This morning, three of the six arrested anarchists for the Revolutionary Struggle case have published a 16-page letter (in the Athens weekly “Pontiki”, which has traditionally hosted a few of the armed guerrilla groups’ communiques) in which they claim political responsibility for their participation to the group Revolutionary Struggle. The three are Pola Roupa, Nikos Maziotis and Kostas Gournas. Extracts of their letter follow.
We claim the political responsibility for participation to Revolutionary Struggle. We declare that comrade Lambros Foundas, who died in [the Athens suburb of ] Dafni on March 10, 2010, after a shoot-out with the cops, also participated in Revolutionary Struggle.The fight he gave was one for materialising the subversive plan collectively decided by Revolutionary Struggle. It was a struggle for revolution and for freedom.
We also declare that we are very proud of our group, Revolutionary Struggle, we are proud of our history, of every moment of our political action. We are proud of comrade Lambros Foundas, who we honour and will always do so.
As much as the mechanisms of repression might believe that by imprisoning us they will do away with us, they are wrong. Whether outside or inside prisons the struggle, which for us is a matter of honour and dignity, will continue.
As much as the two terrorists, [PM] Papandreou and [minister of public order] Chrisochoidis laugh smugly, as much as they believe they have safeguarded the security necessary for their social-fascist party to continue with the application of its criminal plans against society, waging their tails now that their American superiors congratulate them, as much as they claim they are done with a serious threat for their regime, we assure them they will not do away with us easily.
As long as we are alive, for as long as we live and breathe, we will do our best to pose problems to their antisocial and criminal plans.
And if our hunters and the political authorities of this country believe they have the entire society on their side, if they believe that the majority of the people consider us to be a social threat, they are mistaken. For the majority of the population, the social threat comes from the government passing one anti-social measure after the other, by dictation of the crows of capital which “bribe”, with the cash they have at their disposal, the state mechanism. Terrorism is the years-long neoliberal policy imposed by the parties in power with the toleration or support of smaller parties. Terrorism is the application of the stability plan which has so far caused large segments of the population to watch this unprecedented attack against them in fear.
Terrorism is not having the most basic material to survive, having your wage and your pension taken away, the bank confiscating your house, living in lethal pollution. Terrorism is living everyday under a regime of fear for your own survival.
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The objective conditions are now ideal. Let’s form the subjective conditions required for us to attempt the revolution. This is our chance.
LONG LIVE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE
HONOUR TO COMRADE LAMBROS FOUNDAS
LONG LIVE THE REVOLUTION
POLA ROUPA
NIKOS MAZIOTIS
KOSTAS GOURNAS
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translated in serbo-croatian: http://www.inventati.org/anarhizam/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5665&Itemid=1&lang=sr
is there a full version of the text in English?
the text is massive (16 pages!) and so even if someone is working on a full translation (no idea if anyone is) it will probably take a good few days before this comes out…
go indymedia or the webspace of the publisher and take a translater tool!
http://signalfire.org/?p=2124
crap machine translation copy pasted above.
You can find some coverage in Czech language on this webpage,though not so elaborate like here. So English full version is not yet available? Are there any doubts expressed by comrades or journalists about authenticity of the text?
no, there are no doubts about the authenticity expressed by anyone
TORTURE, THREATENING KIDS AND WIFE, PREGNANT THE SIXTH MONTH IN THE WHITE CELLS
and don’t forget what happened to Savvas Xiros or that Lambro had to wait still alive an hour for the doctor and the cops called only when they were sure he’ll die
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[...] Posted by kitty styles on май 2nd, 2010 and filed under България, Свят. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. Тази сутрин (29 април), трима от шестимата арестувани анархисти по случая "Революционна борба" публикуваха писмо (в атинския седмичник "Pontiki" – традиционно публикуващ някои комюникета на въоръжени групи), в което те поемат политическа отговорност за тяхното участие в групата. Тримата са Pola Roupa, Nikos Maziotis, Kostas Gournas. Извадки от писмото следват:Ние поемаме политическата отговорност за участието си в "Революционна борба". Ние заявяваме, че Lambros Foundas, който загина в (атинския кварта) Дафни на 10 март 2010, след престрелка с полицията, също бе част от групата. Битката, която той проведе бе за осъществяването на подривния план, одобрен колективно от "Революционна борба". Това бе борба за революция и свобода.Ние също заявяваме, че сме горди с нашата група "Революционна борба", ние сме горди с нашата история, със всеки момент от нашите политически действия. Ние сме горди с Lambros Foundas и винаги ще го тачим.Макар механизмите на репресиите да мислят, че чрез затварянето ни, те са се отървали от нас, те грешат. Независимо вън или вътре в затвора, борбата продължава.Макар двамата терористи – (министър-председателя) Папандреу и (вътрешния министър) Хрисохоидис да се смеят и да вярват, че са осигурили нужната сигурност за това тяхната социално-фашистка партия да продължи с криминалните плановете насочени срещу обществото, ние можем да ги уверим, че те не могат да се отърват от нас така лесно.Докато сме живи, докато живеем и дишаме, ние ще се постараем да създаваме проблеми на техните антисоциални и криминални планове.И ако властите в тази страна си мислят, че цялото общество е на тяхна страна, ако вярват, че мнозинството от хората ни смятат за социален риск, те грешат. За мнозинството от хората, социалната заплаха идва от правителството налагащо една антисоциална мярка след друга. Тероризмът е дългогодишна неолиберална политика налагана от партиите на власт с подкрепата на по-малките партии.Тероризъм е да нямаш най-необходимите неща за оцеляване, да ти вземат пенсията или заплатата, банката да ти конфискува твоя дом, да живееш в смъртоносно замърсяване. Тероризъм е да живееш всеки ден в страх за своето оцеляване.Обективните условия не са идеални. Нека да формираме субективни такива, необходими ни за революцията. Това е нашият шанс. LONG LIVE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE HONOUR TO COMRADE LAMBROS FOUNDAS LONG LIVE THE REVOLUTION POLA ROUPA NIKOS MAZIOTIS KOSTAS GOURNAShttp://blog.occupiedlondon.org/2010/04/29/268-three-of-the-six-arrested-anarchists-claim-politic… [...]
[...] police bullets over a month ago, was part of the group. The letter is very long (11 pages; excerpts here), and a translation will be attempted in the coming [...]
[...] police bullets over a month ago, was part of the group. The letter is very long (11 pages; excerpts here), and a translation will be attempted in the coming [...]
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