In the chaos of our own existence we are a part of the impon- The vertical line of segregation becomes clear when the state imports its derable element which organizes subversion, plans mutinies, repressive violence into this struggle, every time when the terms or even the that leave even ourselves dazed. The translation of texts, letters, whole of the social contract are disputed. communiqués, etc. so that comrades in other countries around the world can read about the desires and ideas and projectuality This is where (contrary to other fronts of the social war) the existence of this of the comrades in Greece, is one more weapon at our disposal. fundamental community cannot but be proven. What began as a simple desire and a challenge, has brought us into a new field of experiences, acquaintances and responsibili- In the name of consistency of values, words and action but also from the fact ties. Now that we’re here, they will not get rid of us easily. that, whether we like it or not, authority will not forget, investing its We have become another aspect of the asymmetric threat. individual victories to improve its place in the social war. The war to the end, has already begun. The moment a charge (real or fabricated) is pronounced for a political action A fundamental element in this war is solidarity. (whether it is an expression of belief or for armed struggle) a clash begins. To remain a spectator, unfortunately, does not mean that “you are not getting Extract of the text ‘About Solidarity’ by the Assembly involved”. It means that you are choosing the side of the more powerful. for Solidarity, Athens, January 2011 We are willing to collaborate (and we have done it) on the basis of clear procedures with other formations of solidarity for the carrying out of actions “... We fixed as a priority solidarity in cases with political, revolutionary on a larger scale. What is important is that we respond to the attacks of the content. Solidarity, that is to say, that should exist in the community of state, to stand effectively on the side of its hostages, with our position clear those whose speech and action brings them to a conscious rupture with in the struggle for social liberation. And this is how we will continue.” the system of sovereignty and exploitation. A community that we perceive in value, a result of our own participation in the social war. This is why, as individuals with our actions and solidarity, we will continue with all means possible as anarchist revolutionary This means that, independently of strategies or tactics, independently of insurrectionalists, to express our thoughts and desires, whether it’s tendencies and currents, we perceive the existence of a vertical line (often through the letters-texts of our fighting comrades who are hostages faded) that separates worlds. As the world of authority, despite the in the hell-holes of Greek democracy or through the actions of the merciless conflicts within its interior, maintains for itself the fundamen- comrades outside in the streets day and night with all means until tal and material unity of complicity, this we consider should also happen social liberation for Anarchy. on the other side, that of a society that is being attacked. And even more between the parts of this society that are fighting. Actforfreedomnow - Boubouras March 2011

Rabobank tower on fire. Utrecht, Netherlands. About the attacks against their herd mentality, their collaboration We hope these translations contribute to with the system. They refuse to regard this. The contents are arranged into State & Capital and the oppression and exploitation as simply various sections, grouped by theme rather being imposed by batons and black- than chronology, although as much as ‘Conspiracy of Cells of Fire’ mail, but understand it as a social possible we’ve selected the sections to flow relation in which all have their respon- naturally with time-scale, with comrade- A huge storm of revolt raged through the streets sibility –and make or don’t make the prisoners letters following the November of Greece in December 2008. After the 15 year- choice to fight against it. repression coverage, then the actions/call old Alexis Grigoropoulos was murdered in cold- The communiqué which starts this for a revolutionary international informal blood by a cop, riots spread throughout the whole collection of letters and texts claims an organisation, penultimately, the letters-of- country for several weeks. Hundreds of corporate attack against an election meeting of solidarity exchange with the Chilean and government targets were attacked, plun- the ex-prime minister Karamanlis that anarchist comrades and the eco-anarchist dered and set on fire. Although it was anarchists took place on the eve of the elections Silvia Guerin, finishing with a section and anti-authoritarians who took the lead in this and it provides a starting point for containing details of the acts of revolution- storm during the first week after the murder, it understanding the ideas and practice ary solidarity. spread itself fast and many people got involved in of the CCF. An artisan bomb was put in this revolt against miserable living conditions, a garbage container next to the Dedicated to: against the authorities and against the hopeless- building where the meeting took place. ness offered by this world to the exploited and The meeting was evicted and the CONSPIRACY OF CELLS OF FIRE: oppressed. But the revolt didn’t cease at the end spectacle of power shattered. IMPRISONED MEMBERS CELL of 2008, neither did it start on the day of the + THE ACCUSED OF THE SAME CASE murder. The attacks against the structures of On the 4th of October 2009, the State and Capital went on and spread to several socialists of the PASOK won the 14 AUGUST CHILEAN PRISONERS smaller towns in Greece. A lot of these attacks elections. Together with the Green were claimed by anarchists and anti-authoritar- Party they formed the government. ALL FIGHTERS & HOSTAGES ians, containing mutual differences and accents. One of the first measures they took OF THE TOTAL WAR AGAINST ALL A lot of discussions about the perspectives of was sending an overwhelming police EXPLOITATION & HIERARCHY. insurrection, the new generation of urban force to Exarchia, a neighbourhood in guerrilla, targets and spectres, mass and Athens where the anarchists and anti- FOR A GLOBAL INSURRECTIONAL individual… take place through communiqués. authoritarians are very strong. This NETWORK & INFORMAL COORDINATION police force stayed for several days in On the 24th of September 2009, four people order to pacify the situation. The were arrested by the anti-terrorist unit. They socialists, in the best of their traditions, >>Work in progress : were charged with “membership of the Con- made the struggle against the spiracy of Cells of Fire”, “possession of explo- anarchists and the spread of the As we were putting this together, early sives”, and “terrorism”. The arrests took place attacks an important issue on their news came in about a new round of raids one day after an attack against the house of a agenda… directed at the Revolutionary Organisation socialist politician. The police claims to be in Conspiracy of Cells of Fire. Anti-terrorist possession of fingerprints of the suspects they By publishing these communiqués, brigades raided two addresses in Athens found on unexploded bombs they found in a ‘safe- letters and articles about the activities and Volos on the 14 March 2011. house’ in Halandri, Athens (in reality simply the and ideas of the ‘Conspiracy of Cells of 2 comrades in Athens were detained, house of comrade Haris Hatzimichelakis). They Fire’ and also the associated repres- Kostas Papadopoulos, (who is now claim as well to have found pressure cookers, sive wave in Greece, we want in the released on conditional bail of 10,000 material to make electronic delaying mechanisms first place to offer people the possibility euros), and an unnamed female who was and leftovers of explosive material, during the two to learn about their ideas and actions, subsequently set free as uninvolved. house searches (the comrades were arrested in to discuss them and to use them as a 5 comrades were arrested in Volos, Olga two different houses). The four arrested were basis for consciousness and revolution- Oikonomidou and Giorgos Polidoros, plus brought to the prosecutor. One person was ary solidarity. The first step in develop- the 3 wanted comrades Christos Tsakalos, released under the condition of remaining ing a revolutionary solidarity always has Giorgos Nikolopoulos and Damiano available for the investigation, while the other to be the examination of and discus- Bolano. Supposedly in Volos there was three were transferred to prison awaiting their sion about the ideas, actions and found two AK-47s, several pistols, trial. The prosecutor as well issued a warrant reasons for acting of arrested bulletproof vests, radios, scanners, against six other comrades. All six of them were comrades. uniforms of police, wigs, lap-tops, logistical on the run until the morning of 14 March 2011, data, draft communiqués etc. A few dozen despite the elaborate manhunts of the police and Whilst this publication can of course anarchists, family members and friends of the roadblocks that were put up in and around only offer a partial view upon the arrested immediately made a solidarity Athens for days. About 180 fire attacks and, situation and topics, it is produced in picket outside the Athens law courts as the since a couple of months, artisan [‘homemade’] the spirit of rebellion which fuels the detainees faced the first appearance of the bombing attacks were carried out under the total war against domination. It is an judicial-media-terror spectacle. name of ‘Conspiracy of Cells of Fire’. The attacks unfinished document that seeks targeted banks, car dealers, shopping centres, collaboration through acts of refusal. Regardless of how many comrades the governmental institutions, police stations, offices authorities detain and attempt to lockdown of political parties, houses of politicians, judges, The international call which has been with brutality, our libertarian future is as criminologists, journalists, private security firms circulated for the subversive formation unshakeable as our dignity in struggle. and companies building prisons,… of an International Revolutionary Front / Informal Anarchist Federation For free communication and exchange. Several coordinated fire attacks took place and (Global), which is based on the princi- some tens of targets got attacked over specific 2- ples of international solidarity, perma- ANONYMOUS EDITIONS / NET-DIY 3 day periods. The claims did not only criticize nent subversion and constant conflict ACN / MARCH 2011 Capital, State and Authority (in all of their as- should be discussed, debated and pects), but also the resignation of the exploited, acted upon without delay. All of this while on the same day we of their weak and fabricated victory attacked in Kolonaki without any but who were crying, running away disturbance, under the eye of the and hiding under their desks when police, without worries. These we attacked the police stations at events would provoke nothing but night to burn them down. laughter were it not that some Athens, Greece - Communique people are named to be members of Revenge against the bastard pros- for the bomb attack against our organisations and are being ecutors and examining magistrates ex-Prime-minister Karamanlis prosecuted. This is the perfect who think they can capture our scenario to satisfy the cannibal hatred and our conscience, our THIS IS HOW IT IS… instinct of the journalists and the feeling and our logic in the pages of IF THAT’S WHAT YOU society which has been demanding their procedure, believing they can THINK… the arrest of terrorists for months frighten us with it. now. Tricks for the elections… Never did we stop struggling during internal police affairs… fireworks Revenge for everything we live, we difficult times, did hot breath touch that cause fear… we don’t under- lose, for everything which could us, not even when the dogs around stand their logic and will not follow have happened to us by choosing for us were barking. We looked at each it. But all that was said remains the new urban guerrilla as a living other, self sure about the decisions aggravated in our memory and the condition. we made. We checked our weapons, solemn word we’ve spoken without we interrogated our hatred: “Let’s go any accompanying thought was: Today the truth is known to us and for it once again… this time until the “REVENGE”. our prosecutors. We know their end…” spectacle doesn’t seduce the people Revenge for the party they have had who are able to think, nor frightens After our attack against the ministry in celebration of our so called those who chose a place which only of Macedonia-Thrace and the arrests under the pretext of the 20th a few people dare to choose to be announcement of the national birthday of the execution of the their country. elections, two of our cells decided in terrible Bakogianni. [In September cooperation with the comrades of 1989 this politician of the right wing About all of the others, we don’t the Nihilist Fraction to once again party Nea Demokratio {New Democ- care too much. call for the strategy of social provo- racy} was shot through the head by the cation by hitting the houses and armed group called the 17th of Novem- By the way, a few months ago, in offices of political personalities. The ber] A feast at which its protagonist, May [2009] to be precise, we wrote first blow in this series of bombing the big pimp Karamanlis [Greek prime at the time we placed bombs at the attacks was directed against the minister, voted out on the 4th of October police stations of Stavroupoli and house of the PASOK-candidate 2009], arrogantly declared his Penteli: “The result is even poorer and Louka Katseli in Kolonaki [Katseli triumph over revolutionary terror- more picturesque. The biggest part of the was then MP-Candidate for economic ism. arrested is ‘being prosecuted for their policy, PASOK- Greek Socialist Party. ideas’ or for accidentally passing by the Now she is Minister for Economy in Revenge against the journalist place of the attack. Us, we don’t think power]. vermin who are pretending to be that an arrest should result in the great writers and speak about the creation of martyrs… neither do we We decided to accomplish this “terrorists of the cooking pots and the think that a prosecuted should be attack in two days time. On the day play-station”, about chiefs and sacrificed for the good cause. But you of the attack itself we were sur- subordinated youngsters. But should know that our choices bring prised to hear the journalists revenge as well for the sensitive responsibilities. The more we think about celebrating the dismantlement of mentors of the progressive press it, the more confident and by conse- our organisation: a raid in a hiding which worriedly talk about the good quence, more demanding we become place in Halandri, several days of children next door. Revenge as well towards ourselves and our comrades.” being followed by the cops, success for this fucking society which smiled In this way we want to make for the EYP (National Agency for maliciously, believing she had been understood that we are people who Information), localisation and freed from us, that she could go to live up to their word as if it was an identification of the fingerprints of bed safely. Revenge for the police engagement for life. That’s why we previous attacks, scenarios about the bastards who play the tough ones in would at least be incoherent and logic of communicating vessels… their bullet proof costumes and who cowardly if we would deny our show their machine guns in the time principles and positions by declaring 4 that we reject and judge every we would be hiding at the campus of After the last events took place, the violent action or if we would declare the Polytechnic school can wonder comrades who hit Loucka Katseli to not be familiar with the organisa- about the following question. At the proposed reconsidering the action tion we are part of, as was according moment the university buildings plan. Because we believe that the to the journalists done by two of the were surrounded by civil cops and reality of prison which surrounds us arrested. And that makes sense since journalists, we placed the bomb at is not the result of a unitarian and those people have nothing to do Pedion tou Areos during a meeting compact leadership which delegates with us. On top of that we are proud of the fat ass [Ex-Prime Minister orders and runs the institutions; but of our choices and deeds and we Karamanlis]. We don’t care about that it is a social factory of behav- have the courage, the privilege and [‘breaking’] the asylum of the iours, culture, tradition and cus- the honour to look into the mirror university; it has always been a huge toms, we want to attack every without hiding our face out of desire of the cops [to destroy it]. We domain of this factory which shame. We would act the same way will not occupy ourselves with all of produces everything we hate. At this in case of an arrest, we would not that, we are already looking for new moment we consider the plan to hide our faces as was done by the targets. attack the houses of 5 or 6 politi- two other supposed young members cians to be quite poor. It did not of the group. In short, if anyone At last, in order of preparing have the dynamic that we wanted to should hide his face, it will be this ourselves for the future so that we develop. We wanted to do something denigrated society. can face the present in a lucid spirit, which could break the supposed we want to make clear that locking limits and the alibi of the ‘innocent’ We will not play for detectives and up one of us doesn’t imply a position society which denies its responsibil- judges about the how and why of the of weakness. We own our codes of ity by attributing to itself the role of solid proof which supports this case, values that we will not dirty with the eternal victim. namely the existence of a bomb in a revocation, incoherence and forget- But victims do not cheer to their pressure cooker which they found in fulness. In other words, may the murderers, they don’t press charges the apartment in Halandri. Having hyenas of solidarity not touch us against those who resist against said this, we absolutely need to be with their claws; may the people tyrants, they don’t support their explicit about the following: bombs with their good intentions, the oppressors, they don’t pine away in are not trademarks, especially not personae, the ‘Elders’, those ‘Who their fake cells. Because victims those with an easy detonator such as know all’, the ‘Mother Theresas’ and simply don’t have a choice. cooking pots and alarm clocks. all of the scum should keep them- These are commercialised materials selves busy with easier and more But the people of the current which, in contrast to repressive servile victims, because we are not society, they do have choices and by claims, are not exclusively copy- easy prey and we will kick out their consequence responsibilities. Maybe righted by an organisation or a teeth. Even at the hardest times, a we are all living -ourselves and the modus operandi. On top of that, the revolutionary needs to appreciate his society- the same shit, but let’s not specific method of using cooking friends and comrades and needs to forget that the prisoners and guards pots as objects strengthening the despise the men of straw with their who live in the same prison are not shock waves has been used ever vulgar interests and fake humanism allies. We feel the same way about since the 19th century by French which decapitate the revolutionary this society in which nothing terrorists and nihilists (Henri, conscience and practice by making sparkles and the disgusting Ravachol, Vaillant) and are even compromises. Therefore we invite cowardness reigns. So it didn’t take being used today by the anarchist the new comrades to get rid of the long for this idea to be born. organisation FAI in Italy, by our- mentality of the bars and cafes We chose to hit an election meeting, selves and the organisation which became press-rooms where a meeting where the dull mass of ENEDRA [anti-authoritarian group the experts of solidarity proclaim garbage-on-feet hurries to get out which placed several homemade bombs in their communiqués. We invite them on the street and cheer their leaders. September 2007] in Greece. So, how to put life into their conspiring The choice for a meeting of Nea can it be that the possible discovery meetings and replace their small talk Demokratia was purely esthetical. of a bomb which is spread and made by projects and clear words. May the We couldn’t stand the spectacle of in different times and places is fear and uncertainty make place for the fat idiot Karamanlis boasting considered to be the trademark of a boldness and determination; may about a non existent success against specific group such as the Cells of the anger cause storms of rage and revolutionary terrorism. We want to Fire? There is something rotten but make everyone ask to their heart: remind him that a big mouth serves it is not up to us to find out what it “If not now… then when? If not us… no-one. is all about. All of those who thought then who?” 5 As well we wanted to temper the known the suspicion and the ber street and the Guilfordou street ambitions of the clowns of the anti- hindsight of the illuminated. and as well a civil cop on the corner terrorist service who wanted to take of these streets. We went into the revenge for their agent that was We send our love and respect to all alley, left the bomb and so we sent a knocked out by the organisation new guerillas and we call for them message about the arrests, the Sect of Revolutionaries [this cop to join the battle against the small dismantlement and the zero toler- was executed in April 2009] and who and big, the visible and invisible ance. play their game at the expense of prisons of our life, and this until the people who have nothing in com- end. To the others, those who Now is the time for everyone to mon with the new urban guerrilla. burden us with their exhausting question themselves and find out if And at last we want to send a justifications and their so-called they continue or resign in a definite message to all. experience, we don’t listen. The way from their decisions. We must revolutionary hostilities will not show them individually and collec- From now on, the space of indiffer- cease, also not to temper the ease of tively that we don’t back the sails. ence has ceased to exist. The the wormy voters. The supporters of We’ll stay until the end. If they go to revolutionary terrorism and we, as the party, just like the football extremes in trying to find us, let us Conspiracy of Cells of Fire, take hooligans, are travelling from one go to our uttermost extremes in the step towards social threat and city to another to take part in all trying to be the first ones to attack. nihilist aggression. The majority will meetings, they drag their living The one going home is the loser of remain to be in front of us as our corpse and shout party slogans. this war. No step backwards, no enemy as long as they are hiding Faces transformed by slogans such as postponement. From now on behind the psychology of the masses “You’re the Prime-minister” parade on strategy will be replaced by hatred, camouflaging their personal respon- TV while representing the basis of intelligent projects by complete sibilities; as long as they define the electorate, the quintessence of determination. themselves as the poor cheated democracy. When the chief is people that are the victims of coming to play his 2 hours of Let’s free our destructive instincts. injustice. Zero tolerance for justifi- theatre, the mass gets struck by cations. It is difficult to wake up in tears of emotion and numbness. This May a new cycle of guerrilla begin, even the morning in an unworthy world, idiotic mass, reminding of movies harder and even more destructive. in between stupefied smiles, ex- with living deaths, can only be a hausted bodies, fake gestures, target. The quantity of the mass does May every house become a hiding place apathetic views and in the middle of not touch us, neither does the and may all hiding places become fire a dominating absence. We got rid of presence of young and old, men and that will burn them alive. all luggage that stopped us: dead women. It is all about that moment relationships, lustreless situations, on which the inertia of the people Let’s show them that the new guerrilla is regular opinions, hypocrisies, transforms into shouts and supports not a soap bubble, nor a teenage impulse, permanent repetitions and we take a for democracy. nor an explosion of artistic anxiety. wild path with our lungs breathing with the torpedo rhythm of an So we decided to make a bomb The realisation and reanimation of our unpronounceable mutiny. explode into their faces, to send a aggressive desires, our negations, our message during the last speech of existence is attacking the status quo. We shall play Russian roulette, the the first minister, to provoke the revolver of life in our hands, instead authorities to panic and evacuate the You will always be right in front of us… of dying quietly and patiently, far place. Electors running away in and we’ll see who’s with his back against away from what we’re looking for. panic while the clearers of mines the wall. We know that we are not alone. We start a race against the clock trying know new comrades of the fire to be to neutralize the bomb. We crossed Conspiracy of Cells of Fire – with us, and we are with them. the Solomon street, merged into the Nihilist Fraction Beyond all expectations, the new white-azure (colours of Nea guerrilla has scratched her own Demokratia) mass, passed next to PS: We give our greetings to the anar- razor notch on the face of this civil cops and riot cops –believing chists and comrades Christos world. The new groups have been we were part of the mass they Stratigopoulos and Alfredo Bonanno who, able to flourish and write their own wished us victory- and arrived at the despite his age, keeps treasuring his history, even while they have been spot where we wanted to place the unaltered negation and continues blackened and despised by the old bomb. We saw three civil cops and walking on the way he chose to walk. ‘celebrities’, even while they have two riot cops in the 3th of Septem-

6 ated, but 19-year-old comrade Giannis Skouloudis was From November... caught red-handed. He admitted responsibility for the arson and was locked up in Avlona Prison. The pigs then issued On November 1 2010, two anarchist comrades, 24-year- arrest warrants for four comrades - Dimitris Fessas, old Gerasimos Tsakalos and 22-year-old Panayiotis Dimitris Dimitsiadis, Haralambos Stylianidis, and Argyrou were arrested in Athens after attempting to mail Sokratis Tzifkas - believed to be Skouloudis’ accomplices. package-bombs to various embassies. While Tsakalos was They chose the dignified path of going into hiding, but known to police simply because he is an anarchist, Argyrou during the afternoon of January 13 2011, the anti-terrorism had a warrant out for his arrest since October 2009 on unit raided a house in the Vyronas neighborhood of Athens charges of belonging to the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire, and arrested all four of them. Another house in the Tavros and he was also awaiting trial for allegedly torching a neighborhood was also searched. According to the police, public bus two years ago. In late November Tsakalos, they found an AK-47, bullets, four false identification cards, Argyrou, and Harilaos “Haris” Hatzimichelakis (who and the draft of a supposed communique saved on one of the has been in pretrial detention since September 2009) - confiscated computers. Based on this “evidence”, and unable released letters in which they admitted to being members to link the four to any attacks other than the DEI arson, the of the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire. pigs began talking about a “new terrorist organization that still hadn’t gone into action, yet was planning a number of bloody On December 4 2010 and the days that followed, a massive attacks.” Since Skouloudis and the other four were mentioned counter-terrorism operation took place in and around the in a recent Conspiracy of Cells of Fire communique, the Athens metropolitan area. Pigs raided and searched a police suggested that they had uncovered a “new offshoot of the number of homes and arrested several comrades. Among Conspiracy of Cells of Fire”. In any event, Fessas, Dimitsiadis, the six people (five men and one woman) later imprisoned Stylianidis, and Tzifkas were subjected to terrible beatings, were Giorgos Karagiannidis and Alexandros but they refused to enter a plea in front of the pigs or the Mitrousias, both of whom had warrants out for their judges, saying only: “We will not enter a plea. We are revolutionar- arrest since September 2009 on charges related to the ies and anarchists.” They also refused to have their pictures and Cells of Fire case. Karagiannidis was arrested at an fingerprints taken, but the pigs managed to do both by force. apartment in Piraeus. Mitrousias and another comrade, Ultimately, all four were brought to Thessaloniki, where the Constantinos Sakkas, were arrested as they were prosecutor decided to confirm their imprisonment for the leaving a garage in the Nea Smyrni neighborhood. They DEI arson. They were then returned to Athens, where the allegedly had a bag in their possession containing two prosecutor and judge unanimously reconfirmed their Glock pistols, a Skorpion submachine gun, and a hand imprisonment, adding charges of “weapons possession” and grenade. In the garage, police also found three submachine “forming a terrorist group.” Yet again, an attempt is being made guns, seven pistols of different manufacture, 50 kilograms to criminalize the comradely and friendly relationships of of ANFO explosive, four hand grenades, three AK-47 those who are “tainted” and those who aren’t. Dimitsiadis, assault rifles, a silencer, a large quantity of bullets, and 200 Stylianidis, and Tzifkas, who range in age from 21 to 23, grams of TNT. At another location, the pigs found more were finally brought to Korydallos Prison in Athens. than 30 fake ID cards, as well as other “contraband.” Karagiannidis and Mitrousias both denied having any Circled with these waves of repression, the anti-terrorist relationship to the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire. Their arrest unit arrested the comrade Fee Marie Mayer outside her warrants, as well as warrants for others, were issued at the home in Athens. The police officially confirmed the only end of September 2009 on the basis of fingerprints found piece of “evidence” against her is her personal friendship with at Hatzimichelakis’ home - the notorious “safe house” in Christos Politis, another anarchist currently in prison for the Halandri neighborhood, where everything began. Since his alleged participation in the “urban guerrilla group” the all the weapons were clean, the authorities were unable to police sought to dismantle with the arrests on December 4 link the six people arrested on December 4 - some of 2010. Fee is accused of participation in a terrorist group, whom don’t know one another and were arrested in like the rest of the accused. Lawyers or information about different places - to any specific attacks, so they are now what a prisoner is charged of, is considered a luxury for talking about “a new terrorist organization.” On December 22 people arrested in Greece. Soon after Fee’s arrest, police 2010, Hatzimichelakis, Argyrou, and Tsakalos released a “leaked” to the media an astonishing, catchy and - as was soon statement saying that Karagiannidis and Mitrousias have to be proven - fabricated story: Fee was supposedly the nothing to do with the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire. daughter of former Red Army Faction member Barbara Meyer and her father was supposed to have been killed in a Previous to this, in the early morning of October 13 2010, shoot-out with the police in Vienna, Austria. “Meyer” is an a van belonging to the National Electricty Corporation extremely common surname in German; the Barbara Meyer (DEI) was torched in downtown Thessaloniki using an who had joined RAF had nothing to do with Fee’s mother incendiary device made out of camping gas canisters, whatsoever. An unimportant detail for mainstream media in gasoline, and a fuse. The vehicle was completely inciner- Greece, which were quick to reproduce the police propa- 7 ganda and name her as a “suspected member” of the Con- November 1 2010 mailing of package-bombs that led to spiracy of Cells of Fire. After being released on bail, Fee the arrests of Panayiotis Argyrou and Gerasimos was kidnapped again on 9th February 2011 by an anti- Tsakalos. On January 28 2011, the prosecutor and terrorism police unit from her home at the request of judges unanimously decided to imprison Nikolopoulos, the prosecutor, on the grounds that “she kept and read who refused to enter a plea or participate in the pro- published texts of people who she herself describes as ceedings. Then in January 28th he was taken to the political prisoners”. On 10 February 2011 many Evelpidon Courts where a solidarity gathering was also comrades occupied for hours the building of Journalists held. He appeared before the prosecutor (Loukareos Union of the Athens Daily Newspapers (ESIEA) in direct court) for the execution of an arrest warrant that had response to her detention and issued a statement been pending for nearly a year and a half, since he was a denouncing the social and political situation in Greece. fugitive. The comrade refused to testify, saying that he At present [March 15 2011] Fee Mayer is free on bail. does not recognize the procedure and he was impris- oned. The next day, the police raided a house in the Nea On January 17 2011, the first Cells of Fire trial took Chalkidona neighborhood that was supposedly rented place in the courtroom at Korydallos Prison, and the using Nikolopoulos false identity card, but they found group called for ongoing solidarity actions. The people nothing. On 3 February 2011, Nikolopoulos also claimed facing trial are: Panayiotis “Takis” Masouras (in political responsibility for his participation in the pretrial detention since September 2009, he denies Revolutionary Organization Conspiracy of Cells of Fire. membership), Harilaos “Haris” Hatzimichelakis (in pretrial detention since September 2009, he recently Some coverage and updates about the trial of admitted to membership), Konstantina “Nina” the comrades of Conspiracy of Cells of Fire and Karakatsani (at large since September 2009 and in those accused in the same case in Korydallos pretrial detention since April 2010, she denies member- prison court. ship), Panayiotis Argyrou (at large since September 17 January 2011 - Early in the morning the atmos- 2009 and in pretrial detention since November 2010, he phere in Korydallos was asphyxiating ... police every- admitted to membership), Alexandros Mitrousias (at where and very few comrades. Around 11 am people large since September 2009 and imprisoned on Decem- gathered on the pavement outside the prison/court to ber 4 2010, he denies membership), Giorgos get in. They had to give their ID card and full personal Karagiannidis (at large since September 2009 and information. The courtroom was full of plainclothes imprisoned on December 4 2010, he denies member- cops. A few people made it to get in. Then the court was ship), Emmanouil “Manolis” Yiospas (arrested in stopped and it was stated that nobody would be allowed September 2009 and released on probation in April in without ID and the card would be kept for the 2010), Nikos Vogiatzakis (imprisoned in February duration of the trial. That is illegal since the police only 2010 for one month and subsequently released on have the right to keep your identity card if you are a probation), Errikos Rallis (at large since November witness, or expert witness (according to the procedure). 2009, arrested in March 2010, and released on proba- Since, however, it is assumed that the case is not yet tion a few days later), plus those who had warrants out closed, they are trying to find more culprits. Fortunately, for their arrest (Christos Tsakalos, Giorgos the accused comrades refused to speak and left the Polidoros, Giorgos Nikolopoulos and Damiano courtroom... So, the trial was adjourned again for the Bolano). Absent from the list is Gerasimos Tsakalos, reasons mentioned above. After over an hour, it restarted who will likely be tried at a later date. to hear again the same demands as those made by the lawyers, but also demands from the accused themselves: At noon on January 26 2011, DIAS motorbike squad pigs in Kifissia, Northern Athens, decided to search two 1. NO personal data to be recorded from iden- people who they felt looked suspicious. One managed to tity cards, which are not to be withheld at the escape, leading to a multiple-hour helicopter search, entrance by the security cops. This was refused. while the other - 23-year-old Michalis Nikolopoulos was arrested. In his possession were a Glock 9mm 2. To have all the court proceedings recorded. handgun, a spare magazine, a hand grenade, and a false This was refused. identity card. It was later revealed that, because his fingerprints were among those found at Haris 3. Demands that the plainclothes cops leave the Hatzimichelakis’ apartment, Nikolopoulos had been courtroom and let the people outside occupy wanted by the police since September 2009 on charges the seats. Outside the cops guarding the prison had of belonging to the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire. He is closed the road, prohibiting not only entry to the prison, being charged for the same three attacks that the other but also the approach road for the following obvious comrades are currently on trial for, as well as the reasons: “we have orders not to let anyone pass and even if we

