Πορεία Στο Λονδίνο 14/12/2008

Πανβρεττανική πορεία ενάντια στην αστυνομοκρατία, σε αλληλεγγύη στούς εξεγερμένους/ες και στους/στις συλληφθέντες/ είσσες στην Ελλάδα και στο εξωτερικό.

Ο θάνατος του Αλέξη ήταν η απόλυτη αφορμή για την απάντηση στη σαπίλα του κράτους, του βολέματος και της μιζέριας, της αποκατάστασης και της ρουφιανιάς, της μπατσοκρατίας και της σιωπής.

Πορεία στο Λονδίνο στη λαική γειτονιά του Hackney 14 Δεκέμβρη 14:30, Dalston Mural στο Λονδίνο.

Τρόποι να πάτε: απο Liverpool Street Station, bus 149
Με τρένο στο Dalston Kingsland

ΥΓ Ξηγιόμαστε accomodation για οσους/ες θελήσουν να έρθουν από Βρεττανία.

The people who rioted in Greece were nothing but hooligans and thugs, there should be no solidarity with those viscous morons! Their behaviour was totally unacceptable!

Why chose Dalstan peace murel for a demo in solidarity with the fight against the oppression of our Greek comrades?

@ disgusted: u r too idiot even for a cop
@ people from imc: police and not only, will try to intimidate ppl and spread confusion even posting stupid things here, so pls be careful.

How many 15 year old boys have anarchists killed?!!!

I hate these apologists for state murder - you are too happy to condemn those that take action in such circumstances. In the UK, the cops can shoot dead an innocent man and expect NO Public anger or social rage. The immigration police can beat mothers, children and men without a single window or car being burnt.

Inaction is complicit in the repression of the state!

Solidarity to the "Hooligans" and the "Ten hooded"!

Anarchist Solidarity from London

Maybe thats the question to ask. What turns a perfectly responsible, political person into a rioter? What needs to happen before a young anarchist, a person who attends meetings, organises benefits, participates in self-organised collective everyday life, trying to invent social relations that can be a model for a better society, turns to the streets and smashes the windows of a chainstore or a bank?

I don't think it's just testasteron, otherwise we would have riots in the streets every day and everywhere. I think it is a society that restricts and controls ordinary peoples everyday lives down to the last thin capillaries. And if a riot is the only way to make your voice heard, then you have to riot.

The assumption that someone just "is" a rioter and hooligan is just short-sighted.

Following the insurrection of the past week it gives me hope for the future to see the youth of Greece standing up and fighting for thier rights. We only have to look at this country in comparision. When an innocent man going about his "lawful" business is murdered by agents of the state,on London public transport,people in this country stand passivly aside,when there is fnally an inquest the jury are more or less told how they should decide. As a society we all mutter how bad it is but refuse o take action.Some of our youth decide to go to war against each other for materialistic capitalistic reasons rather than look at the bigger picture of who the real enemy is. People of these islands are sleepwalking into an Orwellian nightmare. Solidarity to our Greek comrades.

Agree with the alert, but not only for imcistas but organisers as well, cuz there was a suspicious calling for yesterday, n pple who wanted to come down for help caught by surprise when they didn't see something much going on, other than the major police presence who were searching like crazy and intimidating ppl. The movement needs some security as well so someone should be checking for fake alerts. DONT B AFRAID OF COPS. aLL dOWN TO THE STRSSSSS

dont be paranoic and stupid....who try to do the demo was group and they r nice people ...so don tsay shit ...nothing was going on because the english anarchists r bundge of pussies and they prefer stay at home with computers and wear black...fuck off...about the cops ya lods of them they are afraid if you didnt realize yet ...is being demos in the greek embassy since monday so they r afraid samething happen ...SO PLEASE STOP SAYING SHIT AND SPREADING FALSE THINGS AROUND THE media ..ok ...next time think before writte

But needed to see if someone would stand up 4 it. The cops are afraid n am glad. N think now is the time to raise our voices. I urge brits as well to leave their computers and the pub for a while and get serious. Big up to the peeps who worked hard in london since monday.

We might not have other chances as big as this. So every1 down to the demos and no need to be afraid of cop's tactics to scare us. The fact that they are so many is the scary bit n brits must do something as soon as possible.

