{"id":1537,"date":"2008-12-11T18:09:50","date_gmt":"2008-12-11T08:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2008-12-11T23:35:37","modified_gmt":"2008-12-11T13:35:37","slug":"greece-is-the-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=1537","title":{"rendered":"Greece Is The Word"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul><strong>Update<\/strong> : Melbourne Anarchists redecorate Greek Consulate-General, hoist black flag &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In the early hours of Thursday the 11th of December, anarchists redecorated the Greek Consulate-General in Melbourne, Australia. The building was painted with slogans in Greek, including &#8216;The State Assassinates&#8217; (<em>To Kpatos Dolophoni<\/em>) and &#8216;The State is the enemy of the people&#8217; (<em>To Kpatos einai ekthros tou laou<\/em>), as well as &#8216;RIP Alexandros&#8217; and circle As. A black flag was hoisted on the flag pole &#8212; unfortunately, the highly flammable Greek flag had been taken in for the night.<\/ul>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/uvFodqkerZk&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, the best &#8212; most accurate and up-to-date &#8212; accounts of the generalised monkey business going on in Greece may be found in the independent media sector and blogs. Solidarity demos and actions are taking place throughout Europe. Some of the earliest took place in Berlin, London, Paris, Amsterdam and Nijmegen (Holland). Subsequently, in Germany demonstrations took place in Berlin, Bielefeld, Bremen, Dortmund, D\u00fcsseldorf, Dresden, Frankfurt\/Main, Hamburg, Hannover, Jena, Konstanz, K\u00f6ln, Leipzig, M\u00fcnchen, Oldenburg, Potsdam, Ravensburg, Rostock and Schneverdingen (so far!). Also Edinburgh and Glasgow (Scotland), Bristol and Newcastle (England). In Spain, actions have taken place in Barcelona and <a href=\"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=1521#comment-421530\">Madrid<\/a>. Brussels (Belgium) has witnessed actions, as have Nikosia (Cyprus), Warsaw (Poland) and Copenhagen (Sweden). Further rallies are planned for Melbourne (Australia), Wellington (Aotearoa\/New Zealand), San Francisco (USA) and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<ul><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indymedia.org.uk\/en\/2008\/12\/414640.html\">Anger All Over Europe As Police Shoot Dead Young Activist In Athens<\/a>, UK Indymedia<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, and in response to expressions of righteous anger on the part of Greek yoof, Greek police have been doing their best to contain the rebellions, and their efforts are being augmented by groups drawn from the Greek fascist and neo-Nazi milieu (unreported in the corporate\/state media). In a similar manner to that in which Andreas&#8217; murder is being reinterpreted, through the circulation of defence claims regarding the coroners&#8217; report into his death, as a &#8216;tragic accident&#8217;, the actions of fascist vigilantes and <em>agents provocateur<\/em> are being uniformly portrayed as the intervention of &#8220;concerned citizens&#8221;; like the claims regarding the magic bullet which killed Andreas, these counter-narratives are receiving wide and uncritical sponsorship in the corporate\/state media. (<em>See<\/em>, for example, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/RTGAM.20081210.wgreece11\/BNStory\/International\">Ugly tactics of the rioters now coming under attack<\/a>, Marcus Gee, <em>Toronto Globe and Mail<\/em>, December 10, 2008.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>bloggy goodness<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/garizo.blogspot.com\/\">NEA \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03cc\u03bb\u03bf \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u039a\u03cc\u03c3\u03bc\u03bf<\/a> : &#8220;The objectivity of the presentation of news is almost impossible. So I simply reproduce what others say, and that seems to be quite effective. A continuous \u00abcollage\u00bb of news or \u201carpakola \/ paste-copy\u201d .. with a few comments of mine .. &#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/anarchiststrategy.blogspot.com\/\">Center for Strategic Anarchy<\/a> : &#8220;The Center is a syndicate of strategically-minded anarchist soldiers of fortune\u2014psychotic individuals pitilessly destroying post-modern civilization at every available opportunity, living like debonair criminals, the kind of people who use stolen limousines as getaway cars, who build infernal machines that sow chaos and confusion, who obliterate golden calves and stone tablets alike, who eat gods. We are the lords of our Company, the enemies