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![—_— Theanarchistpresenc nthe waiversides ndespecially i the high schools s substantial. Many of the slogns yelled, pariculary at the latr demonsiraions, were ‘oarchis, Anarchiss, s par of th wider socal move- e, have acively panicipaed in these mobilizations and ed 0 give e heirown adical s “The oubrek of war andth govemment’ v, especially n elton 0 the high-school measures, has curbed th high school student movement. University stadents bowever ar sl going on. Atempis have becn made o give thlr svggle n an-wa,ai-mperialist hue. Most universites remain occupied and recenly & Iarge match proested cuside the American embassy. Tithese day of social criss and war, tis move- meat has potentl - if th various pany havks and bureascas don’tsubvert i, as al signs indicate - 1o develop sutonomouly, spread and gather around it other social sctors. Today when the word powersare. rying1oextend ei dominance and contro, andreades most of the work’s eopls o the profit mongering of westem caplss, i i important 0 strengihen social movement i order to rpae the heat of he beast everywhere. “Ou Dresns Wil Become Their Nighimares™ - popuae high.school sudent slogan during the recent mobiliztons. January 3190 Athens, Greece ions in the schools have ceased. The govemment’s rereat dampened the. cnthosissm 1o escaluiethe ‘suggle. Whatremains imporantis hathis hree month confrontation was the it srious rpure inhe conser- vative govemment’s polices. Most imporuntly this ceurred from & massive and suionomous movement - especially with high-schoolstudens. This strggle has dicalized sectorsof he suadents,in e niversites and ‘pariculaly in the highschoals. In’ cimae of war governments seck o mpose. discpline on socity. A favourabe e to marginaize Social reisance. The continsation of the trggle and supporfo socil sectors that are moblizing s herefore imporant intimes of i Recently the government arresied and jied an ansrhis, Vardis Touris. On Jly 23190 i he town of ‘Chanis o the island of Cree, a demonstaion against the US/NATO bases located there tumed nto 4 it when proesters were aacked by riot palice. The riok lasted for 18 hoursand ae it wss over more than 50 people were charged. Tsours was aresed 6 months laer I esponse o the suthoriis b denounced his amestand demanded his immedine and unconditonal elease.Protess were organizedn Athens snd Cee. In Crte housands tumed out o protest gains he US| ’NATO bases and 1o demand Toours” release, ‘which occured sbout 8 week 350, In Solidary, Anarchist for Socil and Class War (We are a group of com- rades working ogether for thepustyearin Atheas. Our ambition is 0 spresd our analyss and acton (0 the ‘wider social fronts inasus ined and responsible ef- fon. For mre info contac P.O. Box 31229, Athens, Greece 10035) A Short Chronology Of The Resistance In Greece We have ut togeherthis chronology concern- ing evenis in Grecce i h o part o ‘90 and arly montheof 91 0givealimpse of he ariows siuggles laking place. Most f our iformation as come from an Englsh nguage buletncalled A-Infos which s puihad by archists in Athes. They can e con actedat: APIBC clo8 Arisidou S, 1055 Athrs, GREECE. November 590 “Thigs from the New Democracy Pary (ight- conservative pury in power) aacked workers who had been occupying the Piraeiki-Pacaii texile fac- oty in Paras for 8 umber of mondhs. Many workers and S facists were inured. November 1490 “Armed specalunit of the Greck police stacked andinvadedthe rison of Alikamassosnea Heraklion, Crte where # prisoners” revol had taken plce on October 5190, Hleven ofthe prisoners e put nto iso- laton cels 35 result. Mesnwhile th revol i the rison of AghiosStefanos neas Paras coninues On he same day the coursdecides 0 posipon thetralof Smimeos and Marinos who re b accused of being menbers of the smed group, Ani-Staie Strugale. They had bothbeen aresed on Otober /57 when 1 thid lleed member of the group, Michalis Prekas,was illed by policeduring a gun-bate November 1790 “Theusual march rom the Poltechsic o e US. cmbassy commemorating th sudeatuprising in 1973 does not srsche sual number of partcipants e 0 eavy nin. Nonetheless over 3,000 anaichiss take part 4ndproceed 1o stack, with stoes and molotovs, many bnks, govermment buiklings andlary hoels. Happily o one i aested] November 19190 Police atsck and invade the Aghios Stefanos prison whichhas becn n revl since October 1110, The prsoners e aken b focetoseaton cels. The Ag.Stefanos prisonin Patzas was helastone inrevolt. T other prisons revols had cnded n response o the refoms insitued by the My of Jostice tha bad been designed 1o alevite conditons in Greek pris- November 2019 ‘November 170 (uben gurrillsorganization) atempts toKill Vadis Vardinjanas one of heich- est individuls in Greece) in the Athens subarb of Bkali. D toheavy renforcementof i carthe bomb il 0 kil Vardinojannis, November 26/%0 Policeaet Jannis Boviketidis, Siros Kojan- nis and istoe 3 warrant for Georgos Balafes. The et are n connection with th rid on the hide-out of Kiriskos Mazokopos(snrchist who was injoed in ‘abomb exploson on Nov. 1190 se aurlastse for mr info) when fingerprins were found tht lleg- ediybelangedtothe thrce comrades. Bouketidis was Knowntothe plicebecausehe was aestedn 84 for allegediyfire-bormbing ation offce. He was e found not gailty of the charges. Police claim tht Balafas s 8 member of the amed group Ani-Suate Struggle whotook partina gunfightwith policen’56 ‘which resulied inthe deathof 3 cop. Novermber 2719 In th ciy of Kalamts, Rosina Berkeer s ar- rested in connection withthe Mazokopos hide-out. ‘She had been aresed n the past foralegely being s member of an armed group but was scquited of those charges. Mazokopos”condiion worsens andhe o Toses his right eye (e lef one was destroyed during the explotion). December 650 ‘Over u millon Greek workers begin s gneral ke which it tolastover 48 bours. January 891 "X lefit teacher is murdered by fasciss and ‘members of ONNED (e ruling conservtive pary’s ‘youh group). The eacher had been aciv i he stu- dentscugae that was aking place acrossthe counry. January 1051 ’\ huge demo, that was clled i response o the murder o the teacher, tuns o 8 masive i with Serce fighiing aking place between demonstrators and he police. The main squae in Athens s occupicd and burning barricadesars st up. Fighing coninues hrough th night and many banks snd govemment buildings re stscked. Riotsalo take place i other Grssk cies, Four people are murdered by police dusing the is. January 3091 I Chaniaon the slind of Crse judge oders he impriscnment of n snarhis, Vards Churi,for his pat n the mlitant demonstrations het ook plsce sgaint e US/NATO bases inJly (snothercomrade, Manolis Chiniaakis, had beenmprisoned n Nove- ber for is part i the demos). Sixy comrades who were t the s blocked al the cout exis thercby preventing e police from eavin with Churs. Police e-enforcements had o be called from othertovens o the sland to move Churs tothe local prison. February 191 Over 3000 people paricipse na demorstrtion outside the prison (s hlds Charls nd Chinarais, The demonsirtors dernand the immediae relase of both comrades. March 1291 Five bomb attcks ke plce in Athens destoy ing ourstbuses nd damaging nearby bulldings. No ne hasclaimed esponsibilty (as we wie i -e0) forthe cton but it i thought 0 be i response 10 govemment’suseof touis busesand samy vehicles 1o Teplacs public buses because o strke of pubic bus drivers. The drversar o trikebecause o govern- ment plan o privasize he pubic tansitsysem.](arm-the-spirit-6-janmarch-1991 7.png)
rm The Spirit ™
For Revolutionary Resistance
International
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The War Never Ended...
The war coninues as lways. It s, and s been,
simed st Third World peoples thoughout history. The
New World Order” of US. imperalism marks he
beginningofa new phase i s warof exloitation and
dominaton of the Third World. With the collapse of
e socalism in Easiem Borope we arenow seing the
confict sifing from EastWest 0 NonSouth. In the
wake of the “Cold War" and with hecapitalis resiruc.
taring of the former “sociais” counties in Eastera
Europe the imperilst staies can concentate on i
increased exploiation of the South, Any challenge 1
has been evidenced, will be met with brtal
repression.
