After the Greek Riots

#300 | Postering in Athens on the crisis

A couple of recent posters from the streets of Athens:

The poster above reads:

Suspension of payments now!

Public Electricity Corporation, Telecommunications Corporation, Water Supply Company, Public Transport, taxes, loans and credit cards

We organize our collective line of defense against the devaluation of our salaries, pensions and compensations, against the ban of collective agreements, against mass lay-offs and the transfer of insurance costs to employees.

Through open and anti-hierarchical procedures in neighborhoods, worksites, schools, universities, everywhere

We fight back

Bankrupts (due to the state and capital) of all kinds unite

We are weak as long as each one remains on his/her own

Anarchists – Antiauthoritarians

The poster on the right reads:

The welfare state goes… security state comes

While the state and the bosses talk about “decongesting” the public sector by laying-off thousands of workers, they hire at the same time the scum of our societies in thousands to be their armed guards.

If you think that this is happening in order to secure a “Common Interest” KEEP DREAMING.

This occupation army exerts violence precisely for the reasons it is paid for:

to protect the accummulated wealth against the “nouveau poor” capitalism generates in big numbers, to protect the “temples” of money and democracy against those who do not tolerate their life depend on the state and waged exploitation.

Pick up stones!

So that we take measures before it’s too late

Anarchists – Antiauthoritarians

Halil Savda has been released!

Conscientious objector Halil Savda has been released on Saturday, 28th of July after spending 235 days imprisoned in the military prison during the process of judgement. At the solidarity night organized in Istanbul at the same evening, Halil thanked to all war-resisters, Human Rights Association and anarchists who did not leave him alone while he was imprisoned.

Action Against G8

On 2nd of June, Saturday, in [Ankara] Kizilay- Yuksel Street an action was held against the G8 summit that'll be held in Germany in the following days. During the press statement which was made with the call of Global Action Group at 18.00, "voices were heard against capitalism". About 50 activists supported the press statement in which anti-capitalist slogans were chanted. 15 anarchists from AAI also attended the action with their black flags.

Anarchists in Mayday 2007 - Ankara

In Ankara, more than 100 anarchists marched in the main Mayday demo. A few days ago Ankara Anarchy Initiative made a call for an anarchist cortege to march from Opera to Sihhiye Square. There was a big (A) banner and one writing "Following a dream (A) Follow me" and tens of black flags. The group was mainly consisting of university, course and high school students but some working people also existed. Anti-militarist and anti-statist slogans were shouted. Nationalist-socialist Isci Partisi (so-called "Labor" Party) marching with Turkish flags faced our anti-fascist slogans and there was some tension. Later some leftist groups prevented them entering Sihhiye Square where the mass meeting was held. Some of our comrades also helped them doing that.

In one of the speeches, the organization committee mentioned the Haymarket events refering to A. Spies' and one another's last words before they were executed. It was not surprising that the speakers did not mention about their anarchism. Later we have left the square a while before the mass meeting were to end in order to make a meeting with the new comers.

Also Tacanka group attended the demo with their black-red flags.