Revolutionary Struggle trial solidarity zine

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‘Revolution is the only solution
for the complete exit from the crisis’

A collection of letters, texts and communiqués from the armed group Revolutionary Struggle and their accused. Released during their current trial in Athens and intended to be one more nail in the coffin of the legitimacy of the State and the capitalist system.

FREEDOM NOW FOR ALL PRISONERS
HONOUR FOREVER TO LAMBROS FOUNDAS

by Actforfreedomnow – BoubourAs

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Athens: Letter of comrade Kostas Katsenos from Koridallos prisons

UNTIL THE TEARING DOWN OF THE LAST PRISON, NO ONE IS FREE

On April 1st, 2012, I will complete 6 months as undertrial inmate in Koridallos prisons. Currently I am the only prisoner for the Revolutionary Struggle case.
The last two years I have lived in a peculiar hostage status, completely detached from my close environment, without the ability to work, study, communicate and participate in the processes of the political space I affiliate myself with.
A cruel and unjust political and economic system, which is in crisis, is trying through the criminal law to bend every effort of social resistance.
The rationale upon which the prosecution against me was based is totally arbitrary, a product of individual estimates and speculations by the assignees of the ministry of system protection.
On March 27th, at 10.00 in the morning, I am called to appear before the appellate judges’ council [in Athens], in order for the extension or not of my so-called temporary custody to be examined.
Knowing the climate of repression that prevails towards all social fronts, I do not know if I can hope for a positive decision. Either way, I will continue to resist the police and judicial machinations.
We must prevent repression whatever form it may have, and express our practical solidarity with all imprisoned fighters of the class and social war.

Kostas Katsenos, 23-3/2012
F wing of Koridallos prisons

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Athens- STATEMENT OF THE THREE MEMBERS OF REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE TO THE COURT ON 12/12/2011

December 17, 2011 by actforfreedom | 0 comments

We took the political responsibility for participation in the organization Revolutionary Struggle. Consciously we did not choose to position ourselves concerning the “story” that was presented to us here by the witness Papathanasakis -which of course, was transferred to him-, the facts he described and what the ΔΑΕΕΒ (special violent crime squad) judged as enough proof to proceed to arrests. We consciously chose to not go into the process of speaking of phone conversations, mobile phones, the appointments presented by the ΔΑΕΕΒ, to distance ourselves from the investigation carried out by the advocates -and only by them since until this moment at least the judges have not preformed any significant examination of this specific witness-, on whether they were serious, real, worthy, capable enough to go ahead to arrests and imprisonments.

We consciously chose to not go into the process to insult the anyway generalized, unsound and unclear “condemnation” of the specific witness. Besides, as he himself has repeatedly said, every one of these facts he presents on it own means nothing.

And of course, he does not have anything to tell us concerning the matter which is the substantial proof of “guilt” of each one of the accused and the main thing, he has confessed that there is no evidence neither for the actions neither for the charge of “managing” neither for the organization itself or its function.

We believe that this testimony did not change anything of what existed until today. All charges continue to be up in the air and none of them has been connected with real incidents which they prove as they should.

But the fact that we took the political responsibility for participation in Revolutionary Struggle does not mean that any placement of Papathanasakis concerning one of the three of us should be taken as a fact. The same goes for the advocates. Which means that it cannot be that while there is a clear attempt of disputing his testimony concerning one of the accused, and at the same time taking for granted his testimony concerning one of us who have taken the political responsibility. We do not accept the legalization in any way of any information of the anti-terrorist force i.e. the presence of one of us at a rendezvous, irrelevantly if we have mentioned that. Our silence does not mean and must not be interpreted as an acceptance of whatever incidents and narrations.

The fact that we have taken the political responsibility does not mean that we accept the work of the anti-terrorist force, the evidence and incidents they present and the charges they accuse us of.

