A-Infos (en) Resistance - Argentina/Copenhagen (AF Ireland)

[Al S <klasbatalemo@yahoo.ie>]

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> Argentina
2002 was one of the most inspiring years of
Argentinean history - a year in which the working
class demonstrated once again that it has the ability
and creativity to run society in the interests of the
many, and the bosses simultaneously demonstrated that
they did not.

Following the original ?Argentinazo? in December 2001,
there has been an incredible growth of working class
self-organisation - neighbourhood assemblies; barter
clubs; workers? control; community gardens; the varied
activity of the Piqueteros (unemployed groups);
pensioners? groups; national congresses of all the
above; and many local initiatives. 

These initiatives have developed outside of the state
and its institutions. The co-operation between the
groups over the year has built up very strong bonds of
solidarity - solidarity that was highlighted during
the important National March by Piqueteros, made
possible through the wider networks established in the
struggle.
This March lasted five days, blocking highways and
organising soup kitchens whilst passing through towns
and cities that have played a central role in the
uprising and in building up resistance. 

The slogan for the march was ?Throw the bums out!? and
ended up at the Plaza de Mayo (scene of bitter
fighting and many deaths last year) on the one-year
anniversary of De la Rua?s resignation. 

Solidarity actions under the banner of ?Que Se Vayan
Todos? (They All Must go) took place at the same time
in every corner of the globe, from Australia to
Yugoslavia. The Argentinean resistance is spreading
worldwide. 

The links and solidarity that will surely grow out of
this march are going to ensure that 2003 will be as
least as inspirational as 2002. Argentina shows that
we can take back our lives when we join together in
collective action - we have the power, we just need to
use it!

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Copenhagen

This is a report from the newly formed
Danish Anarchist Federation - 

The EU-summit is over, the Danish government is in
ecstasy over their self-proclaimed success, the police
are being congratulated for a job well done by
politicians, tabloid press and even some of the NGO?s,
not surprisingly including the NGO forum ?Stop the
Violence?. 

But let us ignore those bigots for one moment. The
Anarchist Federation would like to send a heartfelt 
thanks to all of our comrades who traveled from far
and wide to participate in the demonstrations against
the EU. 

Especially those who participated in the demonstration
against the police state Europe, the unity and
strength you showed towards the police aggression is
more than admirable.
If nothing else, the demonstration provoked a reaction
from the authorities that could only be interpreted
one way; this is a police state! 
As all who traveled to Copenhagen 
will know, the city was a very difficult place to move
around, people were 
were stopped and searched constantly and repeatedly.
Hundreds and hundreds have had their civil rights
violated by police. 94 have been arrested; all for
ridicules minor misdemeanors, except 4 who are charged
with violence and have been sentenced to remain in
custody. 

ABC Copenhagen is currently working with the arrested
and imprisoned comrades. 

Until now the press have been busy glorifying the
police leaders and talking about why there weren?t
burning cars and mutilated law enforcers. 
They have had very little information about the
counter summit. 

We hope that will shut the mouths of those who claim
that it is the fault 
of militant activists that the press doesn?t write
about peaceful demonstrations. 

The press simply doesn?t want to cover them. One story
which the press is running though, and this is
interesting, is a massive critique against the
undercover cops who tried to infiltrate the anarchist,
and several other demonstrations, officially without
being ordered to do so (which is of course a lie).

There will now be an official investigation against
the undercover cops, who also violated the
mask-prohibition. 

We can?t help finding it slightly amusing that some of
the bastards who attacked our demonstration could
actually loose their jobs because of this. 

But it should be the high ranking police that should
get kicked, because they 
gave the orders, of course they did. 

The NGO forum ?Stop the Violence? is also glorifying
the police. Monday the 16th of December the
organisation actually presented the police chief
inspector Kai Vitrup, with a big cake, ?for good
teamwork?. 

The Anarchist Federation finds this not only
outragesly grotesque, but also a direct act of
disrespect towards all who participated in actions and
demonstrations which were attacked by the police, and
especially those people who?ve been harassed,
arrested, and imprisoned during the summit. 

During the summit, the police broke all the promises
they had given to those NGO?s naive enough to start
negotiations with them in the first place. 

They did not keep their distance from the
demonstrations, they did make preventive arrests, they
used undercover cops as police provocateurs (the best
proof of this is that the police managed to arrest one
of their own undercover cops during the anti-police
state demo, because he was too provocating) and they
have harassed people constantly on the streets of
Copenhagen. 

This is not in the least bit surprising to us. But we
hope that some of these organizations now have learned
that it is never possible to make deals with ,or trust
the police. Those who haven?t can fuck off. Right now
4 of ours are imprisoned on false charges. 2 Swedes, a
Frenchman and an English woman. These 4, which have
been charged with ?assaulting a police officer?, were
arrested in order to justify the police attacks on the
demonstration ?Against police state Europe?. 

If you want to write supportive letters to them, then
you can do so through AnarchistBlackCross-Copenhagen
at abc-kbh@animail.net 
http://www.anarchistblackcross.dk

We demand the immediate release of all the political
prisoners in the European Police state. Whatever they
do, we will never surrender, so now we are going for
Thessaloniki (Greece) in June 20. - 21. 2003, and we
hope that many of the people who demonstrated with us
in Copenhagen will come along

Love and Anarchy
The Anarchist Federation - Denmark
Info@resist2002.dk 
http://www.resist2002.dk

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>From the pages of Resistance#19, regular monthly
bulletin of the Anarchist Federation (Ireland), now
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