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Events, Solidarity

[EVENT] Glasgow Anarchist Film Club Presents La Haine (1995) – Gas, 4/12, 18:00

Come along to the second monthly screening of the Glasgow Anarchist Film Club, where we will be screening French film La Haine (1995), and fundraising for the Anarchist Black Cross Bristol.

Come along at 17:00 for an open organising meeting, and at 18:00 for the screening + discussion on revolt!

Bring snacks and drinks (to share if you like).

All funds raised will go to ABC Bristol in their struggle to support Kill the Bill prisoners.

Racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, disableism, and bigotry of all kinds will not be tolerated and will be challenged.

Events, Solidarity

Solidarity coffee afternoon – Introduction

On 10/10/22, we organised a solidarity coffee afternoon for the Kenmure 3 at the Pink Peacock. The text below was read at the beginning of the event to give the discussion some direction in engaging with certain questions we have for the ‘movement’.

In May 2021 an immigration raid attempting to kidnap two residents was stopped by locals after an eight-hour stand-off with the Home Office goons and their protectors in Police Scotland. It was a huge victory, one of the most significant moments within all anti-border struggles on these isles in decades. For one short day, in one small part of Glasgow, we actually made reality the promise of “No borders, No Nations, Stop Deportations”. However, during the course of the day, three people were arrested and are now potentially facing time in prison, isolated from their community for the crime of defending it against the violence of the state. 

 
This is just one case in a long, bloody list of people paying hard consequences for standing up to state and police power, in Scotland and all over the world. As anarchists, we understand and expect that the state will defend its own power over us, and that in the final analysis, they will use their attack dogs in the police and prison system to that end, as the main defense of the system which is crushing us. Despite this,we can also see that solidarity with arestees is often not prioritised by our movement. That people often – too often – face court, and prison, alone.
 
Why is supporting those who are facing the most direct violence of the state so important for anarchists?
Why hasn’t the case of the Kenmure 3 attracted more attention and support?
What can we do to support them more? And then, to support those others who will face the same thing in the future?
What can we do for those who are already behind bars?
 
International Solidarity

Banner Drop for Alexis Grigoropoulos on the 6th of December [EN, GR, Gaelic]

‘A bullet in the heart of Alexandros to close the circle of the statist machine’s omnipotence. A bloodstain on the Messolonghiou pedestrian street to open the circle of rebellion that wrecked the legal order and sowed chaos and anarchy in all cities throughout Greece.’- Nikos Romanos, Requiem for a Journey of No Return.

As of today, 6/12/2021, it has been 13 years since the Greek state murdered the anarchist Alexis Grigoropoulos. Alexis was shot by two cops, E. Korkoneas and V. Saraliotis, in the neighbourhood of Exarcheia, following minor clashes with the police. As soon as the news of Alexis’s murder broke, a spontaneous insurrection began. Protests, riots, expropriations and occupations of public buildings were but some of the collective expressions of rage. Despite the attempts of state and capital to depoliticise the murder, we must not forget that Alexis was killed because of his political beliefs – he challenged in practice the authority of the police and, by extension, that of the state. This is the violence faced every day by those whose existence the state deems undesirable, those who are a threat to their social order.

13 years later, the spirit of the December revolt is alive in the resistance of the Anarchist/Anti-Authoritarian movement. As anarchists, we stand in solidarity with all insurrections against the state apparatus worldwide, present and future. Our struggles take place in our streets and neighbourhoods, in our workplaces, schools and universities. We will reclaim our space and our lives.

FROM ATHENS TO SCOTLAND, INSURRECTIONS ARE NOT A UTOPIA.

COPS-FASCISTS-MURDERERS

Clydeside Anarchist Noise.

“Μια σφαίρα στην καρδιά του Αλέξανδρου για να κλείσει ο κύκλος της παντοδυναμίας της κρατικής μηχανής. Μια κηλίδα από αίμα στον πεζόδρομο της Μεσολογγίου για να ανοίξει ο κύκλος της εξέγερσης που έκανε συντρίμμια την έννομη τάξη και έσπειρε το χάος και την αναρχία σε όλες τις πόλεις της Ελλάδας.”- Νίκος Ρωμανός, Ρέκβιεμ για ένα ταξίδι χωρίς επιστροφή.