Claim of political responsibility does not mean in any way acceptance of the charges or incidents, evidence and information of the persecutory mechanisms. Despite the fact that we considered this obvious to everyone, we are obliged from the development of the procedure to intervene to make these points and ask that our position is respected.

Pola Roupa, Kostas Gournas, Nikos Maziotis

International Call for Solidarity with the Revolutionary Struggle The 5th of October 11 has been set as the day that the trial of the Revolutionary Organization Revolutionary Struggle will begin.

The 5^th of October has been set as the day that the trial of the Revolutionary Organization Revolutionary Struggle will begin. The trial will take place in the court room of Koridallos prisons.
Eight accused will stand trial, who according to a recent order of the Council of Appeals will be tried for participation in the organization.
Accused in the case of the Revolutionary Struggle are: N. Maziotis, P. Roupa, K. Gournas, Ch. Kortesis,V. Stathopoulos,S. Nikitopoulos, K. K., (not arrested his on run) and M. Beraha (K.Gournas wife).

The first three accused, Maziotis, Roupa and Gournas have taken responsibility for the organization and remain imprisoned, but in mid October the 18month detention period expires. The rest of the accused are free.
Kortesis, Stathopoulos and Nikitopoulos were released from prison on terms recently, after two decisions of the council of Judges of appeals, since the Supreme Court applied a recantation on the first and another was made that ratified the decisions of the appeals judges.

The charges of each individual concern the felonies of constitution and participation in a terrorist organisation, supply manufacture and possession of explosive materials, explosions and numerous attempted homicides.

SOLIDARITY TO THE 5 ACCUSED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE CASE
AND TO N.MAZIOTIS, P.ROUPA AND K.GOURNAS
HONOUR FOR EVER TO ANARCHIST FIGHTER AND MEMBER OF REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE LAMBROS FOUNTAS
SOLIDARITY TO ALL IMPRISONED FIGHTERS

BOYBOYRAS/ACTFORFREEDOMNOW!

We believe that the death of Lambros Foundas by the uniformed murderers as well as the arrests of the six fighters for their participation or for their alleged participation in the Revolutionary Struggle, integral facts of their historical-social frame. We consider them as the first and heavy losses in the new phase of growth of class war that has been signaled by the capitalistic crisis. We feel that Lambros did not simply leave one day of March, but fighting on the eve of a general strike, while the six arrested as well as all the imprisoned fighters, are missing from us in the streets in these important as well as difficult days that have come, these days where the subversive-liberating argument must and can be applied with new intensity and momentum.
The three comrades who took responsibility for the actions of Revolutionary Struggle show that fighting for what you believe in is not a task that only the “elite” can take on. Its in everyone that has suffered in the system that has been created to control us. The state knows they are the real terrorists and as long as no one is fighting back they have nothing to fear. Its time to show them enough is enough and attack it with all means available.

“And if the terrorists Papandreou and Chrysohoidis are laughing (in vain) about our arrests; if they believe they have thus guaranteed the necessary security for their social-fascist party to easily continue imposing their criminal projects on society, wagging their tails to please their American masters; if they are hoping they have eliminated a serious threat to their regime, we assure them that it will not be so easy to do away with us.
While we live and breathe, we will do everything possible to cause trouble for their antisocial, criminal projects.
And if our persecutors and this country’s political establishment believe they have all of society on their side, if they believe most people see us as a “social threat,” they are wrong.”

Excerpt from the political letter to society from the Revolutionary Struggle members.