“The invasion of Kuwait atforded the ULS. the
opportunty o inervenemllarily i the Middie Eastin
order toprotec s cconomic interests and 10 esablisha
‘permancat miliary presence inthe region The U.S. has
slonghistoy of mainainingtsimperalishegemony in
the Golf region: 1 suppor of the dicatoril regime of
the Shah and the continved Zionistoccapation of Ples-
tine, 0 Tt but 3 few. The US. did not condemnn the
gassing of Kurdsh peopl n 1988 by the g govern-
ment, unil it ws expedient o do s nth coniex of e
Gulf War. Yet Turkey, » NATO ally, has brtally re-
presied the Kurdish iberation strogle nits county,of
Whichthe U.S.makes o menton. .S, foregn policy is
clarly selecive in it support for dicatoril regimes
“which ul i lne with it cconomic designs while
presing hose iberation struggles which seek 10 free
hemselvesfrom the yoke of US. imperilim.
I ecent yarstherehasbeen aprocess of resirc-
‘aring within the world-wide capialist sysim tht bas
aiven rise o the formation of econemic blocs. These
blos a3 represened by the US., the Buropean Eco-
nomicCommunity and Jspan have stemptedio consol
daie thei intress a ey become incrasingly com-
peiive with each ther. In Europe the process of re.
Srcturing has seen theconstracton of 8 “super- sl
of which the rcenty unified Germany is the leading
force. This is soen as threa 0 US. captal which had
bl s cconomy on massive miliary spending doing
the ammt ace of th 80°s. With the end of the so-called
“Cold War" this miliry comerstone of the cconomy
‘wasbeing rapdly eroded. The process of restacturing
inthe US. capialist bloc ws being facilated hrough
the“Fre Trade" areement betwecn the U.S. and Can-
ada This allowed U, mult nationls greater access 10
natural resources nd larger markets. In recent months
Mexico has enered nto discassions with the US. 1o
expand the “Free Trade” agreemen. Ther s now even
the possibility of Chil enering nio his. Whilehe US.
\ouis the beneis of this resiucaring it is becoming
clear that only US. capital will boefit whie others
e, Withthe decine of the milary buid-up wnd ots
in dfense spening, the consolidation of the US. eco-
nomic blos was n ris. The Gulf War sabilized ti
ii.Inshortorde and withminimum loss th U.S. has
evialized it ams industry enewed defense expendi-
tures nd U.S. mlt nationls will rebild Kuwt ot
e proic
Andtheopposiiontoallofis? InNorth America
it was consined by the bounds of legality. While
movement in b puns of the word
e onihe ffenive, s n b
e besst e pesc movemen,
‘i mabizing demonsirions,
s ot s 1o sericuly anack
e US.war machie.Th o
fem Iy n the pespecives
vaons purs of the et
movener o ke o ed
S th view e the Gl
Wt v »cofic berween
cquly gy puris snd
ong i view i sny i 34
e of mporili - ot i US. 48
appoiton warto e pporcduncon:
onaly. o was npar e vers.
i viw i whre wesknrssof
e moremen. To ourests s
Pt e movemert e o1
Sovine th i, impriai
okt o e war s e
insead o aly srond -
Pace A Chance”. No
doubt this was due 0 the
fctthat tere was an sb-
ericimal impers
plotation, only crticsm
of a miltary means of
achieving his.Todo o
would have exposed
their_dependence,
pon ths sxpoia-
heir s privi-
lege. On the oer .
hand a section of W
the movement supporied he Ingi govermment o the
point of being unciial o s acions snd being spolo-
Bisttoitsworstexcesses. Allnthe nameof “ai-impe-
i, The real strgglesinthe Midle East will be.
Won by the peoples hemselvs o by dicatorial re-
gimeswhich claim o represcathe willof thse peopls.
“This means solidarity with the Kurdich (someing.
convenicatly forgoten sbout by cerain“an-mperia-
") and Palestinian iertion trggles snd slidarity
‘with those people i revot asinst th dicatoril e
simesof Tukey,Jordan, Saudi Arbis, Ian and Kuvwit.
Forusgensineanl. imperialism and eal soldarity
is achieved by fighing in the imperialt cenres ©>
isrupt. thei smooth unctoning. Resstance move.
‘ments whichare built here must base themselves witin
perspctve f cassopposiion. Mach of e ef (ut.
obiously not al) s content 1o support liberaion
suugglesin otherparsf th world whilegnoring bhose
sruggles happening on her very doorseps. Concrete
antimperialism means bilding oot only resisan
within those struggles which are occurig e, but
beingsbl to fght songide o srugles happening.
Solidarity Wi e
JAN-MAR
1991
No. 6
‘The Face Of The New World Order
Shewhers.Thiforusis genuine mtermatonalissoid.
ity Themovement here ledto goonthe ffensive and
filed 1o sabotsge the US. war machine. Discussion
stound the movement's ulur o ract ofensively has
10 beginn some form.
“This i by no means a completeanalysis, indeed it
only scrtchesth surfsce. We ae nly offeing up ane
perspecive out of many,but we hope tht it can add 1o
the discussion and the debste sround te Gulf War snd
s atemath,
We Have A New Address:
A.TS. c/o Wild Seed Press
P.O. Box 57584, Jackson Stn.
Hamilton, Ont.
L8P 4X3 CANADA
War On The Warmakers!
Withhis chronology we have attempied o givea
brif overiew of the armed actions that have laken
placesince(and before) e US. ledatack onirag. Most
of tis information has been gleaned from alternaive
souwces but we had 0 rely onthe capitaist media for
ome of i Neediess 10 say the capialist press has not
covered the scope and width of antiwar resisiance
particalaly thatof armed resisiance. Wish the mur.
Ousanddiverse ntiaives that hav aken place we have
acidedofocus onthemore milantand armed aiacks
Jan. 13
Puyallup, WA - an Amy recriing staton is fre-
‘bombed nd two polce carsar also damaged.
Seattle, WA - a coupl of molotovs are thrown at the
Federal Building.
Jan. 15
‘San Francisco, CA - 4000-5000 people block the doors
of the Federal Building doring the morning and carly
afermoon and prevent over 8,000 Federal employees
Srom going 0 work. 400 people re arested during the
blockade, Afervardshere i march o the Bay Bridge
hichis occupied by over thousand people. Amother
demonsiaion organizcd by Roos Against War stas
Srom the Mission Distrit in Latino and Chicano com-
munites and proceeds owards the Financial Disic
Conservaive pliceestimates clamed 30,000 demen-
stors but the mber was much higher. Riots sared
and huge bonfires were built n the steets. Windows
were smashed, ks of spraypaiting akes place nd at
one point people broke into 8 Ciicorp bank. Later on
1,000peopl suemptiooccupy theBay Bridgeagainbut
s anacked by poice. At 1115 pun.
everypoliceoficial nthe ity ison
with over 600 aess,
Jan.16
Bertl, Germany - the Revolusionary Cells detonsie
bomb st the Victory Statue.
Jan. 17
‘San Francisco, CA - cions ook placealloverthe ity
withthe biggeat taking place at the Federa Building.
where thousands blocked entrnces. I+ alo reporied
that recriingcentre ws trashed and hat two police
cars were set on fire.Latr inthe evening a march took
place through he Fnuncial District which was atiacked
by police witheargasormice (we're o sure whichone
twas), Lteanight proestos stacked banks andother
targes i the Financial Disrc.
Milan, laly - molotovs are thrown a Briish school
and an American ibrry in rotest of the US. atack.
Germany - hundreds of thousands protest aganst the
US. atack with fighing between demonstrators and
police breaking oot in Hamburg, Frankfrt and Berlin.
Jan. 18
Kil, Germany - the windows of the Kennedy-Haus
Culinal Cante e smashed.
Jan. 20
Belrut Lebanon - s bomb explodes at a Briih bask
W. Beirt and the lsian cmbassy is hit by 8 rocket
propeled grenade.
Jan. 21
Istanbul, Turkey - s NATO maintenance uciliy i st-
tacked by the Turkish gucrilsgroup Dev Sol.
WAR AGAINSTWARI
s gt of n iermation! esistance and action
day, sainsithe USA sad NATO'sGolf war e, tanight,
he 15/0251 irebombed a Danish branchof e rench.
concem CITROEN (Backersve 17 Copeahagen).
Our anack, i 0 be secn in connecton with the
millary engagecnen n the Gul war.
“The CITROEN indusres i an imporiant par of
the French milfury-ndustsal_ weapon. producton,
which i curenly being wed n he war againt g
“The UNhunger.campaign (sanctions-ed) and he
'USA/NATO terro-bombings against the I popula-
on, makes it necessry 0 buld a compreheasive and
‘many-sided esistancesgainsthe war,ighthee i he
‘own backyard: Anyone who makes profit o ndlor it
‘panicipatng inthis bubaric war, should be atacked by
opponents of war, inone way o anoberl
'USA AND NATO OUT OF THE GULF!