8 let them in, the court is full.” Bullshit indeed, after the first made reference to the journalists, who “misleadingly report interruption, most plainclothes cops fucked off - one directly from the counter-terrorist cops - they have reported on was almost attacked but they managed to conceal him. our personal lives and those of our families, so they too are That had the effect of freeing around 40 places. exposed.” When the accused left the prison court, dozens After we sent one of our lawyers to inform those at the of comrades in the public gallery shouted slogans and entrance that there was room to go in, but anyway the many of them raised their fists shouting “Tough, tough, be scum did not let anyone pass. So 1/3 of the courtroom proud and strong”. 25 January 2011 - The trial was was empty and the other 1/3 was composed of cops stopped. The court proceeded to appoint new defence (plainclothes or not). The comrade prisoners stated that lawyers, but of the 18 lawyers appointed, only four came if the demands were not accepted that they would not forward and stated that they refuse to accept the participate in the trial. Of course the president of the appointment. As said by the lawyers who refused to take court didn’t give a shit, which angered many people and their defence, the case is too serious and the defendants the imprisoned comrades left the court again to the themselves do not wish to be represented. Finally, the accompaniment of slogans. court was suspended until Thursday with the appoint- ment of two new lawyers per defendant. The trial Finally, the culmination of the whole matter was this: continued on the 28 February, despite 6 of our The President ruled that despite the “generous” and “honest” comrades being absent, denying participation in the efforts by the Court, there are not the logistics for the farce, with the testimonies of three cops of the trial to be tape-recorded! Still, she still wanted to antiterrorist police, that participated in the surveillance continue, of course. She also agreed that the registration of the house in Halandri. On 4 March, three objections of personal information of those present, such as the to the legal process were expressed. Firstly, an objection photocopying of identity documents, is illegal and to the bad composition of court. Second, the advocates banned, but the ID cards of those entering the court- submitted an objection of to the criminal, rather than room would be held until they left the prison! Looking political nature of their actions. The advocates pointed us straight in the face. On the other hand, we were out that the definition of terrorist action, according to “assured” all the same, that the list of records would be the penal code, coincides with the definition of political destroyed, while no written statement to that effect was crime, as this has been given by the the law. The public produced ... She said that the proceedings are public and prosecutor, on the contrary, stressed that according to open to everyone to attend without exception, provided the Supreme Court coup d'etat or the attempt of coup the attendees did not exceed the number of seats d'etat is only considered political crimes. At this point (accentuating the “without exception”, meaning of course comrade Alexandros Mitrousias spoke up and com- that the public can also mean plainclothes cops!). mented that it is contradictory of the legal system to Finally, the possibility of the “removal” of the case to the recognize the attribution of political criminal only in its Court, was examined. It depends on whether it is "superior" hierarchical layers, as for example military possible for it to be fitted with the necessary logistics for generals that attempt a coup d'etat, but not recognizing recording (the latter will certainly be decided at the next political acts in simple teams of citizens that have a hearing in the courtroom of Korydallos prison) different ideology and wish to change order as we know it. Thirdly, the lawyer of A.Mitrousias, submitted an The accused comrades were well - as well as it is possible objection of vagueness of the official charge with the to be, namely, dynamic and determined. Outraged by explanation that it includes ambiguities and vagueness in the developments they left the courtroom. When the basic evidence of the criminal actions attributed to leaving, those present in the court shouted slogans. On the defendants. More specifically, he supported that the 24 January 2011, the second day of the trial, the court official charge does not define with clarity the attributed rejected both remaining demands of the accused: to have criminal actions, the place, the time, the way as well as the minutes of the proceedings recorded and for the the individuals by which these acts were commited. identity papers of those entering the courtroom not to The court rejected all the objections as unacceptable. be withheld. The defendants left the court, revoked their defence lawyers and stated that they would abstain from The trial, like the struggle, continues... prison food and go on hunger strike if the court ap- pointed lawyers (which it did). The statement of the six accused prisoners, agreed by the three comrades* on * The three comrades Vogiatzakis, Rallis and Giospas who bail, was read by George Karagiannidis and said: “We are are free on bail claimed that they have nothing to fear, but said adamant about the retaining of our comrades’ details”. that under these circumstances they cannot attend and do not Karagiannidis spoke of the repressive nature of the measure and said the defendants want to take their want to go to trial with lawyers whom they do not know. voices beyond the walls of the prison. The statement 9 Conspiracy of Cells of Fire - Commando Horst Fantazzini claim responsibility for the bomb attack against the Administrative Court of Athens. December 30 /2010 I. “The days are coming when they try…” so easily. It’s a “shame” that these “people” need 24 hour police protection and are afraid to open a letter or a “Whoever passed by the front of a courthouse or a prison and his folder. It is a “shame” to believe that they can sleep with a look didn’t darken at the thought that he could be there as the clear conscience when their decisions are the carbon culprit, then he did not live his time with integrity and dignity” copy of the files of the Anti-Terrorist police, in order to judge the Conspiracy. To judge an idea, a proposal, a plan The attack on the Administrative Court is dedicated with that makes something more beautiful against this world. all our fire to our brothers (G.Tsakalos, P.Argirou, H.Hajimihelakis) of the imprisoned members cell of the Modern inquisitors-judges, we publicly pledge that for Conspiracy of Cells of Fire. every year of prison that our brothers’ ears hear, we will put a kilo of explosives in the yards of your houses, in Our comrades and the honest minority of dignified your cars, in your offices, while we do not exclude revolutionary individuals, political and civil, are not just personal face to face meetings with you, using the a piece of our struggle, are not only an aspect of our element of a surprise approach. We think that it’s a small action, but their choices, attitudes and dignity are the world and sooner or later we will meet, in the future or struggle itself as a whole, they are the substance. sooner. Besides, as very rightly was announced by the Union of Judges and prosecutors, in a style of one Justice is a spider web, catching small prey and swallow- thousand Cardinals, “the moment of crisis is sure to come to ing them, while allowing the big reptiles to penetrate all of us at some point ..”. and dominate. Whoever disagrees can visit the prisons to see all these drug addicts and poor devils that fill them Only now it’s time for the “judges” to be judged, for all up and look around in there to find any businessman or those ugly acts they have committed. Since you are not politician who is responsible for the biggest robberies ashamed to be the spearhead of the system against the and the most brutal degradation of our lives. So, in sight insurgencies that are coming, we will make sure you feel of the political court marshal that’s prepared for January our resentment and dislike for your dirty work. If some, 17th for our Revolutionary Organization Conspiracy of by judging ideas and prosecuting revolutionaries, Cells of Fire we will be sharp and relentless in our consider that they are just doing their job, then we will options and actions. transfer “our work” to their homes.

If some [judges, politicians and pigs] believe that our Of course, the war that we have with the corrupt judicial Brothers are easy prey and want to ‘cook’ the ‘bill’ of the mafia is not limited to the field of the hearing of our menu of penalties, so as to make them pay dearly, we case. We would be narrow-minded and hypocritical if we would like to inform them that they are just fooling did not mention the crimes of justice as a whole. themselves and that from here on their personal safety is in immediate danger. So it would good that in the We understand the ordeal faced in the courts by upcoming trial the judges wear black balaclavas and thousands of people and their families. See, “justice” has a don’t mention their names ever and anywhere. It is special preference for uniforms, authority and money, “unfortunate” that the system leaves its simple puppets and not the truth. Not all “criminals” are “guilty”, or to be targeted so easily and also thinks that it will escape judges “innocent”. Even if there is a small minority of

10 judges that do not take bribes, that most ‘fair’ punishments smell silence against interrogators and do not bow to their political bosses, terribly bad when imposed by a judges, from the refusal to appear in do not accept the records of the conquering and inhuman authority. court, by converting the trial into a police as pre-made decisions, they Besides, as we said before, after our public forum for the dissemination should know that without freedom strikes on Koridallos prison and the of revolutionary values, to the attack there’s no justice. Even they, just courthouse in Thessaloniki, we are in the courtroom against the themselves only through the position opposed to the imprisonment of any “honorable judges” by spitting, swear- they hold, serve an oppressive and human being. The deprivation of ing, shouting and throwing objects, illiberal system and that’s why they liberty is simply torture. We are not glasses, coffee etc. are among the enemies of freedom. torturers, like the Democrats. The How many times the “virtuous solution to conflicts with such To get them behind a protective observers of the law” try and sentence scumbags like Korkoneas, comes window, for them to move around without even any obvious evidence. from taking law into one’s own with bulletproof vests accompanied An example is the recent trial hand. Those who felt the most loss by the masked cops of the anti- named by the Media “crime syndi- of their comrade Alexis terrorist brigade. cate”. Already months before TV- Grigoropoulos should decide the judges with the “democratic” “fate” of his murderer. We believe Our first appointment is therefore procedure of publishing telephone that the same path, taking the law on January 17th. We will be there tappings have decided the verdict. into one’s own hands, should be NEXT to our brothers, the mem- “GUILTY” … followed for all rapists, pedophiles, bers of the prisoners cell of Con- pimps, fascists and snitches. spiracy of Cells of Fire and to those At the same time one of the defen- who had the dignity in this adven- dants has clearly taken responsibility “As revolutionaries we do not recognize ture to hold their heads up high. for the kidnapping of the shipping any investigating authority. So we were We’ll be there with our soul, our magnate, relieving most of them, bound to refuse to apologize to cops and hearts and our minds. Because while some were already in prison interrogators, since our revolutionary otherwise, we are looking for when the kidnapping happened. But position is that only before the public intense passages to take back our the outcome of the trial is a public and our comrades do we feel a duty to comrades and to be together again secret that is already rigged and promote.” tomorrow in the struggle, the NEW cooked in the headquarters of the P. Argirou – G. Tsakalos : URBAN GUERILLA WARFARE. Police. But if anyone wants to look C.C.F - Imprisoned Members Cell Because our day will come… for a real “crime syndicate” and its “safehouses” they should look in Finishing with the issue of the II. “But, what they will never be able to parliament, on Alexandras Avenue at judicial mafia, we believe that every imprison is my free revolutionary GADA (Athens police headquar- decent imprisoned Human being, conscience. What they will never be able ters), in the mansions and yachts of for whatever reason he is “inside” to prevent is the continuous production of the rich. But these are not touched must not do the “Favour” to the my radical insurrectionist speech, even by “justice”. We also do not forget judges and recognize them as under the conditions of incarceration” how resentful judges are. It is not eligible to judge him. Because this is Haris Hadjimihelakis : accidental that the vindictive what they want with their “legaliza- C.C.F - Imprisoned Members Cell sentencing of the young person tion”, their recognition as a superior Chrisovalantis Pouziaritis with the clique of people whom the rest have A while ago, a vast mobilization predatory sentence of 9 years and 3 to be fully accountable to. But took place within prisons with the months for his involvement in last honourable judges you should know participation of many prisoners in year’s clashes of December 6th in that the expensive clothes that you the abstention of prison food. The Thessaloniki. A conviction based got this morning from the dry- fact passed as “insignificant news” in solely on the vague testimonies of cleaners have absorbed the blood of the media, some domestic disputes the cops who arrested him. But even thousands of people you tortured between prisoners did not let things when “doing” their work, under and locked in prison without a expand and many were met with pressure from a diffuse anger, as in second thought. And this blood will disappointment, while the leader- the case of the cop Korkoneas (the drown you… This is why we ask the ship of the ministry, with a smart cop that killed A. Grigoropoulos on criminal and political friends and strategic move, gave partial amnesty Dec. 6th 2008), we know again, that comrades who choose to walk with to disciplinary actions so that “the they are hypocrites. They sacrifice an dignity to refuse to recognise their incident be considered final …” insignificant pawn in order to cover inquisitors in any way. There is not their leadership. Because even the only one way, but many. From 11 We, as the Revolutionary Organiza- others around him, turning himself for life that knows no frontiers and tion Conspiracy of Cells of Fire will into a cop of the system. We know nations. The universal language of always support the struggle of very well that the greatest threat to violence and deprivation of liberty prisoners and their mobilizations. freedom is not its violent depriva- has written its own history on the We understand the difficult circum- tion through captivity, because the bodies of prisoners. Recently, 83 stances under which thousands of prisoner can fight to win it back, but prisoners died in the prisons in people are tortured every day. We the real threat is the loss of the Chile. In retaliation, the anarchist will not comment on the demands passion and appreciation you have group “Commandos of ven- of the prisoners considering them in for it. geance for December 8” advance self-evident and obvious, attacked the technology and because they are in the direction of a In prison what kills even more than computer department of the cops struggle that is the most important smack is habit. The habit of wearing for the dead in San Miguel prison, for humans, the struggle for invisible handcuffs on your mind, sending a clear message that in this freedom and dignity. the habit of the exercise yard, the struggle no one is alone. surprise checks and transfers, the But we do not forget that “any visits behind plexiglass, the televi- “Cages do not get better, they get improvement of the conditions, will not sion which is permanently on… destroyed. For the end of this, and every fundamentally change everyday life, other society.” because the deprivation of freedom alone Koridallos for example, the largest Monica Caballero, anarchist is a constant punishment” prison in the country, has about prisoner in Chile. V. Stefanakos, prisoner. 2500 prisoners, maybe more, while the guards on duty never exceed 50, III. From Theory to Practice. Even these scumbags, the directors even in an open prison. If all of these of prisons, complain that the vans inmates refused to cooperate with Wanting to coordinate theory with come back from the courts loaded the 50 individuals, refuse to play the practice, and to send our Respect, with 300 to 400 years of prison game with the carrot and the whip, Faith and Friendship to our brothers time. So this is the mirror of our then they could tear down the P.Argirou, G.Tsakalos and civilized society, a vast warehouse of prisons with their nails overnight. A H.Hadjimihelakis of the prisoners souls in pigsty conditions. Until refusal therefore of cooperation and cell of C.C.F., to anarchist revolu- when will we tolerate people being a sabotage of their procedures. We tionary P.Massouras, anarchist released from prison in coffins (the believe that there is already a K.Karakatsani, the anti-authoritar- Greek prisons have the highest rates struggle that has started long ago ian-arsonist G. Skouloudis and the 4 of suicide). Until when will we without us. From the bomb on the wanted comrades who are pros- tolerate a handful of sub-humans to director of the prisons of Corfu to ecuted for the same case, the honest judge us with laws written by the the bomb to the Director of and authentic anarchist fighter hand of our executioners and our Alikarnassos prison and from the G.Dimitrakis, the dignified exploiters. shooting of the prison employee in P.Giannou and to the brilliant Koridallos to the beating of the criminal minority who do not bow But in relation to the mobilizations director of Avlona prisons, there is their heads and walk with dignity as in the prisons it’s better that we say anger, there is anger, there is a their guide, we chose and decided to two words in the language of the memory… strike the Administrative Court- prisoners without fancy phrases and house of the judicial mafia. We policies. We know that everyone Prison is the stone that the builder mapped out the area, we calculated inside thinks that they have been of legitimacy throws away as useless, the distance to the General Clinic so wronged by society. But instead of but which can become the corner- that not the slightest thing would doing an illegalist catwalk and stone for building a new world. The happen, watched the movements looking to find a hit of smack to decent criminals and political and shifts of the special guard post take, snitching on the person next prisoners can combine their between the Administrative court door, how to divide the community experience and transform prison and the Appellate court, timed the of the wing or the cell, take a look into a workshop of producing blackout that prevails at 7:15 in the around and see that prison depends knowledge and conscience, to make morning when the streetlights go on him. He fixes the plumbing, the experience of lack of freedom a out, the frequency of the route of electrics and all general building stubborn struggle, make themselves the pigs of the D.I.A.S. group work. He cleans, cooks, to keep the the spark in the powder kegs of the around the target, we expropriated prison open. It’s him with his prisons. We already know that the the vehicles we needed and we went submissive attitude that binds the struggle against prisons is a struggle on the attack.

12 We formed a fully operational team more than ready to attack any Letter from the defendants involvement [of the security services]. Two support vehicles supervised the court both before the about the situation. planting of the motorbike with the bomb, and at the final stage of its On Monday 24/1/11, the matters more, showing them that some parking, where one of the two that we placed before the court prisoners are not easy prey to their vehicles received the comrade who regarding the non-retaining and fake macho posturing. Now, drove the motorbike. The position- registering of the identification of regarding the statement concerning ing of the support team was such those who arrive in the courtroom an organized escape attempt it is that they were able to immediately and the tape recording of the trial ridiculous to say the least since the subdue the guard in the rare case proceedings, the first of which is the space in which we were directed - that he realized something, but also most important for us, were behind the courtroom- leads to the to surprise any variable police force examined. As we had decided and prison courtyard and at the time of (e.g. ID control of the rider by the publicly announced in the case of the the trial it was full of squads of riot D.I.A.S. motorbike cops or by an court not accepting our demands, cops and special forces. accidentally passing patrol car). Both we withdrew and revoked our our position and our weapon lawyers. We declare, finally, that we stand superiority would be enough to firm in our demand that the disengage us and we could get away What happened in the courtroom is comrades and those attending the unscathed. better known to those who were trial in solidarity not be registered. inside, friends, comrades and The isolation of the accused in As we have said before, when talking relatives. We will present the facts as political trials reflects the disposi- about operational descriptions of we experienced them unfolding tion to penalize comradely relations some of our strikes, we do so to from our point of view. While we and the demeaning of the political demystify the technical were in the holding room we heard subjects that participate in them. sancrosanctity of power. the voices and chants of the people, For us, solidarity is an essential and which gave us strength and courage. interlinked matter. We do not We believe that anything is possible At some point we realized that the tolerate the direct attack of the provided that there is will and president of the special court had court on the solidarity movement. organization. We are the last who ordered the removal and detention We will not be the ones to legitimise would demote a revolutionary of certain comrades and relatives this decision of theirs. As a first project to a military logic of from the hearing. Intense shouting move we have begun the refusal of prevalence of the “fittest”. The issue followed and we realized that there prison food, while at the same time for us is not who will be the most were clashes with the cops in the none of us will participate in the disciplined soldiers, the most courtroom, which we were sepa- trial until our demands have been talented officers, as this draws the rated from by an iron door. Wanting met. revolution to a spectacular back- to approach it in order to help our ground, abstracting it away from relatives and comrades in some way, We do not tolerate the mockery of daily life. we headed in that direction. the president of the court who, despite at first agreeing to the free What we simply say to the enemies At the last moment the cops from attendance of people, later, follow- of freedom is that whatever you do, the escort closed the door on us and ing the command of her political we will continue to strike you, to a fierce body to body clash followed superiors, reversed the decision, disturb your interests, bother your with about 20 of them. Although indisputably proving her role as a peace, to affect your certainty and they outnumbered us, their use of puppet of the anti-terrorist staff. your safety. batons became essential in order to make the clash equal. The clash We are asking for the obvious and What are we selling? Nothing. lasted roughly 10 minutes and, even their refusal shows the disposition of What do we want? Everything. though they put handcuffs on some the special court. We will not attend of us, we continued to fight chained the trial until each comrade and CONSPIRACY CELLS OF FIRE- up while the cops hit us furiously. those in solidarity can enter without COMMANDO HORST the fear of being databased. In the FANTAZZINI. Perhaps they dealt many blows but event that the trial starts without us 5/01/2011 we responded with the same and and our lawyers, with the only 13 participants being cops and ap- pointed lawyers, we will begin a Collective letter declaring hunger strike from the day that the trial begins again. participation in hungerstrike

In order for us to return to the We know it by first hand. Thousands enemy. It shows us that this war does courtroom we demand free access of paths lead to freedom and not stop with the arrest of a fighter to anyone that wants to follow the thousands of disagreements can exist and continues under any condition. trial, by simply showing their From the avenues with flaming identity card and without any among those that fight. Besides, each barricades, to the careful escapes in recording of their information. We individual, each group, each the alley ways of the metropolis, also recommend that all the ap- organization consists another from the yard of every prison to the pointed lawyers refuse to participate tendency of the revolutionary court rooms full of “Ekamites” in this fascist procedure where we community, however… (special forces), we would stand tall are deprived of a voice and opinion. in order to defend our honour, Such a thing is undignified for them, When we close our eyes the same freedom, the struggle, the revolu- to say the least, and it would be pictures are painted in our minds. tion. good that they do not attempt “to take the snake out of the hole”. [Greek When we take our decisions the saying meaning to be the one that solves same smile is shaped on our faces. We therefore begin abstention of prison the problem. trans] When we go on the attack our food as of today, Thursday* 27th of hearts beat in time and when we fall January as a token of friendship, respect To finish, we return our solidarity in the hands of the enemy we draw and revolutionary solidarity to the from our hearts to all the comrades and emit the same force. And we struggle of the members and the from Greece and abroad, who with share the same pride, the same defendants of the Conspiracy Cells of their words and action give us weirdness, the same sky… Fire, that give a luminous example of strength to carry on the struggle. dignity and proud attitude, affixing the The hit on one of us, is a hit on all of revolutionary intolerance against the THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES us. And the struggle of one of us, is intolerance of their persecutors and state justice. LONG LIVE THE REVOLUTION the struggle of all of us. The tor- tures, the trials, the prosecutions of Haris Hadjimihelakis a generation of guerillas, revolution- Dimitris Fessas Giorgos Karagiannidis aries, anarchists might aim sepa- Babis Tsilianidis Alexandros Mitrousias rately, but they will have all of us Dimitris Dimtsiadis Panagiotis Masouras against them. In the war that we Koridallos prisons Panagiotis Argirou consciously accentuate and that has no end, no revolutionary will be Socratis Tzifkas alone. The increased qualitative and Giannis Skouloudis quantitative hostilities, the hostages Panagiotis Anastasiadis of war that ignited it, are and will be Stelios Anastasiadis met with the proportionate up- Avlona prisons graded repression. P.S. We know that the abstention from Specially made rooms, increased the prison food as a means of struggle measures of safety, the monitoring has a demanding character and has a of those who attend the trials, will limited scope, we cannot however but be included in the schedule of the follow it as an aspect of the spectrum of theatrical plays of governmental possibilities that we have at our disposal revenge. The war cry of the mem- and to ask for our decision to be bers and the defendants of the completely supported as our choice under Revolutionary Organization these particular conditions. Conspiracy of Cells of Fire inaugu- rates the new battles that will take *While in Avlona prisons we began place from now on in the field of the yesterday 26th. 14 Message for the prisoners in Greece from Autonomous Cells of Immediate Revolution- Praxedis G. Guerrero

Winter 2010 Communique from The enemy is strong, as strong as it police. Terrorism is the order of the the Mexican armed group... has already demonstrated to us on day. many occasions, but us anarchists, Time passes and every- authentic fighters, who are against Narco-insurgencia? What the fuck is injustice, racism, sexism, the that? The criminalisation of our thing stays the same… domination of all forms of expres- struggle is knocking on the doors of sion, we who are anti-authoritarian, the sleeping minds of society. Drug It could be for some like this, we have our convictions and our trafficking is our common enemy, or describing the reality that whips desires to live, those which urge us at least it has been converted into it. many of us, under a pessimistic to get up every morning with the The sad part is that the majority of pretext, like at the end of their fist held high, to confront a depress- those in our struggle, sectors and conviction. Repression goes up a ing reality: grey, boring and geno- movements ignore this problem, or level, hate against the poor, destruc- cidal. These convictions are that don’t want to take it seriously. We tion of the environment, exploita- which move us, which make us aren’t willing to live in a Narco- tion of human dignity, assassinations strong in front of the repressive State, which couldn’t be differenti- of lives, like the small wild life that assaults of the state, of which we are ated in any way to the current remains on this planet called Earth. absolutely not afraid, even when we Capital-State. Nothing has changed. Little we have know what it is capable of. Our influenced in the disruption of this conviction is the urge, the internal Even though the world is how it is, reality, of this world that our free fire that takes us on our journey in like many compañer@s in Mexico minds don’t belong to. If nothing has the fight against power, in solidarity and around the world, we maintain changed it’s perhaps for the lack of with our imprisoned compañer@s our convictions, willing to go to war obligation, of courage and of in their dirty cells, tortured or killed until its final consequences; for life, conviction. For many this all seems by the jailers of the state: those for for freedom, for dignity, for Anar- like a game, to stand with a placard, whom we have a bomb in our hands. chy! yell a slogan, reform a law, only to Guarding it for the moment to give alleviate their sense of guilt… but the most direct strike. Some of us are going to fall, we for many others this is serious, the know this, we are going to die in the thing here is, to what point one is The whole world is in crisis. Each combat for liberty, but we are seriously willing to go? day, each moment, while we turn on seriously willing to die fighting, to the television, waiting to see some die living, because the struggle is The struggle needs obligation, it news that will be pleasing to us: our life, because it is that which needs dedication, discipline, the riots in France, fascist journalists makes us happy. We know that the struggle for the individual freedom brought to justice in Greece, bombs enemy is strong, but we also know as equal to that of the collective in Chile, police killed in the black that our fight is just and necessary, freedom. But what is wrong here is and immigrant neighbourhoods of authentic, nourishing with honesty, that many misunderstand these the United State… etc. In each and we wholly trust our own practices, confusing obligation with moment, in each instance, Capital intelligence. We still have much to boredom, dedication with martyr- and its power advances more, give, we still have many intentions to dom and discipline with authoritari- inundating the forests with urbanisa- discharge the bullets of our guns anism. The struggle doesn’t need tion, inundating the lower class against the federal police and the bitter people, ready to die for the neighbourhoods with unnecessary army. We have many bombs to cause without living their lives luxuries, inundating the minds of detonate against genocidal and fighting, without living with pas- the youth with the most absurd ecocidal corporations, against banks, sion… and it doesn’t need tempo- fashions, inundating the rest of against torture houses. We have rary games, of fashion, of senseless society with a culture of misogyny many bullets for heads of power, for acts. The struggle needs obligation and xenophobia, imposing the fear each judge, for each MP. and responsibility, obligation which of the state and respect for the is principally individual. 15 We have many discourses; crude or concept, you should know that there latest on a list of individuals that are passionate. are free individuals who are fighting imprisoned, not for their action, but and that in each attack they direct for their political perceptions and But also we have many dreams and against power, it is also in solidarity their friendly and comradely utopias to realise, many things and with you. The war is growing. The relations. A list to which the juridi- realities to construct, many social war for freedom is to the death and cal authorities are also trying to add relations to transform, many desires without truces with the enemy. the anarchist comrade Fee Meyer, to love, much love for ourselves. We with the ridiculous argument for the know that around the world there From Mexico to Greece: that the “offence” of possession of texts from are also compañer@s, that give their powerful who defend and perpetu- imprisoned revolutionaries. lives in the combat against the ate power tremble! indifference of the system, to In this climate began the trial of liberate themselves and their people, Sincerely: members of the organization they are fighting in the way that they together with individuals that are prefer most, and how they most The Autonomous Cells of the accused without evidence for prefer to organise themselves: Immediate Revolution – participation in it. A trial which affinity groups, de-centralised cells, Praxedis G. Guerrerro being the first in a line of others that armed anarchist groups, informal will follow for cases of revolutionary co-ordinations etc. We know that action will determine on one level they are also convinced, we know the behavior of the special courts that they are our compañer@s, we towards the political prisoners, feel affinity with them. And it is for concerning the conditions of the this, for them and for ourselves that upcoming trials. From the beginning this war will continue. For the of the procedure it became percepti- struggle for social transformation, ble the effort of isolation and cutting for a radical change, for the destruc- off of the defendants from the tion of that which oppresses us, for comrades in solidarity via the Anarchy. You mustn’t despair Letter from blackmail of registering those who compañer@s. We have to be M.Nikolopoulos arrive to the courtroom. strategic. The war is present. The powerful and their bodies of protec- and G.Tsakalos Solidarity as a bidirectional relation- tion of capital, politicians and ship could not leave uninvolved the torturers, are going to wish they 4/2/2011 accused comrades in this decision of were never born… it is one of our the court. Leaving the procedure intentions that they will feel like We are experiencing all over Greece and their refusal “to legalize” this this. Everything is going to explode, a period which at the same time is registering with their presence we have to prepare ourselves and one of the most critical moments there, constitute a decent and proud maintain ourselves alert. and one of the biggest bets of the political attitude. An attitude that anarchist revolutionary movement. includes also the proportional cost These words are dedicated to the Sovereignty steps on the qualitative to the comrades that are accused compañer@s of the group Revolu- and quantitative raising of the without evidence for heavy charges tionary Struggle that are currently in benchmark of hostilities from our and are in danger to be judged in prison: Panagiota Roupa, Kostas side, increasing more and more the absentia. A fight that puts as a Gournas, Nikos Maziotis, to their intensity of repression. The arrests priority the relation of solidarity conviction which gives us force. To of comrades, the publication of between the defendants and the our compañer@s Giannis photographs, the raids in houses, comrades that arrive to the room of Dimitrakis, Konstantina Karakatsani, and the more general climate of the special court in order to support Lambros Foundas, and all those in diffuse fear that is attempted to be them and give them strength. Greece who are prisoners in this imposed are a piece of this counter- social war. To the compañer@s that attack. The penalization of friendly This fight is given not for a precari- proudly claim their participation in and comradely relations constitutes ous victory in this court, but in the Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire. henceforth a guaranteed method of order to impose it as a precendent the juridical and police authorities. to all the following political trials, Compañer@s: imprisoned or fallen The anarchist comrades S.Antoniou, the possibility of unhindered - we will always have you present! D. Michail and Ch. Politis are the attendance of those in solidarity. A Even though prison is a depressing fight that climaxes with the start of a 16 hunger strike. What our revolution- that even under the pressure of absolute, of the intoxicating freedom of ary conscience commands us to do is difficult times continue acting in the the undisciplined, but also from the hard stand next to our comrades and direction of rupture with the diffuse certainty that we hold, at any cost, one of begin a hunger strike to support dominating construction. To all the the last barricades before the crushing. them. comrades and the organizations that And we laughed. We laughed always while corresponded through their acts and oiling our guns, until goodbye, with an First Gerasimos Tsakalos began on 3 their texts to the call for a co- old cry of war, DARE TO FIGHT, DARE February 2011 with the remainder creation of the INFORMAL ANAR- TO WIN…” of the comrades, a hunger strike, CHIST FEDERATION – INTER- and soon Michalis Nikolopoulos will NATIONAL REVOLUTIONARY LONG LIVE THE R.O. begin as well, because of practical NETWORK. We raise our fists CONSPIRACY CELLS OF FIRE difficulties that are related with his through from inside the walls. And very short time within the walls. finally, we dedicate to the brothers LONG LIVE THE ARMED of the Illegal Sector of our organiza- STRUGGLE FOR REVOLUTION In this critical moment for the tion the paraphrased extract from LONG LIVE ANARCHY anarchist-revolutionary movement Jan Marc Rouillian. “For a long time I we answer with confronting attack. remain there stiff as a rock, the head Michalis Nikolopoulos We do not take a step back. We leaning, hands in the pockets, the Gerasimos Tsakalos declare our respect for the comrades memories bombard me, the ones from that are accused in this trial and outside, those from our struggles… The Members of the Prisoners Cell of the select the difficult path of the fight, friendship and the tenderness of those Conspiracy Cells of Fire their attitude raising the benchmark who fight embraced, are unleashed by our of revolutionary consistency. We laughters and the untidy discussions to 4/2/2011 send our warmest greetings to those the morning. We are of course full of the Letter from four defendants of the C.C.F ending the hunger-strike