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Revolutionary Struggle are thought to be responsible for the following attacks, all in Athens:

September 5, 2003: Bombing at courthouse.
March 14, 2004: Bombing at Citibank subsidiary in Psychico neighborhood.
May 5, 2004: Bombing at police station in Perissos neighborhood.
October 29, 2004: Bombing of police buses.
June 2, 2005: Bombing at Labor Ministry.
December 12, 2005: Bombing at Finance Ministry in Syntagma Square, near Parliament.
May 30, 2006: Attempted assassination of Georgios Voulgarakis, former Minister of Public Order, now Minister of Culture.
January 12, 2007: Wasp 58 LAW rocket attack on United States Embassy.
April 30, 2007: Shots fired at police station in Nea Ionia neighborhood.
October 24, 2008: Bombing at Shell offices in Palaio Faliro neighborhood.
December 23, 2008: Shots fired at riot police bus near Athens University in Goudi neighborhood.
January 5, 2009: Shots fired at police guarding Culture Ministry in Exarcheia neighborhood. One riot cop critically wounded.
February 18, 2009: Car bombing at Citibank headquarters in Kifissia neighborhood. Bomb fails to detonate.
March 9, 2009: Bombing at Citibank subsidiary in Nea Ionia neighborhood.
May 12, 2009: Bombing at Eurobank subsidiary in Argyroupoli neighborhood.
September 2, 2009: Car bombing causes serious damage to Stock Exchange building.

Athens -DEMONSTRATION OF MEMORY AND STRUGGLE FOR REVOLUTIONARY LAMBROS FOUNDAS

The best political honour
for a comrade who lost his
life in the struggle
is to continue his struggle.

For us, his comrades in Revolutionary Struggle, he is not dead. He is in our blood and the air we breathe

as fighters. He is in our objectives and our aims. He is one of the organization and our cause. Every day,

every moment he is present. HE IS IMMORTAL.

Kostas Gournas, Pola Roupa, Nikos Maziotis

Athens -DEMONSTRATION OF MEMORY AND STRUGGLE FOR REVOLUTIONARY LAMBROS FOUNDAS

SATURDAY, MARCH 10TH 2012. 12.00AM, MONASTIRAKI SQUARE

2 YEARS SINCE THE MURDER OF ANARCHIST COMRADE LAMBROS FOUNDAS, MEMBER OF
THE ORGANIZATION REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE, WHO FELL IN BATTLE WITH COPS
DURING A PREPARATORY ACTION OF THE ORGANIZATION. OUR DEBT TO THE MEMORY TO
OF OUR COMRADE IS TO CONTINUE THE SUBVERSIVE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM,
EQUALITY, ANARCHY.

AGAINST THE JUNTA OF THE TROIKA AND THE MODERN TOTALITARIANISM, AGAINST
STATE AND CAPITAL, FOR THE SUBVERSION OF THE REGIME AND THE SOCIAL
REVOLUTION.

SOLIDARITY TO THE MEMBERS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE AND TO THOSE WHO
ARE BEING PROSECUTED FOR THE SAME CASE.

ANARCHISTS

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Athens -TWO-DAY EVENT-DISCUSSION POLYTECHNIC THURSDAY MARCH 8, 18.00 THEMATIC: THE ACTION OF THE ORGANIZATION REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE

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DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE AND STRUGGLE

TWO YEARS SINCE THE ARMED CLASH IN DAFNI WHERE ANARCHIST LAMBROS FOUNDAS
FELL IN ACTION DURING THE CARRYING OUT OF A PREPARATORY ACTION OF THE
REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE.

TWO YEARS SINCE THE ARRESTS OF OUR COMRADES, THE THREE MEMBERS OF THE
REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE P.ROUPA, K.GOURNAS, N.MAZIOTIS AND THE COMRADES
V.STATHOPOULOS, S.NIKITOPOULOS,CH.KORTESIS AND K.KATSENOS, WHO FOR A YEAR
AND A HALF WAS WANTED AND TODAY IS IMPRISONED IN KORIDALLOS PRISONS, AS
WELL AS THE PERSECUTION OF M.BERAHA, WHICH THE AUTHORITIES IMPLICATE THE
SAME CASE. THE CASE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE IS EVERYONES CASE,
WHOEVER RESISTS, WHOEVER FIGHTS, WHOEVER DOES NOT BOW THE HEAD IN THIS
WORLD.