NO TO AN INTERNATIONAL EEC - USA - AND
ISRAELILOBBY DOMINATED MID.EAST CON-
FERENCE. SUCHA CONFERENCEISNOTHING
'MORE THAN THE EEC “ALTERNATIVE" TO
‘THE MILITARY-POLITICAL COURSE OF THE
Usa!
‘THE REAL ALTERNATIVE IS¢
'UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT TO THE KUR-
DISHANDPALESTINIAN PEOPLESSTRUGGLE.
FOR INDEPENDENCE!
SUPPORT FOR ANY INITIATIVE TOWARDS
REVOLT, COMING FROM THEARABIAN, IRA-
NIANAND TURKISH PEOPLEAIMED AGAINST
‘THEIR DICTATORIAL REGIMES!
A GREETING OF SOLIDARITY TO THE IM-
PRISONED COMRADES OF ACTION DIRECTE,
'WHOSINCE G201/91 HAVE BEEN ONHUNGER-
STRIKE, FIGHTING FOR THE ABOLITION OF
ISOLATION-TORTURE, AND FOR UNIFICA-
TION IN PRISON.COLLECTIVES!
RESISTANCE!NO QUIET IMPERIALIST BACK-
YARD!
“A COUNTRY, WHICH OPPRESSES ANOTHER,
‘CAN NOT BE FREE ITSELF"
(Ross Luzembourg)
‘THE GROUP WAR AGAINST WAR!
‘Belrat, Lebanon - s bomb cxplodes
caie bk,
Tebmo Fran
Jan.23
Belrut, Lebanon.- bombs goofat the rench embassy
and ubrach of the Saudi-Risdh bask, A well a French
bank in Baalbek s stscked
Jan. 24
Santlago, Chile-sack aginsta US. fim. Auacksalio
take plce in Bra
Jan. 25
‘Athens, Greese - November 17 (s Greek guerrills
310up) akes resposibilty for th fllowing bombings
o Athens: Citbank ( U.S. bank), Barclays (s Brish
k) and the vebicl of the French Miliary Ausche. A
fourtbornb st another Citibank branch fis o detonate.
Jan. 26
Parls, France - a large ant-war demo aes s o .
riot As wel a bomb goes offa the ofices of th efish
newspaper Liberaton. Th newspaper support he US.
stack in the Gulf
Lima,Peru - guerlls detonsi a casbomb i he et
ationa siror. As well MRTA (Tupac Amaru Revols
onary Movement) guerils ir instlazs rockets i
the USS. embassy. Later the next week MRTA firs §
morar rounds a the embassy again. They have also
uken esponsibiliy for attcks on the American Peru-
vian CultralInsttute and s monumet 0 Jobn F. K
nedy. Th lsian embasey hasalso been attacked.
Washington, D.C. ati-wardemo withpolice liming.
75,000 people, organizersclaming 250,000, During he
& group of people throw paintbormbs, smash
‘windows and spraypaint various targets including the
FBIJusticeand Treasry buildings. As wellnumberol
banks have thei windows smashed und the World Bark
geisspraypainied and has some windows smashed.
‘Adan, Turkey - the US. consulie and a Tukish-
American organizaion wre suscked. No. ane has
claimed responsbiliy t tis .
Belrut, Lebanon - baaks afilived with France and
Saudi Arsbia ae stacked. In Sidon Fanca bask is
atacked. This apparemly rases the numbes 10 7 of
foreign ntress in Lebanon tht have been atcked.
Berlin, Germany - 2 Woolworhs (US. depanment
store chain) s frcbombed.
‘San Juan, Puerto Rico-a ipebommb xplodes aa US.
miliary recruiing staion.
Kuala Lampur, Malaysi - two U.S.siine offces ar.
bombed.
Jan. 27
‘Athens,Greece - he Greek guerila group, November.
17,isbelieved responsibl orth bombing o th -
Amercan insursnce company. No one i injured but
lot's ofpropeny damage
Jan. 28
‘Athens, Greece - n explosion nar he Beiish Pero-
leum offces s againbelevedtobe the work of Nover-
ber 17. A group caled “IEN" fires rocket at the
American Express offices. Agan o one was injured
and al actions n the last fow days ae agains the US./
UN. stsck inthe Gulf
Jan. 29
Lumie, Turkey - two Turkish lefis guerrila groups
atack’ separte U.S. and French argets.
Jan. 30
Istanbul, Turkey - considerble propery damage is
caused when bornbs g0 off st .S, and Brtshinersts
s wel s th Islian consolat.
Ankara, Turkey - o US. miliary vehicies ae
forched. Dev Sol execuis 4 reired genen, Holusu
Sayin, who used 10 be & millay commander in the
Kurdish regions of Turkey.
Feb. 2
Sanas, Yemen.- abomb goesoff i he Frenchembassy.
Lamaks, Cyprus - bombs o o a1 Barcays Bank and
an American Express Bank.
wcontinued on page 10
Red Army Fraction
Communique
WARTO THE IMPERIALIST WA}
US-NATO OUT OF THE MIDDLE EAST!
SABOTAGE, DESERT, ATTACK!
'SOLIDARITY WITH THE HUNGERSTRIKE OF
OUR IMPRISONED COMRADES FROM AC-
TION DIRECTE AND GRAPO/PCE(®)!
ASSOCIATION OF ALL POLTICAL PRISONERS
IN WEST-EUROPE!
'SOLIDARITY WITH THE STRUGGLE OF THE
POLITICAL PRISONERS IN THE ISOLATION
UNITS INTHE Us!
STOP THE EXECUTION OF MUMIA ABU-JA-
MAL!
SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLES OF THE
MIDDLE EAST AGAINST IMPERIALIST DE-
STRUCTION AND OPPRESSION:
IMMEDIATESTOP OF THEGENOCIDEOF THE
PEOPLE OF IRAQ!
Today we haveshotat he U, embasey in Bonn
withthe Commando Vincenio Spana becaus rom the
beginning the US.hastaken o the leading role i the.
warof destrocion against. the people of Irag. With our
action we placeourseves inone e with l hose who.
around the wold hav stood up againt his USNATO
aenocide.
Iermtonal soldary is the tendermess of the
peoplest
Forihe imperilistsaes this waris he st stepto
pushthroughthernew wordorder forhe it time aher
the cold war. Inthe inerest of imperiaism, the Iagi
segime for years has waged wr, it has led & war of
externinaion in 3 horendos fushion - even with the
useof poisongas - against the Kurdish people. nthe st
tim, Irag was more and more concerned with expand-
ing s own power posiion n the region in the Middle
East. The Middle Estis olitclly unsabl region for
heimperiains Onheone hand,troughibe suvggleol
the Palestiian beraton movemen, the lon breath of
the nifada, thepressurehas beencreaied wich putsthe.
questionfora bsi oltcs changeon the sgenda again
ind again, On the ther hand, it hasbeen et for long.
time, tat the raling cliques in Saudi Arabis, Byp,
Jordan o cnebeing Uresened,sooneror lier, by
cing blown away b their peoples. That s why i this
egion, whose il the wester mol-ntionas and the
Wes-European counries e depending o, no power s
supposed o develop whichis notunder absolu coirol
ofhe mperiai blo.
“These are the ressons why today the imperiaist
couniies wage his was aganst formeraly. Imperil-
em docen't have any morale. The Saddam Hussen.
Hitlercomparisons are the propagandist st through
‘Whichthe uling powerswant 10 chievete-rom many
poople non.existat. - sgreement for his vr.
Botiohis system, any Hie, Sharir, Ozal, Pino-
chet,Chrstiaand whatever helrrames e, s rend.
1t ong a5 he - o matter with what mears - pushesthe
{ntereatsofintematonal capial through.
Forthe U, this waristhe welcomed oceasionto
more strongly ik the question of the lesdrship ole
‘withinthe wester bloct millay tength. At he same.
time, they of couse want 10 rehabliate thelr wrecked
economy with his war Authe moment,a e Golf here
o akes lace e strggle of compedition f e mpe-
it core countiesorceners among each therabo
the future conrolandleadership position n the Mi
Eastem region and th leadership positon itk the
imperiais camp. The federl goverment s conscious
ofthe facttht greser Germany cannot become 3 new
‘workd power solely ou of the economic potenial of
FRG capital. The Fourl Reich needs the unleashed
military machine for that, as urgently a¢ the Nazit
needed it before. Aflr 45 years e inerests of German
capial aretobe pushed through finlly withthe whole
brualty of the war machinery.