ANNOUNCEMENT OF ENDING to make a public statement carrying Monday the 17th of January THE HUNGER STRIKE OF THE out an assessment of our mobiliza- found us in the court room to learn FOUR DEFENDANTS OF THE tion from the beginning of our trial that although the entry for the REVOLUTIONARY ORGANISA- until now. public is free, they kept and photo- TION CONSPIRACY OF CELLS All through the duration of the last copied the id cards of those who OF FIRE week before our trial, the Media wished to enter. After the aggressive mention of this matter in the court, 11/2/11 propagated the climate of safety in a characteristic way, so it can be the judges agreed to not keep the id This text is written as a statement to understood that it is very likely for cards and it declared that all evi- announce the end of the hunger the trial to be carried out behind dence that has been retained will be strike that we had begun on Thurs- closed doors and with no audience, destroyed. After their return, from a day 3-2-2011. We know that such in the frames of a more general small break lasting a few minutes, type of actions and forms of struggle effort to isolate political prisoners. where they obviously received leave their prints on the history of When this information reached us certain orders from their political the revolutionary subversive move- we began to discuss seriously this superiors, they declared that it is ment, and hence have a public probability and the way we would legal and imposed the retaining of character and are exposed to any react if this became a reality. Easily the ID cards, mentioning the criticism. Taking into consideration, we decided that we would not regulations that prevail on prison therefore, that we are stopping the accept in any case to carry out the buildings. After the intense reaction strike before our demand is satisfied trial in this way and that we would in which the people who were and at a very short time after the do anything in our power to prevent present in the room for solidarity start our mobilisation, we decided it. participated, obviously having only

17 given their ID in order to support not agreement. The truth, however, agreements involve consequences, us, we withdrew declaring that we is that clearly and categorically she not only for them, but also for the and our lawyers will abstain from had agreed with the statement that rest as well. The regression of the process in the event that this was read on behalf of all of us by Konstandina Karakatsani fascist practice of the court contin- Panagiotis Argirou that we legalized the decision of the court to ues. withdraw from the trial and cease register the people and gave it the our advocates. As they know all that power to try the rest of the defend- In the detention rooms where all six were present, we withdrew all ants in absentia. The most enraging of us were, we were informed by willingly, amidst chants from those thing is that she tried to wrap this our lawyers that there is a possibility in solidarity. What followed was the regression with a political cloak and that they could try us in absentia. repeated appointment of lawyers did not at least have the sincerity to Simultaneously, our three co- from the court, of which some did admit that she could not bear the defendants Manos Giospas, not even arrive, and others invoked weight of our common agreement. Nikos Bogiatzakis, Errikos from personal matters to ethical Her own attitude is moreover to Rallis, with whom until then we reasons in order to not undertake split a fighting front against a court had no communication, said to us our defence. Until the court decided in which we could have achieved an that they support no matter what that it should again, and by black- important victory. our choice and will follow our mailing, appoint the advocates of decision. In a discussion that we had From our side certainly the conclu- our initial choice, obviously in order between us six, we put down the sion of the fight we gave filled us to give a new turn to the process possibilities that we faced and we with experiences and conclusions. that up to then seemed to be coming decided soberly and consciously that Self-criticism is a weapon for every to a dead-end. provided that our demand is not revolutionary and in this frame we satisfied we will cease our lawyers Therefore on 3-2-2011 which was recognize our error to support the and we will withdraw. We were even the day where our lawyers would whole process on a agreement that preparing a statement that would be deny the appointment by the court, was not based on a common pros- announced by us, specifically for this we announced the beginning of the pect, since all of us as disparate case. Alexandros Mitrousias hunger strike, in order that the individuals with different starting participated in this agreement only demands that we had placed are lines of struggle, political attitudes, under terms which he had made satisfied. Later the same day, convictions and perceptions, each clear to us that he will return to the astonished, we learned from the TV one of us gave it a separate meaning, trial, even if just one individual with channels that the lawyers of creating thus a construction of his/hers presence legalizes the Konstadina Karakatsani de- which the base was relatively process. clared that they were never ceased unstable. Of course, a mistake was by their client, and that she was also the fact that we relied on the The process was adjourned for 24- removed handcuffed and violently. wrong individual at the moment 1-2011, where one of us read our The next day we learned also that where a lot was jeopardized for each public statement that in the event she was presenting herself with one us. No matter what, this that they do not withdraw the similar arguments asking for the development caused the rupture of regime of terrorism against friends adjournment of the trial so that she an agreement that henceforth hung and relatives who come in solidarity, can be represented by her own dangerously in the middle of a we will act as we had warned, while lawyers. The biggest still surprise hunger strike. Since also we began the same day to deny was one more text that she pub- Alexandros Mitrousias decided prison food that will escalate to a lished also in which she publicly to act as he had clarified from the hunger strike if the trial advances declared that she had never agreed beginning, it was a given that no with appointed advocates without with us to withdraw from the trial requirements can exist for our three us. Only Konstandina together, while it even left points of co-defendants, the moment they are Karakatsani, even though she disagreement in our choice to go on free under conditions and this we ensured that she continued to agree hunger strike for the particular believe can be perceived by anyone. with the prospect of withdrawing matter. The position of these individuals was from the trial, did not jointly sign that they will also support an the statement, with the excuse that We on our side consider the attitude uncatchable front of fight, from the she did not help shape it and that she of the prisoner in question at least moment this was cracked there is no wishes to make a separate state- unreliable. When a person and reason for them not to return to the ment. A statement, however, that especially an anarchist makes trial. As for us, we think that the never happened, something that was agreements they should keep their means of a hunger strike under the later used by her as an argument of word, particularly when these

18 condition of attendance to the court One such effort of isolation is finally of half or more of the defendants is also the stiff attitude to check and Letter from rendered ineffectual. We are revolu- file those who dare to appear at our tionaries and not martyrs. The trial as the minimal price that they Gerasimos hunger strike is a means of which should pay in order to express their the historicity and the effectiveness solidarity. A price that all know Tsakalos & is not to be doubted. Nevertheless could be paid for dearly in the considering that the balances were future, given that the fury of the Panagiotis reversed against us, its continuation persecuting authorities and the does not even appear potentially vengeance of repression has already Argirou expedient, but on the contrary and easily been translated into mass an end in itself. prosecutions and imprisonment. Fom the imprisoned fighters of the The uncontrollable penalization of Conspiracy of Cells of Fire who Thus we select today 11-2-2011 to comrade, friendly and family were arrested in the 1st Nov. 2010 end the hunger strike, even though relations, the elasticity of the official ‘letter-bombs’ case, which sparked our demands have not yet been charges, the continuous upgrades of international attention from satisfied. On the other side, we are the anti-terrorist law, the photo- mainstream global media and their not in any way going to accept this graphs of comrades that are all over overseers. See page 34 for the court and the way it develops. As the televisions and newspapers, are communique. revolutionaries we will not tolerate only a few of the many things that any blackmails they attempt to have happened and will continue “We do not recognize this proce- impose on us, and we do not have happening. The recording, finally, of dure and we do not apologize.” anything to negotiate with their the identification of those who come special court martial. If they judge in solidarity is for us nothing other Statement the two comrades gave in us in absentia they should know that than one more spear of repression front of the interrogator on Thurs- we have condemned them before- that continues to intensify. day 4/11/10 at 10am. According to hand. We consider that the position their lawyer Gianna Kourtovik, they Thus, what we declare clearly and of the state mechanism is indicative kept the same attitude at the police publicly is that as long as our of its intentions. The matter, how- headquarters as well. The parents of comrades have no place in this trial, ever, is not that we show its intoler- the two accused who were called to then surely neither do we. ance or its arbitrariness. On the identify them denied to appear. contrary, we perceive our attitude as We raise our clenched fist through a condition of political victory the bars to all the comrades from WHOEVER DOES NOT ARM against the juridical authority, that Greece and abroad, that acted in HIS DENIALS, DIES IN HIS believed that it could minimize us solidarity on the platform of the CONTRACTS with its norms and orders, trying to multiform subversive struggle. We accomplish thus the undermining of thank, also, all those that selected On 01/11/2010, after we have our struggle. publicly to express their solidarity to already delivered two incendiary our struggle, going on prison food packages to Suisse Mail on It is therefore rendered a necessity abstention. They factually proved Astidamantos street and to ACS on the evident and vigorous choice that even in conditions of imprison- Spirou Merkouri street; in Pangrati, against an totalitarian regime that is ment the margins to fight and show sent to the Mexican embassy in continuously becoming more fascist. solidarity never grow thin. Because Athens and the address of Eurojust The strategy of isolation of political dignity and conscience never wear (EU Police agency) in the Hague, we prisoners does not aim only to bury chains. are surrounded by police officers of them in the democratic dungeons, the DIAS group and arrested. In our neither to defame and discredit LONG LIVE THE REVOLUTION possession were found two more them through the channels that feed LONG LIVE ANARCHY packages of incendiary parcels the enormous volume of informative destined for the presidential waste that they feed us. It aims to residence of Nicolas Sarkozy in their complete isolation from any Haris Hadjimihelakis France and the Belgian Embassy in live expression of solidarity, in order Panagiotis Argirou Athens. As revolutionaries we do not to brake them away from any Panagiotis Masouras recognize any interrogating author- connection with the components of Giorgos Karagiannidis ity. So, we were bound to refuse to the wider revolutionary movement. apologize to cops and investigators, 19 since our revolutionary position is Gerasimos Tsakalos by the present society and its that only before the public and Katastima Kratisis Malandrinou structures. comrades we feel a duty to pro- T.K. 33053 mote. Malandrino Continuing, something that of Greece course is obvious, even now that I We declare ourselves, therefore, am behind bars I will continue the hostages of the revolutionary war, Panayiotis Argyrou Struggle and I will support our proud members of the revolutionary Dikastiki Filaki Koridallou-A organization. Also, other organiza- organization Conspiracy Cells of Pteryga tions of domestic urban guerrilla Fire. We do not regret anything and T.K. 18110 Korydallos warfare will have my unconditional we support all communiques and Athens support, but also of the Interna- actions of our organization, as well Greece tional Revolutionary Front- as those that will happen from now Informal Anarchist Federation. on, which made us and will make us I simultaneously send my Support, proud. We support with all our soul my Faith and my Friendship to the the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire, brothers from the illegal sector of because it is also a part of our soul. the R.O. Conspiracy Cells of We pride ourselves in our selection Fire, and I have one thing to say to to find ourselves in a position of them, “Brothers strong to the attack against the system. Even Letter from STRUGGLE and to the BATTLES through the difficult conditions of that rage… detention we will not stop showing Michalis EVERYTHING CONTINUES! never our clear views and positions on armed violence, urban guerrilla Nikolopoulos I do not feel loss for my arrest… warfare and the revolution. I do not feel loss for the On Wednesday 26/1/2011, and clandestinity … Comrades, let us not allow them to while I was on Iliou street in Nea I do not feel loss that I am take from us even a drop of land. Kifissia in Athens, I was chased and imprisoned… Comrades, let’s break the apathy and arrested from the uniformed pigs of I do not feel loss for the Struggle social stupefaction. the DIAS Squad. that we conduct…

Let’s blow up the regularity of I declare clearly and with PRIDE BECAUSE THE ONLY LOST society once and for all. that I am member of the Revolu- STRUGGLE IS THE ONE THAT tionary Organization Con- NEVER HAPPENED P. S . There is no more beautiful way to spiracy Cells of Fire, something LONG LIVE THE CONSPIRACY show solidarity and the widening of the that certainly honours me and OF CELLS OF FIRE revolutionary consciousness than the unrepentant I continue with the LONG LIVE THE ARMED continuation and intensification of head held high. After my arrest and STRUGGLE FOR REVOLUTION diverse guerrilla action. So we send our as a hostage of the Revolutionary LONG LIVE ANARCHY most sincere comrade greetings to the war and a political prisoner, I move guerrillas, which in spite of the times, from the illegal sector to the cell of P.S. This particular statement is simply continue to brighten with fires of hate imprisoned members of the R.O. and only a claim of responsibility and the miserable nights of the metropolis. In Conspiracy Cells of Fire. My does not include my experience during the campaign for international solidarity political ideas, values, perceptions my arrest and my detainment at the anti- to foreign organizations and imprisoned and thoughts were expressed, are terrorist headquarters. Does not include fighters, a communique of the organiza- expressed and they will be ex- my political beliefs entire and more tion will follow. pressed by the speech that is analytically, as also my perceptions about produced by the R.O. Conspiracy prison, clandestinity and the refusal to NOTHING IS OVER Cells of Fire. I am an anarchist and appear in court on 17-1-2011, while I THE WAR CONTINUES my perceptions are in the tendency was a fugitive. All these will be publicised of nihilism and anti-socialism, since in a text in the future. Conspiracy of Cells of Fire – on a general degree the whole of the Commando Practical Theory current authority was created, From the hellholes-prisons of developed and is supported on the Trikala... Gerasimos Tsakalos behaviours of authority lust and Panagiotis Argirou passivity produced in the majority Michalis Nikolopoulos

20 R.O. C.C.F.: Our position will always be on the mechanism to my house, which by Imprisoned Members Cell authentic side of life, the side of being legitimate was a meeting place Thursday 3rd of February 2011 militant guerrilla formations for the of people who have no connection constant revolutionary action and with the case. Michalis Nikolopoulos the revolution. Filakes Trikalon And in that spirit of self-criticism T. K. 42100 NOTHING IS OVER, and self-evaluation of revolutionary Trikala EVERYTHING CONTINUES options, I declare publicly that the Greece main reason I had not yet accepted REVOLUTION FIRST AND responsibility as a member of the ALWAYS. Conspiracy was the cost it could have had on those involved in the Letter from - case. A few words about the You see I always had in mind a Haris “Halandri” case and a personal certain political stance on red- self critique handed arrest, but perhaps inadvert- Hadjimihelakis ently I had never calculated what Now, of course, certain questions would happen. I felt the weight of Haris Hadjimihelakis was arrested will generate about the changing of responsibility on me for many after a police raid against an accused the political handling of my case people, believing that a claim on my ‘safe-house’ of the Conspiracy of from 23/09/2009 until now. part might put them in a difficult Cells of Fire, in Halandri, Athens. In Curiosity and the poor imagination position. this letter Haris affirms his claim of of some, may already be preparing responsibility for participation in the to spread their traditional bile. However, the developments once revolutionary organisation Con- Disregarding them, however, I again beat me to it the afternoon of spiracy of Cells of Fire. Revolution- attempt a public self-criticism and 1/11/2010, when my comrades ary solidarity with all imprisoned repositioning for the real comrades Gerasimos Tsakalos and Panagiotis fighters. who listen with their heart and Argirou are arrested in Pangrati - mind, not those who are keen to area.The freeze and the blow of loss throw mud at every opportunity. last only a moment, followed by an I take the political responsibility for iron determination and strong my participation in the revolutionary Let’s take things from scratch. The conscience. The fact of the arrest of organization Conspiracy of Cells of well-known invasion in Halandri the comrades, our common origins, Fire. combined with the fanfare of the the moments we shared in the past, anti-terrorist police to find the safe- the history and honour of the I stand proud of my choice to house of the revolutionary organiza- organization, but also my pride as a remain intransigent on the side of tion Conspiracy of Cells of Fire. This revolutionary and a fighter, leave me urban guerrilla warfare until the claim was yet another attempt of no choice but to take political moment the state mechanism on targeting the general friend and responsibility for my participation in 23/09/2009 managed to tightly tie comrade environment and the the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire. my hands and throw my body into a translation of this vindictive nature dungeon. What, however, they will of law enforcement mechanisms to And there is more to come … never be able to imprison is my free arrest warrants and imprisonments. revolutionary consciousness. What Haris Hadjimihelakis they will not be able to prevent is Because however, pride character- Koridallos prisons the continuation of production of izes my choices, it does not allow my radical insurrectional speech, me to connive, but on the contrary Haris Hatzimichelakis even in the condition of confine- requires me to acknowledge errors Dikastikes Filakes Korydallou -A ment. that stigmatize my progress within Pteryga the revolutionary movement, I take Korydallos I salute comrades urban guerrillas full personal responsibility (respon- T.K. 18110 Gerasimos Tsakalos and Panagiotis sibility that I have taken in front of Athens Argirou. the courts months ago) for the Greece. preparatory nature of my error to transfer, even if temporarily, a 21 and clarity on our choice. If the judges continued to Letter from Panayiotis insist on the establishing of this fascist measure, we would leave the procedure refusing to legitimise it, firing “Takis” Masouras our advocates at the same time as well. Until this fascist measure changes and the public character of this political "Anyway, everything that happened before the trial, the trial is secured, we concluded that for us to return transmissions of the legislation and the detainment conditions, would be at least unseemly, as much towards ourselves, had made clear to us that we are not dealing with a legal as towards the comrades who appeared in solidarity to procedure, but that justice was activating as a means of war. In support us. For reasons of political consistency and to reality what they were interested in was to exterminate us avoid ethical acceptance, we left the room through our politically. And against this we could not defend ourselves with advocates, as the present comrades realized. At this point legal means, therefore we must act politically.” it would be important to make some clarifications Irmgard Moeller concerning the total of the people who “participate” in this trial. In this procedure we are individuals with On 17/1/2011 began the special court martial inside of different political positions, theoretical expansions, Koridallos prisons. The juridical and executive authority, different defensive lines, different personal relationships. from the beginning of the procedure had made clear that In this trial there are two imprisoned members of the they are not willing to leave their totalitarian leadership R.O. C.C.F., but also other prisoners who deny the exposed to whoever dares to dispute it. charges attributed to them. Despite this we all met demanding the obvious, discovering thus a community in Their court martial attempted to isolate its anti-regime the frames of solidarity and companionship. The com- enemies from the movement of solidarity that wanted to mon decision we took, despite us being different indi- stand by them. It tried to depoliticize, demean, and viduals, had a common denominator: the practical amputate the reciprocating quality that characterises opposition and dispute to the body of the court. solidarity. Besides the isolation that is attempted though, It was not a decision between members of the organiza- what stands more perceptible than ever is tomorrows tion, but an agreement between people with a substance, penalization of comradely and friendly relations. conscience and integrity. It is an agreement based on From the photocopying of the information and the consistent and political sobriety, against the blackmail of retaining of the ID cards of those who come to watch the this totalitarian regime. This collective position means procedure as a necessary condition in order to enter the the definition of practical theoretical political bases, that court room, to the direct and vicious tactic of registering divide the clear and responsible position from political the comrades, with photographs that end up in the chameleon-ism.Because the “evidence” that involves me drawers of the D.A.E.E.B (Response Directorate of Special in this case is non-existent and the scenarios of the anti- Violent Crimes). terrorist police arbitrary, it is a fact that if I appeared in the court room the percentage of success of my release All this constitutes a strategic plan of the regime and would have been practically high and realistic. There are capitalist mechanisms, that have as an objective the things though that touch me to the bone and I am not consolidation and acceptance of such conditions, aiming willing to mortgage in a contract that would secure me a clearly now at the spreading of a climate of terrorism on more favourable treatment by authority, because if I have anyone who considers it to be necessary to stand in room inside me for only one faith, it is for the struggle. practice next to the political hostages. The sector of justice is utilized, following and imposing the orders of For me the consistency and continuity of the struggle, as the public safety forces. The structure of co-dependant well as my denial to appear in their court martial, is one authorities states clearly the choice of the state mecha- more act for the readopting of the memory of the past, nism, to attempt to exterminate legally, ethically but the consistency of the present and the dignity in the mainly politically, the revolutionaries. This anti-revolu- duration of the future. My political positions do not tionary strategy completes a totality of polemic that allow me to succumb to one more regime or “fighting” attempts to “obscure” the political opponents to achieve blackmail. I do not retreat, meeting myself in the without obstacles our extermination. practice of revolutionary dispute. I know that the State hunts its enemies like a raging dog. As a political prisoner The above condition acted as a catalyst for us to realize though I have nothing to bargain. I declare that I will not and agree upon the necessity of a position which was appear in their special court martial until this fascist going to secure us that one more regime blackmail measure changes. If they are waiting for me to legalize would be resisted from our side. It was this specific the isolation of the political prisoners in court martials, condition upon which the 6 imprisoned defendants, after but also the upcoming persecutions of comrades, I have a discussion we had decided together, in full conscience one thing to say:

22 REVOLUTION MEANS SELFLESSNESS. was published after our arrest. So began an interrogation that lasted roughly 3 days which fluctuated depending on Whoever does not smile in front of the cliff, unfortunately has what was happening outside. Annoyed by the constant calculated the height and inevitably has defined it. Until we repetition of my answer “I have nothing to declare” they meet again, until the end, until liberation began provoking me again with offences and provoca- tions about individuals that I knew, or not. The interro- Long live the Subversive Struggle. gations took place in two rooms, and in one of the two, Long live the Revolution. where I had communication with my lawyer and my mother, an officer of the anti-terrorist brigade informed Panagiotis Masouras me on the last day that they were both rooms with microphones and cameras. Political prisoner 1st wing Korydallos prison As for my DNA, after the arrest, my socks were immedi- ately confiscated for the corresponding sample, while even during my transport, while they had my head pressed down, somebody with surgical gloves forcefully Second letter from pulled hair from my head, again for a DNA sample. Their stress and anxiety increased, seeing our negative attitude Gerasimos Tsakalos to their questions, while at the same time outside the incendiary parcels continued to be delivered to the WE HAVE RAGE recipients, according to the plan of the organization. The threats increased, - they talked about killing me on On the morning of November 1st we were moving Imitos mountain and how they would throw me from the around in the area of Pangrati, in order to act in the window in the case that there was a problem with some framework of the campaign for international plane. Obviously they meant the plane that landed in solidarity that the organization had decided together Italy because of the [explosive] parcel [we sent] for with my comrade and brother Panagiotis Argirou to [Italian Prime Minister] Berlusconi. carry out. Because, however, of the police-like curiosity of an employee of a courier company, certain personal Their rambling continued about my supposed presence errors and our being surrounded by the pigs of the DIAS during recent times in nightclubs, and that they had group (motorbike cops) and other police forces that located me from there, that the employee of the courier isolated the area, there was little choice and we were led company had died from the parcel and other inconsisten- to the building of GADA (police headquarters building) to cies, trying to make something out of nothing. the floor of the anti-terrorist police. All this is not reported from the side of a victim of Despite the fact that my recognition was immediate, police violence, since I do not feel at all like this, but in since one of the directors of some department, amidst order to transfer some personal experiences, so if a kicks and punches, the moment when I was sitting in a fighter has an “unlucky” moment, to have a better picture stationary position, shouted “It’s Makis”, I denied to give of the situation that they will face. The threats and the my information for the first few hours, with the hope of violence from the side of the cops is something expected gaining precious time in order to help my comrades. We and comprehensible as basic characteristics of their role. refused to have our fingerprints taken, photographs, Moreover, thousands of prisoners have suffered severe DNA and generally we refused to sign anything or to torture in local police stations everywhere, that makes help in the least these pigs, holding the obvious attitude their behaviour towards me civilized. We do not ask for a that every revolutionary should have. better police or for their humanization, but its absolute destruction through the choice of continuous attack. The interrogation began with the usual offensive com- ments. Those decreased temporarily when they noticed a There are no good and bad police officers, tattoo that I have with the word “Conspiracy”, which they’re only cops, and Revolutionary Organiza- made them change their attitude. Knowing that they tions should always attack them with all means. would try to take photographs to publicize it, I sat with my head bent down in order to avoid it. Then pretending I am a member of the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire, that they would transport me to the detention room, I belong to the anarchist-revolutionary move- they took me out to the corridor of the 12th floor ment and I am proud of it. I represent a new where, pulling my head, they told me to watch where tendency, Revolutionary Nihilism and Anarchist I’m going. At that time I was photographed by the Anti-Socialism. I believe that power is not only the camera that was in the corridor. It is the photograph that laws, the police, the judges, the prisons, the politicians. 23 Not that this administration is pressed, in the “acquittal” of their individuals and “offers” them either innocent of responsibilities. The passivity and the recognition of them the promise of plenty of material exact opposite. All these individuals as a revolutionary subject asleep goods, or the fear of scarcity and that hold positions of power are a given the oppression that exists, poverty. If these negative conse- pile of creeps, liars, frauds, sadists, does not cover us any more. quences reserved for the future by who take a series of devastating the economic crisis bring these decisions for all of us. This fact is Of this total mass, we must through minorities closer to the refusal of undeniable. Who, however, votes our speech and our action strike at this system, this is surely something them in? Who respects them by the characteristics of submission that positive. bowing their head? Who admires dominate it, so as to create the them and wants to be like them, minorities that will deny the values The review, however, of the last either himself, or his children? Who of the dominant culture through century and the conditions after keeps quiet in front of these gross Revolutionary Conscience and such crises, as of the economic one injustices they commit? The answer Ethics. Only through dignity, pride, we are living these days, shows that is one. SOCIETY. It selected them, and honour can we reach the temporary dissatisfaction almost it gave them the power to take theoretical rigour in choices of never transforms into total refusal decisions on its behalf. And if we action. and rupture. For this reason we do accept that everyone is entitled to a not seek the diffusion of our words mistake, continuously making the Self-organization, solidarity and rage and our action using as a spearhead same tragic mistake, to me seems arm our desires. The practical only the ugliness of the economic deliberate. So, although the crowds theory of the destruction of the situation, something that could be often complain when it comes to existent in all its forms, should simply a transitional phase of their salaries, nevertheless they become the means that will unite capitalism itself, but we emphasize accept (and sometimes seek) the minority subgroups towards a the ongoing existential poverty, tyrannical commands of authority. Revolutionary perspective. We wage which is a permanent consequence They allow it to spy on the city war against this system and its of this world. with cameras, equip the army vassals. We wage war with a society with new weapon systems, fill that is characterized by its faith in We promote a transition to a more the streets with cops, give electoral delusions, by its fear of total critique and attack on the orders through the TV screens, disorder and in the end by its terror poverty of communication, artificial when it would be enough to of the step to change to something feelings, the lack of dignity, the just say No. One loud, decisive new, something unpredictable. small and big expressions of domi- and practical no. No to oppres- Petty-bourgeois, proletarians, nating social relations, the lack of sion, no to exploitation, no to bourgeois, and immigrants are desire to risk seeking and the fear of compromise. different sub-groups to which rupture for a freer life. We wish to power, functioning more insightfully create a revolutionary network of However, most hide their resent- than the cynicism of its oratory dozens of illegal organizations and ment in machismo expressed possessed in previous decades, offers individuals, that with continuous through acts of road-rage and the possibility of ‘social inclusion’. A attacks and moves will support the domestic violence, hiding their prospect desirable for many, but diffusion of the new revolutionary cowardice and their unwillingness to feasible for just a few. A prospect guerilla warfare. Away from the take their life into their own hands. which appeases everyone, maintain- taboos that slander means and This is something that I do not ing faith in systems closely con- choices of struggle. The Molotovs, tolerate. This resignation from life. nected to their personal ambitions. the bombs, the stones, the guns, are This is why I declare myself as Thus, disparate social groups share simply the means that the subject an Anarchist Anti-Socialist. the same desire to maintain the that uses them gives the characteris- existent, making it a key characteris- tics that he chooses. So let’s make Because I consider that what should tic of their choices. Certainly with them ours, and let them become a be put under constant challenge are the new data of the economic crisis piece of multiform and diffuse urban social relations themselves, as they and knowing that it is still at its guerilla warfare. We do not believe have been developed today. I reject beginning, we get the sense that now in “experts of violence”, in revolu- through action and criticism the that the privileges of the middle and tionary pioneers, nor in the hierar- crowd that supports and depends on lower classes are offended, it is again chy of means based on legal conse- these alienated relations. timely to view the proletariat as a quences or fetishism. Conscience I am an enemy of the regime and revolutionary subject. For us the and results define the means which society itself in its existing form. The dominant ideology of the system is you will use on each target. There faith in the majority of the op- economy, that leads a mass of was, there is and there will continue 24 to be individuals that collectivize unfairness and exploitation is law. ness. Perhaps it is the logic of some their refusals, share experiences, are Protests should acquire a conflictual anarchists who in their anxiety to organized into revolutionary character where this is feasible and achieve an approach to the decadent formations, prepare and attack. They comrades should put to use the social majority select this painless totally deny the existing system, crowd of “indignant” petty bourgeois position of defence in order to risking their life and their freedom that flood the protests – epitaphs of propagate certain cases of anarchist for what their conscience and their the trade unionists – so that they can hostages. Certainly there are dignity represents. Diffused guerilla accomplish even more severe blows fabrications and cases where rela- warfare is a method that everyone on targets that are in central points tionships between individuals are can become a part of and evolve in the streets with the strategy of criminalized, but this does not mean themselves. With conscience, “hit and run”. Revive the barricades that our role as revolutionaries is to responsibility, disposal and imagina- and surpass whatever guilty feelings focus on that without substantially tion, drawing information and using which after the 5th of May [mass acting ourselves. We are revolution- materials that are in wide circula- anti-austerity protest where the arson of aries, not lawyers whose speech tion, even more effective attacks can a bank while employees who had been should be limited to the legal be made. The constant upgrading of locked in by their boss under threat of arbitrariness of cops and judges. the material and technical infra- dismissal resulted in the suffocation and structures is our task, as is the death of 3 people] play their role as a Moreover, this is their role, not constant theoretical search and the bulwark against insurrectionist ours. Neither should we consider development of revolutionaries and violence. solidarity as only about friendship, their formations. It is our task to leading thus often not to the judging become more reliable, more direct, Revive the creation of illegal of the case or the attitude of the more targeted and more dangerous. infrastructures and the organization arrested, but how liked or known he Theory to practice is what we of and careful, continuous prepara- is to the movement. In this way, represent and we will be absolutely tion of attacks to avoid such inci- individuals with a decent attitude consistent with it. Regardless of dents in the future. The general that are not, however, known, or whether or not there is a prospect of condemnation of means of struggle liked by some, are forgotten and direct mass conflict within the cannot be but a closed-minded point sacrificed to the altar of those system, we live and act for now. For of view behind which lurks compro- “privileged” relationships. Solidarity the satisfaction of our Ego and for mise with the reformist forms of should be an aggressive procedure the individual materialization of our “struggle” that the system itself set aside from the stock level of desires that are collectivized through allows. friendly relationships that cannot be the infrastructures of diffused the criterion for the mobilization of revolutionary guerrilla warfare. Multiply, therefore, the revo- people on a case. Because this way lutionary groups, and bring to we lead to models and relations that We promote the establishment and the limelight of everyday life reproduce the dominant culture and self-organization of illegal groups the beauty of direct action. not revolutionary anti-authoritarian- with, as a spearhead of their moves, Do not give away even a centi- ism. For me, solidarity is a constant the destruction of material symbols metre to the enemies of free- proposal to struggle, it is the and the representatives of the dom, let’s go on the attack first continuation and the development of system. We want, also, to include as with all means transferring the the revolutionary action for which an integral piece of the new urban fear to their “safe-houses” the comrade was captured. guerrilla warfare, the refusal to from where they control our work as one more act unbreakably lives. It is a constant attack against the connected with the rest of the system and society, an act where the choices of struggle. The robbing of From the position of a hostage now, words – fabrication, innocent, guilty banks and capitalist targets, the I would like also to refer concisely, – do not fit. Because as revolution- organized looting in the temples of to how I perceive the matter of aries it is our duty to always be consumption, the theft of products solidarity. Solidarity is a significance guilty for this system, always from super-markets and other large on which real comradely relations dangerous and always proud of our department stores is nothing more should be built and become the choices. than the application of theory to beginning for the creation of action. We refuse to live in condi- revolutionary processes. It should We are not persecuted for our tions of wage slavery and we choose not move in the frequently adopted ideas, but because it seemed another life, that of pillaging the pattern of victimizing the hostages poor to us to not turn them guarded wealth of the banks and the and limit itself to the expression of into actions. rich, and illegality in a world where condemnation of police arbitrari- 25 Finishing, I would like to repeat what snitches and gossipers. Whoever our organization wrote, and I agree believes that we are against actions Letter from absolutely, far away from us the “hyenas of solidarity for hostage fighters, Alexandros of solidarity”. This dreary minority probably has never read our commu- which like permanent thorns parasite niques. Whether through my action Mitrousias, the movement and its processes. They as a part of the Co-ordination of Kostas Sakkas and spread rumours and gossip in “clusters” Action for the Imprisoned Fighters, in cafés, or even on their mobile or through the texts of our organiza- Giorgos telephones, being indifferent to the fact tion, the matter of the prisoners was that in this way they put individuals at and is in our daily discussions and Karagiannidis risk, turning into a joke the condition has a special weight on our thought. of conspiracy for the existence of an Because whoever forgets the 19/1/2011 infrastructure or the completion of an prisoners eventually forgets the war action. Irresponsibility and suburban itself. Thus, I respect the anarchists We declare clearly and to all residues lead these individuals to feed that using different means, but based directions that no one from our the police, where thus, these conversa- on healthy revolutionary processes, three co-defendants has any relation tions lead to on such terms. A recent act giving strength to all us in here with the charges they are accused example was the handling of the and at the same time develop the for. The prosecution of anarchist incident of the 5th of May from a part rupture against the existing system. Christos Politis was clearly carried of the movement. An act that, of Undertakings that promote the out for political reasons, since it had course, I support – the arson of a bank multiform aggressive solidarity I been attempted unsuccessfully by – was executed in the worst possible support absolutely, since I consider the persecutory authorities, a few way and led to the dreary result of them the best starting point for days before his arrest, to sentence three deaths. Certain anarchists, fermentation and development of him for the case of arson on the influenced obviously by the tactic of the perceptions and proceedings. Court of Appeals in Athens. We Media, turned the amphitheatres into clarify that this person never had any “courts” where they were chairmen, Finally, I send my respect and my relation or contact with us and he is these known scum of the anarchist friendship to the Revolutionary- persecuted with the ridiculous movement, and their “verdicts” led to Nihilistic armies that give a dynamic evidence that he supposedly pro- investigations from the cops to locate present in the latest protests in vided counter-observation for one individuals. This was the reason why Athens and I raise my fist to them of us, only because he happened to the new generation of the anarchist from behind the walls. Guerrilla be in the nearby streets of Peiraias. movement was targeted, when their signals to the organizations of the We express our solidarity to his only “error” was that they had turned new urban guerrilla warfare and to person and demand the ceasing of their back on all of these anarcho- the raging comrades of Thessaloniki any prosecution against him and that patriarchs of the amphitheatres, and and the Countryside, that show that he is released immediately. organized alone, expressed themselves nothing is over but on the contrary in the street, lived the experiences that new urban guerrilla warfare is now Regarding the other two of our co- make you a real denier of this system beginning… defendants, Stella Antoniou and and passed to the attack. To all these Dimitris Michail, we clarify that slimy politicians, we say the obvious – NOTHING LESS THAN they are persecuted based on their such behaviour is not forgotten – this is EVERYTHING personal and friendly acquaintance why they should not even dare to deal FIGHT FOR THE REVOLUTION with us. Unfortunately it is not the with the case of the Conspiracy or to first time that friendly relations of show up at our court for any reason. RESPECT AND SOLIDARITY TO people belonging to the anarchsit Otherwise there will be a matter to THE GUERRILLAS OF THE 17N movement, are criminalized and face there or elsewhere. Those very few ORGANIZATION AND TO THE turned into charges, since they were followers that want to be like them CRIMINAL AND POLITICAL obviously imprisoned for revenge by should fuck off and give space to a lot HOSTAGES WHOSE DIGNITY the State. They also have our unre- of new individuals with a healthy way GUIDES THEIR STEPS served solidarity, our friendship and of thinking and the revolutionary our love, and we also demand their dignity to act. WE ARE AT WAR release as well.