TWO-DAY EVENT-DISCUSSION
POLYTECHNIC
THURSDAY MARCH 8, 18.00
THEMATIC:
THE ACTION OF THE ORGANIZATION REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE
SPEAKERS:
P.ROUPA, N.MAZIOTIS, K.GOURNAS
ALSO INTERVENING:
CH.TSIGARIDAS, A.SIRINIDIS

FRIDAY MARCH 9, 18.00
THEMATIC:
REPRESSION OPERATION – ARRESTS – TRIAL AND SOLIDARITY
SPEAKERS:
M.BERAHA, P.ROUPA, N.MAZIOTIS, K.GOURNAS, K.KATSENOS, V.STATHOPOULOS,
S.NIKITOPOULOS

GATHERING – DEMONSTRATION
SATURDAY MARCH 10TH , 12.00, MONASTIRAKI SQUARE
FOR COMRADE LAMBROS FOUNDAS
SOLIDARITY TO THOSE COMRADES WHO ARE TRIED FOR THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE
CASE
THE ONLY ROAD IS SOCIAL REVOLUTION
ASSEMBLY FOR THE CASE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE

POSTER: SOLIDARITY BENEFIT GIG FOR COMRADES THE ACCUSED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE ”CASE”Exarchia Square (athens-greece)

POSTER: SOLIDARITY BENEFIT GIG FOR COMRADES

THE ACCUSED FOR THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE

''CASE''

WITH: DEUS EX MACHINA ΧΑΤ ΤΡΙΚ LOST BODIES

DUCKY BOYZ DARK RAGS

SATURDAY 1ST OF OCTOBER 201 Exarchia Square,

Athens-greece

TRIAL 5TH OF OCTOBER KORIDALLOS PRISONS

SOLIDARITY COMRADES

’The revolutionaries do not apologize to the criminals of the State’’ FREEDOM TO THE MEMBERS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE SOLIDARITY WITH THE POLITICAL PRISONERS

POSTER SAY:

EVERY REBEL HE

AARY STLE

On October 5, 2011 the revolutionary struggle on trial.

‘’That is why our response to the crisis is the social revolution, which we consider as the only realistic proposal for ending the systemic crisis. A social revolution, people will expropriate the property of the wealthy, multinationals and major Greek companies; which will expropriate the whole Church and State property. A social revolution that will finally abolish the State and any hierarchical and bureaucratic organization and will create social structures that would prevent the recurrence of any form of organized economic and political power. Which will socialize everything: production means, land, trade, health system, education, transport, transportation.

A social revolution which will have in its core the social organization, community or commune; which will put all social and economic activity under the management of a network of popular assemblies and councils; where everyone in work, town, village, neighborhood through these collective management decision making bodies will get the life in his hands. That will definitely leave behind the industrial society and today’s lifestyle which is characterized by greed and domination of man over nature.

A social revolution that would eliminate any ethnic, racial and religious discrimination, that will bring together the people while respecting their diversity, that would permanently abolish social classes and divisions’’.

“The revolution needs two historical factors in order to occur. One is the objective conditions that we have. The second is the subjective conditions, i.e. a broad movement, revolutionary and determined to go on at any cost, a polymorphic plan to overthrow along with these social segments that will rise. And we have to do it now. To make this crisis the grave of the system’’

‘’The revolutionaries do not apologize to the criminals of the State’’

FREEDOM

TO THE MEMBERS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE

SOLIDARITY

WITH THE POLITICAL PRISONERS

Anarchist Collectivity of the Guillotine Newspaper

”KIM”/ACTFORFREEDOMNOW!

Every inssurectional heart is a struggle a REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE ONCE GUERILLAS -ALWAYS GUERILLAS

poster say: WHOSE JUSTICE WILL JUDGE THE JUST?

Revolutionary Struggle by choosing armed action as a means of attack towards the plans of the state and the commands of capital, was consciously and consistently on the side of the oppressed of the social and class war.

