THE MAFIA-STYLE AND SECRET-POLICE-STYLE TACTICS OF THE “ANTIAUTHORITARIAN MOVEMENT” OF THESSALONIKI WILL NOT PASS!

Any man would be angry finding out that a rapist tries to bribe his victim so as not to be denounced etc. But one would be angrier finding out that the family of the victim tries to negotiate a certain amount of money so… that the story would be forgotten!!!
Unfortunately, something similar is happening the last weeks in Thessaloniki, Greece! Members of the “A.M.” are engaging in an unprecedented series of attacks and bullyboy actions against comrades from the Anarchist Center NADIR (in B’ student building in Salonica). The reason claimed this time, cause members of the “A.M.” have beaten comrades again, is that some things were supposedly stolen from the School of Theatre (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), in which there was a so-called “occupation” concerning the hunger strike of immigrant Zulkuf Murat Bora (Bahoz)! And even after the “occupation”, the president of the school declared that only a “suit against strangers” would be filed, and there wasn’t a case that some member of “Solidarity of Assembly with Bahoz” would be charged with something, members of the “A.M.”, the theatrical group “Facta non Verba” and the “Group of Refugees of Thessaloniki” try to blackmail the comrades from Anarchist Center NADIR the last weeks. They have invaded into houses, stolen things from comrades, invaded in the Self-Organised Radio Station 1431, beaten comrades, held a comrade in hostage for 6 hours, and not only that, a girl was beaten by many people and kicked in the face! We are talking about an unprecedented attempt of terrorizing and continuous psychological rape, along with beatings, something that only a mafia, nazi organization would make, and of course the secret police. The role of the negotiator in this specific case was played by an individual comrade of the “A.M.” who suddenly appeared and was trying to persuade the comrades from the Anarchist Center NADIR to negotiate, using the well-known story that “the A.M are comrades who are mistaken” etc.
While it is widely known within the “movement”, but also in wider social fractions, that the “A.M.” is sponsored by political parties and media and presented as “antiauthoritarians” who “occupy” buildings(!) in coordination with the authorities, there are some arguments arising, especially now that they want to impose censorship in demonstrations, considering specific banners: Any kind of trust towards the “A.M.”, at least by anarchists-antiauthoritarians (considering that they are connected with the Communist Party of Greece), is not only naive and/or vicious, but can lead to tragic mistakes… And we shouldn’t also forget that one of the aims of “A.M.” is to lead people into a series of gang-fight, cause gangs are delighted by such actions, and to prevent people from dealing with matters of social struggles.
Any recession and compromise, even discussing with the “A.M.”, is actually canceling our identity as anarchists and antiauthoritarians…
Thessaloniki, July 2005
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