, pupils, students, immigrants, emarginated people, unemployed workers, etc.
Athens and many other cities are in flames for over a week.
The revolt had the consensus and support of much of the population and for a few days the
State was losing its legitimacy. Police were repelled from the areas under attack, and resorted
to random arrests based on spurious charges. Out of hundreds of thousands of rebels all over
Greece, 65 people were imprisoned, charged with various misdemeanors.
Today one person remains in prison, Thodoris Iliopoulos, 31 years old. He has not been tried
but remains in custody, exemplary hostage of State vengeance in a grotesque parody of
justice.
He is the last prisoner of the December insurrection.
After 47 days on hunger strike, Thodoris breathes and talks with difficulty, but his courage is
still high. Here are some words he managed to send to "Avgi":
"Why bow your head? Maybe to see two legs that regularly lose their balance over the tomb
they have prepared for you? Keep your courage and some day the Sun will rise for us as
well."
In Greece, in the theatre of life, hundreds of thousands of people turned a tragic murder into a
rebellion for life, for their lives, against a system of death in all its forms.
Solidarity with those who struggled
Solidarity with those who struggle
FREEDOM TO THODORIS ILIOPOLIS
Free hearts
until we are all free
we are all imprisoned
FREEDOM TO THODORIS ILIOPOLISHOSTAGE OF THE GREEK KILLER STATE
ATHENS, 6 December 2008 two policemen on patrol in the Exarchia area stop their car,
walk down a pedestrian area and shoot into a small group of young people at point blank
range. A 15 year old schoolboy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, is struck in the heart, and dies
instantly. Immediate attempts by police and media to frame the murdered boy according to
the usual stereotypes fail miserably. Alexi was an esteemed pupil at a private school in a
wealthy suburb and was in Exarchia by choice, a young person seeking freedom and
discourse far from videogames and the consumer culture. A choice that he paid for with his
life.
Immediately the streets of Exarchia filled with angry people of all ages. During the night
police stations are attacked, banks and superstores set alight. The nearby Polytechnic
university is occupied. The rebellion spreads over the weekend and on Monday every
school in Greece comes out on strike. Hundreds of police stations all over Greece are
attacked by pupils. Town halls and colleges are occupied. The rebellion intensifies and
spreads to wide strata of the population, pupils, students, immigrants, emarginated people,
unemployed workers, etc. Athens and many other cities are in flames for over a week.
The revolt had the consensus and support of much of the population and for a few days the
State was losing its legitimacy. Police were repelled from the areas under attack, and
resorted to random arrests based on spurious charges. Out of hundreds of thousands of
rebels all over Greece, 65 people were imprisoned, charged with various misdemeanors.
Today one person remains in prison, Thodoris Iliopoulos, 31 years old. He has not been
tried but remains in custody, exemplary hostage of State vengeance in a grotesque parody
of justice.
He is the last prisoner of the December insurrection.
After 46 days on hunger strike, Thodoris breathes and talks with difficulty, but his courage
is still high. Here are some words he managed to send to "Avgi":
"Why bow your head? Maybe to see two legs that regularly lose their balance over the
tomb they have prepared for you? Keep your courage and some day the Sun will rise for
us as well."
In Greece, in the theatre of life, hundreds of thousands of people turned a tragic murder into
a rebellion for life, for their lives, against a system of death in all its forms.
Solidarity with those who struggled
Solidarity with those who struggle
FREEDOM TO THODORIS ILIOPOLIS
Rebel hearts
until we are all free
we are all imprisoned
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The solidarity initiative for Thodoris Iliopoulos has released the following call-out. Please translate it and repost it in as many languages as you can. If you do a translation, please post as a comment here or e-mail us. You can find more posts on Thodoris here http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/tag/thodoros-iliopoulos/
On the day of action, Thodoris will be on the 45th day of his hunger strike; his situation is already critical. The last prisoner of December’s revolt must be freed – now!
SOLIDARITY INITIATIVE FOR THODORIS ILIOPOULOS
CALL-OUT FOR DAY OF ACTION FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF THODORIS ILIOPOULOS, ON HUNGER STRIKE SINCE JULY 10
We call all groups in solidarity to co-ordinate their actions – propaganda, info-actions, meetings- aiming at the immediate release of Thodoris. For this reason, we have set Monday, the 24th of August at 8pm as the day and time when we will put together our voices and our power in demanding the immediate release of hunger striker Thodoris Iliopoulos.
As part of this action the Solidarity Initiative for Thodoris Iliopoulos is organising a solidarity concert at the Propylaea in Athens, on Monday 24 August at 8pm.
In the struggle for his defense and his release, our support is Thodoris’ breath.
Let’s get his voice he *
The solidarity initiative for Thodoris Iliopoulos has released the following call-out. Please translate it and repost it in as many languages as you can. If you do a translation, please post as a comment here or e-mail us. You can find more posts on Thodoris here http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/tag/thodoros-iliopoulos/
On the day of action, Thodoris will be on the 45th day of his hunger strike; his situation is already critical. The last prisoner of December’s revolt must be freed – now!
SOLIDARITY INITIATIVE FOR THODORIS ILIOPOULOS
CALL-OUT FOR DAY OF ACTION FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF THODORIS ILIOPOULOS, ON HUNGER STRIKE SINCE JULY 10
We call all groups in solidarity to co-ordinate their actions – propaganda, info-actions, meetings- aiming at the immediate release of Thodoris. For this reason, we have set Monday, the 24th of August at 8pm as the day and time when we will put together our voices and our power in demanding the immediate release of hunger striker Thodoris Iliopoulos.
As part of this action the Solidarity Initiative for Thodoris Iliopoulos is organising a solidarity concert at the Propylaea in Athens, on Monday 24 August at 8pm.
In the struggle for his defense and his release, our support is Thodoris’ breath.
Let’s get his voice heard across the world!ard across the world!
About 30 anarchists with helmets and hoods went into the supermarketnear the university of Saloniki and destroyed the security system! They took the foodstuff from the shelves and also took the moneyfrom the cash desk and burnt it outside the supermarket!nobody arrested!!