{"id":589,"date":"2007-02-14T19:11:30","date_gmt":"2007-02-14T09:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=589"},"modified":"2007-02-14T19:11:30","modified_gmt":"2007-02-14T09:11:30","slug":"anarchists-1-greek-state-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=589","title":{"rendered":"Anarchists 1 : Greek state 0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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London: Solidarity action with Greek hunger strikers<\/a><\/strong>
\nFebruary 13, 2007<\/p>\n

Up until yesterday, two people had been on a hunger strike in Greece<\/a>: together with a third person, they had been detained by the Greek state without trial for eight months. They are charged with rioting during the European Social Forum<\/strong> march in Athens (May 2006) though there is no concrete evidence against them. On the day that Tarasios Zadorozni<\/em> and Gerasimos Kyriakopoulos<\/em> were on the 70th and 54th days of their respective hunger strikes, the Greek national football team visited London for a friendly match. In the final moments of the game we invaded the pitch with banners expressing our solidarity and resistance.<\/p>\n

Even after hearing that our three comrades were finally released earlier on [in] the day, we decided to go ahead with our planned action. This was a conscious, though not self-evident, decision. In fact, right until the last moment there was hesitation and uncertainty concerning the political validity as well as the practical feasibility of the action.<\/p>\n

Following a tediously long discussion, we came to the decision not to play along with the State in its game of political manoeuvres made in its own interests: yesterday’s decision to release the hunger strikers does not detract from their near-fatal eight month hostage. As our two banners read:<\/p>\n

Seventy Days of Hunger Strike \u2013 We Will Not Forget, We Will Not Forgive.<\/em><\/p>\n

This action was of calculated (and relatively low) cost. We will stand trial on [February 23]. The charge against us is that of ‘pitch invasion’. As far as we know, the offence is punished only by a fine and does not carry a custodial prison sentence.<\/p>\n

We would also like to mention that there were not only Greek comrades amongst us: a clear sign that in this case, though the repression was a Greek issue, solidarity is an international one.<\/p>\n

Finally, we would like to express our support and solidarity to our comrades, still hostages of the Greek state, which did not hesitate in bringing them to the verge of death.<\/p>\n

(London, February 7, 2007)<\/p>\n

We’re Doin’ Our Bit Brigade<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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