Good! This is a proper solidarity action - in an area where PIG repression is a problem, not the leafy streets of the Greek embassy in Holland Park.
This is for Menezes
This is for Aleandros
This is for all our fallen comrades!

kool...thanx for understand that we got all the best intentions with the demo on thursday ...im sick to go to organized demos see everybody going after the cops like dogs and nothing happen ..all europe are doing actions against the greek state and london NEGATIVE ...well anyway thanx .have fun on sunday

u must be joking.since when u got experience ?ah ah ah .............the only people who try to do and haver same sence of autonomy are the foreigners...sorry to say this looks bit racist but is true english @ dont have clue about it.......example = when u see a nice demo in uk???????? g8 in scotland..disarter ............ solidsarity with comrades ...negative ....good squats and social centers...negative ...dont take me wrong im not against english anarchists actually i have many friends in the cause but honestly dont writte shit ok ...all the best ...keep burning @nti

All around Greece, there are thousand cases of people having been subjected to harassment and brutality by the Greek police (in police stations and on the streets, while going out or returning home, during non-violent demonstrations and concerts, war of words, war of eggs or war of stones), and at least hundreds have witnessed the police’s preference for attacking peaceful or underage protesters, passer-bys, and people with cameras. [1]

At this stage (December 25th), around 246 people face trial and 66 have been detained. At least 50 immigrants are to be deported and more than 50 are school students of which 17 "arrested under the terrorist act" (Larisa city) [2].

Myrto's case is a common and plain example of abuse, which shows clearly that what’s going on is not only a tit for tat game between political groups [3]. Since the above is a remarkably convenient explanation, and has been extensively used in order to distort facts (or by accident) [4], it is important to be cautious of how we name things and stick to the facts.
I can understand the enthusiasm of antiauthoritarian minds, the vindication and pride that people who have been fighting for freedom and human rights feel while keeping up with the Greek resistance, but we should not be carried away by our identification with the arrested people (and all those who have been abused but not face trial) and naming them according to what they represent to us. Even though, for instance, the new Greek generation may inflame our hopes for a word-wide awaking and boost faith in our power against the brain-washing, fear-promoting establishments, it is misleading to politically define a revolt that has not been self-defined yet. Subjective views like “anarchists lead the way to a new era” or even “hundreds of schools occupied by groups of political-minded youngsters” (coming mainly by supporters in other countries) may give more grounds to those (like the representatives of the neo-Nazis in the Greek parliament or plenty of misinformed TV viewers across Europe) who insist that the mass uprising has been instigated by a minority with specific political views.

Myrto’s case (among hundreds) is an attack on fundamental freedom.
It is important not to deform this.

“Free the prisoners! Freedom to us all!…” [5]
Get independent doctors to monitor the policemen’s mental health!
Fuck the police! (They desperately need it.)






[1]
A disgraceful case of police brutality, witnessed by dozens of people: Young man (during his Xmas leave from serving in the army) goes out with his girlfriend , gets smashed by a group of armed riot police in the middle of the street (where there was not even a protest going on), brought to the hospital and then to the police headquarters to be charged for throwing fire-bombs:
 http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=950800
Police VS citizens (subtitles):
 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KcQxdJzW3nU
Attack on random pedestrian, video taken from a flat:
 http://www.tvxs.gr/v1509
Outrage of people while and after witnessing arrest of teenager by police:  http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-HwHx2bJsYQ&NR=1
Another arbitrary arrest. People shout: He did not do anything! Leave the kid alone!
 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ywMn_KJmHYk
A moderate use of chemicals:
 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gOF9BGZjSSo
BBC news:
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7782907.stm
The “flower stand” case, named after the defence by the police who argued that the student hit himself. The trial of the terrorists (if you have got a more precise definition of the policemen in this case, please let me know) took place on December 16th 2008. They have not been detained, have not lost their jobs, they paid money and went home:
 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=39HEQUhhIXI
People trying to stop unreasonable arrests before a demonstration:
 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=F61q2i4NPqE

[2] Petition online:  http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?pantelis&51

[3] “Think of the bright side. We took you for 10 years younger; this is why we brought you here in the first place!”  http://policeviolence.blogspot.com/2008/12/woman-arrested-and-attacked-by-greek.html
(by the way, it is irrelevant, don’t take me wrong, but does anyone have an idea about what the new detention centres in USA are for?)

[4] E.g. Media rarely presented the riots and the murder in chronological order, the killed boy was defined as “young activist” (implying a political and potentially violent confrontation between him and his killer), there was a preference in showing specific colours, flags and symbols among demonstrators, and the continuous (>18 days) upheaval made equal to the damages and looting that took place within the first 3 days, or to just the riots around the occupied polytechnic school of Athens (ongoing). Meanwhile, both the far-right and the Stalinist parties have explicitly blamed intellectuals and the left-greens for promoting violence.

[5] “… Stop watching! get out there!”: written on the banners raised by young protesters while being live broadcasted on December 16th after taking over the controls. This is what people watched on their TVs (nation-wide free reception):  http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=EtReIz5xWms