With this extra explanation all under- Gerasimos Tsakalos Alexandros Mitrousias stand that I am not talking about the Kostas Sakkas whole Anarchist/Anti-authoritarian Conspiracy of Cells of Fire : Giorgos Karagiannidis movement, but a miserable minority of Imprisoned Members Cell 26 Alexandros Mitrousias military tribunals acting under life with complete consciousness of Klisti Filaki Patras special circumstances, in absentia of their class, to the strikers at the T.K. 26110 the accused and the withholding of Mass Transportation Systems and Patrasso – Greece the ID of the people who chose to other working sectors refusing to attend… bow to the blackmailing of their Kostas Sakkas bosses; the “I won’t pay” movement, Agrotiki Filaki Are you kidding us? the members of which are facing Tirynthias incarceration. Them and how many, T.K. 21 100 Authority itself gets rid of the how many more… Navplio – Greece balence of innocence and guilty, the This junta lacks nothing compared same rule it had used for so many to the previous ones as it has Georgios Karagiannidis years in order to divide the front of adopted from them the military Dikastiki Filaki Koridallou-A the people in struggle into good and advantage of the quick, versatile and Pteryga, bad ones, legal and illegal. From always-present forces of “Security” T.K. 1811O now on, everything is related; and the security para-state that Korydallos, dividing lines become fluid and moves around, armed, hooded up Athens - Greece everyone who resists is placed on and with no initials – specialising in the shore of the guilty ones. Every- the chasing and torturing of people one is potentially incarcerated in struggle; specialising to truly Letter from in the hospitable cells of the terrorise. Terrorists with new and Greek prisons. older methods, abductions in the Fee Marie Meyer Divide and conquer is no longer middle of the street with cinematic required, the junta is by now effects, publication of photographs 18/2/2011 shameless, people are once again even before charges are brought divided into two parts. Into the forward (the recent case of comrade So sometimes even the most wild exploited and the powerful. K.S in Thessaloniki), invented scenarios become reality, and so groups with no name nor action here I am in pre-trial detention at In this situation, it is not only acts that being included in the list of charges the Female Prison of Korydallos [in matter anymore but thoughts too. Books against comrades; terrorist laws Athens] precisely because I pos- and publications are categorised as with special clauses, more laws, sessed already published documents, dangerous and we should expect the new more incarcerations. because I am anarchist. Of publication of the “index librorum course, the original list of charges prohibitorum” (list of banned books by This entire climate is sustained and against me has grown, with an the Inquisition). The anarchist/ anti- reproduced via the media which take extremely serious crime added to it authoritarian word is criminalised and on the role that the state would – namely my reference to the most certainly needs to be repented as it never be able to fulfil on its own. imprisoned anarchists as is subversive. This is an attempt to silence With lies upon lies, TV shows about “political prisoners”. These are and dispose of not only the people in indifferent celebrities targeting only the findings upon which the decision struggle but also the thoughts and our dumb people and offending the of the Committee of Misdemean- ideals, the ideas that our texts carry with intelligence of those who watch ours was based [which ordered Fee's them. All this is extremely dangerous at them, they attempt on the one hand pre-trial detention], the only findings the present time. to break up and terrorise and on the with which they have sent me to other hand to keep people drugged prison. I am not surprised yet I Dangerous because in the times that up and subordinate to a cheap wonder, if what I am going through we live in a new liberal totalitarian- dream. is not a political persecution, then ism has made an appearance; the what would ever be one? Perhaps all perfectly post-modern and always At this moment then, for all the the persecutions of comrades based socialist junta. above reasons, solidarity as a main solely on their relationships and co-ordinate unifying the front of the their beliefs are not political. Dangerous as the parts of people repressed beholds even greater Perhaps even the detention of who resist are widening out, value. Solidarity meaning proximity, people awaiting trial in high-security networking, recognising the impor- not consonance: a recognition of the prisons, or underground dungeons, tance of a multiform struggle. common ground of the state of our are random phenomena, entirely From the dignified residents of struggle. This fundamental political unconnected to the political identity Keratea and the nearby areas, the virtue of higher social organising of the detainees. Not to forget the 300 migrant hunger strikers combined with the utmost individual transformation of political trials into who demand the obvious dream in fulfilment. 27 Comradely regards, my friendliness and my those prisoners who refuse to bow their head, for the thoughts go out to all the comrades and friends December insurrection, for…, for… For being every- behind and outside the bars – stay strong! where, with our smaller or larger forces, where nothing Because until the tearing down of the last seemed certain and social entropy gave again a meaning prison and total freedom, no-one is free. Be- to our lives and strength to our struggles. cause the darkest hour is just before the dawn! 3. On the 4th of December 2010 we were taken to Fee Meyer police headquarters together with my friend and com- Cell 35, Wing B rade Kostas Barlis, from outside a café in Exarchia by Female prison of Korydallos police officers from the Delta force and the antiterrorist Athens unit. My friend is released approximately 16 hours later. Greece I am handed the report of my arrest 26 hours after I was taken in. And then the madness begins. Because if during Postscript: On March 3, 2011, Fee Marie Meyer, the anarchist the last period we can see in a series of cases the comrade imprisoned solely on the basis of personal acquaint- criminalization of relationships of friendship and com- ances and the anarchist literature found in her house, was radeship, in my case they can’t even “invoke” that. I am in released on bail, while her persecution continues. prison for a case in which I do not even know my fellow accused. No witnesses recognize me, no police officers are claiming that I met with anyone of my fellow ac- cused, none of the phone taps have a mention of my name and as far as the search carried out in my house the only thing worth mentioning is that they stole my shaving machine, so also my DNA (I will note that this is not even mentioned in the confiscation report). How- ever, according to the antiterrorist unit the first “incrimi- Letter from nating” evidence was that on the night of November 24th they saw me moving parallel to Praxitelous street in Christos Politis Piraeus. So what if on Iroon Politehniou street, three side-streets down the road, is where my attorney’s office is situated. So what if I paid him a visit that night as in a Christos is one of the six arrested on the 4th of December few days I had to present myself to the interrogator in during a widespread anti-terrorist operation. Although not regards to the High-court case. The second “indisputable” accused of membership of the CCF, it was one more ‘fact’ that Fee piece of evidence is that I had a drink in Exarchia, the Meyer’s friendship with Christos brought her imprisonment, area in which I socialize with dozens of people everyday, accused of CCF membership in the marionette of the Anti- with an “unknown person” who according to the anti- terrorist media-spectacle operational analysis. terrorist unit had eaten earlier a souvlaki with one of my fellow accused. Each can come to their own conclusion. Some very first thoughts on my detention Of course, for that whole week that I was kept in the antiterrorist division I remained isolated in a 1 by 3 cell, 1. This letter does not constitute an overall political without a window and with the light constantly switched analysis of the anti-terrorist operation which began on on. And then came the pre-determined decision for my December 4th, but rather a first political reading of my detention and not only that but in Grevena. Grevena is a detention; of its meanings and wider aims. high-security prison where only long-term convicts are held and not those accused pending trial, plus it is 2. It is a fact that I find myself in prison exactly because I situated 500km away from Athens, making any commu- am an anarchist; because for 15 years now I am continu- nication with friends, comrades, family and lawyers ously active through this radical political element. A almost impossible. reading of the legal documents of my case, together with the cynical statement by the chief of the Greek police 4. The two very serious prosecutions against me within that I was arrested because I was released in the High- the space of two weeks and my detention should not court case* are indisputable proof of this. I find myself spread confusion and be considered only as a continuous locked up here, and I am deeply convinced of this, for effort for me personally to be placed in a regime of our reactions to the murder of Christoforos Marinos in suffocative control. On the contrary, this whole setting ’96, for the barricades outside the examination centres of extermination lies in the heart of modern repressive in ’98, for the anti-war demonstrations in ’99, for the policy; in the heart of a multilevel plan aiming at the demonstrations against the European leaders’ summit in intimidation and the imposing of discipline on the new Thessaloniki in 2003, for the student protests in ’06-’07, “dangerous classes” and the neutralization of the regimes’ for our solidarity to the prisoners’ struggles and to all 28 political rivals. Aiming at the permanent “alibi” of obedience, a vehicles at the high court and later on stultification, in other words, of the transient security and the false present me as participating in various projects of self-activity, direct certainty of submission. Because organizations and attacks, many times as action, solidarity and the struggle who will dispute, without making a being a leading figure. for the re-appropriation of life; at complete fool of themselves, that if the undermining of the anarchist we wanted nothing, if we were Last November they actually reached the and anti-authoritarian dynamic anarchists until we finished high- point of announcing through the inside social fermentations. So that school, if we were “relieved” with television an arrest warrant against me, the recent general strike and the the signing of the memorandum, if which in reality did not even exist. At the dynamic demonstrations of Decem- we hated immigrants, if we were same time, for long periods I had visible ber 15th last for only a day, so that fuming against the Koukouloforoi police surveillance. And the highlight, resistance is devalued, those in (Hooded-ones), if we were in fear of 2.5 years later I was summoned to defend struggle are scorned, Keratea the “terrorists” neither myself nor myself as I was accused for the High becomes simply an area a little many others who resist would have court case. outside of Athens, December is suffered the consequences of forgotten and celebrated like the repression Indeed I presented myself to the interro- 17th of November. And for the gator on December 2nd and was released kingdom of death and order to be 6. The struggle, however, will not (for 2 days!). established, for the victorious attack retreat. The regime and its various of the capitalist world to triumph, it officials will never feel either joy or is necessary to multiply all those that relief. We stand by the imprisoned find themselves targeted. The penal anarchists, the prisoners in struggle. spectrum must be widened and legal Until their liberation. We continu- concepts must be expanded with a ously contribute to the theoretical Letter from permanent character of intentional and organizational composition of vagueness; to lose every meaning or our class and we develop the Rami Syrianos rather, even better, to acquire their necessary strategic planning for full meaning with the enforcement achieving its victory. Let’s stand up. 11/2/11 of a state of emergency. Without any And let us take the next step. For reserve, the interrogators and the the social/class counter-attack. From the moment of the notorious prosecutors keep proving that their For the proletarian storming of the case of Halandri and the first arrests only preoccupation is how to crush heavens. for the Revolutionary Organisation the enemy within. And after, it’s the CCF, an unprecedented-for-Greece turn of the monotony of the correc- Christos Politis campaign of political persecution tional facilities and the pure, raw Grevena Prison and criminalization of friendship and violence of incarceration. 16/12/2010 comradeship and attempts at depoliticisation of revolutionary 5. The fabricated and canalized P.S. As a good comrade once said to theory and practice, has clearly prosecutions based on the scenarios me: “Patience. Strength. Faith in the emerged. The newly opened anti- and fixations of the antiterrorist unit cause. We are right. To the End.” terrorist theorem, elaborated on the resemble cluster bombs. They aim These words will be my guide in 12th floor of G.A.D.A and built by somewhere in order to strike in a these truly difficult moments. the counterfeit reality of the media, large radius around them, to destroy fits almost anyone who thinks to a wider area. This prosecution is not * On May 22nd , 2008 and around resist. about me personally. This prosecu- noon on the way to get my motorbike tion wants to instill fear in everyone. which I had left near Panormou metro The trial for the same case could not To make us cautious with who we station I was taken to Police Headquar- but seal this campaign. Certainly the talk. With whom we go fly-posting. ters where I was asked various questions anxious effort of depoliticisation of With whom we bring out a pam- on my whereabouts the previous night. proceedings of the trial is self- phlet. With whom we walk side by After some hours I was released. On the eliminated by the regime itself (from side in demonstrations. With whom previous night an arson attack on the special composition of the we exchange points of view at vehicles had taken place within the tribunal, a special room for the trial different events. And of course perimeter of the high court of Athens. in Korydallos prison, refusal to where we go. To infuse our everyday From this moment in time and onwards record the minutes, recording of the life with suspicion and fear. The published articles start to appear based details of anyone who wants to clerks of the Troika [‘Tri-State’ IMF- on police scenarios, which link me in the watch the trial procedure as well as EU-ECB]-offer us generously the beginning with the arson attack against the repeated appointing of lawyers 29 for the defendants). It is evident that undercover police arrested another the state is trying hard to send a comrade - 28-year-old Kleomenis First letter from clear message to any outbreak of Savvanidis, supposedly identified as insurgency and at the same time to the second “culprit” - near his home. Kostantina bend the solidarity movement, using Searches of the homes of both Karakatsani it to extend the already existing lists comrades and another woman of suspects to follow and future followed, with the police swiping Accused in the Conspiracy prosecutions. Under these condi- computers, phone cards, flash Cells of Fire case tions of the State's counterattack and drives, an airsoft pistol, “manuscripts the mechanisms of repression, and drafts of documents with anarchist On 4/ 2/2011, I appeared in court solidarity constitutes one of the content,” etc. after being called by the judge in most powerful weapons at our order for me to develop with my disposal. Thus from 9/2, I have Several mass media outlets ran presence the demand that for quite begun to refuse prison food as a photos of Syrianos and Savvanidis, as some time now I've submitted, a few minimal sign of support and solidar- well as a “secure and anonymous” phone days postponement of the trial. My ity, to the defendants of the Revolu- number for snitching. appearance in the court gave the tionary Organization Conspiracy spark for some vulture-journalists to Cells of Fire that have gone on Savvanidis’ colleagues released an throw their mud, saying even that I hunger strike, but also as an action open letter refuting the police disagree with the demands that have of resistance to the methods of accusations and asserting that been placed, creating and promoting authority, considering always the Savvanidis was working at a Univer- thus an image of a climate of restrictions of action that a prisoner sity self-managed cafeteria in division. In the frames of faithful has. Thessaloniki at the time of the service to the governmental robbery. The letter mentions that interests some of the Media, as the R.Syrianos security guards, cleaning staff, trial day approached, proportionally Ioannina prisons professors, and students can all laid out the climate sharpening the confirm that Savvanidis was at the knives of the court with open P.S. The present letter was written in a cafeteria from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. challenges to it, such as “now justice hurry because of the developments of the Reference is also made to eyewit- will show us if it is terrorised by trial of the comrades. A letter will follow nesses who supposedly saw a robber imposing heavy sentences to the where I will try to deposit the opinions “roughly between 1.65 and 1.70 meters defendants” etc. and perceptions that led me to my choices tall” and “positively identified” to be and ultimately to my arrest. Savvanidis, who happens to be 1.84 This was continued with the meters tall. On February 3, Syrianos beginning of the trial where they Background to the case of and Savvanidis were brought before began to show extracts always Rami Syrianos: the judges. A number of witnesses adapted to a practice of libel and At 1:30 p.m. on January 31, an took the stand, including a univer- accompanied by propagandistic armed robbery took place in sity professor who testified that at comments, while they also men- Thessaloniki. Two people entered the time of the robbery Savvanidis tioned the tragic “escape operation” the (state) Youth Center located in was at the cafeteria. Savvanidis was that obviously no one believes. They the Neapoli neighborhood, where an released without bail, but as a simply said it in order to overstress auction was being held for vehicles preventive measure will not be that there are reasons for the seized by the traffic police, and allowed to leave the country. conduct of the trial in the prison and managed to get away with over Meanwhile, Syrianos refused to in order to justify our non-transport 35,000 euros. Minutes later, near enter a plea, saying only: “I put my to a regular room, something that the site of the auction, DIAS squad rejection of wage-labor into practice.” would resolve all the problems. pigs surrounded the motorcycle of Rami was placed in pretrial deten- 23-year-old comrade Rami Syrianos. tion at Ioannina Prison. The climax came yesterday (4/2/ In his possession were a loaded CZ 11) where they used my own 75B handgun, a hand grenade, and a attitude for the creation of an image leather case containing loot from the of a “divided front of the defendants” robbery: almost 36,000 euros in with an obvious target the devalua- cash, two checks (one for 530 euros tion of the hunger strike that my co- and the other for 2000 euros), and defendants have begun. First of all 83 receipts issued by the organizers let it become clear that no matter of the auction. Shortly thereafter,

30 what the State says, which speaks to spotlight. Which means, their claim us through the news reports and the Second letter from was not the product of an under- internet, I never expressed myself Kostantina standing or at least I did not know against the demands. I simply believe such a thing. Of course I did not that the root of evil is the legislation Karakatsani express any objections to any about special conditions of trial in its demands and what happened the entirety. Even though this letter is first day had my consent. Certainly 25/2/2011 primarily a drop of counter- for a moment I viewed the with- information in the ocean of misin- drawal as a gesture of protest 1. About the “Agreement” formation I cannot omit certain because no one knew of the possibil- other important things. It should ity of a trial in absentia. From the Avoiding public controversy, I could also be known that I never said in moment we were informed about it, not answer the statement of those court that I accept to be tried in everything came under discussion who claim my attitude in order to absence. Despite that whether I again and while I was possessed with put together the pieces of their agree, or I disagree, whether I skepticism, I avoided making hasty scattered obtuseness. But I am doing participate or not in the hunger moves and statements that I could it, to be consistent in my commit- strike, any choice of struggle of not process, within the very tight ment to the wider struggle. I do not prisoners is respectable by me. My time frame. So, I did not commit to intend to step on the backs of others presence in court in no way means something, leaving temporarily a gap to rise seemingly, either way I have that I adopt the attitude of the in my attitude. And because i things to say. But it would be very judges that insistingly deny to accept functioned completely individually, cheap and also would not help the the demands the moment 4 of my like I intended, I did not communi- political situation, to limit myself to codefendants have gone on hunger cate my thoughts to anyone. So, if I what we said and what we did not strike. Also my presence signals my left room for misinterpretation, it say with some. The essential refusal to grant to the state the was my fault and I accept it of ruptures liberate so now I have no privilege to have a trial without course. Between that I agreed to hesitation to break the taboo of lawyers and defendants, therefore enter demands and that I agreed to public criticism of fighting without another side, something that be tried in absentia, is a great actions. And of course, since some means that they will easily impose distance. That I was asked and spoke more than they deserve, I have the totalitarianism of their speeches “assured that I still agree” and other to mention issues that I would and their decisions. I do not want such things that were written, is otherwise consider have no place in this court to be turned into a obscene lies.On the contrary a public text. First, therefore, I will cemetery that will bury in it the they knew that I have not told my clarify my position, but i seek also to refusal of the charges, will bury my lawyers that i will cease them. But give food for thought from the speech, my political substance, my anyway, since the beginning of this moment we stand embarrassed in dispute with those who either played case up to now I move completely front of unfamiliar situations. a constructional role regarding the independently, so I think I have not charges, or those gave false testimo- given any impression to my co- I will begin with the matter of the nies, the choice of clandestinity that defendants, so they can imagine such “agreement” that supposedly I made I took, not recognizing any prosecu- agreements, that prerequisite proper with my co-defendants. They wrote tion and no charges, and naturally consultation, the intention of that they “talked seriously about the will bury my cry against the perse- fighting coexistence and comrade possibility of the trial to happen cutors and my accusers, who feeling. Concepts certainly that do behind closed doors and how they because they simply “suspected” did not characterize our relations .. and would react to this possibility. From not hesitated together to imprison made it clear to them, by telling my side, I never participated in such me. them in the holding cells from the discussions did not move on any pre- But these are the signs of our times. start: “you should know that i do not planned common action. The only The season of the economic blood- feel any unity with any of you”. thing mentioned to me, was the sucking of society, the systemic matter of the audience, ie not to let crisis, the season where governmen- Meanwhile, in the intervening week cops occupy seats so the largest tal savagery is accentuated and until the next court, it should have possible number of people in shielded. The season of 30 and more been to everyone visible my differ- solidarity can enter the room. This political prisoners. entiation from this situation: my was the only thing we had reached lawyers do not participate in the an agreement on and all other Kostantina Karakatsani press conference, my parents do not requests came suddenly into the Female prisons of Korydallos sign the text of the other parents, I 31 do not align myself with texts and that the presence in court means on our consciences. With these statements of the others. It is “legalization”, then they would do facts, it is worth wondering where therefore obvious that I am handling well not to attend any proceedings they base the assertion “we could have this case alone and I will never for this case, nor another, nor to the achieved a significant victory”. Not proceed to cooperate with some, appeals courts. Because the id cards only there was no chance of victory, that as more suspicious now, I think will continue to be held and but in my opinion, the matter was that perhaps they wanted to turn the generally the same conditions will also placed on a wrong base. The trial into a spectacular blockbuster not cease to exist. We will be defeat was prescribed and that is and would find a reason either way here. No one else, except time will why there was an attempt to avoid to do so. (To be honest I do not decide who is consistent in his the strike. In the end it started a think they all had the same inten- choices. To not attend a trial week late, for selfish reasons, just tion) demeaning it, is a respectable choice because it was announced. of denial. Not going to a trial 2. About the court because you wanted to do something And in the end, my presence at the and it did not work out and you are trial marked the gaining of time. If In a previous letter I have already trapped in your own selfishness is a the hunger strikers had taken their referred briefly to the reasons I result of bad strategy. task seriously, they could see this as chose not to leave the trial. an opportunity to carry out their We have as first fact, a court in full As for me, I’ll be there in order not struggle. To exploit the duration of alignment with the regime’s to become a spectator of my the trial, bringing the strike to the totalitarianism. This is anything but conviction, especially when it is a point where their health would put surprising, as it is included in the case in which I do not accept the more pressure, and hopefully on the overall context of the “special charges and my prosecution in horizon would appear a promising treatment” of dissidents, where general. And of course, every trial prospect. But since they gave up, everything is converted to of such type can not but target from probably its not me who cannot take “special”. Transport conditions, our side to the confrontation with the weight! Personally I was not conditions of detention, conditions the state, the emergence and interested in any way to occupy of litigation. And we experience it diffusion of subversive ideas. And myself with this move, since I saw as “special” arrested, imprisoned, not to consume the insurrection of from the beginning the unsuited accused. Through this, expressions each one, creating a force field exaggeration and non-productivity, such as “legitimizing the practice of the although strong, ineffective. so I cannot be attributed with any judges” is the definition of a superfi- role of influence to it. The state is cial approach. Nobody goes volun- 3. About the hunger strike. pressured by those who strike not tarily to a court. So when any those eating. And to finish with the revolutionary is in a court with Soon the situation slipped from the games to impress, let it be clear that “special” features he/she “legitimizes” bipolar of presence or absence from these individuals, although they its practices, and therefore its the trial. It took other dimensions, perceived the dead-end of this existence? When they transfer you when it was decided by some to option, they thought they could not with bulletproof vests and stretched start a hunger strike, in order to backtrack to not look like they are out automatic machine guns, you return to the trial after their retreating and so they found in me a legitimize this process, and hence demand concerning the holding of perfect excuse to retreat . And of the existence of the anti-terrorist the identities is met, something course, when they were in front of police? When we were in the offices which was obviously impossible. If their responsibilities, in order to not of the prosecutors, did we “legalize” the mobilization was decided recognize that they were trapped by them as well? When you are a considering no one will go to the their wrong handling, attempted my prisoner, again against your will, do trial (as they said), then the trial moral and political obsolescence, in you “legitimize” the existence of would finish rapidly. The strike order for their own credibility to prisons? And because we are in would not have had time to evolve, remain intact. places that naturally have hostile the sentences would be announced, characteristics (holding cells, courts, the state would have ignored this Besides, my attitude was which prisons), generally what we do is to mobilization and it would have been suited everyone. First: me who I “legitimize” state terrorism? Eventu- permanently exempted from said clearly I did not want to be ally, everyone can experience in our the Halandri case, without any tried in absentia, nor did I agree to time such procedures, but the discomfort. And on the other hand it, second, the piece that also did not question is how we stand in we dispersed in prisons all over the want, but expected the divisive them. And if anyone still believes place with a sense of dissatisfaction factor Karakatsani to take the blame,

32 but also the remaining piece looking (referring only to the arson in the cover up its political mistakes, but for a smooth exit from the hunger Law school). And honorably, I am will learn from them. strike. This is the piece that un- and I will be in the future EN- loaded on me all the responsibilities RAGED, for those who adopt As long as these situations find in the review of a political failure of attitudes and behaviors that are not support within the movement, so hunger strikers. Which better not recognized within the scope of my long will they destabilize it, disinte- be historically recorded as such, but political assessment. Also among grating it from within. as a result of a political imbalance, other things, I will also be a traitor, because then it reaches the point of to anything that does not coincide Kostantina Karakatsani commoditization of the instrument, with my value and fighting positions. Female prisons of Koridallos. its individual goals and achievements. To not historically be Honest I will be only with those recorded as such, since the move- who consciously honour their value Kostantina Karakatsani ment’s legacy remains alive the vivid codes. My robust respect and Filakes Gynaikon Korydallou memory of the hunger striker consistency therefore will only be T.K. 1811O Christophoros Marinos in 1995 for enjoyed by those who feel comrade- Korydallos his liberation, of the Turkish political ship as the highest good. A concept Athens prisoners in 2000 who were on that should be worn as a crown on Greece strike for the white cells dropping our heads, because it is also the dead one after another, the hunger lobby of the post-revolutionary striker Holger Meins exterminated order. Trial update concerning K. Karakatsani: by the German state after forced feeding in 1974, etc. Remain alive P.S.: The reason I sent the last letter 10/3/11 the memories to remind us that the was very specific. I wanted to say a strike is not a simple painless few words about the trial, but An ‘anti-terrorist’ cop expressed instrument but means of struggle in mainly intended to block some doubts as to the role of Karakatsani which is compromised the health journalists who over did it on my in the CCF frame-up when testifying and life of those who decide to use attitude, in order for obvious in the trial of the revolutionary it. Alive or Dead. Either a winner reasons to promote the “rupture of the organization. The cop who had and standing or a loser and lying accused”. A crack that existed supposedly recognized the face of down. A middle situation does not anyway, I just thought that I should the accused, Konstandina exist and no Karakatsani is an excuse treat it as an internal matter (of Karakatsani, the girl who was seen to retreat. So lets be a little more those who sit in the same dock), entering the supposed ‘safe-house’ in modest. An honest self-criticism protecting it from any kind of Halandri, recanted his confirmation. would have more chances to win the enemies, visible and invisible, who respect, unlike the responsibility are flattered by such statements, and Policeman ‘A’, Paraskevas feared backlash move, which cast the not to expose it before all for Hinopoulos, who headed the burden on my shoulders. cannibalism. As it seems, however, I surveillance operation on the was the only person who respected Halandri house was skeptical about I am and I will remain INCONSIST- this value. whether Konstantina Karakatsani is ENT for those who trivialize the same person as the girl who he practices and demean forms of P.S.2: In the text of my co-defend- saw coming and going from the struggle that have historically been ants I could see that with a very apartment. "The girl I see here today I landmarks of struggles in revolu- petty political practice they tried to don’t think is the Karakatsani that I tionary procedures. turn against me also those who stand thought", said the pig, after persist- INSINCERE for those who shift in solidarity, writing that “I legalize ent questioning by the defense. their responsibilities to others, the court’s decision to register the relegating even any sense of self people”. Obviously I consciously The trial continues... criticism. I am and always will be discredit those who deliberately DISRUPTIVE for those who choose swallow, without chewing, these moves that are on the verge of self- words. Whatever I say is for those victimization and give reasons to who enroll themselves in the useless subjects to speak of me direction of building a strong politically, who sabotage the revolutionary movement with revolutionary vision, more effi- healthy terms that will not step over ciently than dominance itself. respect, but promote it, will not 33 Declaration for the 1st November letter- bombing against European State targets by Conspiracy of Cells of Fire : Illegal Sector