‘Atthe moment all preparaionsae aking lace or
hat. The deployment of the fedeal army (bundeswehs
.4)in Turkeyand s logisticalnvolvemeatin s war
e first pracical seps. Wit the velicle of a UN-
‘misson for the faders any, grster Germany wanis 1o
crene el fnaly ree hand or the millary
Subisson s0d lotin of te peoples - aferthe N,
IMF a0 Worldosnk have been made intramenis of
imperialistwar waging againt the oppressed pooples.
“The warinthe Middle it s warof heichsgsistthe
‘pour. As the comrades of the 17t of November in
Greece bave ssid:
“The imperisit ststes are waging 8 war of
scorched earhin1rag, the amounofdeath nd suffring
thasbeing brought oo people b the many thousand
tons of bombs and the aerisl bombardments of the
‘American B-52 bombers, has no ben forgoticn by the
oppressed ofhis world sine Vietnam.
Tsrac and Turkey re using tis genocide aganst
the Tagi peopl in order o increase war and error
againt he Plestiniansnd Kurdishpeopl. The Turkish
egime - supporied by the federal army and other
NATO-toops - bombs Kurdish villages and has mor-
dered thousands of pople in the border regions. Isacl
sgsin bombs Palestnian camps in south Lebanon and
terrorizes the popolaton n e ccupied teorics. The
Zinist sate wants o expe he Palestinians foronce and
Torll and wants 10 annex pars o Lebanon nd Jordan.
Solidarity with the Paestnian Intfada and the
‘The huge mobilizationagains is warf exermi-
‘tion has surprisd snd sared the ruling orces in the
FRG. After a yearin which thefederl govermment had
itel and the re-establishment of greater Germany and
the *victory of the system of free enerprise” being
celbraie, hey arebeing conronted oday withthe fuct
hat many people have esined a sense for he fact, that
heirinterstare belonging ogetherwith e tersisof
the people n the Middle East and not with the rling
forcs inhis word
‘The wespon of the prychological warare with
‘which al those are being dencunced by the federal
ovemment 13 wel 1 by th state. supporing el as
acistssnd n-semites who have iood up agains his
genocid,needstobemade blunt. The solidarty wihibe
lragipeople against the mperialisexterminatonis pat
of th sruggle of us below against those above. There,
herehe stgglis being ledoutf his consciousness,
such denunciations are unaing ito empty space. The
antimperils tuggle belongs diecly ogeber wity
e processesof ssening heconcrete lvig niressof
e peopl,ortostop mperilst dstrucion processes
both wgether are e process in which the oppresied
are building counterpower in concrte sieps and push
back te imperialist power worldwide.
We want o tell hose, who i e st weeks have
ke 10 the suets against
have o dea withthe fctthat imperiaist
logic of the imperiastsystem. This system produces
isolton and compeiive pessir, each one agansi he
othe,nthe rch" counris. Any human senseof e is:
tobedestroyed. nsicadmany are supposed osearchor
heir idensity in being objctive in the consummpton
teror. Imperialism will lways wage wars thes, when
Somewhere inthe word s poweris indanger. I willnot
0p1force s determinatcn ntothe ivin nteressof
{he peopls - withforce, with money, wih e, with e
‘whale rangeofts means of domination. Ther wilnly
beaslf.determined e forallwithou exploiation and
oppression, when we have broken the power of the
imperialist sysem. One sip in that directin is he
coming togeher of the different inisives agsinst this
senceide:
Zin the auacks of evoluionary groups everywhere in
e world againt he poltica and milary power of
US.A-3nd NATO;
inthe blockadesaganst he stockmarkets, e NATO.
miliay bass nd inall ninives,demos,vigil,refus-
alstomiliay service, sbotage-acions,in whichfor he
people the discussion s, o conguer and own con-
iciousness,which s independent rom e ulingfoces,
Sbout what i ight and ncessary.
To the people who have been doing the vigi in
frontof the US- embassy since e beginning o the war
intheguf: isHkely thatyouhave rceived ey iy
shock. We have mixed our smmuniion with ighting
ammaniion (racer bulles - ed.),in orderforyouto see
immedinely, whereexacly he shooting akes placeand
40 that none of you uns in the wiong direction oot of
Shock. Surely, the media will sow prochim: we hax
almos xccoted you. Thatis ulshit. We knew exacly
for the whole e where you had your camp, and we
ave also, befors we staried 0 shoot i the U.Sem-
bassy, conrolled hat path down t the Rhise.
Red Army Fraction 14/02/91
Resistance Conspiracy Case Ends
On December 690 the Resisunce Conspiracy
Cateinlly came 0 ancnd with the sentencing of Laara
‘Whithom and Linds Evins. This marked the close of &
poltcl il in which the US. government had been
Suemping to pursve s ongoing policy of buryig
revoltionsries,in paricular those who have porsued
e path of amed rsisnce, in prison. Linda and
Laury'ssenencing was the result of the May/8 indict
mensby the US. govemment of ant-imperilst evo-
utionaries (one of whom is curenly in clandestiniy)
on the charges of conspiracy and the bombings of
various corpori, milary and goverment argets. In
the summer of 1990 the § decided o ener ino a plea
bargan situation because of Alan Berkman's rapidly
deteiorating health (e ATS#4). As a rsul. the
chargesagaint Tim Blunk, Susan Roseaberg and Alsa
Berkman were dropped and Linds, Laura nd Mariyn
Buck greed oplesd guity totwo countsf he conspi-
scy charge and o the Capiol bombing. On November
16/90 Marilyn was sesenced to an ddisonal 10 years
‘which was to be served consecuively with her sleady.
70.yest seniace. On December 690 Laura and Linda,
were bo senienced with Linds receiving two addi-
tional yar senences which were (0 beserved concur.
rentl withher aleady 35-yea soience. 1 was Laum,
facing no cument prison sentence, who was [0 receive
the barshest trstment when she ws senienced 10 20
years. The stae prosecution clairod that she was the
main insigator behind the many sctons and subse.
quently she should be made o receive the hashest
emence. Th judge,of course,nesded e persoasion
1o follow ki so-calld “lne of ressoning”. Because.
Laur wasnot previously serving any prison sntence,
unlike the ohers, i was conceivabe hat she could be
ot witin 8 reaively shorttme. Thi was he main
eason for the govemment's decision (0 give her he
‘masimm possbl setence no the bogusreasonsthat
e prosecution gave,
‘Withthefinasemencings he RCC comrades were
disprsedibroughoutthe U.S. pison systcm. Alan Berk-
man who had been reciving chemotherapy reauments
forhis recutenceof cancer (Hodgkinsdiscae) has bocn
maved o prson in Rochester, Mimesota. During the
Iaterpar of 1990 Alan'scondiion ws fe.theateing.
and a campign s underisken to have him reessed on
patoe. Since thenhis healts has improved snd while he
s not receved parole he has been trasferred t0 8
prison where he can receive bies medica reatment i
he requires i Marlyn and Susan were se 10 ECLL
Marisnna in lorids, Linda to F.C.. Plessanion n Cal.
fomia and Laurato F-C.L Lexingion in Kentucky. Tim
s bocn sen 10 US.P. Marion, the Bureau o Prison’s
supermas risn, i linois.
Linda Backiel
On December 10, 1990, Linda Backel,
long-ime political activiat lawyer was
hrown in jil indeinitely for civl con-
temp for efusing o testify before s grand
jury.Linda was efusing otestfy bouther
former clent Betty Ann Duke, the sventh
member of the Resiunce Conspiacy
(Cate, who scaped o feedoma while ao.
Linds i 2 strong legal and politcl sop-
porter of the Puero Rican independence
movement; most recenly defending Filb-
o Ojeds Rios(se¢ ATS. #5). Leersof
Ioveand support shouldbe mailed oLinda
Backiel, A-40,Bucks County Correctional
Facility, 1730 S. Esston Road,
Doylesiown, PA 18901 USA.
The end of the Resisuance Conspiracy Case
marked the fiish o the major poliical rials tat had
tockplace roughout the 0's nvoling capared guer-
il from the anti-imperialist rsistane in the US.
‘Aftr number of actions had sken plce n he early
80's involving the United Froedom Front, th Revolo-
tionary Armed Task Force and Red Guerrl Ressance
(and Divect Acton hee in Canada), the sae's couner-
insurgency measures began o take their (ol on the
guerrilla resistance with the capure of & namber of
combatants. Whil it can't be assumed tht all o the
uerrillas have been captured s safe 10 say tha the
Various organizatons hd either been broken o weak-
ened 1o the point of beng incapable of carying n the
fight. Asitstherehasbeeano mujorarmed acions since.