of God, pity, and mercy&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/libcom.org\/tags\/greece-unrest\">greece-unrest | libcom.org<\/a><br \/>\noccupied london : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.occupiedlondon.org\/blog\/\">on the greek riots<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tapesgoneloose.blogspot.com\/\">tapes gone loose : fiery the angels fell from the spires of my fortress of youth<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/teacherdudebbq.blogspot.com\/\">Teacher Dude\u2019s Grill and BBQ: Random thoughts on teaching EFL\/ESL and living in Greece<\/a> : monkey business in thessaloniki<\/p>\n<ul>See also : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/articles\/2008\/dec2008\/gree-d11.shtml\">General strike, spreading protests rock Greek government<\/a>, Chris Marsden, wsws.org, December 11, 2008.<\/ul>\n<h2>d00d, it&#8217;s surreal!<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indymedia.org.uk\/en\/2008\/12\/414994.html\">Statement from Athens Surrealists<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY ALWAYS COMES WITH A KNIFE BETWEEN THE TEETH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ne plus ultra of social oppression is being shot at in cold blood. All the stones, torn from the pavement and thrown at the shields of cops or at the fa\u00e7ades of commercial temples, all the flaming bottles that traced their orbits in the night sky, all the barricades erected on city streets, dividing our areas from theirs, all the bins of consumer trash which, thanks to the fire of revolt, came to be Something out of Nothing, all the fists raised under the moon, are the arms giving flesh, as well as true power, not only to resistance but also to freedom. And it is precisely the feeling of freedom that, in those moments, remains the sole thing worth betting on: that feeling of forgotten childhood mornings, when everything may happen, for it is ourselves, as creative humans, who have awoken _ not those future productive human machines known as &#8220;obedient subject,&#8221; &#8220;student,&#8221; &#8220;alienated worker,&#8221; &#8220;owner,&#8221; &#8220;family wo\/man.&#8221; The feeling of facing the enemies of freedom _ of no longer fearing them.<\/p>\n<p>It is thus for good reason that those who wish to get on with their business as if nothing happens, as if nothing has ever happened, are worried. The phantom of liberty always comes with the knife between the teeth, with the violent will to break the chains, all those chains that turn life into a miserable repetition, serving to reproduce the dominant social relations. Yet from Saturday, December 6, the cities of this country are not functioning properly: no shopping therapy, no open roads leading us to work, no news on the government&#8217;s forthcoming recovery initiatives, no carefree switching from one lifestyle TV show to another, no evening drives around Syntagma Sq. etc., etc., etc. These days and nights do not belong to merchants, TV commentators, ministers and cops: These days and nights belong to Alexis!<\/p>\n<p>As surrealists we were on the streets from the start, along with thousands of others, in revolt and solidarity; for surrealism was born with the breath of the street, and does not intend to ever abandon it. After the mass resistance before the State murderers, the breath of the street has become even warmer, even more hospitable and creative than before. It is not in our competence to propose a general line to this movement. Yet we do assume our responsibility in the common struggle, as it is a struggle for freedom. Without having to agree with all aspects of such a mass phenomenon, without being partisans of blind hatred and of violence for its own sake, we accept that this phenomenon exists for a reason.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s not allow this flaming breath of poetry to loosen or die out.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s turn it into a concrete utopia: to transform the world and to transform life!<\/p>\n<p>No peace with cops and their masters!<\/p>\n<p>All in the streets!<\/p>\n<p>Those who cannot feel the rage may as well shut their traps!<\/p>\n<p>Athens Surrealist Group \/\/ December 2008 \/\/ surrealismgr@gmail.com<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Bonus!<\/h2>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/syJ-aE6JF5E&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update : Melbourne Anarchists redecorate Greek Consulate-General, hoist black flag &#8230; In the early hours of Thursday the 11th of December, anarchists redecorated the Greek Consulate-General in Melbourne, Australia. 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