With its actions and words the organization attacked:

. THE CRIMINALS OF INTERNATIONAL BANKING COLOSSUSES
(CITIBANK, EUROBANK)

. THE GOVERNMENTAL CENTERS OF WILD ATTACK AND ROBBING OF SOCIETY
(MINISTRIES OF FINANCE-LABOR, STOCK EXCHANGE)

. THE UNIFORMED MURDERERS OF THE SYSTEM
(RIOT UNITS, POLICE STATIONS)

. THE BLOODTHIRSTY MULTINATIONALS WHO GET RICH FROM THE NATURAL WEALTH BY DESTROYING THE ENVIRONMENT, CONDEMNING TO ABSOLUTE MISERY ENTIRE POPULATIONS (SHELL)

. THE UNPUNISHED AND INTACT PROTAGONISTS OF SCANDALS
(VOULGARAKIS-TELEPHONE BUGGING, KIDNAPPINGS OF PAKISTANI PEOPLE, VATOPEDI SCANDAL)

. THE “UNBIASED” INSTITUTION OF URBAN JUSTICE
(COURTS OFEVELPIDON)

. THE MURDERERS OF POPULATIONS (U.S. EMBASSY)

REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE ARMED AND AIMED THOSE WHO PLAN AND EXECUTE THE MOST BARBARIC ATTACK AGAINST SOCIETY.
ON OCTOBER 5TH 2011 THE STATE WILL TRY REVOLUTIONARY FOR TERRORISM.
WE RETURN THE CHARGE TO THEM.

FREEDOM

TO THE MEMBERS

OF REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE POLA ROUPA, NIKOS MAZIOTIS, KOSTAS GOURNAS

THREE MORE ANARCHISTS ARE PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF THEIR FRIENDLY, COMRADE RELATIONS AND THEIR

MULTIFORM COLLECTIVE ACTIONS.

ALWAYS ON THE SIDE OF THOSE BELOW THIS WORLD AND AGAINST THE PLANS OF THE STATE AND CAPITAL.

WITH PARTICIPATION:

IN ACTIONS OF SOLIDARITY .

IN OCCUPATIONS .

IN DEMONSTRATIONS .

IN INTERVENTIONS .

IN ASSEMBLIES .

IN SOCIAL ATTEMPTS .

AT THE SAME TIME THE STATE IMPLICATES MARIE BERAHA IN A CLEAR ATTEMPT TO HIT HER COMPANION KOSTAS GOURNAS ABD CURB HIS WILL TO RESIST.

SOLIDARITY: TO OUR COMRADES

SARANTOS NIKITOPOULOS, CHRISTOFOROS KORTESIS,VAGGELIS STATHOPOULOS, TO KOSTAS GOURNAS COMPANION MARIE BERAHA, TO KOSTAS KATSENOS WHO IS PERSECUTED FOR THE SAME CASE

WE ARE CONSCIOUSLY ALWAYS WITH THE SIDE OF THOSE WHO FIGHT
WE KEEP ALWAYS LIVE IN OUR MEMORY AND IN OUR STRUGGLES
THE MEMBER OF REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE LAMBROS FOUNDAS

SOLIDARITY DEMONSTRATION
SATURDAY 1ST OF OCTOBER 2011,

12.OO NOON, SYNTAGMA SQUARE

TRIAL

WEDNESDAY 5TH OF OCTOBER

, 9.00AM, KORIDALLOS PRISONS

Assembly of solidarity
to the imprisoned and persecuted fighters

boubourAs/actforfreedomnow!