1985 invalving guerrlls from hesni imperalit s
ance. Withthis phase f the amed srugal over here
is 8 presing need foran analyss of those actons hat
tock place n the euly 80'. The discusson around
armed resistance has been rapidly declining snce he
mid.80's and if the sni-capualst, anc-imperalist
sruggle i 10 be revialized here needs 1 bea enewal
of this discassion. Thi i paiclary importnt inthe
‘wake of th Persian Gulf War. Ofth quesions tatneed
10 be asked, some of the more mporiant ons are; why
wasn'tthe srmed esitance movement sl 1o sustsin
e, and why wasn't it ble obase sl widinpopolar
‘movements and subsequently be abl 1o reproducei-
A7 Ofcourse there re many other questons 15k bot.
essenialy these questions fomn the main crx of any
discussio thatis o begin. Obviously thesear not new
questions b withthe lack o discusion taking plsce
ther s ncd 10 put thenforth yet again,
Essentil 10 any discusson of ourse will bs the
‘paricipationof the policl prisones and prisoners of
becn capuured this does nok
e capacty o fight ey are
ow simply ighingon s ifferetlevel. The ineracion
of the prisoners with the movements o the utside is
essenial forthe revialzation ofresistance movemeris.
‘With that we encoursge people 1o keep n comact wils
the RCC comrades as well as ather poliical prsoners
and prsoners o wi
Susan Rosenberg 03684016
Marilyn Buck 400452.285
PMB 7007
Shawnee Unit,F.CL Marianma
Marinn, FL
32446 USA
Tim Blunk #09429.050
USP. Marion
P.0. Box 1000
Marion, L
62959 Ush
Linda Evans #19973.054
F.CL Plestanion
701 885t
Camp Purks:
Dublin, CA-
94568 USA
Laura Whitchorn #22432.037
F.CL. Lexingion
3301 Leestown Rd
Lexingion, KY
40811 USA
‘We donot have Alsn Berkmsa's sddress tthis i bt
hopefully we'll be sbl o pat it n the nextsue.
Message (o supporters, family, friends,
from the Resistance Conspiracy 6
Gresings 10 all of you,oursisters nd brothers,
ourfumilie nd rends. Thark youll of you, oryour
Solidariy.
Despite Judge Greene'spronouncement and sen-
tences today, ogether we made it lea in hat court
o that there 1 0 cae agsint fsedomn.
Resistance o US gosemmentcrimes of war, g
grssion and genocide i justified snd necessary.
When we came hee 2 and /2 years ago we were
the“Capital bombers”,th “erorss”, the cutcasts of
he Let movemert. We lived n thacklessnd chans,
weknew almostno onein thisciy.Six people aced 40
1045 additonal years i prson. Our commitment 1
ani-imperilism ogether with he solidaiy of count-
less peopl casbled us o tum represtion o resis
e, We topped the govemment from solstng snd
criminalising us, our polcs, nd our mevemeat. We
ll began torelearm the lsson that i the govermment
a0 doit 1o us, they can do o all who rsist.
It our fimm belief that we waged # succsssfol
Dghtagainst e sat’s aiack.
Many people have asked us, “What happens
now?" Webelieve thtall o us s nensifyour work
-10 buld a movement that s polically prepared and
Capableofsopping, US miliary agaresion inthe Per
san Gul, in Cenral Amerca, or the sicks on the
Affican. American community heee in D.C. We have
seen change n the yeas tha we havebeea nprson.
‘Morepeople ae conscious ha polticl prisonersexist
i pisons scross tis couniry. But awareaess slone it
ot enough. Our freedom can only be won when the
poltical prics that the govemment must pay o bold
150 of us s oo high, and that can only happea in
concert with developing revalutionay limatives and
a resisance movement. We hope hat the siuggle o
reeall pliicalprisoners nd po.w.’ will become an
integrlparof youroverall poltcal work, because .
an egral patof the fight for justice.
** Alar's igh orife and his human right 1 medical:
waumentisanimmediate siuggle snd weaskallofyou
1o buld suppon fo the campaign 1o fee him, and 1o
gusranie his placement n 8 ospial that can ensure
hisrcovery.
+* Mumia Aba Jamals fight against his impending
execution will not be successfl wihout an allout
effor of essuance from vry comer.
Al of you have helped us o fee alive, to be
productive, o forge polical ussociation and propel
out spiriof resistance. Don't et the wals o back up
between us. We've been abl 1o reach one another
hrough the U.S. govemment securiy shield,hrough
{he walls o the prison. Now, 1 we ae st off o the
Ledeal prisons, i willskeeven more sivggle o main.
1ainour connection. Don't et he walsof Marion and
Marisnna bury us, Because together we can and will
Statement From Anti-Imperialist Women Political
Prisoners At Marianna Prison, USA
Historically,we hav cned ogether s womenon
Intemational Wornea's Day to celebrae our hertage,
acknowledgeour istory, undeine ourcontinued sub-
Jogation,press ur demands nd rsistthe inequalies
{hatconfrontus. We diditempoveredby theknowledge.
{hatineverynation i the world, other women werealso
isingthei voicesand fss. Thisyear, March 8, occars
e shadow of a barbarous epsode of Unied Sutes
aggresion; the xtent of the destracion sl unkaown,
maybe never o be fully revealed We gthe illed with
the images of women 1ad children wounded, maimed,
dead:he“colaeral dumage” ofalles’ “sugicallypre-
cise” bombardments.
‘Whileothers cheerhevitory, we a3 omen must.
redoubleurefforts tomobilize andorganiz againsihe.
scions of the United States, in support of the sel-
determinaion of ations nd peopls. As women we.
e our voices in soldarty with the people of the
Middle Est s n paricolar he Plstinian, e sban-
doned,nvisibe, thr trgets f s war. The hostlics
mightiemporaiyceasd,batthewarisnooverl Weare.
sthe beginningof a protscied .S miliary occupaion
of 8 large par of the Middle East. The woops are not
comimg home: they will emai hee t mpose he will
of the Unied Staes and fs alles and o asure he
ongevity of feudal uling dynastes that isory bas
slieady by-pused. Any hopes for redresing region!
prievances through mass democratic movements such
¢ the oifada will now face an obdursie wll of US.
‘murine. Despite the trpd thetorc emansting Wash-
inglon, autocracy, women's ppression and backward
economic rlationships will b einfored by he pres-
ence ofthe Uritd Ssts. This s he “new world order”
commanded by Bush.
polls ar belivable,a lare portonf womenin
the United ues did suppor is war. The spectaleof
baule-fatigued femalesoldiers is insufiien o win us
over. Could it be that ur respensibilies a providers,
nurures, educators, andpares il ou cosciousess
with a different sgenda? We, who must feed th chil
dren,careforhe sick and dyng, i sheler whennne.
bl clean the wounds ef by the incresingly
vialnt, racist, and homophobic stacks,cxperence the.
day-to-dayreality o the “newe world order” The domes.
e face of war and agresson s increaed povery and
degradation. When the ill i fnaly presened or tis
“new world order",women and cildren will e st o
pay.
The costis no imied to econommics. Repeesion,
aciam,sexism, nd homophobia s theather mme
urable debs accumuluing e Usited Sues. Raci
nereotypes are muliplying, reproducing some of
worst caricatores ofpustyars. Arabs have beenequned
10 demons and peopl have st compassionfo fellow
homan beings. A prisoner here said: “Lets s tom the
place ino a parking lo” it was eceived with over
whelming applaus. Dissen i being slnced:her i
‘concered effort o folte those vho disagree. At cur
prison w weretold no discussion ofthe wr would be
olerated whie the suff dispayed increasingly arge
flags, butions and yellow rsbons. Black istory Month
‘was used o mobilize suppos fo the war. The majority
of th nvited speakers eprseniedhe most rescionary
elementsinthe Afrcan-American commaniy. Allhese
effonts were caly pariallysocessful. Dissent continued
nd the opposiion o the ouside gave encouragement
1 those who ressed his manipulaion.
“Asamovement wehad apreview of ourcpacies.
Thousands came intoth srets 1o express condemn
iom of US. millary aggresson. Yet the worldwide
ot war orees didnot stopihe war orthe bombings nd.
murder of more than 100,00 lagi eople. The mave.-
ment has not been successful in forcing the US. 1o
‘uphold the Palestnian people’s right o retom 10 theix
and and end Isael occupaton. We have ok won,but
we have not defniely lost. The siuggle coninues.
“The upsurge of the last several months may end
and the numbersof pople i metion may diminish but
the contrsdicions t home, in this prisonouse of
tions and naionaliies will coninue. 25 yesrs ago, the
Black Liberation struggle brought the war home from
Vienam and challenged th socety o its whie su-
premacis core, that challenge is more urgent now. In
opposing war and sggression sbroad, et us ot forget
the warat home.
Inthe yearsince we have beeninprison the world
s changed drasically. Bt and West have North and
South, Butone thing has ot changed - US. led imper-
lism. We reimprisoned because 15 women we aced in
oppositon to U.S. imperialsm and i support of el
determination of the oppressed nations and peoples.
Current events demand continsed - imperalis ress-
Nowisthe ime forus as womenand aslesbians 10
come 10 the forefont and fight fo our agenda. As we
gathr this year and buildour wall o resisance lev's
promise urselvs tat when we meet ext year we wil
celebrat the vicory o the FMLN in EI Salvador, full
US. widhdrawal fron the S Aabian peninsul, nd
an intnsified mobilzaton a home to win ful human
vights and jusice.
E
NCEREMOS!
Silvia Baraldini, Marilyn Buck, Susan Rosenberg nd.
Laura Whitshor (F.C.. Lexingion)
‘Against The Imperialist War!
Thefulowing s fromtwo BR-PCC (Red Bigades
Fighing Commanist Pty members whowererecenily
on il in Rome. They were b acquited of the
Charges inthe “Red rigades Romi i ut ontnse
ok mprisoed o othr charge. Bthare members o
ke Wota Sita colectie whieh i a prison sroup of
coptred cobatanis from wriows armed organia.
lions i sy,
Thistris has benprepred by th state fordelend-
ing the FIAT-boss Cesre Romit, man - wel-known
104l alian proetrians - who edhe resrocturtionof
e FIAT corportionduring the 80's eaving thousands
offmilis desiuand whotoday belongs othatimpe-
st poltcal mansgemert which pushes forward the
imperilist war in order to solv the incressingly decp.
i o caialsn.
Romit i slo behind the dly bombings of the
‘mult-natonal force gainst h Ing people occupying.
the Persian Gulf rea.
“The mperalis warlaunched by the west with the
Gulf nvasion shows once more that capitalism s b
burc.
“The desctiveness of the American Zicnist Eo-
opean impeialit anack sgaint Iaq aginst he Arab.
Palestinian peopl, againt the soulh of he world s
history o these daye and i shll b for ong ime yet.
For this psychological war diiven by the Peniagon
experts aims 1o deliberately build up the necessary
ing the milary escaltion o e igh-
it an atiack againet the whole inerna.
onalproltaritand ll e revoluionary movemnestsof
e "cenre” s wel s ofthe continens of the sosts.
“The tcumphant buletin of the “beligeent
powers (US.,Great Bian, France, uly..) bout the
dozens of thousands of bombings on Iraq ar nok the
clean balunc of technological war butth inhuman
daily accountsofhe Arsbmen, women,cildre kiled
“in silence”. The racism of this war and of is media
campaign is o that the reslity o the desd doct not
Sppes except when one drop of saliblood i shed!
‘What the imperialistbourgeisi akes ino con-
sideraton and carfullycalculaes i h cost of s high.
ech war machines snd not of the human e of whole
popultions.
“The eal naureof is varis s world-vide char-
acter. I cosses overthe borders fthe Midle st wea
because besides the concree ressons of contolling the
energy sourcs, e-balaocing of power on beklf of
imperalism, goballowering o the contraditon of e
Palestinian Revoluion beraon soggl, these s the
reasons of the structunl criss of capilsm vhich
pushes moreand more thesrtegissofthe bourgeoise
o find warmanger-olutons.
‘One abjetive isthe rebuildingof st awson he
producton-circlaion management of heraw mateial
oil. Anctheeone i he enforcing and stin.p o he
e world-wide capialis order furber forcing the
Yalia Balance on behlf o he US.
"The prolearan masses all over the werld have
already undertood the destocive meaning of this war
and e rising p aganst it From the Anb peoples
already n openebelon sgansttheie ulingcas llicd
with the west and more and more in solidary with
auscked Irag peopl, 0 the mass base-movements in
the U, and Burope more and more n staggle agaast
the new powerecstasyof the st and s ol rational
fore,
“Therevoluionary forcsin Borope andlloverthe.
‘workdknow hatthe nly solaion i ansforming impe-
ialist war o revolutonary war,developing th revo-
utlonary processs in every country and the uirian
stack against imperalisn. The multplicty and con
auiy of the revaltionary aicks of the last days in
many areas o the world (from the Meditemanesn to
Latin America,from Europe o the Philippies.
st signal of tis inemationalconsciousness.
continued on page 10
Our Dreams Will Become Their
Student Uprising In Greece
Inthe wake of the autbreak of war i the Middle
Eastihe Greek govermentis aced withaserious criss.
What sparked the cument_situaion was the
govermment's educational policies which were met by
grave resistance, especialy of high-school suderts.
Today,his sruge hs taken ona clearty ant-govern
mentine with the potenial 0 arget the total of govern
meat policies. Since the owtreak of the Jan. 10-11
lashet in Athens and other cies the govemment and
opporiton parieshave been st 1 how o dealwith the
cris, With the help of the mass medis, 3 sysematic
lfort was made to slander and deflte the siation.
Greec's decp polical rsis was once again high
lighied. I wascbvious thatnoapposition pary dared o
askforthe esignationof e govermentormove it
dircton. Nopary s wiling o ake over powertatime
‘when there re o atemaives to handling the riis o
th levelof power polics Ther inerest was therelore
1o diminish theunrest. [ i ule i power poliics that
‘whatever cannot be managed or manpolated s heat.
Greece has beeaundergoingofien severe changes
in the last decade. The previous socio-democratic
PASOK government pave the oad fo th unprece-
dented e conservative aiack on all soial fronts. The
Greekeconomy hs ben na perennialstateof criss and
s served s he preextfor s packsge of measures Ike:
newimprovedausterity measures, oy offs privatzation
orclosareof “bankrupt” public eferpises - with subse-
quentlay offs- ani-srke laws, s i schols, ntnsi-
ficationof studis, h connectonof university resestch
and work withtheneeds of produciion and fnaly the
introducion f privaiely owned niversiies.To sealall
ofthe sbove and put socety in & come, came an
terorist bill as well. These measures, in toal, ar
exphemisically efrred o by the govermment s siabi
lizing tnd modemizing programs or an aiemp 1o de-
livr Greek socety o the Europesn 15 passive and
defenceles s possible.
The so-calledstabilzing o the ek economy i
primariy a r-adjstment of he prioris of 8 whole
socity o serv he irestofcpial, reek capialsm
s strivng to become a member of the new economic
nderunderhebest possbleprospects. Theinstttional
substructure that e government hs been buiking for
the lst 10 months, with seies o bil, i aimed
craing the necesscy climat for easy andtoal prof
mongering and exploiation.In Noverber, nd after
auserty measurs had lready been in place, an ai-
suike bill ws inrodced to cur any workers” rsi.
ance. The reactionofhe nions throoghout 10 months
of conservaive e has bee ocall for repeated sikes
infact, inthis periodmore ks have beencalled hn
any othr single ime i the pust. However, the unwill.
ingness and treacherous sance of the syndicalist b-
reascray led the workers” sruggles 1o folation and 8
dead end. The lack of a poliical vision 1 escalae and
‘dynamically confront those olicies crested frstration
a0d hopelessnessamong workers. By th time th sni-
ke bill wasitroduced, only 1000 workers gatered
outsdeth pariament 1 protet. I the quagrire fed by
the syndicalist bureaucracy, here were excepions that
managed o argely scape thei conrol but mostafen
they were condemed o isolation.
“The antterorit bill was introdced 1o omple
ment theant-surike lw. Targeed specifclly a ol
el groups, whote plitcs and practiesthe government
considers dangerous, it is slao ditected a1 sociey 85 &
‘whole, making i responsibe for terorsm. Laws ke
these, whereverthey have beenimplemented,ure simed
at ividingsociety and rendeing s defensesabsolete.
By redefining e it f egality and thes sigmatizing
policalideas and choice, he govermment is
Stempting o channelany voice of opposiion
away from becoming seious threa.
The. “excellence” of parlismentary
democracy, i it cannot be proven, hat o be
imposed.
"The suadent movement ws begun pri-
‘marily by high-schoolstudents who moved in
It Ocsober o occupyteir chools i protest
of e govemment's planto nstea seriesof
measures that would limit their fesdorn and
exercise more conurl bot i and outside of
th classroom. (Some of these measurs in-
cluded the reduced role o stadent council,
limiling the rumber of llowable absences a5
wel the regiteing o a pupi's behaviour
an imporiant facior in the overal staden
sessment.) The occopations spread all over
Greece and quicly became a seious social [
issue. In the mesnime, university stadets
began to mobilze a5 well. The prospect of
private universites, he decreased amount of
funding forcducation s wel s the comec-
tion o universty studiesand research 1o the
needs of production were among someof the
‘points of contenion. Uriverstes, especislly
{n'the countrysde, were occupied by prtest
ing students. Athens and other cies were
rocked by lage demonsiraions ofien jindly
organized by high-school and university stadens. The
‘umbes of protestes soured 10 50,000 and moreinthe
demo's. In mid-December one soch protst wis
1acked by rot policeoutide the Ministry of Edcaton.
Firing a number of toxic gases and using hei batons
i asounding ferocity, they managed 1 oust the
stadents from the armow strets surroding the s
ry. The govemment was no willng to back down and
they meant i
‘OverChrismasthe government potforwardaplan
o breakthe occupatons nth high schocs. By now he
high-school syudent movemest had ecome massive. In
llof Greecethere wereperhaps e than handfa of
schools that wer ot occupied. Faced with this severs
poliicalandsocial criss e government- withthehelp.
of parens who opposed the occupatons and party
mermber thugs - plamed to create distrbances n the
high-schools,Kick out the occupying students and er
rorizethe rest. Teachers werecaled tponto proceed 1o
theis schoolsregulrly and record absent sudenis eve
ifthey had 10 do son he sidewalk Theeschers nicn
refuedioplay thtoleandcalled fora three-out work
stoppage ora day. Thegovemmenthoweverproceeded
a8 scheduled. Pany thags and “indignant® parents
ormedmany bigh-sehools and best up tadents, each:
ers and supporting parets.
Inoneof these atcks in Patr, 3 yearcld st
teacher was murdered by a known conservaive pary
member-thug. Th respons n Para was swift. Afera
large demo the next migh, 8 fieee riot erupid with
clashes continuing int the moring bours. In Athens,
two days lter, more than 100,000 high-school and
aniversity students tomed out to expres thei outage
‘with the murder of e eacher ALhe end o his demo
and whilehightchool students were blocking e entre
ofthe ciy, th o polce moved ntoacton. The clshes
Bt ensued, quicklyspredall verhe city. Plicevans
‘were auacked and bumed down, irs and baricades
‘umed in every sree in the cente of the ciy. Unlke
‘many othertimes,paicpaton ofpeopl i theits s
massive, 10000 1o 20,000 wers baling the police.
‘Adhens was bouming; this unprecsdented unvest was
Nightmares
ihis explosion the govemment and all oficial pures
wers panicsricken.
From the sar of th episodes he pres and the
mediaingencral ied o diminish, misnform wd san-
der e importance and sesl of the unest, The “usual”
30 or s snsschists were held s esponsible.Crie or
ihei arest and even execution were not s o be
heardby adio snnouncerssndother “joumlists”. What
theyallid 10 hide and wer afraid o damit was e fuck
at his rbellion and populas foy was g enough o
erush them givn the rght cicamstances.
Unsble 1o control th large crowds, the police
engaged in a chemical war in order o dispere the
people, but without success. Literally thoorands of
Tounds of oxic CS and CN gas were fired that mght
rendering Adhens sir soffocating, The terror of the
chemical war was compleed by a caasophicfirein an
apariment building whichhe polic gnied iling four
people!
“The next day anotherdemonsiraion was calledto
proest the climat of represion nd illings by the
polcethe previous day. Paricipation was againmassive
40 3t the end of the dema conservative pany offces
Wwere stscked nd bumed down. In the Tollowing
clashes, again g numbes of people buted with
polie. Rocks and hundreds of moloiovs wer used 1o
tepel the police who again fired 4 generous amount of
toxic gas, aiming them diretly at he demonstntors! In
the two 4nd 8 half days of riets, police buses, banks,
goverment buildings were tscked. Even though the
Polytechnic school of the wiversty and the surround.
ing arcabecame the cente o the aciviies, barricades
and clashesalo occurred sl ove he ciy. Hondreds of
people were injared and many more slferd from the
1oxic gses. The second nigh, polce arested sbout SO
people st random and charged about 2.f them. While
in police custody they were beaten p and seversly
harssed. Similar clashe, it should benote, ook lsce.
in Thessloniki where thrce people were aresied.
Theseevents forced pople forced hegovermment
10 rtseat and take sl the scucational messures bac.
—_—
Theanarchistpresenc nthe waiversides ndespecially
i the high schools s substantial. Many of the slogns
yelled, pariculary at the latr demonsiraions, were
‘oarchis, Anarchiss, s par of th wider socal move-
e, have acively panicipaed in these mobilizations
and ed 0 give e heirown adical s
“The oubrek of war andth govemment' v,
especially n elton 0 the high-school measures, has
curbed th high school student movement. University
stadents bowever ar sl going on. Atempis have becn
made o give thlr svggle n an-wa,ai-mperialist
hue. Most universites remain occupied and recenly &
Iarge match proested cuside the American embassy.
Tithese day of social criss and war, tis move-
meat has potentl - if th various pany havks and
bureascas don'tsubvert i, as al signs indicate - 1o
develop sutonomouly, spread and gather around it
other social sctors. Today when the word powersare.
rying1oextend ei dominance and contro, andreades
most of the work's eopls o the profit mongering of
westem caplss, i i important 0 strengihen social
movement i order to rpae the heat of he beast
everywhere.
“Ou Dresns Wil Become Their Nighimares™
- popuae high.school sudent slogan during the
recent mobiliztons.
January 3190 Athens, Greece
ions in the schools have ceased. The govemment’s
rereat dampened the. cnthosissm 1o escaluiethe
‘suggle. Whatremains imporantis hathis hree month
confrontation was the it srious rpure inhe conser-
vative govemment’s polices. Most imporuntly this
ceurred from & massive and suionomous movement -
especially with high-schoolstudens. This strggle has
dicalized sectorsof he suadents,in e niversites and
‘pariculaly in the highschoals.
In' cimae of war governments seck o mpose.
discpline on socity. A favourabe e to marginaize
Social reisance. The continsation of the trggle and
supporfo socil sectors that are moblizing s herefore
imporant intimes of i
Recently the government arresied and jied an
ansrhis, Vardis Touris. On Jly 23190 i he town of
‘Chanis o the island of Cree, a demonstaion against
the US/NATO bases located there tumed nto 4 it
when proesters were aacked by riot palice. The riok
lasted for 18 hoursand ae it wss over more than 50
people were charged. Tsours was aresed 6 months
laer I esponse o the suthoriis b denounced his
amestand demanded his immedine and unconditonal
elease.Protess were organizedn Athens snd Cee. In
Crte housands tumed out o protest gains he US|
'NATO bases and 1o demand Toours” release,
‘which occured sbout 8 week 350,
In Solidary,
Anarchist for Socil
and Class War
(We are a group of com-
rades working ogether for
thepustyearin Atheas. Our
ambition is 0 spresd our
analyss and acton (0 the
‘wider social fronts inasus
ined and responsible ef-
fon. For mre info contac
P.O. Box 31229, Athens,
Greece 10035)
A Short Chronology Of The Resistance In Greece
We have ut togeherthis chronology concern-
ing evenis in Grecce i h o part o ‘90 and arly
montheof 91 0givealimpse of he ariows siuggles
laking place. Most f our iformation as come from
an Englsh nguage buletncalled A-Infos which s
puihad by archists in Athes. They can e con
actedat: APIBC clo8 Arisidou S, 1055 Athrs,
GREECE.
November 590
“Thigs from the New Democracy Pary (ight-
conservative pury in power) aacked workers who
had been occupying the Piraeiki-Pacaii texile fac-
oty in Paras for 8 umber of mondhs. Many workers
and S facists were inured.
