Solidarity with Villa Amalias Squat- Let us Resist the Social Cannibalism

[Georgia Sagri]

Solidarity with Villa Amalias Squat - Let us Resist the Social Cannibalism

All of us signing this declaration of solidarity with Villa Amalias Squat
are aware of the fierce attack unleashed by the Greek state on free spaces
and every other expression of social/political resistance.
Villa Amalias is one of the oldest and most historical squats in
Athens/Greece, well known for its multilevel presence within the radical
movement, a place of creative fermentations, anti-commercial cultural
activities and reference point for the building of relationships based on
equality, solidarity and anti-authority.
It is not a coincidence that the Greek state has chosen this period of
intensive austerity, political scandals, generalized fear and insecurity to
attack those parts of society that resist the social cannibalism
intensified by the unbearable economic measures and expressed by the
neo-Nazis of Golden Dawn. Villa Amalias has stood for 23 years in a
neighbourhood full of natives and immigrants, promoting the values of
brotherhood and respect, and at the same time acting as a robust bulwark
against the murdering practices of the neo-Nazi gears of Greek
neo-liberalism.
On Thursday, 20/12/2012, the police invaded the occupied space of Villa
Amalias, arrested 8 people and sealed the building's two entrances. The
squat remained evacuated and guarded by the riot police who continuously
entered the place at their own will, with the political coverage and
cooperation of the Municipality of Athens, therefore cancelling in practice
even the laws of bourgeois democracy. Moreover, the vast majority of the
Greek mass media was reproducing false information, fully aligned with the
government's rhetoric.
On Wednesday, 09/01/2013, a group of people managed to enter the place,
liberating the historical squat, but within two hours the state acted
repressively again, breaking into Villa Amalias with its special forces and
arresting the squatters.
We demand and support the immediate release of all those arrested, as well
as the withdrawal of the police from the free space of Villa Amalias Squat.
We stand in solidarity, side by side, with all those who choose not to
kneel before the destructive onslaught of the reactionary/fascist forces
that support the policy of the IMF and its allies in Greece, but transvalue
their wishes into a paradigmatic and decisive way of living.



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