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The information in this file was recently published in FREEDOM -
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the fortnightly anarchist journal published by FREEDOM PRESS:
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FREEDOM PRESS (IN ANGEL ALLEY) 84B WHITECHAPEL HIGH STREET,
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LONDON E1 7QX GREAT BRITAIN
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Do write for a sample copy or for a copy of our booklist of
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publications. We will be putting more of this information out so
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watch this spot...
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NEWS FROM GREECE
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Greek anarchists in Kavala have been much involved in anti-
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fascist activity over the last year. A two day event attracted
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some 50 people to discussion groups on the first day with numbers
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quadrupling the second day largely no doubt given the free
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concert that was thrown in... linked in with this a group of some
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7 anarchists distributing literature in the town centre
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concerning anti-fascism and also calling for the liberation of
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Balafas, Michou and Kiriakopoulos were arrested by police, taken
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to the cop shop where the police set about trying to frighten
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them before releasing them after about an hour. This event
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managed to get them some coverage on local radio.
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Another event to support the prisoners involved showing a film
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'Brazil' which was followed up by a spot of graffitti in the town
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leading to three arrests. They were charged with 'polluting
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public buildings'.
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Balafas is a 'social struggler' who, along with his girlfriend
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Michou and his friend Kiriakopoulos, were charged, last year,
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with 'terrorism' on spurious grounds. Unsurprisingly the main
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reason for the authorities interest in him is the large amount of
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anti-authoritarian activity he has been participating in. Their
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trial took place at the end of last year. They were given a 25
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day prison sentence which was 'bought off' plus a three year
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conditional discharge.
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The Kavala group (anarcho-pacifist) is now organising the
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publication of a bulletin about activity in Greece which it is
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hoped will be circulated every other month.
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The Barcelona group of Solidaridad Obrera reports on anti-
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anarchist oppression by the authorities in Portugal. The Judicial
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Police released a story that an anarchist group had been
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responsible for the abduction and torture of a leading
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industrialist which had as its aim to extort money. The basis for
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the allegations would seem to be that an 'anarchist manifesto'
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was found in the house where the industrialist had been held
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captive which had been published by the A Hidra anarchist
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collective. In disassociating themselves from the kidnapping they
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released a communiqu from which the following is taken...
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Anyone who knows anything about anarchism knows that kidnapping,
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emprisonment, torture etc. are not properly speaking anarchist
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methods but rather those of nazis, religious fundamentalists,
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members of the Irish Republican Army and other authoritarian
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organisations... Could it be that the police simply didn't like
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the propaganda that anarchists have been putting out recently
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against the criminal activities of Nazi groups?
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Information from Solidaridad Obrera No. 247.
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