Σήμερα, 06/12/2021, έχουν περάσει 13 χρόνια από τη δολοφονία του αναρχικού Αλέξη Γρηγορόπουλου. Ο Αλέξης πυροβολήθηκε από δύο μπάτσους, τον Ε. Κορκονέα και τον Β. Σαραλιώτη, μετά από μικροσυγκρούσεις στη περιοχή των Εξαρχείων. Μόλις κυκλοφόρησε η είδηση της δολοφονίας του Αλέξη, μια αυθόρμητη εξέγερση ξεκίνησε. Πορείες, συγκρούσεις, απαλλοτριώσεις και καταλήψεις ήταν μερικές από τις συλλογικές εκφράσεις οργής. Παρά τις προσπάθειες κράτους και κεφαλαίου να αποπολιτικοποιήσουν τη δολοφονία, δεν ξεχνάμε ότι ο Αλέξης πέθανε λόγω των πολιτικών του πεποιθήσεων – αμφισβητούσε έμπρακτα την εξουσία της αστυνομίας και, κατ’επέκταση, αυτή του κράτους. Αυτή είναι η βία που αντιμετωπίζουν καθημερινά εκείνα που το κράτος κρίνει ανεπιθύμητα, εκείνα που αποτελούν απειλή για τη τάξη τους.

13 χρόνια μετά, το πνεύμα της Δεκεμβριανής εξέγερσης είναι ζωντανό στην αντίσταση του Αναρχικού/Αντιεξουσιαστικού χώρου. Ως αναρχικά, στεκόμαστε αλληλέγγυα με όλες τις εξεγέρσεις ενάντια στους κρατικούς μηχανισμούς ανά τον κόσμο, στο παρόν και στο μέλλον. Οι αγώνες μας διεξάγονται στους δρόμους και στις γειτονιές, στους χώρους εργασίας, στα σχολεία και τις σχολές μας. Θα διεκδηκήσουμε ξανά τους χώρους και τις ζωές μας.

ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΜΕΧΡΙ ΤΗ ΣΚΩΤΙΑ, ΟΙ ΕΞΕΓΕΡΣΕΙΣ ΓΙΝΟΝΤΑΙ ΔΕΝ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΟΥΤΟΠΙΑ

ΜΠΑΤΣΟΙ-ΦΑΣΙΣΤΕΣ-ΔΟΛΟΦΟΝΟΙ

Clydeside Anarchist Noise

An-diugh, 6/12/2021, tha e air a bhith 13 bliadhnaichean on a mharbh stàit na Grèige an t-anargaiche, Alexis Grigoropoulos. Chaidh loisgeadh air Alexis le dithist phoileasman, E. Korkoneas agus V. Saraliotis, ann an sgìre Exarchia, às dèidh comhstrì ghoirid leis a’ phoileas. Cho luath ‘s a chaidh an naidheachd air murt Alexis mun cuairt, thòisich ar-a-mach neo-uallaichte. Bha caismeachdan, aimhreitean, goidean agus for-ghlachdaidhean de thogsalaich phoblach am measg nam freagairt air an fheirg a bh’ aig daoine. A dh’aoindeoin gach oidhrip leis an stàit agus leis a’ chalpa gus am murt a dhèanamh neo-phoilitigeach, feumaidh cuimhne bhith againn gur ann air sgàth a bheachdan politigeach a chaidh Alexis a mharbhadh – bha e na dhùbhlan ann an dà-rìribh do dh’ùghdarras a’ phoilis agus – mar sin – na stàite. Is e seo am fòirneairt a sheasas an aghaidh na feadhainn anns nach faic an stàit luach sam bith, na feadhainn a tha nam bagairt air an òrdugh acasan.

13 bliadhnaichean on uair sin, tha spioraid ar-a-mach na Dùbhlachd fhathast beò ann an coimhaireachd na h-iomairt Anargaich/ana-ùghdarasaich. Mar anargaichean, seasaidh sinn giùlan ri giùlain leis a h-uile aimhreit an aghaidh inneal na stàite air feadh an t-saoghail, san là a th’ ann agus san àm ri teachd. Tha ar strì a’ gabhail àite nar sràidean is coimhearsnachdan, nar n-àiteachan-obrach, sgoiltean agus nar n-oilthighean. Gheibh sin air ais ar n-àite is ar beathannan.

EADAR ALBA IS AN AITHNE, CHA PHÀRRAS AN AIMHREIT.

POILIS-FAISISTICHEAN-MURTAIREAN

Clydeside Anarchist Noise