Poster Solidarity-

The exceptional court-martials of the system

cannot trial the struggle

against oppression and exploitation

nor to judge the political choices, perceptions

and relations of combatants

Solidarity

with the members of the Revolutionary Struggle Pola Roupa – Nikos Maziotis – Kostas Gournas

with Sarantos Nikitopoulos – Christoforos Kortessis – Vagelis Stathopoulos – Mari Beracha

who are accused for the actions of RS and who deny all charges

with those who do not accept allegiance and impoverishment as a condition of living

We don’t forget

anarchist Labros Fountas, member of the Revolutionary Struggle who fell fighting on March 10, 2010 during a preparatory action of the organization

Fight against Troika, Capital and State

for social revolution

and social liberation

March on Saturday October 1, Constitution Square – 12

Trial on October 5 in the court-martial of Koridallos

ANARCHISTS

‘‘KIM”/ACTFORFREEDOMNOW!

SOLIDARITY POSTER: FOR REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE ”CASE”

SOLIDARITY POSTER:

FOR REVOLUTIONARY ”STRUGGLE CASE”

**Solidarity gathering PA’s (mikrofoniki)
Thursday,29.9.11**

monastiraki 18:00

SOCIAL –GLASS WAR

AGAINST TO TROIKA, STATE, CAPITALISM

FREEDOM TO THE MEMBERS
OF REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE
POLA POYPA NIKOS MAZIOTIS KOSTAS GOURNAS

SOLIDARITY TO THE 5 ACCUSED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE CASE

CHRISTOFOROS KORTESIS ,

VAGGELIS STATHOPOULOS , SARANTOS NIKITOPOULOS ,

KOSTAS KATSENOS,MARI BERAXA

Solidarity demonstration

Saturday 1 OCTOMBER
Syntagma Square 12:00 P.M

TRIAL KORYDALLOS COURT

5TH OCTOMBER 2011 9AM

SOLIDARITY COMRADES

The 3 members of Revolutionary Struggle

Letter from the Revolutionary Struggle Three

On April 10, 2010, the Anti-terrorist Department of the Greek Police arrested six people in Athens :
Nikos Maziotis, Panagiota “Pola” Roupa, Kostas Gournas, Vaggelis Stathopoulos, Sarandos Nikitopoulos, and Christoforos Kortesis. All were known for their long presence in the anarchist/anti-authoritarian movement. Two weeks later, Nikos Maziotis, Pola Roupa, and Kostas Gournas admitted to participating in the organization known as Revolutionary Struggle (Epanastatikos Agonas). Stathopoulos, Nikitopoulos, and Kortesis denied the charges and stated that they were being persecuted for their years of anarchist activity and their comradely political relationships with the others.
The following is the complete declaration of the Revolutionary Struggle Three:
A POLITICAL LETTER TO SOCIETY
We are taking responsibility for our participation in Revolutionary Struggle. We declare that comrade Lambros Foundas, who died in Dafni on March 10, 2010 after a battle with the police, also participated in Revolutionary Struggle. The battle was part of the subversive project decided on collectively by Revolutionary Struggle. It was a battle for revolution and freedom.
READ THE REST: http://revolutionarystrugglecase.blogspot.com/2010/09/greece-letter-from-revolutionary.html

THE THREE COMRADES

B. STATHOPOULOS. S. NIKITOPOULOS. AND C.KORTESIS ARRESTED IN THE REVOLYTIONARY STRUGGLE CASE ARE TO BE FREE SOON!!

6/4 Three of the six temporary imprisoned, accused in the Revolutionary Struggle case, are to be released. According to the decision, Christoforos Kortesis and Vaggelis Stathopoulos must pay 3.000 euro, cannot exit the country and must appear at their local police stations twice a month.
Sarandos Nikitopoulos did not have to pay anything but only the other two conditions.

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Discussion in the Assembly for Solidarity in view of the council meeting on the release of the comrades (detained for 12months)

This Monday 28/3/11 in the Assembly for Solidarity there will be a discussion on the case of Revolutionary Struggle, since on the 10^th of April it will be 1 year detention for those who were arrested for the case. On the 5^th of April there will be the council that will decide the extension or not of the imprisonement of the arrested.

Assembly for Solidarity for the imprisoned and persecuted fighters (Athens)