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Currently our three brothers, three There is not much to say. We don’t members of our group are incarcer- like talking for our brothers, but we ated in the prisons of Greek prefer to speak directly to them. democracy. Their absence from our Currently we offer them our side is not rectified through the text commitment … “Don’t retreat – stand of a proclamation. The words seem firm, don’t ‘try’ – we can achieve, don’t hopelessly small and insignificant beg – rob, don’t extinguish – burn, do against the intensity of situations and not expect – look forward … The emotions that we share with them. Conspiracy will never be arrested, because it’s not just a group, instead it is a stream But even during these moments, of ideas, and ideas can’t be arrested … when the walls and bars of the The day isn’t yet marked on the diary. prison rise among us, nothing has Every month, every week, every day, still FOR THE CONSPIRACY OF changed … remains available. One of these days will CELLS OF FIRE - FOR THE be marked with a smile, the smile of our REVOLUTION Gerasimos Tsakalos, Panagiotis meeting for the rest of OUR adventure...” Argyrou and Haris Hatzimichelakis Illegal sector C.C.F through the uncompromising P. S attitude and the proclamation of - responsibility as members of the “We are moving steadily, pitch and Conspiracy, give us the signal for the rhythm to the sound of the beat of our [Text accompanying:] continuation of hostilities. In their heart. The whole formation as a body, a pride we find our pride and in their soul … This is for us the revolution … “ I) Truce? Never and Nowhere. smile, our smile. “Arm yourself and become violent, pretty Since everything goes on, we claim violent, blow up everything. Remember Panagiotis and Gerasimos, two of that from the current day and that any violent action against the the most honest and decent rebels, onward, the Revolutionary Group promoters of inequality is absolutely during the past year and a half, had Conspiracy of Cells of Fire will be justified through the ages-old unending passed to the forefront of illegality, expressed through two independent violence that we accept from them. Arm taking a choice to keep a constant and equal facilities. Of us who from yourself and fight against state terrorism fighting stance towards the system now on describe ourselves as the – burn, conspire, sabotage, and be and its pimps. Haris was imprisoned illegal sector of the group and a violent, beautifully violent, physically for a year and a half, in order to second sector, the imprisoned violent, deliberately violent. “ protect his wider friendly environ- members cell of the group Mauricio Morales (urban ment from being targeted by the (Gerasimos Tsakalos, Panagiotis guerrilla who was killed in Chile) police (in total 17 people were Argyrou, Haris Hatzimichelakis) and charged for participation in the every imprisoned comrade who To shout loudly with the interna- conspiracy, based on many finger- stays consistent with our values and tional language of revolution. Where prints that were found at the home our principles. the words are pronounced differ- of Haris). Haris refused at the ently, but facing common landscapes beginning to admit to the fact that From now on, their words are our without masters and slaves, without he is a member of the group. But words, while their decisions the tyranny of goods and images to after the recent arrest of our 2 represent ourselves too. We do our govern us. brothers, his honor and pride as a best to live up to their expectations rebel led him to proclaim political and their confidence with which we Our voices become the wind to responsibility of participating in the are honored … travel where mutiny conspires. From Conspiracy of Cells of Fire. the neighborhoods of Buenos Aires

34 to the nights in Athens and action, more than 200 arson and social tendency of anarchy, which Thessaloniki and the cities of Chile bomb attacks, we continue to not only opposes the State but also and Mexico to the roads of France believe that our actions are just a society, because we find that and Belgium. Let our fists tower to drop in the ocean in front of the authority does not rely only on force the sky in a perpetual greeting immensity of our desire for revolu- and the dictates of the State’s between the rebels of this world and tion. command posts, but also on the all those who march against it. But compromise, the acceptance and for a “good-bye” to the guerillas who The conspiracy comes from a new resignation of a silent crowd, who “left” early, to Lambros Foundas wave of revolutionary anarchy that has to learn to cheer for the national (member of the Revolutionary Struggle), has invaded dynamically in the field successes or for his [football] club, to to Mauricio Morales and the long of conflict and social challenge. change mood with the button of the list of comrades who crossed early Through the targeting of action and remote control, to fall in love with with the cost of the difficult beauty word of our proclamations, we find windows and fake standards, who of the armed struggle. In this ourselves as part of the militant hates foreigners, caring just for journey of the fire inside the anarchy of the new urban guerrilla themselves and closing their eyes in darkness, we are not alone. We warfare, that has criticized the front of the lack of authentic life. always have on our side our impris- incessant armed tyranny of the “top” oned brothers, who were captured and the compromises of the “bot- This crowd of complacent citizens during hostilities with the enemy tom”. revolts from their armchairs, only and who hoist once more the honor when the warmth of its individual and dignity above the fear of prison. The targets that are hit, the car small property is threatened. A greeting to the imprisoned dealerships, the banks, the police comrades and a reminder to the departments, the security compa- The economic crisis in Greece and guards and the prison directors that nies, the political offices, the its consequences are already forming “no decent imprisoned person is alone...” parliament, the churches, the a new frame of social cannibalism. courts, the prisons, the embassies, The social explosions that erupt NOTHING LESS THAN are for us, just buildings where from the majority of workers, claim EVERYTHING whatever pounds of explosives we only for their own trade unions ARMED STRUGGLE FOR THE put, they will be rebuilt from financial demands. Often even REVOLUTION scratch with more cameras, more protests (truck drivers on strike, security, more and more seemingly ports blocked by dockers etc.) cause II) The militant anarchy, the impregnable. a short circuit and social discontent new urban guerrilla warfare, among other employees. Of course the R.O. Conspiracy of Cells of Alongside the propaganda of the this scene changes often and those Fire media, following or concealing some who are currently on the road In recent years, Greece has devel- attacks, covering them with a veil of “claiming for their own” tomorrow, oped a condition that makes silence or when they are forced to will stand against others who would impossible any setback. The radical report them (bombs, executions), go on strike for their own requests anti-authoritarian tension looks like they will be de-politicised by (e.g lorry drivers against rural the main expression of the internal slandering them. At the same time blockades, citizens against public enemy, leaving permanently by using the uptake of the spectacle employees on strike, parents against consigned to the dustbin of history they are “fitted” between the striking teachers, etc.). All these the Marxist logic and left reform- advertisements for a “new dish- social protests impoverish our ism. The anti-authoritarian internal washing liquid” and a reality, turning language and our consciousness, enemy, despite its contradictions, into a neutral product of a dull claiming for a better State, a better weaknesses and internalization, is information. For this reason, our job, better education, better health, present across the spectrum of essential goal is not just the unse- but never dare to affect how the insurgency. From posters and cured doors, the office walls and the issue is not simply whether we are demonstrations to the aggressive windows of stores, but the bombing more or less poor than yesterday, sabotage, the armed robbery, the and the sabotage of the social but that we live in a way that does bomb attacks and political killings. relationships that make them not contain us. Being humiliated acceptable to the symbols of power. from the commands of every boss, This is the climate of a fireborn era our wishes are reflected in the inside which the RG Conspiracy of III) The anti-social tendency images in shop windows, our Cells of Fire is organized and strikes. and the complicity of society disobedience is imprisoned by the After about 3 years of tenacious Therefore we belong to the anti- uniformed patrols, joy transforms 35 into a product on the shiny shelves war is an outdated concept, we do modern crematoria of the metropo- of a supermarket, the expression not mean that there are no social lis. loses her face behind masks of classes, but we believe that there is pretension, contact is a button on no consciousness of class. So Now, ‘understanding’ has become the keyboard in front of cold therefore if the oppressed and bankrupt and explanations are computer monitors. All these losses exploited of this world cannot looking for reason. The economy are worth something more than understand their position, to stand isn’t just a scientific methodology to mere protest for a handful of euros. up and to attack the palace of “czars” interpret the world, but primarily a They deserve our wholehearted who have deprived us, we will not social relationship which is based as commitment to the new urban impersonate the role of the popular a criterion for distinguishing people. guerrilla warfare. alarm. When during the 90’s authority could offer the promise of a world The new urban guerrilla warfare is Instead through our words and of plenty, the current voices of the claim of our existence, our actions we do want to avoid the old protest vested their seat in consumer alliance with the original side of life, trap of revolutionary thought that smiles regardless of the fact that the difficult and bad way inside a insisted on approaching history in such happiness is always built on the society that has sold out any trace of black and white background where backs of the misery of other people conscience. Today everyone is the State is bad and the oppressed (fall of eastern bloc, immigration, looking for themselves, transform- good. We reject the standard tables civil wars …). Now is the turn of ing their frustration into cynicism of reading the “eternal” truths and the western man to wrestle with the and indifference and the only thing easy conclusions. That’s the reason impasse of the culture he created. that matters is how they will be that our texts lack in economic We, against forgetting the social accommodated at any price. The analysis. This does not mean that we responsibilities, practice our authorities plays their game of do not recognize the crucial position criticism towards not only the “divide and rule” well, because they of the economy as the cornerstone economic short-circuits of the have an easy opponent. When the of the system. How can we describe system but to the system itself as rival is a degenerate society where in economic terms the empty eyes such, and its citizens. So Conspiracy the ‘virtual reality’ of the ‘reality of a child begging at traffic lights, does not speak the language of class shows’ occupies them more than the people waiting at the rations, analysis, but the one of conscious real life, no special attempt to divide indebted with loans, unpaid rents, choice of attacking, of the armed is needed, because the society is and cut electricity, but most struggle and the revolution for the already divided between the free importantly how not to get trapped total subversion. installments of consuming joy and in a humanitarian compassion new mortgages of the petty- without searching for the responsi- We don’t need a vision of massive bourgeois illusions. bility of the inaction of those who social unrest to believe and become suffer the scourge of the economy caught up in something, because we And life? Life is now absent from without reacting. assess ourselves and have faith in our this city, now there is only the noise comrades, we also have the heavy of cars, the voices of everyday Because it’s a fact that we all conviction that what we live is not instructions and pictures of ads experience the oppression daily in life. That’s why we removed from shooting at us all day. our own skin, but the difference is our vocabulary the supposedly what everyone does about it. Others ‘revolutionary subject’ of the For we believe that class conscious- whistling casually and changing ‘oppressed proletariat’. ness is dead and buried beneath the channel with the remote control, foundations of modern civilization. others blame the foreigners “who IV) Economic crisis, social Whoever speaks now about class get the jobs”, others asking for more polarization, our opportunity war bears the past inside their police, others are themselves police - Visibility becomes present mouth. and private security, others continue Certainly from the other hand we to wear party blinders, others are know that today is the season of the We explain ourselves not to be studying to succeed or to feed the biggest challenge for the rebels of misunderstood. Because obviously illusions of their parents, others find this world. The system as we already we do not live in the jar of pure hiding places to forget, like the mentioned is passing through its ideology, we know that the essence consumption in the Ermou street own short-circuiting and for the of the system is in producing social and Saturdays at Gazi and some few western world, the era that promises and economic inequalities. For every use frustration as voice and wear her abundance is over. The social rich there will always exist many as a hood, putting together new consensus that was built around the poor. So when we say that the class plans of subversion inside the ideal of consuming and the promise 36 of material bliss wears continuously continuing its economic downfall, experientially or instinctively or with the laminated blows of the will be a great theatre of conflict. through conscience would reject in economic crisis. The culture of easy, The question is which side will practice the whole culture and quick money and social advance- anyone choose. current value without being locked ment gives the corresponding into a stupid racism, nor for a claim position in “backward” situations of We, at this time, are away… for a better salary. economic deprivation. This situa- obviously not in the conservative tion, both in Greece and interna- culvert of fascists nor in the fore- From here on in,this is where we tionally, leads and will lead, to social front of social demands and re- want to find ourselves. unrest (France, England etc). It is quests. inevitable that inside the neutralized, In the heart of change. All our until yesterday, social body, the Our action of minority has declared actions and our texts are trying to conditions will be developed for a our war some time ago without be an informal code of communica- polarization towards both ends. In fighting for better wages or better tion, a thin red thread that travels in one case it will revive the conserva- pension, but fighting for a better life the wind in order to associate the tive instincts of a part of society for a more meaningful and authentic most unpredictable and dispersed (events at St. Panteleimon, Attica sense of reality. autonomous personalities. Because square [fascist attacks against we do not want to be led by the migrants], participation of Chrysi This does not mean that we want to signs of the ‘worker’, the ‘anarchist’, Avyi [Golden Dawn – extra-parliamen- taste the arrogance of an alleged the ‘poor’, the ‘immigrant’, but to tary fascist organisation] in the city self-assurance. We simply declare stare in the eyes of each one as a board) will identify the “source of our position clearly. Besides, we distinct personality who judges and evil” in the weakest, the immigrants. know that for us it is not enough, is being judged through his choices. Stupid sayings like “they stink”, “they just the academic knowledge of carry diseases”, “they brought suffering, but mainly the seeking of This is the greatest pleasure for an crime”, “their merchandise close our permanent intervention against urban guerrilla. The connection with shops”, “they brought the wages misery. different people, the communication down” are some of the verdicts that outside the stereotypes, a gesture of the new “saviors of the nation” have The search for experiences. solidarity and return from a already launched, to convince and The search for a personal and stranger. We do not like to contem- gain the consensus of several collective identity. The search for plate the reality from the arrogant thousand of the local oppressed. contact with other people away from mountains of a supposed self- any dogmatism, pure theory, even assurance, on the other hand we Of course, the vast majority of from our own. want to diffuse into the social immigrants have their corresponding network conveying the message of share of complicity as they breed the We are not in solidarity with the rebellion and eroding the pillars of “Greek” standards within their suffering of people, we are in stereotypes. communities, which are dominated solidarity with the vigor with which by ignorant people, sexism, some people do not tolerate their To be dispersed in an uncommitted organised crime, racial and ethnic suffering. It is this exact point, the current of behaviors, in the ex- divisions, religious intolerance and point of tension and contradictions cluded cycles of juvenile delin- fanaticism.In the second case, the of social polarization, that we think quency, in the challenge of the remaining part of the social fabric actually creates the first cracks in disenchanted, in the realism of those will move to the side of social the ruling order of things and what that lose their illusions, in the world demands. A colorful and vibrant remains is to catch the thread of of decent prisoners, in the hooligan, range that includes in its lines from communication and to take it a step in music subculture, in schools, in syndicalists of PASOK (socialist further. This whole situation, the the fighting margin of the whole party), constipated members of impact of economic crisis, dis- spectrum. KKE (Communist Party of Greece), mantles the facade of the western moderate leftists, uncommitted, lifestyle, it triggers the margins of These individuals, who may not have progressives, to social anarchists, pre-reactions, it develops new taken part in any political meeting, hooligans and rioters. behaviors and self-denials. We neither went to a demonstration, believe that there are and there will nor even have read the “truths” of We are ready to live in times of high be a new minority of people outside Marx or Bakunin, through the same tension. The polarization and social the context of social conservatism everyday attitude, through their conflicts are inevitable. Greece, by and social reform who, either values, through their life, they may

37 be more ‘anarchist’ than the conception as a new manner of VI) Eye for an eye anarchist “insiders”, more fighters behavior and a new pattern of That is why we often use the term than the ‘professional’ fighters. action. This does not mean that we ‘revolutionary terrorism’, consider- The context of economic crisis is the are not interested in opening ing that against the face of terror most appropriate occasion to dialogue with other people to that is exercised by the “top” with encounter and express these communicate what makes us proud war, poverty, accidents, police, energetic personalities. that we still walk on this field. prisons, there must be a response with a terror from the “bottom”. Move from the margins to the Moreover, with the same fervor, we And despite the fact that the forefront. To claim the territory of expect any criticism that will trouble guerrilla violence of an explosive the original behaviors that for so us to makes us more effective. But device or a political execution can many years were crushed in the we do not expect social acceptance not be compared with the genocide society of the respectability and the to do so. We do not compromise and murder by the state, yet it’s a apparent release. In this way the with waiting for “mature” condi- small shipment of terror in the leaders, the roles, the small and tions. If society does not understand enemy camp. The fact that all these large powers are eliminated. our ideas, then the problem is with bastards who dominate our lives are society. No longer will we ourselves bound to move in armored cars, Because the urban guerrillas are not in parentheses. In a world where the with a small army convoy, even some elite that keeps the super- law of the primacy of the Mass during a normal exit, is the mini- truth. We are simply a minority overrides, we will hone our denials mum price for the world they have which is armed with wishes and for now and forever. So we exist created to govern. decisions against the blue uniforms against the times without becoming of the torturers, against the serious a part of impersonal and anonymous We, as revolutionaries, have suits of tyranny, against the social consensus and compromises. experienced the loss of our com- peace and silence that shoots back. Nevertheless it’s the personal rades, the captivity of our brothers We disseminate our ideas, our way choices and individual initiatives that in prison, the manhunt from our of action, our desires, our “rights” are shaping the frame of everybody’s persecutors, and now it is time for and “mistakes”. And we often life. At the same time we are the pain and agony to change camp. “expose” ourselves to the known convinced that the individual is the Revolutionary terrorism contributes value of the loss of a death or beginning of the original collective. in its way to this direction and imprisonment. promotes the revolutionary cause. Through human communication and We are not demonstrating the right cooperation everyone finds out VII) Actions do not speak for track, we have just chosen a path more about themself and at the same themselves that is open to everyone. time about those around them. But the actions are nothing if they remain orphaned and blind. Instead We leave behind us the definitive In our desire to face this world that they gain all their meaning when history of class war. We have no oppresses us with hostility, we they are proclaimed. confidence in the working-employee interact with free and autonomous class who bows to the boss and individuals who seek life in all its We, as Conspiracy, never took the wants to become in the image and intensity rather than in monthly easy way of subterfuge, but we likeness of it, while simultaneously installments. This extended network always proclaim our events and revolting for the crumbs that drop of people, fighting, discussing, actions. from its table. doing, thinking, and developing is the Revolutionary Group Con- This, when we begun our action, Because we believe that the road to spiracy of Cells of Fire. seemed inappropriate, because, until freedom and dignity is always then, there wasn’t any illegal personal and does not fit into An illegal network of minority infrastructure inside the Greek anti- stereotypes and labels. action between comrades, without authoritarian fighting trend, that leaders and followers, that organizes used a fixed signature and specific V) Anarcho-individualism, the its wishes and thoughts always on words (apart from a few exceptions, concept of genuine collective the side of revolution. Through our the ‘Arsonists of Conscience’, the Everybody judges and is being actions we deny the monopoly of ‘Black Star’ …). judged from their choices. That’s violence and weapons by the part of why we often promote through our the state. The main reason was the perception texts the anarcho-individualist which still exists that “the actions

38 speak for themselves” and the fear of being injured. The rest is known people respect the laws of the prosecution for “being member of an from the news and newspapers. This corrupted rulers, many snitch on armed group” in the case of an subject-citizen phoned the police anything that deviates from subservi- arrest. We believe that no action and the cops blocked the entire area ent regularity and some demand the speaks by itself because there is no with dozens of forces, capturing our exemplary punishment of the rebels. revolutionary sabotage without the comrades. Certainly the act of this We stand against them, ready to corresponding subversive text. particular employee is not common fight to the bitter end. Especially when inside the revolu- sense and be sure that her name Because memory is not rubbish and tionary current there exist many won’t be easily forgotten by the new blood is not water … different trends. For us “the theorists urban guerrilla warfare. who don’t live a life of insurrection say IX) Campaign of solidarity and nothing worth saying and activists who As far as it concerns the action itself, support to guerrilla groups refuse to think critically do nothing our foresight that the correspon- and captive rebels. worth being done.” dence of the aristocracy of the ambassadors isn’t opened by “Our day will come, our day will With regard to criminal costs, this is themselves but from the clerical staff come…” Bobby Sands a natural consequence of which each of the embassy, make us not to use must be prepared before declaring the strong explosive that we store, Today it is imperative to start a new war on the system, otherwise they but only a minimum quantity of phase in the development of should not even make the effort to improvised black gunpowder to revolutionary thought and action. cross the path of revolutionary deliver the message without injuring A qualitative jump that will bring action. The legal system does not anyone. common choices, which are hun- make “allowances” for the expression dreds of miles away, one step closer. of revolution. Having even counted that the Our aim is the constitution of a packages will remain for a day at the formless anti-authoritarian interna- The unity of words and actions warehouse of the companies and tional network of guerrilla groups come always first despite the legal that they would be delivered the and autonomous individuals. implications, as the quintessence of next day by the workers of the our own struggle. This is what we courier, we take care to completely The creation of a network in which always did as Conspiracy and we will secure the assembly and the mecha- the comrades and the groups that continue to do. nism is activated only when it is will participate and exchange opened. experiences from the total spectrum VIII) The day that not every- of the struggle, from the spontane- body returned… As mentioned in a previous procla- ous anarchism, from the armed On the first day of November, two mation, the action of an urban struggle, from the political anonym- of our brothers, Gerasimos Tsakalos guerrilla and the violence that they ity, from the rebellious trend. and Panagiotis Argyrou, were use, is directed solely against the encircled by the DIAS police team thugs who dominate our lives and The starting line of an extended and were arrested at the center of against the loyal vassals who circle of communication, discussion, Athens. They found on them two embrace the religion of the legal perception and reflection. The effort pistols, five magazines, one bullet- Order. But when masters can to create a form that will co- proof vest and two incendiary persuade the slaves that they live in ordinate subversive action and packages to be sent to the Belgian freedom, then the meanings face the attacks on the international level. embassy and the French president loss of consciousness. The operation of an experimental Nicolas Sarkozy. It followed the laboratory of schemes by exchanging delivery of two other [explosive] Often we are faced with the material and technical knowledge in packages destined for the Mexican contradictory finding that some the field of sabotage. The organiza- embassy and Eurojust. employees coincide with the tion of a collective of solidarity to interests of the economic elites. The imprisoned comrades and of a It all begun when the Swift Mail’s mania for security and social substructure of support to wanted courier employee, wanting to satisfy snitching that many ‘workers’ are rebels. The challenge of a gamble is her curiosity and snooping nature showing, maintain the life of the that its achievement is more for the sake of security of an system. So, in a society where beautiful than the bet-laid itself… ambassador, opened the package in citizen “heroes” protect the money In any case it is something that we excess of her work, with an explo- of a bank from bandits, others are wish to do. Within the next few sion as a result, without her actually still seeking for more police, some months our wish will be sealed with 39 the presentation of a completed case of the release of prisoners and participating in the organization international call. At the present the destruction of prisons. In a first Revolutionary Struggle). In its moment we send our greetings to attempt to this direction we include proclamations FAI promotes friends, to the known and to the the campaign of international rebellious anarchism and criticizes unknown comrades that are orga- solidarity that we performed. the old organizations and their non- nized and act from their individual- dangerous theoretical ‘revolution- ity and the guerrilla groups. The friendship that connects us with ary’ rhetoric. At the same time FAI some, but also the deep appreciation had already released an Open Letter At the same time we should speak we feel for most that we had not the (to the anarchist movement) that for our losses, for our brothers that honor to meet personally, would promoted the international organi- are no longer next to us. The issue of remain unsatisfied watching these zation and solidarity. A bet that the rebel [political] prisoners histories be forgotten in lists of always remains current and essen- (amongst them the bright minority magisterial documents and files of tial… of “social prisoners” who deliver newspapers. The different percep- courses of dignity and honor with tions, certain personal characteristic We also greet the anarchic groups their attitude and their struggle) and the ignorance of certain Praxedis G.Guerrero Autono- remains a familiar aspect of the elements because of kilometric mous Cells for Immediate radical fight. Often the interest for distances are not capable to disprove Revolution and the “people inside the walls” is the obvious. These persons did not Insurrectionalist Earth increased when the hearing of a case wait for the action to find them in Liberation Front that attacks in begins. the armchairs of their houses, but the territory of Mexican State. The they requested it by themselves in comrades there use homemade Meanwhile, the journalistic articles the path of revolution, where incendiary and explosive mecha- are written with spectacular titles as everything is possible. nisms hitting mainly police targets “the arrest of an organization” or (police and prison vans, etc). In its “the armed clash between terrorists Therefore we send our fellow proclamation for a double hit at a and police forces”. However, we greetings and a sign of co-operation police van and a digging machine consider that we must speak again to the rebellious comrades of the Insurrectionalist ELF mentions: for our jailed brothers, knowing that Informal Anarchist Federation “We will not defend the interests of the they are not just simple names in the of Italy (FAI informale). FAI is an “working class” or the privileged class, titles of news and newspapers. All open decentralized network of because we are not classists. We are anti- these comrades have an individual individuals and teams that uses anthropocentric and individualists. life, a personal way of thinking and a direct action and sabotage against We struggle against this society, unique face. In the past we spoke for State and Capital. FAI, through spreading the anti-social war through some of our comrades by referring attacks (placement and sending of our actions. We defend the Earth because just their names while for others we explosive mechanisms to politicians, we believe in respecting her completely. never learned them. We mentioned carabinieri barracks, courts, etc) We defend neither rich nor poor. We fight them in fragments, at the end of a sends a clear message for the against civilization, for Earth liberation proclamation and in a motto that we perceptions and the practice of and total liberation. Let this be clear!” shouted in a riot. Therefore, we lost rebellious anarchists. At the same the memory, the connection, the time FAI has supported the struggle At present, in the Mexican prisons, history. At the same time we are of prisoners for the abolition of the Abraham Lopez is jailed from careful, because we want to avoid special condition F.I.E.S. units in 2009. He is accused of sabotages and presenting our imprisoned comrades Spanish prisons [maximum isolation criminal organization. Some of these as victims or as heroes. In contrast, units], expressing solidarity with actions have been undertaken by we wish to create an essential attacks on Spanish territory (sending ELF. Andrian Magdaleno communication with these persons, two explosive mechanisms to Spanish Gonzales who is accused of arson to give them the chance to speak, to courts in Valencia). FAI has also attacks against banks and actions of exchange experiences and most attacked Greek targets such as the ALF from 2010. His sentence of importantly to make a huge effort in Greek office of tourism and the imprisonment is 7 years. Finally order to release them and stand Greek embassy in Madrid, in order Braulio Arturo Duran again in the first lines of the fight for to show solidarity to Nikos Gonzales is accused of many the revolution. Next to the initia- Maziotis in 1999 (today Nikos is incendiary attacks in banks and tives of solidarity that already exist imprisoned having proudly taken the other targets. from revolutionaries and anarchists, responsibility with his comrades K. we also put our own footprint in the Gournas and P. Roupa for

