As the Greek state repression grows, so does the resistance. The savagery of the Greek state matches any dictatorship in recent times, but our media is silent on this brutality against its real ideological opponents. The following from Anarchist News:
Athens,
Greece: It's ironic. While the greek government has been terrorizing
the neighborhood of Exarcheia since the summer with squat evictions,
attacks on people inside coffee shops and bars and brutal beatings and
arrests for no reason -especially following the protests on 17 November
and 6 December, where an atypical martial was imposed in the area-, few
days ago made an attempt to cover up the riot police crimes against the
people in the area, by decorating Exarcheia Square with Christmas lights
and a Christmas Tree.
[You can find links to videos documenting some of the police crimes in the area during the last few months r at the end of this]
To get an idea of what is happening in Athens at the moment a few
things have to be noted: The greek government has gone into war with
anarchists and anti authoritarians, following the end of a 15 days
ultimatum issued by the Ministry of “Public Order”, towards the dozens
of political and refugee squats across Greece (some of them more than 30
years old), threatening them with violent evictions by the riot police
and police special forces, if they did not evacuate within the deadline.
The deadline ended on Thursday night on the 5th of December 2019, a
political decision by the greek State aiming to agitate and create an
“explosive atmosphere”.
Following the first wave of attacks and evictions, mainly against
squats housing refugees during the fall, the second wave of attacks has
just begun, this time against political squats and social centers.
Coinciding with the arrest of antifascists and the proposed judicial
acquittal of neonazi leaders in the Golden Dawn trial, the right wing
greek government and its self proclaimed socialist Minister of Public
Order have proceeded with the eviction of “Kouvelou Mansion” Squat in
Marousi, Athens on Tuesday 17 December, while another three squats have
been evicted today 18 December in Koukaki, Athens, following a massive
police operation, that terrorized a whole neighborhood with police
brutality, attacking people living in adjoining houses that were no
squats. Brutal images of greek SWAT policemen having their boots on
people's heads on the ground and a mother bound on the floor of her
terrace with a hood on her head, reminiscing of Abu Ghraib torture
images, have been circulated in the media.
As an obvious result at about 22:00 yesterday 18 December,
approximately 200 anarchists held a sudden demo around Ermou Street, the
most commercial street of Athens and proceeded to attacking several
shops and banks near the main square of Athens at Syntagma. At about the
same time, several miles away, the christmas tree at Exarcheia Square
was set on fire. While the greek government has proclaimed that more
than 20 squats, just in Athens, will be violently evicted until the end
of 2019, the police attacks seems like the match that will put fire in
an already explosive situation during Christmas and New Year's
festivities.
Links from Exarchia under police siege in the last few months:
