A-Infos (en) Greece, Another take on ANARCHIST MAYDAY IN ATHENS

This year´s “official” Mayday was on the 11th of May, because of Easter Day on the 1st of May
Anarchist groups and comrades organized in the Polytechnic school of Athens
a successful Anarchist Mayday festival (5-6 May) with discussions about:
- the 1886 revolt in Chicago, a workers and popular revolt in Thessaloniki,
May 1936, and the class conflicts in Greece the first years after the
military dictatorship
- the blackmail of labour, the murders of workers in the so-called “working
accidents” and the special exploitation and oppression of immigrants.
(fotos from the festival:
http://thessaloniki.indymedia.org/front.php?lang=el&article_id=23577 )

On the 10th of May, more than 600 comrades participated in the
anarchist-antiauthoritarian Mayday demonstration.
One of the banners was dedicated to the 15 years-old comrade who lost his
life in the repression of the 1st May demo in Bogota, saying “ WE DON’T
FORGET – WE DON’T FORGIVE THE MURDER OF NICOLAS ALVARES BY THE POLICE IN
COLOMBIA”.
Other banners were “ NO PEACE WITH THE BOSSES – DOWN WITH THE STATE AND WAGE
SLAVERY”, “MAY 1886-2005, NOTHING WAS GIFTED – NOTHING IS ENOUGH” and
(paraphrasing the old-saying “much work devours the boss”) “MUCH WORK
DEVOURS THE WORKER – MANY WORKERS DEVOUR THE BOSS”.

The atmosphere was tensed because of the rage among the comrades for the
recent fascist attacks and the strong police presence around the
demonstration. There was nearly a conflict with the cops, when the demo
stopped for some minutes close to a building where a fascist gang has its
office. There was a firecracker and strong slogans and some cops were very
provocative.

Some of the slogans in the demo were “SOLIDARITY IS THE PEOPLES WEAPON – WAR
AGAINST THE WAR OF THE BOSSES”, “CLASS MAYDAY WITH HANGED BOSSES”, “EVERY
WEEK THREE DEAD WORKERS – THE STATE AND THE BOSSES ARE THE ONLY TERRORISTS”,
“IMMIGRANT WORKERS – OUR BROTHERS”, “COPS, TV, NEO-NAZI, ALL THE BASTARDS
WORK TOGETHER”, «FASCIST BASTARDS GALLOWS COMING FOR YOU” etc…

FOTOS FROM THE DEMONSTRATION:
http://thessaloniki.indymedia.org/front.php?lang=el&article_id=23750


It was the same night after the Anarchist Mayday demonstration that a
policeman –escort of a former minister- shot against anarchists in the
Polytechnic school, injuring one comrade and resulting in the 8-hour
occupation of the university.
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