40 We also send our greeting to the lious organization FAI. Further- became a fighter of Lautaro Move- armed Argentinian comrades such as more, he recently had a hunger ment. He suffered many tortures as the formation of Luciano Arruga strike that became an international the youngest political prisoner in Brigata that strikes mercilessly the solidarity campaign in which we Latin America. Later he became a structures of the country. These participated by blowing up the member of the team Camina Libre armed guerrilla groups attack police building of the National Insur- which fought for the issues of the stations, expropriate weapons from ance at Syggrou avenue (Athens). prisoners and against the prisons. the cops, do robberies taking the The particular comrade is consid- political responsibility and accom- Travelling several miles beyond, we ered by the Chilean authorities as plish bombing attacks against the meet in Switzerland Marco the ancestor of the “case of symbols of power. Camenisch who was arrested in bombs” in Chile. For the “case of 1980 for sabotage against [Nuclear] bombs”, 14 persons are persecuted We send a big compassionate electric pylons and transformers, and they deny the charges. embrace to Gabriel Pombo da sentenced to 10 years of imprison- The whole police operation for their Silva who escaped from the FIES ment. One year later he escaped arrest was exactly like a movie. prisons of the Spanish State in 2004 from the prison and he lived 10 Invasions of occupied spaces and with Jose Fernandez Delgado. In years as an outlaw. He was arrested comrades houses, live broadcasts their attempt to pass the German again in 1991 during a routine check and political statements on the borders they “met” with cops and in Italy, that turned into a fight with triumph of democracy. the result was an armed clash the cops. One cop was injured while (Aachen 4 case). This moment they are Marco “adds” to his charges one Immediately followed a proclama- imprisoned in Germany. Gabriel was more sabotage action and the tion-manifesto, from groups that are sentenced for the fight to 13 years execution of one more police officer in the rear of illegality, that de- while he was already imprisoned for from an older case. clared: “We planted the bombs. Our 24 years, 14 of which he was in targets were banks, embassies, financial solitary. His comrade Jose was In addition, three eco-anarchists companies, police stations, barracks, sentenced also to 14 years of Silvia Guerini, Luca (Billy) churches, political offices, gyms of the imprisonment for the same case. Bernasconi and Constantino ruling class and everything that belongs Gabriel never bowed his head in the Ragusa are also imprisoned in to the historical oppressors of the workers. prison. Through his incendiary and Switzerland, accused of transporting We do not regret, we are proud and it is a subversive texts he declares that he and attempting to place an explosive fact that the police has not approached will always be in the side of the mechanism in the research laborato- us. We are their defeat.” We express our aggression. “We are some who believe ries of nanotechnology of a big solidarity for these groups that that the moment has come to attack and company. They were arrested in a proudly and intolerantly claim their destroy what doesn’t serve us and to the car in which police found a procla- actions. contrary enslaves and destroys. In contrast mation and explosives. Inside the with the concept of the Masses, we prison they continue to fight, Returning to the “Iron” state of propose that of the Community of recently being on hunger strike. Germany we find Thomas Meyer- conscious individuals who do not search a Falk who is in prison from 1996. centre… a Community of groups and Crossing the Atlantic, we are He was accused of a bank robbery in individuals “at the margin” and “against” transported to images of war in the order to finance political actions. the project of Dominion in all its aspects: country of Chile. There the com- The German State revenges him by economical, technological, political, rades Marcelo Villarroel and keeping him for years in isolation. social, architectural, etc. Comrades, let’s Freddy Fuentevilla are in a His correspondence is checked and not waste time and energy in discussions prison of high security in Argentina he is incarcerated 23 hours in his with those who live of words and for accused of illegal transport of arms. cell. He declares: “…Isolation is an words, ours is Action!!”. They had entered illegally the attack on human dignity; spending over country because the Chilean 7 years in isolation is definitely not easy, The comrade, because of the proud government accused them that they but my mind is stable and the solidarity and intolerant attitude that he has had participated in an attack at a from outside jail is helpful and does me adopted all these years and his bank where a cop was killed. The well.” Thomas had an aggressive struggle against all prisons, has been Argentinian state deported both of attitude at the court defending his often targeted by law enforcement them to the state of Chile. Marcelo beliefs and refusing to regret. His authorities. The Italian authorities had passed a lot of years in the court of appeal that was held in “visited” him, considering that he is prison as a juvenile. He began as 2007 rejected his release (he had directly connected with the rebel- social fighter, and afterwards reached the 2/3 of his sentence), considering him dangerous. 41 Finally in Balkans we meet the 23 their heads because the smoke from wherever we are, in Malandrino, in years old Jock Palfreeman who the fires during the uprisings have Korydallos, in Aulona or in the had the courage to fight with a team not been forgotten. dense darkness of illegality, in any of 16 neo-Nazis in Sofia (Bulgary) arson or in any demonstration our when he saw them attacking a young Therefore we want to greet the eyes gaze upon a common sky. Roma. He used a knife to repel rebel anarchist Giannis And her dawn is our own victory. them, but they attacked him. In the Skouloudis who was arrested for Our day will come… fight that followed he killed one the arson attack against a State fascist and wounded another one. vehicle of the National Electrical For all these reasons and as a minimal The court sentenced him to 20 years Company. Giannis is with the side of contribution of attack and solidarity we of prison. Also in Russia and in the original revolutionaries who claim the responsibility for the sending of nearby Belarus where comrades start beautiful fires in the nights of 14 incendiary packages – bombs to the are organized and attack, creating Thessaloniki. He had the pride and following targets: structures of inversion and partici- the strength to claim the responsibil- pating in actions of sabotage. We ity for his action without showing The Embassy of Belgium send them our solidarity for the the least sign of repentance to the The Embassy of Mexico prosecutions and the imprisonments investigative authorities. The Embassy of Chile with which the Russian state The Embassy of Germany revenges them. Along with Giannis, police have The Embassy of France targeted, for the same case, four The Embassy of Switzerland Of course, in this short journey of other comrades: D. Dimtsiadis, P. The Embassy of Bulgaria memory, honor and solidarity we Tzifkas, D. Fessas and the M. The Embassy of Russia could not forget a person who has Tsilianidis. Those four never The German chancellor marked the history of guerrilla bargained their political beliefs, Angela Merkel groups in Spain as member of MIL neither did they hide behind legal The Italian prime minister and in France as member of Action tricks and rhetorical schemes. They Silvio Berlusconi Directe. We speak for the fighter chose to abscond, they chose the The French president Jean Marc Rouillan, who illegality in order to remain in the Nicola Sarcozy through his actions and texts, inside first line of the battle for the The European court and outside the walls, he doesn’t revolution. Their comrades never Eurojust grant a single inch of ground to the left them alone. They attacked the Europol enemy. We send him our respect and courts of Thessaloniki, they continue we will keep a phrase from him with the arson attacks and they per- 25/11/2010 special meaning for the vulnerable formed an indignation meeting “inner” points of the subversive outside of the Aulona prison where Conspiracy of Cells of Fire circles: “in the lounges of protest, which Giannis is jailed with the rebel are full of ideological labels so big that anarchist Panagiotis Masouras. they are dragged around on the ground Panagiotis is one of the few rebels like rags and absorb the wake of the that are accused for our organization sewer-like mops, they always prefer the (Also accused in the same case is revolutionaries of other times. Or even anarchist K. Karakatsani who is more the rebels of other continents, inside the women’s prison of especially those located in the tropical Elaiona). We send to Panagiotis our south American sierra. Things are greatest Friendship and our Respect. disguised in order to avoid supporting the rebels who fight here, in order to avoid In our “Hyper-Siberian” journey into risking anything, in order to avoid the the prisons of democracy we are requests related to their own surrender, now near to the court of appeal of their eternal tepidity, their sneaky the anarchist Giannis Dimitrakis betrayal that is dripping its daily poison.” [received 12.5 years] and the court for the case of revolutionary group Terminal station – the Greek Conspiracy of Cells of Fire territory. Many rebels, anarchists [began January 17th 2011]. Possibly and respectable “social prisoners” we did not mention many faces and experience the “hospitality” of Greek names, but we never forgot them. prisons. However, they do not bow Therefore comrades remember,

42 A Call from the International Conspiracy of Cells of Fire - Commando Revolutionary Front Horst Fantazzini for an International CALL FOR SOLIDARITY TO comrades. For us the dead guerrillas THE GUERRILLAS OF THE and prisoners are not a point of Network of Action REVOLUTIONARY truce, on the contrary they become and Solidarity - ORGANIZATION the motive force of the exacerbation CONSPIRACY OF CELLS OF of revolutionary processes. This is Informal Anarchist FIRE, THE REVOLUTIONARIES why we believe that Solidarity Federation AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT should become more an armed ARE ACCUSED FOR THE SAME stubbornness of today and not a “Solidarity is a constant attack against CASE humanitarian protest of reform. the system and society, an act where the words fabrication, innocent, guilty, do Another reason of our action, via the On the 17th January 2011 in Athens, not fit. Because as revolutionaries it is mass sending of incendiary parcels will be the trial for the case of our our duty to always be guilty to this to embassies and European leaders, revolutionary organization. In this system, always dangerous and always was so we can make an international are being tried some of our proud proud of our choices. We are not perse- call. members, some revolutionaries and cuted for our ideas, but because it seemed other anarchists because of personal poor to us to not turn them into actions.”” We therefore call to all lengths and relations with the accused. It is of no Gerasimos Tsakalos, widths of the earth, from Europe to value to speak of the trial, since we C.C.F.: Imprisoned Members Cell Latin America, for the strengthening define ourselves outside the limits of of the revolutionary war. juridical authorities. What has Real solidarity between revolution- substance is the expression of ary consciences and groups of We organize internationally and aim aggressive solidarity to the comrades comrades is what the dominators at the enemy. We can’t wait to see that are accused and are in prison fear most, it is the idea of a prospect the subversive elements flooding the for this case. For us, despite the that makes the ground tremble streets and the guerrilla groups man-hunt that has been unleashed under the feet of the scum that call striking again and again. All means against us by the police, as well as us terrorists. unlock and go on the table without the recent arrest of our 2 members, taboos and fetishisation. On the nothing can stop the continuous and Today we express our absolute demonstrations we smash the heads evolutionary course of our action. solidarity to the comrades all over of cops, banks are robbed and are the world that have passed the delivered to flames, bombs blow up In our decision to promote a battle threshold of prison without bowing governmental buildings, guns to the end, WE CALL in Greece, their head, without kneeling, execute politicians, journalists, cops, Europe, Chile, Argentina, Mexico without regretting even one judges, as well as all sorts of protec- and to the whole world to the moment. tors of this world. comrades and guerrilla formations to send their attacking signals to the Tomorrow we will be together with This way, step by step, the domestic judges and the Greek authorities, as them in the struggle. internal enemy becomes even more well as a greeting of solidarity to the dangerous for them. Also solidarity, hostages of the new urban guerrilla This era suits Caesar since the one of the most powerful and warfare. masses are calling out “those who authentic weapons of revolutionary are about to die salute you.” forces, acquires a stronger and Let this trial become another reason However while the majority of the coordinated cry. To the mass arrests for action in the Revolutionary War. drowsing society watches the on a protest in Belgium we in spectacle of its own death, mental reprisal will put bombs in Greece CONSPIRACY OF and physical, there are still People, and when a revolutionary team is CELLS OF FIRE there are still situations of disobedi- jailed in Chile, Argentina should fill ence and revolt. with rubble from the attacks of 43 It is one of the few times where land in a private bar for cops, the (from slogan writing and smashing almost simultaneously in most of the bomb attack of the Argentinian of banks and luxury shops up to metropoli of Europe and not only, comrades on the Greek embassy, incendiary-explosive attacks and widespread mutinies are being the stoning of the police station in executions of representatives of the expressed in London, Paris, Rome, Bristol, up to the well-targeted system) each cell with its proclama- Athens. sending of explosive parcels from tion will participate in a open the brothers of the Italian Informal dialogue within the network but also In the face of the new challenges of Anarchist Federation – with the wider radical circle. The our era, with society being one Revolutionary Cell Lambros communication will be based on endless correctional facility and Foundas. responsibility claims and the Fortress-Europe setting the founda- distribution of theories by the tools tions of the new European class that For the all reasons in the world and of counter-information that the marginalizes and removes as those that have already been anarchist movement possesses unnecessary those who are not mentioned, we consider that today (publications, flyers, internet web absorbed harmoniously into the more than ever it is desirable, but pages, stickers, pamphlets, etc.). In productive machine (immigrant also feasible, to put together an this way all those situations (suppos- minorities, e.g. the Roma in France, international network of anarchist edly conspiratorial clusters in the unemployed, poor), we wish for our individuals and groups of comrades. amphitheatres, the oratories in the insubordination to go beyond the assemblies, the gossips in the cafes) narrow geographic limits of Greece We do not want to speak at great that are “vulnerable” to the domi- in order to meet and act jointly with length on theoretical acrobatics and nance of informal leaders or can be groups of comrades from all over hypothetical estimates. A few years affected by a police snitch or traitor Europe and the entire world so we ago on 21/12/2003 the comrades that through his leaks can make the can join our fists against the wardens of FAI published an open letter whole organization or part of it fall of our life. to the anarchist anti-authori- like a paper castle, will be abolished. tarian movement in the pros- A while ago we published an pect of creating an interna- Through every claim of responsi- international call of solidarity* for tional Informal Anarchist bility it is possible to open a theme the upcoming trial on January Federation. A few years later, we for discussion (e.g. for the immigra- 17th of members and comrades of as Conspiracy Cells of Fire consider tion issue), to organize an expedi- our organisation as well as other that the basic values of the “letter” tion of solidarity (e.g. for the trial of individuals. In a very short time continue to be a constant wager in certain comrades) to publicize a signals and gestures of solidarity force and we are willing with all our situation (e.g. the conditions of arrived from all areas of insubordi- strength to contribute to this confinement in the prisons) or even nation strengthening the wild joy to direction. Using therefore the basic to simply declare the existence of live and feel the authentic side of the characteristics of the text of the hotbeds of mutiny against the revolution. In Greece the comrades comrades of FAI we are also putting system. As had been mentioned in of the incendiary group “Warriors in motion the proposal for an the past by the comrades of F.A.I. of Revolutionary Conscience” international anarchist network. “an expedition of struggle via actions set fire to a car dealership calling for and the following proclamations, a solidarity campaign for the What we propose is to compose an will also be followed by the rest of upcoming trial on January 17th and international network of groups of the individuals or groups according passing the baton to the comrades, anti-authoritarian and to their times and their methods”. Thessaloniki comrades that chaotic, with horizontal structure, The actions of each group will be performed a barrage of incendiary open to everyone that wants to act, accompanied by their signature. attacks. Simultaneously comrades individually or collectively, without Particularly in the international call- from abroad responded immediately politicianism so he can satisfy the outs the appropriate time frame to the call out, from the statement desire for life here and now. should be given in order that the of the group “The Autonomous comrades from each country can Cells of the Immediate Revolu- Each one can with his comrades and assemble those elements necessary tion – Praxedis G.Guerrero”, friends create an autonomous cell of to help them act on the plan. Let’s the placing of an explosive device by action, in which theoretical research not we forget that the kilometric ELF [Earth Liberation Front] in coexists harmoniously with their distance will be covered, beyond Renault in Mexico against the corresponding practical application. certain personal contacts where and summit for climate change, the Through the execution of actions, if it is judged necessary, through placing of a smoke bomb in Port- regardless of the material damage proclamations and texts of reflec- 44 tion, which must be especially take sides “and we should know that imprisoned comrades, they isolate instructive and informative. In this it will not be a minority that will them and finally conceal them so sector immediate translations by the make the revolution, however well that they can pass into oblivion. The groups themselves and other armed it might be, but on the other only way to break the wall of silence comrades certainly helps. hand, we are determined not to put is through our actions to give words off our revolt to when everyone will to the hostages whose possibility of Also in order to clarify things in our be ready.” being “free” has been taken away contribution to the creation-support from them. We want to sabotage of the Informal Anarchist We therefore call again the com- isolation, to propagate the separate Federation – International rades, friends and groups in Italy, case of each one, his thoughts, his Network we want to stress that our Argentina, Mexico, U.S.A, England, choices, his struggles. These people proposal, also supporting the plan of Chile, Brazil, Spain, Germany, are not names in a phonebook, they the cells of F.A.I., is a proposal of France, Belgium and anywhere are COMRADES and they are not practical theory. We are speaking of mutiny bursts out to contribute with alone. We call the prisoners them- a network of direct action where our their moves so that we turn the trial selves and their close action groups positions and values will be propa- of January 17th for the case of to give the spark for new interna- gated simultaneously and will be Revolutionary Organization tional hostilities through their judged through the actions of direct Conspiracy of Cells of Fire into speech and their actions. We as attack on the regime. By putting on a vaulting horse of attack against the Conspiracy will be next to them in the central axis of the Network- structures of the system. Because we the common battle in order to stop Federation revolutionary solidarity, know that the trial will last a long the exploitation of person by person we mean all those aggressive forms time, let it be considered that all this once and for all. of action (posters, demos, slogans, period is a belligerent period and a events) as well as armed actions good opportunity for new attacks… “The struggle needs consistency, needs against the structures and individuals devotion. The struggle for individual responsible for the confinement of At the same time we send our freedom should be considered equal to the the comrades. Surely our solidarity revolutionary greetings causing fight for collective freedom. But the does not have any relation with noise and chaos in the concentration mistake that many make is that they technical-legal support. camps of the metropolises to the misunderstand these significances imprisoned hostages all over the confusing consistency with boredom and “Urban society offers enough lawyers, world. (self) discipline with authority. The social-workers, priests, so the revolution- struggle however does not need dogmatic aries have something else to deal with.” Gabriel Pombo da Silva, people ready to die for the “cause” without F.A.I Thomas Meyer Falk in Germany, living fighting, without living with Open letter to the anarchist- Marco Camenisch, Luca passion.” anti authoritarian movement Bernasconi, Constantino The Autonomous Cells of the Ragusa, and Silvia Guerini in Immediate Revolution – Finally we never forget who Switzerland, Jock Palfreeman in Praxedis G. Guerrero our enemy is in this war. We Bulgaria, Abraham Lopez, know that the official state will Adrian Magdaleno Gonzales, CONSPIRACY OF turn all its forces against the Braulio Arturo Duran CELLS OF FIRE – internal enemy. As we also Gonzales in Mexico, Marcelo COMMANDO HORST know that the majority of Villaroel, Freddy Fuentevilla FANTAZZINI society often conceals within it and those jailed for the “bomb an informal, more conserva- case” in Chile, Jean Marc tive, more fascist, more inhu- Rouillan in France. P.S. Horst Fantazzini was a bank robber man state than the state itself. in Italy who was “politicised” in prison It is also a fact that certain We know that behind the imprison- and gave hard battles for his freedom and social minorities are more ment of each one of our comrades a for the collective struggles of the anarchist than the official clear choice is being hit. For this we prisoners. In his modest personality the anarchist and more revolu- consider it important that individual political and the penal abolished tionary than the professional calls and expeditions of solidarity segregation of words and they were revolutionaries. promoting each case separately be transformed into substance. Horst was a organized by groups. It is necessary revolutionary person that fought the We declare our war with authority that we resist the counterfeiting of system and its wardens. He robbed banks, today calling friends and enemies to the Media that twists the cases of flirted with freedom between his escapes

45 and never bowed his head to his executioners. Informal Anarchist Federation /

In July 1973 in an escape attempt he Conspiracy of Cells of Fire claim “arrested” as hostages his two wardens responsibility for the incendiary and wounded another by shooting him with a pistol that he had managed to package sent to the Minister of smuggle into the prison. He asked for his freedom and the snipers of the police gave Justice, Greece him bullets, seriously injuring him. A while later the undisciplined Horst tries This text is the claim of responsibility for with the threat of the violence of the leap for freedom again, but his fall – the attack against Justice Minister truncheons, guns and tear gas, there wounding him in the legs – leads him to Harris Kastanidis on the 2 February are the judicial “clergies” and high security imprisonment. Horst wrote 2011 by the Informal Anarchist correctional establishments ready and his words were bullets against the Federation / Conspiracy of Cells of Fire. “to accommodate” the most undisci- system. He wrote about freedom, plined for an indefinite time. They unfairness, the struggle, the revolution. 2 February 2011 – Greek police also want to send this message “we After a period of semi-freedom (working defused a parcel bomb addressed to decide and we give the orders” as a warehouse worker and returning to Justice Minister Harris Kastanidis, two inside the special political martial prison at 10.00pm) he was arrested on months after the first wave of similar court that is judging the case of the December 19th 2001 with anarchist bombs sent to embassies in Athens and Revolutionary Organization comrade Carlo Tesseri outside a bank, and governments abroad. The suspect package Conspiracy of Cells of Fire. charged with attempted robbery. On was found after security checks at the There is no need for somebody to be December 24th 2001 he was found dead ministry in Athens. “It contained an anti-authoritarian in order to see in the baths of the prison from natural explosives, a battery and some wires. The the overt fascism that prevails in the causes. Now the system cannot arrest him mechanism found was similar to the special court of Koridallos prison. again. Because Horst Fantazzini is alive November parcel bombs,” said a police The refusal to install microphones in our memory, in our conspiracies, in the official, who declined to be named. for the recording of the trial and the difficult but beautiful struggle that we fact that the cops hold all the give in order to take back the authentic I do not feel loss for my arrest… identities of the people who want to side of life, Horst is one of us. I do not feel loss for the clandestinity … express their solidarity and stand I do not feel loss that I am imprisoned… next to the defendants are the Honour forever to anarchist I do not feel loss for the Struggle that we “virtues” of the admirable world of bank robber Horst Fantazzini. conduct… democracy. Those that with their Michalis Nikolopoulos, predatory appetites have “mort- Conspiracy of Cells of Fire : gaged” the life of an entire popula- Imprisoned Members Cell tion, now speak about the “unsus- tainable cost of recording the trial” Athens, Greece - The real defeat in a war is not while simultaneously they are captivity in the hands of the enemy, restoring in modern history the November car-burning but capitulation, loss of conscience, publication of new testimonial for Panagioti surrender, penitence, statements of beliefs, by keeping the identities of and Gerasimos loyalty. Because that is where the the people that want to attend the game of power is played, in the trial, obviously in order to use them 3 November 2010 - “Last night 3 moral decline and depreciation of its in no “innocent” way, but for the cars in the streets of the Exarchia dissident opponents. It wants to input of the Police and the Counter- area in Athens burned in an arson force rebels to bend, to kneel, to terrorist department. attack. We dedicate our hits in conciliate to make clear that “every solidarity with the arrested revolu- struggle is lost, all resistance is useless”. We will be brief. tionary hostages Panagioti Argirou However the only fight that is and Gerasimo Tsakalou, accused of lost is the one that never The comrades of the Conspiracy sending letter-bombs. This is our began. Its commands are clear. “You of Cells of Fire : Imprisoned solidarity to the comrades held must not think, you must not resist, you Members Cell and the dignified hostage. Attack with all means must not fight”. And where its rebels P. Masouras and G. available. See you soon….” rhetoric does not work, either with Karagianidis have highlighted the the illusion of consuming frenzy, or political and repressive policies of

46 this trial a thousand times better ward that these persons, such as the Here exactly we must pass to than us. The essential wager that is anarchist Fee Meyer or K.S. that the counter-attack. Exactly being played at this moment on the was arrested as a suspect for a here we must stop getting used part of the anarchists, revolutionar- robbery in Thessaloniki and turn out to retreating. Exactly here we ies, those in solidarity and undisci- to have no relation with these must stop fearing the ghost of plined is to not allow power to make “charges” against them, are not repression. The repression one more step towards strengthen- accidental. (We add that for that exists because action exists. ing its coup d’etat. particular robbery the anarchist Qualitative, quantitative and Rami Syrianos was arrested and unrepentant action. The cell of the imprisoned for sure if he is innocent he members of C.C.F and the deserves our solidarity, if The imprisoned members of C.C.F. dignified comrades placed a guilty he deserve it a thousand and the dignified comrades sparked limit of life and dignity by times more). The new fashion of something off. Our brothers from beginning a HUNGER STRIKE arrests of persons that are accused Thessaloniki of the case of the 4 on 3-2-2011. for unknown-anonymous terrorist together with G. Skouloudis as groups, such as the case of the 6 well as Stelios and Panos “This struggle is given, not for a and the arrest of the 4 comrades Anastasiadis (the NADIR case) precarious victory in this court, but in in Thessaloniki, is also not turned their solidarity into action by order for it to be imposed as an non- accidental. This witticism of the participating in the abstention from negotiable term in all the political trials “unknown-anonymous terror- taking prison food. Here we want to that will follow, the possibility of the ist group”[police-media spectacle add that the 4 comrades D. unhindered attendance by all the people being spread around to justify the attacks Dimtsiadis, D. Fessas, M. who want to express their solidarity. A against the anti-system movement], as Tsilianidis, S. Tzifkas gave “lessons” fight that comes to a peak with the start anyone can understand, is an “elastic in revolutionary dignity, disdaining and of the hunger strike” argument” that stretches and opens offending the judiciaries with their proud Gerasimos Tsakalos- Michalis depending on the appetites and attitude as they did not give one word, Nikolopoulos, Conspiracy of interests of power and the law refusing to recognize the process. We Cells of Fire : Imprisoned enforcement authorities in order to remind them that they are always in our Members Cell justify the huge increase in future thoughts and that the dangerous journey charges (special provisions of of revolution has not finished… The comrades turned the court of terrorism law). power into a victory not only for the Now it is our time. We, “the free”, Conspiracy of Cells of Fire but also It was heard from the public all of us, anarchists and revolution- for the wider revolutionary front. prosecutor that in the case of F. aries that say that we refuse this Meyer “it is not reasonable to possess world, that we are fighting for Everything that happened and texts written by suspects for terrorism”. freedom, that we are demolishing everything that will happen That is to say the possession of their false god that is money because constitutes the new legacy of texts that are already pub- ours is the human being, will we courts and prosecutions that lished, that contain thoughts, leave our comrades alone? Will we the system is preparing for its concerns, proposals, regardless tolerate the fascist delirium of this political opponents. whether somebody agrees or worthless president (of the court) Comrades…! In this not, is considered a punishable and her collaborators that pro- court is being conducted one offence. Thus perhaps the nounce “death” sentences for the of the most important battles season of the thought police is comrades that go on hunger strike? that goes far beyond the action not far away. We must not There is no need for anyone to and history of a revolutionary forget that what gets used by answer to himself with emotion. organization. The state “tests” the eye, gets used by the brain There is no space for emotion, or the resistance and tolerance of as well. Anyone can remember the for humanitarian sympathies. It is a the radical-subversive area. reactions that existed to the first matter of a clear conscience. If the special court years ago for the values and the moral code of Certain coincidences, such as the Revolutionary Organisation 17 persons that still believe in anarchy facility with which the police and the November, and compare them and her beauty, allows them to delay public prosecutors fill the TV with the present trial. Now the fact their attack and make up excuses, screens and the front pages of the that special courts exist seems to be they should stay away from the affair. newspapers with photographs of normal and only a few react (a fact We will not wait for them neither suspects, where it is proved after- that honours them). will history …. 47 Now or never there is a need contradictions of immigrants safa.espiv e.t.c.) fill us with for our most decisive step. We in a previous text, however strength and courage in order say again that here is being played a when the majority of Greek to continue. And not only, but also total wager from the side of power. society cares more about the in order to commit through our The development and the way in windows and doors of a participation in the Informal which the court of C.C.F turns out building, then do not search Anarchist Federation – will be the guide for the trials to for criminals and murderers in International Revolutionary come. What remains unan- the thieves and the desperate. Front so that the quiet days are over swered will be considered a Look around you, they speak for ever. defeat. Their wager is in our hand, the Greek language fluently to make it our opportunity. Because and some go around in expen- At the same moment the internal times can be hard, our brothers can sive cars wearing ties. Because enemy in Greece, is developing, risk their lives with the hunger you should know that when becoming more effective and is strike, many comrades can be somebody is cruel in words, it organizing for its confrontation with imprisoned in the cells of democ- rarely stops there … the system. The attacks of the racy, however it is always one more International Revolutionary chance for attack, for the destruc- Finally we declare that from now on Front – Deviant Behaviour for tion of this system. Of course, the the Illegal Sector of Conspiracy the Spread of Revolutionary need for strategy is now more clear of Cells of Fire will also par- Terrorism, Informal Anarchist than never before. Lightning ticipate in the International Federation – Cell of Aggressive never travels in straight repeti- Revolutionary Front – Line, Informal Anarchist tive lines. It bursts out sud- Informal Anarchist Federation. Federation – Cell of Revolu- denly. Even a phenomenal The explosive expression of solidar- tionary Solidarity, Warriors of “silence”, is not a retreat, but ity at international level for the trial Revolutionary Conscience, the silence before the thun- of C.C.F. and also the publications Commando Lambros Foundas, der… that put organizations such as the revolutionary formations for FLT-FLA (Mexico) and Praxedis the spread of chaos and other As a minimal expression of solidar- G. Guerrero in their texts, we comrades, show that the prospect ity to the struggle of the imprisoned consider that they initiate powerful of international networking in the members of Conspiracy of Cells of bases for the opening of a revolu- formation of the Informal Anarchist Fire and the dignified comrades, we tionary dialogue through action, but Federation and its values is effective sent an incendiary package to also proposals of co-ordination. here and now. Now every anarchist Justice Minister Harris Kastanidis group can participate in this open who is responsible for the refusal We send therefore the most platform of action and thought, of one of the two requirements of powerful revolutionary greeting contributing with its own way in its our comrades for the recording of to the comrades-revolutionaries in development and co-ordination. the transcript of the trial. In order all the world with the belief that our Also we send our warm solidarity to to present himself as a victim he voices and action can meet and the anarchists Monica Caballero claimed there was a quantity of coordinate our total attack against and Andrea Urzua Cid who are to allegedly powerful explosives power. be found in the women’s prisons of present.We will not answer his lies. Chile and to all the arrested for the We will make do with repeating that The sabotages in Turkey and bombs-case, to the anarchists the precautionary measures were the the attacks of the informal Adrian Magdaleno and Braulio same as those of the previous 14 cells of insurrection, the Arturo Duran (jailed in Mexico), packets so that it is impossible for attacks in Chile, the letters to our brother Gabriel Pombo Da anyone uninvolved to be injured. with bullets in Madrid and Silva in prison of Germany and to Moreover, we want to say a few Barcelona, the paint bombs on Billy, Costa, Silvia, Marco things about the recent events in the the Greek embassy in Austria, Camenisch (prisons of Switzer- Law faculty*. the arson of courts in Switzer- land). land, the acts of solidarity in This is the season of killers. Poland, in Bristol, in London, Finally we embrace our own people, When the walls of a building but also in other central heart- Michalis, Gerasimos, Panagiotis, have more value than 300 places of the capitalistic Xaris, Takis, we grit our teeth and give tortured souls, then it is sure civilization (Sources of counter- them this promise and commitment: that something is not going information: culmine, viva la As long as the sun rises from the east we well. We have spoken about the anarquia, act for freedom, 325, will not stop fighting for your release 48 *[300 migrants on hungerstrike against rascist EU border policies.] even for a moment, to be all together “We’re striking again, and we do so in Letter from Chilean again in the most beautiful plans that we response to the appeal launched by our left unfinished in order to fulfil the most Greek comrades the Conspiracy of Cells Insurrectionists to the wild and “mad” adventure of revolution. of Fire.” Informal Anarchist Our day will come… We dedicate you Federation (FAI) these few words to you… “For this reason we’re sending this new attack to a structure that represents the 30 December 2010 “Love danger. What harder? Greek state and its servants, in solidarity That is what I want. with our comrades arrested in Athens Collaborative Solidarity. Which road will you take? and the Conspiracy’s project which, like We want to salute the FAI – The most rugged uphill. ours, is based on the action and method Revolutionary Group Lambros Love responsibility of revolutionary violence.” Foundas, on the recent attacks against the Do not look for friends, embassies of Chile and Switzerland, in Italy. look for comrades. (Greece) Statement of three And with regard to the criticisms made Do not ask “will we win?”… jailed members of the about these actions by the political prison- “will we be defeated? organisation Revolutionary ers of Revolutionary Struggle (Greece), … just FIGHT…” Struggle in relation to the the comrades Pola Rupa, Nikos attacks on the embassies in Maziotis and Kostas Gornas, we say Illegal sector Rome they are within their rights to issue commu- Informal Anarchist Federation nications and to criticize the actions of / Conspiracy of Cells of Fire “With regard to the parcel-bombs that other insurrectionalist groups. But we want were sent to the embassies of Chile and to say that any civil servant of an embassy of Switzerland in Rome on the 23/12/ the State of Chile is a political target, and 2010, that had as a result the injury of we do not view them as we would another two employees, that was undertaken by person because they are representatives and the organisation “Informal Anarchist protoges of the system and it’s institutions. Federation – FAI – Revolutionary Today we indicate that any civil servant of a Cell Lambros Foundas”, we have to diplomatic institution, the ambassador of Winter parcel bombs for declare the following: As Revolution- the borders, is a potential target of attack, Rome Embassies from ary Struggle we selected always the as a representative of the terror machine Informal Anarchist realisation of actions that were politi- which are the nation-states. From here we cally aimed. They were aimed at the want to say to the Informal Anarchist Federation (Italy) arrangement of the institutions and Federation – we hope that they get to hear those that represented and protected our voices – that we are proud of the 23 December 2010 them. We organised in such a way, so federated group called “Brothers in Arms Parcel bombs explode at the Chilean that injuries of persons that are not – Nucleus Mauricio Morales/FAI”. With and Swiss Embassies in Rome. included in our political targets is words and deeds, this is our international- 1 civil servant/mail-room employee avoided and we would not allow such ism. To the dear Mauricio, we took it into in each embassy is injured. actions that would have that as a result. our hearts. His death, and of all the revolu- e.g the accidental wounding of an tionaries fallen in combat, is an eternal call “We Have Decided To Make Our Voice employee of an embassy, as it occurred in to fight. They will be vindicated by all Heard With Words And With Facts, We Will the previously mentioned attacks with comrades who send themselves to the joy of Destroy The System Of Dominance, Long the parcel-bombs. This perspective was the combat, anywhere in the world. Their Live The FAI, Long Live Anarchy.” always the basic beginning for the action names and their examples fly freely. They of all of us, and naturally, our dead are not the property of anybody. Informal Anarchist Federation companion and member of our organisa- – FAI – Revolutionary Cell tion, Lambros Foundas. For this reason, HONOUR AND GLORY TO THE Lambros Foundas we ask do not make actions of such type COMRADE MAURICIO MORALES! in the name of our comrade.” HONOUR AND GLORY TO - COMRADE LAMBROS FOUNDAS! Pola Roupa, 27 December 2010 Nikos Maziotis, THE FAI LIVES! Parcel bomb sent to the Greek Kostas Gournas Embassy in Rome. It is intercepted From the territory of Chile, and defused. Some Rebels.

