A moto-protest in solidarity with anarchist hunger striker Nikos Romanos, who is hospitalized at the Gennimatas hospital in northern Athens, took place on Sunday afternoon the 30th of November. More than 200 demonstrators drove off from the city centre and made a short stop at Syntagma Square, where families of refugees from Syria – many of whom are also conducting a hunger strike – have camped opposite the Greek parliament for days, demanding to be able to work in Greece but, most importantly, to be allowed to travel to other European countries and get asylum there. The welcoming gestures of refugee protesters towards the motorized demo were an emotional moment of the demo. Continue reading Athens: Gatherings in solidarity with Nikos Romanos and Yannis Michailidis (30/11) en/es/gr→
On Saturday 29 late afternoon some comrades came out in answer to a call for a demo/gathering in the centre of Brixton, south London, for Nikos Romanos. Two banners, ‘Never again slaves, never again with downcast eyes! Solidarity with anarchist N. Romanos on hunger strike since 10.11.14’ and encircled A; … and ‘Freedom will blossom from the ashes of the prison’ and encircled A, were rigged up at the central junction, highly visible to all the people in the streets at the time, as well as those in passing buses and cars in the busy main road.
Más de 200 personas nos reunímos la tarde del 30 de noviembre en los Propileos, en el centro de Atenas, para luego dirigirnos en motos hacia el tercer mitin consecutivo con el huelguista de hambre Nikos Romanos fuera del hospital Gennimatas, donde está internado. La mani motorizada pasó desde la plaza de Syntagma, donde han acampado familias de refugiadxs desde Siria, exigiendo un estatus de asilo real, que les permita trabajar en Grecia, además de poder viajar libremente fuera del territorio controlado por el Estado griego. La acogida de lxs refugiadxs fue un momento emotivo de la mani. Continue reading Atenas: Resumen de las concentraciones solidarias con Nikos Romanos y Yannis Michailidis→
El compa preso Yannis Michailidis está en huelga de hambre desde el 17 de noviembre de 2014, esto como forma de solidaridad con la movilización de Nikos Romanos, que a su vez está en huelga de hambre desde el 10 de noviembre, exigiendo que le concedan las salidas educativas de prisión a las que tiene derecho desde el septiembre de 2014. Actualmente, Nikos Romanos se encuentra en el hospital Gennimatas, en Atenas. Continue reading Grecia. Actualización sobre el huelguista de hambre Yannis Michailidis→
On Monday evening, December 1st, at about 18:00, a group of comrades held an intervention outside the house of the Greek government vice president and minister of Foreign Affairs Evangelos Venizelos, located on the southern slopes of Lycabettus hill in downtown Athens. Venizelos is also leader of the PASOK co-ruling party.
Imprisoned comrades Andreas-Dimitris Bourzoukos and Dimitris Politis (convicted over the Velventos double robbery case) announced their hunger strike in solidarity with Nikos Romanos. Below are excerpts of their statement:
La mattina di mercoledì 19 novembre abbiamo visitato la locale sede di ‘Nuova Democrazia’, nel distretto di Ampelokipi (situato tra la questura di polizia e il commissariato di Ampelokipi), affinché si “senta chiaro” in tutta la zona la nostra solidarietà con gli scioperanti della fame Nikos Romanos e Iraklis Kostaris e con la loro esigenza di far valere il diritto all’istruzione e alle uscite dal carcere a cui hanno diritto, ma che non gli viene concesso dal consiglio di carcere di Koridallos e da un burocrate giudiziario chiamato Eftichis Nikopoulos. Continue reading Atene: Attaccata la sede del partito di governo Nea Dimokratia→
At daybreak of the 23rd of November 2014, we torched an ATM of the Piraeus Bank located at Canningos Square (central Athens). Four days later, in the early morning of November 27th, we left explosive material at the front door of the Hellenic Post (ELTA) branch situated in the district of Pefki. These acts were carried out as a display of solidarity with the hunger strikers Nikos Romanos and Yannis Michailidis. Continue reading Athens: Attacks in solidarity with Nikos Romanos and Yannis Michailidis (en/es)→