49 Statement of solidarity with Chilean rebels on hungerstrike by Conspiracy of Cells of Fire : Imprisoned Members Cell

On March 2 2011, the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire : Imprisoned Members Cell released the following letter in solidarity with the hunger strike being carried out by the imprisoned anarchist comrades in Chile. In what has been known as the “Caso Bombas”, or “Bombs Case”, ‘Operation Salamander’ attacked the anarchist and anti-authoritarian movement and its social spaces with paramiltary repression whilst the media submitted themselves to the political charade. This ‘anti-terrorist’ operation is in fact similar to the notorious Italian ‘Marini’ and ‘Cervantes’ repressive anti-anarchist show-trials led by the manipulations of an megalomanic State prosecution judge in the service of the entrenched order... It is the enchantment and the magic of connecting praxis to theory, causing little cracks to form in the shop window of We have entered a period in which attacks on Domina- determinism. It is all our points of view, and the means of tion and its conquered subjects are spreading with achieving it is the new urban guerrilla war. undiminished intensity to the four corners of the Earth. Self-Organization, Solidarity, Attack, Respect, Trust, and Our individualities, despite living and evolving in many Friendship are its cornerstones, forming the foundation of different circumstances, share the same positive emo- diffuse urban guerrilla war. tions: disgust and hatred toward this world. We collec- tivize our negations and arm them with the insatiable Dozens of our brothers, the well-known but also the desire for action and the burning passion for total unknown, are in prisons here as well as far away. Some of liberation. Different borders and languages are obstacles them remain captive on the basis of a few pitiful charges, we will demolish to find ourselves side by side, rising up others because they were unfortunately stopped while against this system’s orders and decrees, derisively carrying out an attack. However, the legal duality of spitting on each law-abiding way of life it offers. “innocence and guilt” is irrelevant to solidarity, which is a relationship between comrades that considers the dignity We reject this world - this vast authoritarian construct - and political conscience of each revolutionary. In August and we do not hesitate to point the barrel of our 2010, a number of Chilean comrades were arrested during critique at the willingly enslaved majority of the social a repressive operation. Eight of them, plus two more body, whose defeatist attitude contributes to the arrested in September, were placed on remand, while the preservation of the existing regime. We refuse to rest were granted a provisional release. These comrades are degrade, in any way whatsoever, our revolutionary being charged with dozens of revolutionary bombings perspective and ethic in the name of wider “social despite a complete lack of evidence against them. The acceptance.” We are proud to be part of the anarchist/ organizations that carried out said bombings have even anti-authoritarian movement, and we are in favor of all stated via a communiqué that they have no relationship with processes and projects that spread the idea and practice the arrestees, whose criminal prosecution by the Chilean of revolution. To us, revolution doesn’t boil down to a state nevertheless continues. The comrades in preventive specific period of time in the distant future. Rather, it is detention are locked up in high-security wings for 22 hours a response, here and now, to the totalitarianism we see a day, in cells that measure six square meters. The extension in every expression of Domination. It is our own of their captivity fills us with rage. They recently began a response to the existential void imposed by contempo- hunger strike, demanding their immediate release and the rary consumer civilization. It is an expression of the scheduling of their trial date, as well as the abolition of the rage awakened in us by the agonizing urban environ- anti-terrorist law inherited by the current Chilean democ- ment that restricts our movements and desires, the racy from the Pinochet regime. same expression of rage that can’t be suffocated by the elaborate dead-ends presented to us as “reasonable We send our warmest greetings to Andrea Urzúa, Camilo choices.” It is also all the moments of attack we’ve shared Pérez, Carlos Riveros, Felipe Guerra, Francisco Solar, with comrades, as well as the moments to come. Mónica Caballero, Pablo Morales, and Rodolfo Retamales,

50 and from the bottom of our hearts wish them victory in the difficult struggle Letter of Solidarity to the Chilean they are engaged in. From thousands of miles away, we send them our revolu- Comrades on Hunger-Strike from tionary signals, encouragement, courage, and strength. We call on all the unrepentant 5 of Saloniki comrades, including ourselves, to carry out attacks and aggressive expressions Freedom, as well as bars are firstly and mainly in our heads. There are of support for their hunger strike in the however moments where it becomes perceptible and with particular inten- context of International Solidarity, sity the existence of walls around us. Moments where under other circum- thereby giving the powerful a taste of stances we would risk our skin in order to leave the flames to warm people the flames that burn in our hearts. that are fighting far from us, people that we do not know but we feel them From Chile to Greece, the Netherlands reflecting our egos and what we desire on the other side of the world. to Mexico, Italy to Argentina, England to Switzerland, Germany to Russia, and Solidarity is a simultaneous expression of revolutionary conscience and the U.S. to Turkey, we will use every authentic militant sentiment. It is expressed with speech and action. method to intensify the revolutionary In our hands however henceforth, we hold only our words and our thoughts anarchist war. Finally, many special to imprint it. Solidarity is perhaps the most precious of weapons a revolu- thanks to comrades Andrea Urzúa and tionary has at his/hers disposal. Mónica Caballeros for publicly express- ing their solidarity with our case. We charge it with all the substance of our being, with all the hate for our common enemies, with all our common passion for freedom, and we remind “You aspire to the free heights, your soul to the comrades that are on hunger strike (from 21/02) in Chile, that in thirsts for the stars. But your wicked another country, in some similar prisons, confined for some similar reasons, instincts, too, thirst for freedom. Your wild some not so different people are with all their strength next to their struggle, dogs want freedom; they bark with joy in for their immediate release and abolishment of the anti-terrorist law. their cellar when your spirit plans to open all prisons.” The fighting dignity of comrades comes to prove that the fight does not stop for an imprisoned revolutionary. They show us that the prison can very well —Friedrich Nietzsche be faced as one more occasion for the appointment of new aspects of revolu- tionary action. REVOLUTION FIRST AND ALWAYS. The return that finds in our own consciences, the position of attack in which the hunger strikers enter makes our solidarity a given as a basic characteristic LONG LIVE THE NEW of a built relationship between those who continuously undermine the social URBAN GUERRILLA WAR. peace.

Conspiracy of Cells of Fire : The ostensible force of the enemy is nothing next to your courage comrades. Imprisoned Members Cell WE ARE NEXT TO YOU - WE WILL WIN Gerasimos Tsakalos, Panayiotis Argyrou, SOLIDARITY WITH THE HUNGER STRIKERS Haris Hatzimichelakis, - ANARCHIST/LIBERTARIAN FIGHTERS : Michalis Nikolopoulos Andrea Macarena Urzúa Cid, Camilo Nelson Pérez Tamayo, Carlos Luis Riveros - Luttgue, Felipe Guerra Guajardo, Francisco Solar Domínguez, Mónica Andrea Cabal- Note: The above statement doesn’t mention lero Sepúlveda, Pablo Hernán Morales Führimann, Rodolfo Luis Retamales Leiva comrades Vinicio Aguilera and Omar Hermosilla, likely because news hadn’t yet Signed reached Greece that Aguilera and Hermosilla were back in prison and had immediately Giannis Skouloudis joined the hunger strike. Another error is the Dimitris Fessas, mention of Pablo Morales as one of the Dimitris Dimitsiadis, hunger strikers, when in actuality he is the Haralambos Stylianidis only one who has not joined. Sokratis Tzifkas

51 Letter from Chilean Letter from Silvia Guerin libertarian prisoner to Cells of Fire about the Andrea Urzúa Cid. Hungerstrike. Silvia is an eco-anarchist of the Il Silvestre collective, Italy, who From hundreds of kilometres away produce the paper Terra Selvaggia. Silvia is now imprisoned in Switzerland. This is her letter announcing a 3-day refusal of "To be at war is not a different way of managing society. It is, food as part of her solidarity with those resisting the 17 irreducibly and irreconcilably, ideas about happiness and its January trial in Greece. worlds. Power knows this, and so do we ..." Invisible Committee HUNGER STRIKE SOLIDARITY

In a couple of hours the trial of the Greek comrades will My answer to the "Call for solidarity with the guer- begin, some of them with enthralling courage have rillas of the revolutionary organization Conspiracy claimed militance in the anarchist-revolutionary group of Cells of Fire, with the revolutionaries and the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire. Their commitment as other indicted for the same case" in the trial that will militants of freedom with actions of radicalization for a begin January 17, 2011. better life, without structures, without stereotypes or any kind of power, the only way for anti-social construc- This call that comes from Greece in a communique of tion. For all of us a fine example of permanent action for the organization "Conspiracy of Cells of Fire." With this the revolutionary uprising. It is here and now that words symbolic hunger strike for three days, January 15 to 17, and deeds become one. Far from theorising concepts of all my closeness goes to all the fighters from Europe to Revolution, it is concrete actions that show the fury of Mexico, Argentina, Chile, the Amazon, Papua New those of us who yearn to destroy the current state of Guinea, Nigeria, India .... and all over the world. affairs. Today more than ever we see ourselves in sincere need to create spaces, material and otherwise and self- Solidarity with the two comrades of the "Conspiracy of organization to form a future of conscious individuality, Cells of Fire" and the other revolutionaries and anar- to sow the anti-authoritarian ideas in every corner of the chists on trial since Jan. 17 in Greece. world, with the goal of a better life, away from domina- Repression, arrests, prisons and courts will never break tion and any form of exploitation. The current society, the revolutionary spirit and tenacity, can never stop the founded as a forced association of individuals, will never many struggles undertaken in as many ways as possible make possible our dreams of autonomy and freedom. within the same revolutionary universe. The political-social and economic reality of recent years shows that the modernist criminal system can no longer Freedom to all political prisoners! These words of sustain itself, the spread of the uncontrollable revolu- freedom cannot but make my thoughts go to all the tionary idea is putting in check "control and social peace." animals locked in a cage, waiting for death and to That's why the State and power are using as a response become a piece of meat, turned into an object of their Machiavellian tool, prison. In these moments of production .... and subjected to torture, vivisectioned in physical confinement, my spirit leads me to shout louder research laboratories to test drugs, chemicals and each than ever: new harmful substance of this techno-scientific industrial system. May solidarity destroy all walls!! Tear down the prison walls! Subvert any established and imposed moral, and Against all anthropocentric logic, bearer of abuse of social value! Greek comrades: from hundreds of miles power and domination.. Against every cage, for total away I send a strong and fraternal embrace full of liberation! Let's spread solidarity through the continuity inherited love and rage. Hi, comrades!! of the paths of the struggle, active and combative solidarity! Andrea Urzúa Cid Silvia Guerini, 17/1/2011 Biel prison / Switzerland, January 2011

- Libertarian Political Prisoner Silvia Guerini, - Central Penitenciario Femenina - Sezione Speciale di c/o Regionalgefängnis Biel Alta Sicurezza, Santiago, Chile. 15 January 2011 Spitalstrasse 20, 2502 Biel/Bienne, Switzerland 52 Moments of Claim for Greek embassy Revolutionary bombing in Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Solidarity 30 December 2010

It would be impossible in the space here to include all the In response to the trials scheduled for the coming days reports circulating of the widespread attacks that answered and the repression against our anarchist comrades from the call for an International Revolutionary Front and in the CCF, we decided to attack the Greek embassy in solidarity with those on trial for the CCF case, but in this Argentina during the early morning of December 30, section are a few examples. There is much ongoing work to be 2010. done translating the reports of struggle and direct action from Europe to Latin America and beyond. Our attack coincides with a series of attacks perpetrated by comrades in Greece and Italy, because we understand It is essential that the anti-capitalist/anti-state struggle is solidarity as a weapon that we must use in order to internationalist in nature, as that is the only way we can confront the defenders of society’s prison system. defeat the capitalist exploiters and the system of post- Just like the executioners who repeatedly murder industrial dominion that is turning the planet into a unarmed people fighting for a piece of land to live on, wasteland and an open prison. It is also vital that there is we show no mercy in attacking authority when it’s least an open exchange of technical and logistical information expected. relating to methods of attack so they become more spreadable and reproducible. We remind them that we have plenty of reasons to blow them sky-high, into the Malos Aires of this region they The globalised network of finance and capital means that we appropriated. And even though it might take us a while can target multi-national corporations and foreign govern- to redress the balance, we won’t just sit around waiting ments through not only attacking symbols of their presence, for others to do what we can do ourselves. but also the individuals and physical conduits conducting their operations. An example is the cross-pollination of direct No matter how much they tighten their security, we will action in Netherlands, UK, Mexico, Chile, Greece and always find the places where they are most vulnerable. elsewhere. Organise to widen and contextualise these actions, Because we are everywhere, constantly thinking about amplifying resistance and giving courage to all those who feel how to eradicate domination and exploitation. the warmth of solidarity. Liberty or Death “The Slime of the Media feeds the unstoppable Terrorlust of the TV audience...” 53 Communique for the Of course, in this game, Power has or the immolator, the Good or the 12-13 January arson allies, like the pitiful entourage of Evil. In them, we watch manifesta- the journalists. We never had a tions of the power itself, deeply barrage in Thessaloniki, doubt about the hypocrisy behind rooted and expanded to a point that Greece their democratic mask, nor for the they're not visible enough. On the pretended polyphony that they other side, we watch transcendental CELL OF REVOLUTIONARY invoke. Plus, we’re not surprised insurrectionist behaviors and SOLIDARITY from their upgrade to a vanguard of revolutionary consciences emerge Responsibility Communique-Thessaloniki repression in its most paranoid and out of this field, ready to look life delirious version. They were, they straight into the eyes...This multi- THE WAR IS ON are and they will be a para-shop of plex mosaic of controversies the police and the anti terror unit. comprises the 'area' where the Today more than ever, the fortifica- revolutionary war is taking place. tion of Power and it's attack against THE MIND IS THE TARGET the internal enemy becomes an THE TIME IS NOW AND THE urgent necessity. Under the fear of Dominance, as a privileged and main ENEMY IS EVERYWHERE the oncoming rebellions and the user of massive terror, knows very dynamics that have been developed , well that the projection of strength, The 'objective conditions' seem to us mainly in the latest years, the the fear that it blows into the very abstract and we won't remain Dominance has to protect it's people, is much more important act-less waiting for them to be interests and will do it. than the strength itself. The feeling 'mature'. We don't set longterm of weakness and vanity of any kind targets and we won't speak about a So, we 're leaving in an unprec- of struggle is much more efficient pre-revolutionary period nor for a edented upsurge of repression and than any army of cops and every post-revolutionary society. On the control. Their mechanisms of super hitech system of surveillance. one side because we don't see chasing the enemy are being It leads to withdrawal and silence. To revolution as one event that takes enforced and enriched in both the consolidation of fear. Fear is place in a very particular space and human and technical level, while cultivated by the power, but it time, but as a continuous evolving their legal arsenal expands and blooms inside us. It has imbued the process with constantly changing becomes more flexible. The new human existence to the bone and characteristics. On the other side, 'anti-terror' law that states thinking corroded all social relations. Both in because we think that the political as a crime, the super 'bugs' that the level of social groups to each systems, of any ideological-theoreti- enter into the depth of personal other and against the dominant cal gasket, by the time they will have communication, the thousands ethics, but as well in an individual- institutionalized themselves as such, recruitments of cops that go up and ized level. Fear corrupts the relation will already be obsolete, and thus, down the streets are only some of between people and condemns them hostile to us. the examples that compose what the to rot into misery and boredom. But power wants to communicate, that it it mainly stops the creation of true On the contrary, we propose is here and it is everywhere. The relationships. Relationships of organization right now. The collec- power speaks, before to forbid but solidarity, relationships subversive tivization of refusals through the also imposes itself where the and dangerous. actual application of our proposals. precaution measures don't achieve The creation of belligerent struc- to prevent the armed consciences SURPASSING PRO-SOCIAL tures and infrastructures in present that fight it. AND ANTI-SOCIAL DIPOLES tense, that will set in constant motion the revolutionary process of Democracy strikes back and takes The evolution of the revolutionary destruction and creation. For the revenge, has dungeons and prisoners plan is impossible if we 're not in a birth of true relations and com- of war. Prisoners that it sends constant search for understanding radely bonds, through the experi- around like the wild animals in a the social process, thus searching ence of attack and actual solidarity. cage, having before taken care to allies and spotting the enemies. We deplore by any means their dignity, do not consider society as one whole FOR ALL OR FOR NOTHING pieces of their own lives and finally body, generally victimized, submis- hushed up the depth of their choices, sive or possibly revolutionary. Social The existing reality forms a war that are not other than the actual relations form a multiplex field, that zone with thousands of explored and opposition against everything that cannot be interpretated through the unexplored aspects. We spot the hostiles our own lives. ethics of right or wrong, the victim enemy in the diffused plexus of

54 roles, relations and behaviors. In the Belgium there are people decided consists of two or more parts that mechanisms of repression, the not to put the head down. The have to experience it equally, dominant ethics and the blackmail of struggle for freedom is their own breaking the miserable custom of waged slavery. In the small daily life, not something out and over it. the transmitter and the receiver, the contracts inside us. We reject the ones that 'makes' solidarity and the partial struggles as condemned to The knowledge that in the edge of one that 'receives' it. Multilevel failure. Desiring to touch the the world exist people that live and because the level of its validity wholeness we consider necessary the die for the same or close reasons, depends on how common are the total multiform attack. We consider with the same or similar means, and targets, the desires the agonies of attack as the conscious break from thus, they possibly share the same or those that have it. And dynamic the enemy by any means that it may similar feelings, thoughts, fears and because it always wants to evolve, to be expressed. As an integral piece of dreams with us, is something more find imaginative ways to take flesh the very existence of every revolu- than relieving. It is what pushes us to and bones. tionary, we don't think there exist keep on even at the hardest times, generally revolutionary or reformist fills us with strength and gives us the We think it is necessary, for the practices and means. Every act is hope that in the end we 'll win. If we evolution of the revolutionary plan, given a sense from the motives and haven't won yet is partially due to the actual application of the proposal targetings of the subject that the fact that we 're not yet a for international networking. The executes it. Only the consciences community, not even a network. creation of a horizontal, diffused and can be armed. The hand will always continuously evolving network. A be holding just a tool. The solid mere academic knowl- tool of open communication and edge is extremely useful in never- dialog, as well as a transmitter of THE DIFFUSED REVOLUTION- ending discussions accompanied ideas and practices among the ARY URBAN GUERRILLA with cheap wine. If, however, it revolutionaries. So, we include these STRUGGLE AS A POSITION OF doesn't transform into conscience it attacks of ours within the frame of STRUGGLE remains a harmless chatter. And the call for solidarity with the conscience comes exclusively members of the Conspiracy of Cells The guerrilla methods are not through experience. Now, more of Fire on trial, but as well within something that we drag from than ever before, exists the necessity the formation of an informal history's time-closet. They are for continuation of the struggle by anarchist federation based on practices that are being used, with every member of the community. the proposal of F.A.I. that the various characteristics by the Learning what happens throughout Conspiracy of the Fire Cells set in revolutionaries in every corner of the earth to be a motive, a signal motion again. the planet. The tactics of surprise, from the worldwide revolutionaries the choice of the place and time that the warfare is still on. Not just On 12 and 13 January we where the action becomes true is to contribute in a simple update. But proceeded in a barrage of attacks in maybe the only -in current condi- to be the point where every revolu- the city of Thessaloniki, sending fire tions- that has the ability to hit the tionary will recognize him/herself signals to our comrades. Thus, we infrastructures and the enemy's staff. as part of this network and will pass hit: We target to sabotage the state- into attack. What would happen, if, capitalist infrastructures as well as to for every strike that a member of On the noon of 12 January: terrorize our enemies, pose a the community would take, there - The office of the journalist personal threat. We want to make would be launched international and parliament member with them clear, as clear it is for us, that campaigns of anti-information LA.O.S. Angelos Kolokotronis. war happens always with two sides concerning the incident and the A price from us to him, for his and we, having chosen side, we make revolutionaries all over the world 35 years of serving as chief the step. In front of the monster of passed into action, forcing the editor in big newspapers like capitalism that rips the human life officials of every country not to be our well known Snitch-donia and dignity, we choose to arm able to find a place to hide? (Makedonia) and in many thought, conscience and action. other para-information media, This is internationalist solidarity and as well as for his extreme right SOLIDARITY IS A WEAPON like this the borders break. wing beliefs.

From the mountains of Mexico and We perceive solidarity as a - The offices of the Union of the highlands of Andes to the bomb dynamic, bilateral and multilevel retired police officers in attacks in Chile and the arsons in relationship. Bilateral because it Promitheos str. 55 On the night of 13 January: Athens, Greece - system, the journalists, who for a Two-day arson barrage salary and a career, mock and step - 2 car vehicles belonging to on the freedom and the dignity of cops in the region of Peraia. for Cells of Fire our comrades, repeating the lies of the police and presenting various - A car belonging to the Saturday night 15/1/11 and Sunday scenarios of their imagination; to diplomatic corps in Ano 16/1/11 we torched: try, condemn and destroy lives and Toumpa region. reputations, before “civil justice” - A Proton Bank in Vironas does it officially. They should know SOLIDARITY with the urban area, that on this side of the war, memory guerrilla fighters GERASIMOS and honour is in excess, and sooner TSAKALOS - PANAGIOTIS - Local offices of PASOK or later they will pay for the dirty ARGIROU - HARIS (ruling party) in Moshato, role they have chosen in life. HADJIMICHELAKIS, members of the R.O. Conspiracy of the Fire - Two vehicles of a security Finally, we want to say that we chose Cells and with all those tried for this company in Gizi, to act on this theoretically "tough" case. weekend before the beginning of the - Personal motorbike of a cop trial, when the police have unleashed FREEDOM to PANAGIOTIS who lives in Exarchia (Asimaki their obvious and also hidden MASOURAS - KONSTANTINA Fotila street). running dogs, in fear of a new KARAKATSANI - GIORGOS armed attack, to break in this way KARAGIANNIDIS - We dedicate these actions to our the terror and fear that the State ALEXANDROS MITROUSIAS imprisoned comrades accused in the attempts to impose on society and case of the "Conspiracy of Cells of on people who are fighting. As long We never forget our insubordinate Fire" and tried as of today in the as the State is unable to mend the brothers DIMITRIS political court marshal in Koridallos holes of a system that’s collapsing, DIMTSIADIS -HARALAMBOS prison. Three of those have taken the the noose will tighten and the TSILIANIDIS -DIMITRIS political responsibility for the measures will intensify. We must FESSAS-SOKRATIS TZIFKAS - organization, while the others deny stand strong and act with all our GIANNIS SKOULOUDIS and we their participation, but keep intact power, until the Revolution and would like to remind them that the their rebelliousness and dignity. We Liberation, social and individual. bet of destruction and creation is pledge that we will not leave any still on. imprisoned revolutionary alone. Freedom to H.Hadjimihelakis, P. These violent acts of resistance are Argirou, G.Tsakalos who have Informal Anarchist Federation not only fair, but also the duty of taken the political responsibility for - Cell of Revolutionary every person who puts themselves the "Conspiracy Cells of Fire" Solidarity against a world where exploitation and P.Massouras, K.Karakatsani, and injustice reign and money is in A.Mitrousias, G.Karagiannidis charge. The individual agreements who are imprisoned for the same and disagreements are to be case. discussed; what is non-negotiable is: solidarity between individuals and Solidarity to all imprisoned anar- groups who are fighting for freedom chists and revolutionaries. in every way and with any means. Struggle by any means - Revolution First and Always. Also, towards the new treaty that criminalizes social, political and Wolves of Solidarity personal relationships (like in the case of the notorious "safehouse" of Halandri, but recently the case of the four comrades wanted for arson in Thessaloniki), we respond with even more rage and anger, more litres of petrol and butane bottles. Of course, we do not forget the famously disgusting minions of the

56 Athens, Greece - undertaking of responsibilities from This crowd is constituted by Early February. the majority of the participants and elements extremely different. From the predominance of this culture of ridiculous and paternalist informers disorganization gives open ground up to some workers who, experi- Deviant Behaviors for for any kind of leaders who stand encing the decay of work and the Spread of out through the general inactivity modern capitalistic prosperity that only by flattery, while on the finished, went out into the streets Revolutionary exterior level, work is not produced with a will for confrontation. From Terrorism - Cell of and essential development does not the usual communists to the real Anarchic Action exist. Besides, the famous amphithe- communists that violently attack ater where most anarchic assemblies cops and banks. From petit-bourgeois At this point we clarify that we do take place looks more like a deca- who cannot buy cars, expensive not consider any rupture or dis- dent parliament with boring clothes or other people any more, agreement that occurs in the speakers than the world we are who up until yesterday were calm anarchic community unreasonable dreaming of. As we claimed in our and peaceful, now rage and experi- because many declare that they are previous text, in a world that is full ence the indefinite ‘something does anarchists but they act with a of advertisements sharing a packet not go well’. From party people to completely opposite way becoming of texts in a street is simply ineffec- young people that run to participate informers or slanderers, in order to tive. It does not match to our in the street-battles. This intermix- achieve their aim, that is not only suggestions to deal individually with ture of people, it is obvious that it hostile, but also reaching the level of every consumer who is watching us cannot be categorized as a single being unpolitical and counter- in a weak position and unable to do group, it goes out into the streets, it revolutionary. (Referring to them anything essential most times if he strikes and protests. we point out, that each time, will not disdain us he will just make depending on the circumstances and fun of us. On the contrary an We believe that in such conditions the balances that we define, we organized anarchic assembly could rebels and anarchists should express choose from our arsenal the create serious events that could their opinion as it is and without any weapons with which we will attack block the normal flow of our life change or discount in order to be them. This time we selected our and could penetrate in the personal agreeable or any adjustment to the political argument). Apart from this, field of the citizens forcing them to events of each time. Participation in we believe that it is possible that listen. any event requires maintaining the really serious political disagreements characteristics of attack and intoler- will not lead to huge gaps if we We clarify that the above criticism is ance and not being absorbed into the consider the great importance of not referred totally to all the peaceful or reformist intentions of common action. Even in the case comrades that belong to the anarchic the heterogeneous mass (in fact the where cooperation is unfeasible, community, as we have met appre- opposite is desirable). Thus we political rupture can be avoided ciable and significant public actions. believe that the prospect of revolu- through mutual respect and if this In various periods of instability of tionary is created for a lot of people cannot happen, the political reasons the system, such as efforts of that participate in these events and that led to the rupture must be reformation in certain sectors or they are fed up with all kinds of announced in public. times of economic crises, ‘social slimy posers. Experiences are resistance’ is observed (individual or created for young or not-so-young Aside from the personality of each generalized). Supporters of this people through conflict and the one of us, there exists also a deep resistance are the groups whose image of social peace is broken in structural reason that constitutes the interests are directly offended (such actual fact. On the other side we root of multiple problems: the as workers that had their wage cut) consider it ridiculous that anarchists depreciation of the essential but also many other people which change their opinion in order to fit organization. Firstly, organization seldom present some homogeneity into events, for example anarchists means clear statements, awareness between them. The recent economic protesting against salary cuts or of the position, the potential and measures that were taken made a dismissals of workers, that is to say contribution of each individual in a crowd of different people riot in their dispute becomes only partial. group or each team in the anarchic order to demonstrate, shout, whine And it is equally ridiculous to refer assembly as well as the definition of as well as to collide the same time to all these kinds of people that the aims that should be accom- that many people stayed at home participate in this events as ‘revolu- plished. The consequences of this crying because “that is the way it tionary masses’ or to applaud them tragic lack are two: in the interior of should be done”. riot only because it is consisted of a various teams the absence of large number of persons (fetishism 57 of quantity only). Because, however The fact that arsons stopped from a big part of this community, we consider that the conditions of immediately could be explained in a led to the gradual detachment of instability that we mentioned large extent because police focused guerrilla teams from the majority of sometimes exist, and sometimes on certain persons and situations. the open procedures, resulting in the does not, sometimes are sharpened Obviously if that was the only reason breaking into pieces of the revolu- and sometimes are simply defused then we could not criticize anything tionary forces and consequently the with many ways without their in a text like this. We believe weakening of the anarchic action. results becoming obvious, we however that apart from the Closing, we consider this conscious believe in general that our action targeting from police another reason isolation incorrect but not unreason- remains what it is, without having to was the spread of fear or differently able. wait for a riot simply to participate the lack of conscience, the inflated or for certain factual conditions to brains that deflated abruptly or We consider that the most impor- develop. alternatively, the lack of conse- tant weapon of each anarchist is quence and constitution, the leading critical thought based on political In regard to the rebels-companions, “columns” that disappeared left criteria, in order to be able to reject the reality of a tangible war leads to behind ruins or alternatively, passive anything counter-productive and the construction of organization or comardes incapable of continuing counter-revolutionary. Instead of the to inglorious imprisonment. In this with their only weapon being their relinquishment and the antagonism case organization obtains such a vital own self. Finally we identify lack of we propose the revolutionary importance that there is no need to material and political infrastructure. dialectic, the coordination of the mention it. In our effort to Obviously, in the material and political teams and the political strengthen and also to rekindle technical sector we did not partici- fermentation of each composition guerrilla attacks it is not enough to pate in every team to know the and not the unification of all. Those hit targets but we must also analyze know-how and the back-ups that last lines could simply be heard only its evolution through time in order developed and so the only thing we as a theory but we cannot do to make our conduct more effective. want to point out is that the intense otherwise because that’s exactly Over the last two years, revolution- will for action should coexist with what it is. They are the characteris- ary organizations began, acted and organization and the continuously tics of the mentality that we have in developed. The upgrade of the developing aim of increasing the order to intervene in the public democratic system meant automati- power of the hits, but also to ensure processes waiting for our experi- cally the upgrade of the internal that every individual will be able to ment to obtain flesh and bones enemy of the state. A key event in defend their choices even in the through action. the historical progress of guerrilla most difficult conditions. In refer- teams was December 2008, which ence to the political deficiencies in We build with steel our comradely with the historical and experiential the infrastructures, for us it is relationships, stand next to each legacy that it left, managed to turn evident from the fact that after other and create ties of blood the diffused revolutionary violence September 2009 and what happened between us. We premise mutual into revolutionary consciousness for until today, minimal political respect and equality between us many new fighters. The incendiary pressure was exerted by public recognizing the diversity of each. We teams were organized, acted and action in solidarity to imprisoned try to strengthen ourselves with the achieved the diffusion of their and wanted rebels. Additionally, positive elements of our comrades perception and their practice as the anarchic community which is strengthening our individuality well. associated with the publically open too.We criticize each other and form of struggle has the misfortune recognize our mistakes by making However, in September 2009 after to live with the “evil union” between self-criticism strengthening our- the invasion by cops in a house of a the emptiness of the existence and selves as individuals, but also comrade a new chapter begins. the emptiness of the mind, in a few strengthening the revolutionary Arrests, warrants, imprisonments, words, gossip. Handing to the police progress of our team.We live respectable and non-respectable information that exposes people, without hierarchy in the present and behavior comes to light. The reason creating consequences, so serious, not in a distant and uncertain future that we mention this particular case that they are the equivalent of being that might not come. is not because we want to describe an informer. The disappointment of what happened but in order to focus the new people because of the on the attitude of the teams and the multiple problems of the open We bring into effect our denials and substructures that all of a sudden anarchic community that were propose the continuous and intransi- stopped their actions and to make mentioned before, in combination gent revolutionary action in the our own criticism and self-criticism. with the disapproval of their actions present without hesitations and

58 prevarications. We arm our wishes We generally call the young people decision to live in danger for their and we look forward to the next act to strike their institutional represen- own revolutionary vision, regardless of war. We are always in a constant tatives and anyone that undermines of the fact that their dream is far effort of individual and collective their life. Riot and join battle, away from ours. Furthermore, by development by putting ourselves in destroying the phenomenal beauty analyzing and studying also the the position of attacker. We fight the of the city. Disturb the normality action of teams with different enemy with rage causing constant and the social apathy. Read books political characteristics, we draw disruptions until the final victory. and discuss. Seek other individuals useful and interesting elements that We honor the revolutionary option that are close to your perception and are adjusted in our own revolution- of continuous attack on the state try to become strong. Make real and ary conditions. knowing the consequences and act on all your wishes, you are the always being ready to suffer with boss in your life. The war on every side of the planet, honor and dignity. beyond the domestic civil war, leaves We believe that every revolutionary also behind imprisoned comrades, We swoop in front of the enemy team must study and analyze the comrades who were killed in a battle turning over the hourglass of time , actions and the texts of other teams and comrades who continue waiting for the moment of explosion from all over the world, to highlight alongside us to fight free. Here is and the release of our anti-authori- the useful features of action and presented the issue of international tarian time. We exacerbate the war speech in order to evolve and enrich solidarity, the solidarity that is not following the evolution of our her overall effect. From elements trapped in borders and states but enemy and we try to find his clearly operational, for example how internationalizes the resistance and vulnerable points preparing the next a guerrilla attack was organized or brings us close to fighters from all hit. This way we have chosen to information related to the material over the world. Any imprisonment move and live. and technical sector, up to a political of a comrade wherever it happens opinion for a certain issue. means a blow for our revolutionary We listen to the 'war cries' of the forces but also a reason to continue new fighters who take sides with us Of course, because of the fact that the war. The arrest of anarchists in in the Revolutionary War, we call the new urban guerrilla forms and is Chile in August for the “case of the them to organize themselves and formed by the conditions in which bombs” was also financed by the strike the rottenness of the systemic they are created, but they also Greek state and this does not leave norm. Organize, search for new evolve from the features of the place us indifferent. Chilean comrades prospects in your action, exchange and the time where they developed. from the dens of illegality (from the technical knowledge and experience, All over the world exist different lairs of L. America) they deny the do not be complacent, identify the types of rebel teams, others with participation of the arrested areas of stagnation and evolve them. close political perceptions and comrades in their bombing teams Set new challenges to the weak others without. Because of the fact and take the responsibility for aspects of yourself. Tip the wink to that the meaning of guerrilla is not placement of bombs in various each other and renew your appoint- clear and defined, we declare that government and capitalistic targets. ment for the next attack. when we speak for guerrilla we are We stand in solidarity with the referring to revolutionary guerrilla teams: For all young people seeking their anarchists, rebels and certain other own paths, we propose to declare teams with certain rebellious FUERZAS AUTONÓMICAS Y dynamic and militantly their own features and not in the paramilitary DESTRUCTIVAS LEÓN existence in the fields they act. of the army or [reactionary] para- CZOLGOSZ, Make occupation in your schools military teams. From the Maoist BANDA ANTIPATRIOTA and vandalize them enjoying the rebels in the mountains of China or SEVERINO DI GIOVANNI, feeling of destruction. Attack the the Palestinian rebels up to the FEDERACIÓN REVUELTA 14F - snitches-informers and the demo- anarchist comrades in Chile and BRIGADA GAETANO BRESCI, cratic worms that represent you and Argentina. From the national BANDA DINAMITERA EFRAÍN who try to restore the normality liberation guerrilla type of ETA PLAZA OLMEDO, with sneaky ways, your parents that (although they recently capitulated) MIGUEL ARCÁNGEL say that they understand you but up to the rebels in Mexico. It is a ROSCIGNA, TAMAYO emphasize that this is not the right fact that few are the elements that GAVILÁN, way to react and suggests you to bring us near to the Palestinian ANTONIO ROMÁN ROMÁN, follow reformism and safety (e.g. rebels, the political gap is enormous. COLUMNA DURRUTI, rallies, marches, making ‘respect- However we owe it to recognize CARAVANAS ICONOCLASTAS able’ demands, peaceful protest). their respectable attitude, their POR EL LIBRE ALBEDRÍO. 59 We greet our anarchic comrades in build also the relationships of The inspiration for selecting the Argentina who with their innovative solidarity. target of the NATIONAL ELECTRI- actions contribute to the revolution- CAL COMPANY in Kapodistriou ary prospect. Robberies for which Our friendships are revolutionary avenue is because it was the same responsibility is taken by “Revolu- and consequently each movement of choice made as the comrade Giannis tionary Cores, Brigade Luciano solidarity must be revolutionary and Skouloudis, who this moment is a Arruga, Core Diego Petrissans, aggressive, they must sharpen the captive of the state. For the same Core Leandro Morel, Core Juan war with our common enemy. case 4 comrades are wanted [now in Bianchi, Collective of 22 August, prison], who have selected the path Core Simon Radowitsky” , expro- For this reason the captive will only of illegality, through a letter that priations of weapons from police accept our solidarity when it serves they published in which they stations by “Cores Juan Bianchi, precisely this aim. The revolutionary support their choices and analyze Cores Heroes de la Semana Tragic, solidarity is addressed to the sincere their opinion for a multiform Brigade Luciano Arruga”, as well as and authentic, respectable rebels, process of struggle. a robbery in French Carrefour in that are steady and supportive to solidarity to the French Roma by their rebellious choices from the Moreover, we do not forget that this Brigade Luciano Arruga - Brigade of beginning to the end, that do not particular company bears enormous Heroes 1917. We do not forget the look for alternative solutions in responsibility for the growth of the comrades who were arrested in legalistic logics, but to those that put capitalism and generally the devel- Switzerland because they tried to themselves in the place of the wolf opment of civilization to the blow up a center of nanotechnology and not the lamb. detriment of ourselves and nature. of IBM. These examples, of course, A member of our team silently are indicative and in no way can we Apart from their attitude, of course, invaded the yard of a rear building summarize names and teams in a we do not forget that we are united and placed two incendiary mecha- text like this. We stand next to each by a common or similar code of nisms of great power. Afterwards he comrade that continues to fight in values and the common choice to moved in the shadows not allowing the struggle, we sharpen our action fight. the security guards that existed in and raise bridges of solidarity with the building to observe him. The fighters from all over the world. Finally, we consider that it is moment where the personnel of Therefore we consider that texts like shameful and counter-revolutionary safety noticed the fire and the this must be translated, so that for anyone to put themself in the explosions was too late… comrades could read them in their place of non-solidarity because of own language. To this direction we personal disagreement. There is no The detection of personal cop’s also want to contribute, so we room for political games or schemes vehicles is the easiest thing for us as pledge that our text will be trans- in the process of revolutionary they do not hesitate to move with lated. development either individual or their classic blue trousers and collective. canards even when they are off duty. Today, the meaning of solidarity has Moreover the placement of a small been degenerated, the same moment In the name of this development we mechanism of 1.5 L is both discreet that many comrades are imprisoned decided, as warriors of unorthodox and effective…! or wanted. We hear some speak war, to spread fire and insecurity to about legalistic schemes, for the nests of the enemy. Hearing the latest march of events unprecedented (!) war against the Let’s continue the war of attrition… for the affair of Conspiracy of Cells rebels and for scapegoats or inno- of Fire we wanted to challenge the cent altruists that were sacrificed in More specifically we take the bastards of the anti-terrorism the altar of class-social war and in responsibility for the arsons: department with the arson of a the invasion of sovereignty. And of vehicle of a company of high speed course we observe “their solidarity” Vehicles of NATIONAL ELEC- transport [UPS], in the same place adopting the Christian character of TRICAL COMPANY in Athens and time when they where looking sympathy. However we are con- for convenient “terrorists”. vinced that we don’t owe anyone Two personal cop’s cars in and no-one owes us. Athens Finally, attacking the production We expect the worst from our company of military equipment enemy and the same he expects from A UPS van in Athens “Interoperability Systems Interna- us. In the same model, that is to say tional Hellas SA” we wanted to send the bi-directional anarchic and free Company’s ISI Hellas S.A. in a message of threat to the collabora- relation (friendly or hostile) we Athens tors of the Chilean state and to the 60 Chilean state itself that arrested, Mexico ALF/ELF Puerto Montt, Chile - jailed in total 14 fighters with Solidarity with Three stun bombs in front charges of rebel attacks. We have Conspiracy of Cells of Fire of the prefecture of the similar ideas and values to the comrades in Chile and for this Carabineros Coacalco, Mexico, 15 January - reason we actively responded to (military police) Vehicles and bulldozer torched at a their call for international solidarity. construction site and dedicated to This particular company partici- “The night of Friday, January 29, 3 the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire. pated in the International Aeronauti- stun bombs were placed inside the Earth Liberation Front take respon- cal Exhibition on the facilities of the enclosure of the forces of power, in sibility with a confirmation of Chilean air force. The exhibition the prefecture of the Carabineros of participation in an international attended many governmental, downtown Puerto Montt. This is a network of action and solidarity. military and diplomatic officials. way of showing solidarity by directly Also this company has been actively attacking the defenders of authority, Ecatepec, Mexico, 15 January - involved in the global purchasing the repressors of the rebels who are HSBC bank bombed in downtown sector of military products, conse- rising up more and more in the by a joint operation of Animal & quently this company has contrib- streets, in cities, prisons and Earth Liberation Front groups uted also in the conduct of capitalist throughout the world. This action is working with other militant anti- wars from 1991, the year of the an answer to the call for solidarity capitalist groups. Within the claim foundation. So, just before sunrise a without borders by the comrades on for responsibility the groups situate comrade approached the back of the trial for the Conspiracy of Cells the attack within the call for an building and placed in the entry a of Fire case in Greece. To you a informal anarchist federation-global suitcase filled with mechanisms of greeting of complicity full of network. many litres of petrol and disap- strength, solidarity also to those peared leaving behind ashes and accused in the spectacular “case of destruction. bombs” in Chile, whose words Bristol, UK - Arson of break the bars, eliminate distances P. S .: After the latest events in the affair security vehicle in and unite the bonds between those of Conspiracy of Cells of Fire, we feel solidarity with who are defending the insurgent very proud for our rebel comrades Conspiracy of Cells of Fire struggle everywhere. Panagioti Argyroy, Gerasimo Tsakalo and Chari Chatzimichelaki. We send to them 15 January 2011- “Early hours of GREETINGS AND STRENGTH TO fraternal greetings and the promise that Saturday morning security and THE IMMIGRANTS ON HUNGER as far as we are entitled, we will pollute surveillance van set on fire in STRIKE IN GREECE! the air of our enemy with fear. solidarity with members of Con- We dedicate to them these arsons. spiracy of Cells of Fire group who SUPPORT AND COMPLICITY TO We call all the rebels of our time to face trial in Greece on Monday the THOSE / WHO CLAIM THEM- continue the war inside and outside the 17th.” SELVES AS WARRIORS IN THE walls. PRISONS OR MOCK AUTHORITY WITH THEIR SOLIDARITY TO EVERY London, UK - Solidarity INSURGENT ESCAPE! RESPECTABLE CAPTIVE OF WAR attack on Barclays Bank. THE ONLY TERRORIST IS THE HONOUR TO LAMBROS STATE! FOUNDAS - MEMBER OF 17 January 2011 - “Barclays Bank, REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE Dulwich, London, got a visit early DOWN WITH THE WORLD'S this morning just after midnight - a PRISONS!” International Revolutionary gift - can of petrol - left at the Network entrance - in flames - a small attack on the banking system - in solidarity Deviant Behaviors for the to the Greek comrades in court Spread of Revolutionary today 17 January for the start of the Terrorism Conspiracy of Cells of Fire trial. Midnight Express.” Cell of Anarchic Action

61 Bristol, UK - British Belarus (accused of various molotov imagination and free-time to shit Telecom vehicles set on cocktails attacks on state and capital and debt, while our planet becomes fire in solidarity with the offices), Adrian Magdaleno unliveable because of the consump- Gonzales and Braulio Arturo tion and commodification, we see a Conspiracy of Cells of Fire Duran from Mexico, Walter little art-sabotage not inappropriate. Bond ('ALF Lone Wolf') from USA, The actions that we took are in 17 January 2010 - “In the early anarchists from Chile, and those solidarity with our comrades who morning of 17 January, two tele- comrades persecuted in Greece for are now hostages in Greek dungeons communications utilities vehicles, of supposed membership in and also with Conspiracy of Cells of British Telecom, were set on fire in Conspiracy of Cells of Fire.” Fire. Insurrectionary greetings.” Bristol. Öfke (Anger)

This attack was made in solidarity with Conspiracy of Cells of Fire and all those who are fighting inside and Istanbul, Turkey - Molotov attack in solidarity with outside the prison walls. We Mexico City, Mexico - denounce the trial against the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire accused and imprisoned of the Chilean Embassy receives Conspiracy of Cells of Fire. We 1 February 2010 - “The central Explosive Anarchist denounce all trials, refusing to station of AYEDAS, one of the main Letters recognise the authority of the State power distribution companies in and its judicial apparatus. Kadikoy, Istanbul, has been damaged On the 23 January 2010 the by molotovs on February 1st in Chilean Embassy in Mexico received We send comradely greetings to the support of members of the Con- two explosive letter devices which imprisoned cell of Conspiracy of spiracy of Cells of Fire held in were immediately noticed by Cells of Fire and say that we prison in Greece. We hereby declare Embassy civil servants. The building recognise ourselves, our actions and that members of Cells of Fire are was evacuated and 24 hours later our ideas in a common project of not alone and the hearts of their Mexican police confirmed that the destruction. We salute all rebellious comrades in Turkey beats with them. packets contained explosives and and revolutionary prisoners and all threats against the ambassador of people rising up against capitalism ONE FOR ALL, ALL FOR ONE! Chile in Mexico – Germán and the State.Long Live Anarchy! Guerrero Pavez. The devices were INSURRECTION, ACTION, neutralized. Autonomous Cells For an international informal ANARCHY!” of the Immediate Revolution – anarchist federation.” Praxedis G. Guerrerro took Informal Cells of Insurrection responsibility for the attack through 17 January Group an internet message and called for an international informal anarchist Istanbul, Turkey - network. Khimiki, Russia - Solidarity Fireworks to The action was dedicated to the Eco -militants torch Cells of Fire prisoners of Chile who are fighting Bulldozer in solidarity for their dignity and freedom, the 16 January 2011 - “In the night of indigenous people of the Mapuche, 16th of January 2011 at 7 p.m. who are fighting for their land and “Early in the night of February 19 against the biggest shopping center self-determination, as well as 2011, under the light of full moon, in Istanbul, ‘Cevahir AVM’, there dedicated to the Revolutionary we torched caterpillar bulldozer at was an attack with fireworks. 4 of Organisations Conspiracy of Cells of the glade in Khimki forest north of the exploded 7 fireworks hit the Fire and Revolutionary Struggle in Moscow, Russia. State and private entrance and the windows of Greece and Spanish anarchist capitals have merged in order to shopping center. While fireworks prisoner Gabriel Pombo da Silva, build the road through forest - we're begin to explode, there had been no who remains in Aachen prison, making them pay for every tree they injury except a little bit of panic. Germany. cut. Fiery solidarity with Mikalaj While the banks, shopping centers, Dziadok, Aliaksandar fastfoods [outlets] and other part of Always with the Rebels Fratskevich, Ihar Alinevich and the consuming culture reduce Maksim Vetkin - anarchists from

62 The attacks on Rabobank justify what we call action! Future attacks on Shell, ING, ABN-Amro, Randstad, these companies are accountable!

In Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, the above mentioned companies and / or subsidiaries that have been attacked by splinter cells called the Fire. A truth that is not released by the representatives of the system. This shows our strong international solidarity.

We count Rabobank guilty for the dead of thousands of people, Utrecht , Netherlands - Attacks against including children. Like most fascist Rabobank in Utrecht, by Conspiracy of Cells companys, they are justifying their behavior and actions when they are of Fire : Dutch Cell investing. Our action against the Rabobank is justifying our actions. Final statement: devils that fill them up and look We are continuing our attacks and around in there to find any business- against the banks, executions of the The attacks on the fascists of man or politician who is responsible so called government leaders of the Rabobank is dedicated with all our for the biggest robberies and the Netherlands, against fascists party fire to our brothers of the prisoners’ most brutal degradation of our like PVV, VVD, CDA and the ass cell of the members of Conspiracy lives.” licking left parties. Cells of Fire and the oppressed people of the world. We do not believe in a capitalist Conspiracy of Cells of Fire, “Our comrades and the honest system that kills, steals, murders, Dutch Cell minority of dignified revolutionary brings modern fascism, brings Persons political and civil, are not racism, brings wars into our lives. just a piece of our struggle, are not We do not believe in a system that only an aspect of our action, but helps banks for their mistakes, while Bellinzona , Switzerland their choices, attitudes and dignity people are starving from hunger. We - Fire against Federal are the struggle itself as a whole, do not believe in a political fascist they are the substance.” system or the so-called leaders of Criminal Court the people, who are at the same Attacks we are claiming: time stealing from the same society 17 January 2010 for their own interests. • June 2010- setting the tower Last night, at 2:00 am, the Federal in fire in Utrecht Why Rabobank Criminal Court (TPF) in Bellinzona • October 2010- setting the was attacked with fire. Firefighters tower in fire in Utrecht The fascists from Rabobank invest in quickly extinguished the fire and • February 2011-setting the the arms industry (the arms that there were no injuries. The fire tower in fire and attacks on the they are investing is also going to the damaged the main entrance door website of Rabobank in police, military in the Netherlands, and the surrounding area. The Utrecht Egypt, Greece, Israel, Libya, Algeria building also houses the Regional and other countries). Rabobank calls Directorate of Swisscom. Anarchist “Justice is a spider web, catching this justified action, and there is also slogans were left: small prey and swallowing them, Shell, ING, ABN-Amro, Randstad. while allowing the big reptiles to All these fascists mentioned are “Fire to the courts, smash the state” penetrate and dominate it. Whoever companies of the system in which disagrees can visit the prisons to see paramount in their view they can “Solidarity to the comrades of Conspiracy all these drug addicts and poor justify their actions. of Cells of Fire and complicity in the struggle” 63 During the night of February 5, we megalomania as they ride around in decided to attack our old enemies. their black trucks? They are more The target was a police station like shock troops or paramilitaries located in the Potrero suburb of than loyal servants of the State- Coacalco, Mexico State. Capital order. They should know this: The only thing they evoke is not At around 8 p.m, we placed an fear, but disgust and revulsion at explosive device made from butane their righteous authority as well as gas canisters and gasoline next to a their uniform. motorcycle parked near the en- trance to the station. A homemade We don’t care if this kneeling, Slask, Poland - Solidarity delay activated the fuse and deto- submissive society respects or fears nated the explosive, causing a loud them. It doesn’t matter to us if action against KB Bank noise to shake the area. The motor- people cheer them or get scared cycle was damaged, as was the when they pass by. We are not a “In connection with an appeal that façade of the station that gives a vanguard, here to defend the “poor was calling to solidarity actions, refuge to the idiotic defenders of little exploited ones.” We are not launched by the Greek group of those who believe they are masters avengers of the “oppressed people.” activists from Conspiracy Cells of of everything. We are sickened by all those leftist Fire, on January 17 of current year, causes that only make the system in the province Slask (Poland) Several vans arrived on the scene, reexamine and repair its flaws. We activists took a symbolic supportive full of police imbeciles dressed in aren’t fighting for a humane ecocide. action as an answer to this appeal. their military uniforms. They We’re fighting for ourselves as “On the entrance of the “KB Bank” a showed up just in time to get a look individuals, for the animals, for the banner was hanged: ‘Solidarity with at the remains of our explosive. earth, for autonomy, and for wild Greece’, which bears the distinctive nature. logo of the Greek group. Support This attack was specially planned was also expressed in English by and designed to occur when the It’s worth saying again: We won’t sit paint, that was also thrown at the police were most vulnerable in their around waiting to attack, since we doors.We hope that this small “workplace.” A police van with its are not part of this cowardly society. gesture of solidarity, adds a bit of siren on right in front of us didn’t We will go to their headquarters and support, because along with the date stop our operation. their guard posts, and when they January 17 begins the process for hear an explosion or see something the activists, according to penal They should know that, yet again, engulfed by flames, every policeman system that sets it as activism of they haven’t stopped us. They should in Mexico and the rest of the world terror. With this event, we hope that know that these attacks won’t cease. will be reminded of us. this is not the end of solidarity It’s as easy for us to leave behind a actions, both in Poland and abroad. bag filled with explosives as it is to Anytime and anywhere, we will make an attempt on their lives. continue to attack despite all the Solidarity is our weapon!” We don’t care if they might be security cameras they’ve put in the fathers with families, or any of that streets and avenues, despite their shit. They are police, and the only military-police routines, despite things they deserve are bombs, fire, their operations, despite their Coacalco, Mexico - stones, and death. Do they think we threats. Now we’ve made it clear. Bombing at police haven’t seen them extort? Do they think we haven’t seen their convoys, The war continues. With or without station. taking note of their lack of courage our imprisoned comrades, the as they terrorize with their rifles and bombs will keep exploding and the “But who votes for them? Who lowers covered faces? Do they think we fire will continue to light up the their head in deference? Who admires haven’t seen the bastards from the night sky, because chaos is not dead! them and wants, or at least wants their Coacalco Special Rapid Reaction kids, to be just like them? Who remains Squad (GERI-C) making the rounds Direct solidarity with Adrián silent in the face of the injustices they in their armored trucks, deluding Magdaleno Gonzales: You’re still commit? There is only one answer: themselves into believing that they standing, so go ahead and laugh at SOCIETY.” are the heroes of Coacalco? Do they the prison authorities who think - Gerasimos Tsakalos think we haven’t seen their extreme they’ve crushed your spirit!

64 Direct solidarity with Braulio Arturo nant order through direct attack on As for the sheriff of the moment, the Durán: You keep smashing the cells the structures and institutions of the Zionist Hinzpeter, we’d like to let that hold you captive, and we’ll keep Capital-State. him know that we’re not afraid of shattering reality on the outside! him. His tenure will play out exactly The echoes of the State’s last crime, like that of the other puppets: Direct solidarity with the “bombs perpetrated on December 8 2010, Rosende, Harboe, Insulza, and Pérez case” prisoners in Chile: No set-up have already begun to subside (81 Yoma. We may die or go to prison lasts forever! people burnt to death inside a Chilean like our brothers, but others will jail). What does it matter if the poor take our place. Subversion has Direct solidarity with Walter Bond die in prison? It’s all the same to the memory and a long reach. The in the United States: Even the FBI rich and their sense of order. They flames of rebellion will catch up can’t eradicate your wild conviction! simply see it as a way to save police with them, just like they caught up bullets. Just look at the commentary with Harboe, Velasco, Schilling, Direct solidarity with Silvia, Costa, of “public opinion” regarding the San Rosende, and all the other vermin. and Billy in Switzerland, and Leo in Miguel prison massacre: Domination There’s no doubt about it. This is no Italy: Avanti with anti-civilization is so efficient that, no matter what threat. It’s a promise. and eco-anarchist ideas! happens, the poor remain submissive with their heads bowed. The most Everyone can go on the attack. It’s Direct solidarity with Panayiotis pathetic and vulgar case is football. just a question of deciding. This Argyrou, Gerasimos Tsakalos, and Mechanisms exist that are far more insurgency - with no center or the others charged with being refined, but football is a good periphery, with no leaders or members of the Conspiracy of Cells example of the generalized social managers, but with a thousand faces of Fire in Greece, who are now on stupor. The poor basically keep - will not be stopped. Through this hunger strike: Antisocial, nihilist, going to the stadium, jumping up communiqué, we claim responsibil- and anarchist until the end! and down in the bleachers, and ity for last week’s actions against insulting the Indians, while poor branches of BBVA, BCI, and Earth Liberation Front - people on the opposite side keep BancoEstado. [Informal Anarchist thinking about shooting the others Federation/Global Network] just because they wear a different We will defeat the fascist Hinzpeter team’s shirt. Notorious fascists like and his repression! Yuraszeck or Ruiz Tagle then show up at the barbecue and drink a December 8 Commando, hearty toast to the achievement of Supporters of the Informal their strategic project: making a Anarchist Federation’s call for Chile - BBVA, BCI, and valuable contribution to capitalist international coordination and statist domination. Meanwhile, BancoEstado bombings Piñera plays around at being a pilot claimed in line with the with one of the people responsible formation of an for the poor management of INTERNET NEWS / ANTI-INFO LINKS International Informal Transantiago. Perhaps the capitalist press forgot to point this out? 325 / Anti-State & Anti-Prison http://325.nostate.net/ Anarchist Federation Navarro and Piñera in a helicopter while millions of poor people get February 11, 2011 Act For Freedom Now around wearing the miserable yoke http://actforfreedomnow.blogspot.com/ of their daily wage-slavery. This week, the bombs that power Culmine thought were wiped out exploded Fortunately, even the workers are http://culmine.noblogs.org/ yet again. Hinzpeter, Chahuán, and beginning to go on the attack, as Prosecutor Peña, with their 15 demonstrated by the PISA mobiliza- Informa-Azione minutes of fame, are completely tion. Let’s take this opportunity to http://www.informa-azione.info/ mistaken. The anticapitalist attack— warn the Prosecutor from Colina This is our Job autonomous, diffuse, and decentral- and the PISA executives that http://thisisourjob.wordpress.com/ ized—will not be defeated, because carrying out any repressive measures in every single rebel exists the will make them operational targets. Viva la Anarquia possibility of subverting the domi- http://vivalaanarquia.wordpress.com/

65 left by the governmental dogs of the “safety” forces. They have been assigned to guard many public buildings and services as well as the transport of the wealth, ensuring the smooth flow of money. They protect the bosses and their properties, those that they defend with so much passion. It's one of the very compa- nies that the “democratic” regimes in Europe and America have assigned to manufacture and operate private prisons and the creation of private armies. We dedicate this action to Hania, Crete, Greece - anarchist revolutionaries Gerasimos and its mechanisms, until individual Tsakalos - Panagiotis Argirou - Responsibility claim for and social liberation is reached. armoured vehicle arson Haris Hadjimihelakis, members of the Revolutionary Organiza- The objective of the state, apart tion Conspiracy Cells of Fire as 23/1/11 from physical extermination, is also well as Panagiotis Masouras - the social isolation of the rebels. Konstantina Karakatsani - “Doubt. Refusal. Attack. I dispute and Thus, it does not hesitate to Alexandros Mitrousias - despise the code of values of this society. criminalize political, social, even Giorgos Karagiannidis that are I refuse to compromise. I attack fiercely friendly relations. The examples are persecuted for same case. everything that limits us, underestimates many with the most recent being us, enslaves us. The choice of Revolution, that of Fee Mayer. PS1. We do not forget the unrepentant permanent and inalterable Now and revolutionary urban guerillas Always.” “Isolate them!” We have heard it N.Maziotis - P.Roupa - K.Gournas, Haris Hadjimihelakis many times, and also from the members of the armed organization parrots of Mass Media training, Revolutionary Struggle as well as the Historically the state is the evolution commonly known as journalists. anarchist fighters that are persecuted for of a gang of people, that with law as However, they are not only address- the same case. Honour for ever to a tool, uses fear and repression with ing the imprisoned television Lambros Foundas, member of “safety” as a pretext, aiming to viewers, but also to those parts of Revolutionary Struggle. achieve the militarisation of their society that resist. Placing dilemmas interests and those of the bosses. and separating the tactics of struggle PS2. Freedom to the anarchist comrades they seek its division and self- that are confined in the hell-holes of Thus, with the use of violence, amputation. The fight against the “democracy”. physical or not, they try to impose state and the bosses is multiform, the social conditions of subjugation multidimensional and multilevelled, PS3. We stand in solidarity to every and solidify social peace. Especially however the aim is one: the destruc- prisoner that fights consciously, with now that the reliability of the tion of the rotten existent for dignity, against the rotten institution of political system is decomposing and individual and social liberation. prisons. the capitalistic “bubbles” of “growth” In the frames of this struggle we and “prosperity” have burst, the choose not to leave any fighter REVOLUTION FIRST AND ongoing dismantling of any sover- alone. We stand in solidarity to those ALWAYS - THE STATE IS THE eignty becomes even more evident. that have clearly chosen what side ONLY TERRORIST It is therefore upgrading its arsenal they are on. That of resistance, in order to face the internal enemy. revolutionary conscience, rage. FREEDOM TO ALL ARMED It votes in terror laws, it harasses, it GUERRILLAS - FREEDOM TO represses. Thus, we as well, on the dawn of ALL IMPRISONED FIGHTERS 21-1-11 chose to deliver to flames 2 At this moment in the cells of security vehicles for money transfers Night-time Troublemakers “democracy” there are dozens of of Brinks company by sending our anarchists that chose to move into own flaming signal. The target was the path of fire and resistance, far from accidental since the security aiming at the destruction of the state companies come to cover the gap

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