November 1490
“Armed specalunit of the Greck police stacked
andinvadedthe rison of Alikamassosnea Heraklion,
Crte where # prisoners” revol had taken plce on
October 5190, Hleven ofthe prisoners e put nto iso-
laton cels 35 result. Mesnwhile th revol i the
rison of AghiosStefanos neas Paras coninues
On he same day the coursdecides 0 posipon
thetralof Smimeos and Marinos who re b accused
of being menbers of the smed group, Ani-Staie
Strugale. They had bothbeen aresed on Otober /57
when 1 thid lleed member of the group, Michalis
Prekas,was illed by policeduring a gun-bate
November 1790
“Theusual march rom the Poltechsic o e US.
cmbassy commemorating th sudeatuprising in 1973
does not srsche sual number of partcipants e 0
eavy nin. Nonetheless over 3,000 anaichiss take
part 4ndproceed 1o stack, with stoes and molotovs,
many bnks, govermment buiklings andlary hoels.
Happily o one i aested]
November 19190
Police atsck and invade the Aghios Stefanos
prison whichhas becn n revl since October 1110,
The prsoners e aken b focetoseaton cels. The
Ag.Stefanos prisonin Patzas was helastone inrevolt.
T other prisons revols had cnded n response o the
refoms insitued by the My of Jostice tha bad
been designed 1o alevite conditons in Greek pris-
November 2019
‘November 170 (uben gurrillsorganization)
atempts toKill Vadis Vardinjanas one of heich-
est individuls in Greece) in the Athens subarb of
Bkali. D toheavy renforcementof i carthe bomb
il 0 kil Vardinojannis,
November 26/%0
Policeaet Jannis Boviketidis, Siros Kojan-
nis and istoe 3 warrant for Georgos Balafes. The
et are n connection with th rid on the hide-out
of Kiriskos Mazokopos(snrchist who was injoed in
‘abomb exploson on Nov. 1190 se aurlastse for
mr info) when fingerprins were found tht lleg-
ediybelangedtothe thrce comrades. Bouketidis was
Knowntothe plicebecausehe was aestedn 84 for
allegediyfire-bormbing ation offce. He was e
found not gailty of the charges. Police claim tht
Balafas s 8 member of the amed group Ani-Suate
Struggle whotook partina gunfightwith policen'56
‘which resulied inthe deathof 3 cop.
Novermber 2719
In th ciy of Kalamts, Rosina Berkeer s ar-
rested in connection withthe Mazokopos hide-out.
‘She had been aresed n the past foralegely being
s member of an armed group but was scquited of
those charges. Mazokopos”condiion worsens andhe
o Toses his right eye (e lef one was destroyed
during the explotion).
December 650
‘Over u millon Greek workers begin s gneral
ke which it tolastover 48 bours.
January 891
"X lefit teacher is murdered by fasciss and
‘members of ONNED (e ruling conservtive pary's
‘youh group). The eacher had been aciv i he stu-
dentscugae that was aking place acrossthe counry.
January 1051
'\ huge demo, that was clled i response o the
murder o the teacher, tuns o 8 masive i with
Serce fighiing aking place between demonstrators
and he police. The main squae in Athens s occupicd
and burning barricadesars st up. Fighing coninues
hrough th night and many banks snd govemment
buildings re stscked. Riotsalo take place i other
Grssk cies, Four people are murdered by police
dusing the is.
January 3091
I Chaniaon the slind of Crse judge oders
he impriscnment of n snarhis, Vards Churi,for
his pat n the mlitant demonstrations het ook plsce
sgaint e US/NATO bases inJly (snothercomrade,
Manolis Chiniaakis, had beenmprisoned n Nove-
ber for is part i the demos). Sixy comrades who
were t the s blocked al the cout exis thercby
preventing e police from eavin with Churs. Police
e-enforcements had o be called from othertovens o
the sland to move Churs tothe local prison.
February 191
Over 3000 people paricipse na demorstrtion
outside the prison (s hlds Charls nd Chinarais,
The demonsirtors dernand the immediae relase of
both comrades.
March 1291
Five bomb attcks ke plce in Athens destoy
ing ourstbuses nd damaging nearby bulldings. No
ne hasclaimed esponsibilty (as we wie i -e0)
forthe cton but it i thought 0 be i response 10
govemment'suseof touis busesand samy vehicles 1o
Teplacs public buses because o strke of pubic bus
drivers. The drversar o trikebecause o govern-
ment plan o privasize he pubic tansitsysem.
The GRAPO Hungerstrike Is Important For
Imprisoned Revolutionaries All Over The World
An Interview With Monika Barberich
The following iterview has been aken rom he
JudyAugistssueofthe Spanish magazineArea Critica
Monika Busberich, ex-RAF member, spent 17
years in Mosbi prison in West Germany, sccased of
various ammed actions. During his e sheparicipaed
in 9 hungersuikes with Gerrn policl prisoners who
have always siuggled agaiast isoation and fo ther
regrouping.
Area Critca: What have th liviag conditons bee
ke n the prisons you bave been n?
Mnika Barberich: Mostof my time in prison | have
been in isolton, oaly isolated or in small grosps.
Only fora shortpeiod was innormal prisoncondions
With common prsoners, but the last. 8 years 1 spent
completly isoatedin & maximum secury unt.
AC: What can you bighlight of the German prison
regimen?
MB: iolation is the cuelest form of tortrefo the po-
ical prisoners. The German e trice 1o prsent 1
image of normal condiions but i ralty, even though
several prisoners may b inth same prison they can't
evea e eachother. All contactamong them, even with
the soial prisones, s cut o by the prisonsdmisistra-
tion and moreso when thereare guerrils aacks o the
outside, which shows that the poliical prsoners con-
tinse 10 be hostages of th sate. As 1 our communica-
tionswith the outsid,ll visits withou family members
are monitored by prison officials a5 well 4 by the
politcal polic; our il i censored s ar al types of
wiing, be thy bocks, newspapers o photocopies 1o
e point hatin Bruchaland Summbeim prison noting.
sesin
AC: You were n prson tn 1977, during the so-called
“slcides” of the leaders of the RAF (they were
Gudrun Enssin, Jan-Carl Raspe and Andress
Basder - ed.). What can you tllus about that?
MB: Wih these murders the German goverment
wanted o paralyse th guerrila on th ovtsid because,
a8 he very govemment said ot the tme, the Schleyer
Kidnapping and otheracionshatyear were he resiest
chllnge 1o the German sae since the end of WW2.
‘The marders were esponse othe guerilla'saiacks, &
response whichthe German sai hoped would aniti-
late, once and for al, revolutonsry politc, s the
prisoners thathey killd werevry importantcades, for
the developmentaf esistanceonthe nide 3t well st for
the comades on the ovisde wha, prciscly with that
Kiduapping wers wying 1o fee them.
AC: After that was thereany attempt by thegovers-
met to fnish off al the politcal prisoners by these
means?
MB: They never did s0 i such strong manner orin 8
confromation like that. The only comprison s what
they did in 1981 during the hungersrike when they
Killed Sigurd Debus. Wit that they wanied 10 set the
prisoners backfrom thir rsistance posture. But n the
nd, we saw they dida'tget wha they wanied with th
masiacre of 1977, s thy didn’ ry it agai in that
manner. They changed thei tactics. Thei gosl with
RAF milanis was o longer 1 ares them b 0 kill
thembeforeand hus void he problems of resisancein
prson.
AC: It s kanown that West Germany has “exported”
its prison sstem. Here in Spain the conditions of
poltial prisoners are very smlar o those fn West
Germany. What do you think of ths?
MB: ikt bas s conent inthe economic restrctur
ing of Westem Buropebefor uifcationin 1992 and
in'the same measure that economic means are
wnifed,s0ae repressive pliies, The ex
tence i Span of calecives ofpolical pris-
oners wasvery important for e Germanpo.
ial prisoners becave it was a iving ex.
araple of what was possble and how it was
possibe. And, on the ther hand, for the
Germun sae, s very imporant that therc
bl esisance by prisoners e
their own county o lsewhere n the Com-
mon Market. Fo the 1992 projct sbsolute
tani forhe development of the evoluionary
‘movements ouside. That's how t s in Gemmny snd |
ink that's how it i Spain ¢ wel.
AC: What would you highllgh of the siruggle you
‘mantained against the extermination poliy?
MB: The hungersikes, because they have been and
contine o be the nly way 10 siuggle togeher despitc
eing separsted And even though hey have ot gained
their basc objecives o regrouping, conditons always
improved afirhungersekes, forus s prisonersa well
ssontheoutside, becave ineachhungerstrike therewar
an important mabilizaton, each one of our hunger.
stikes has been polical ffensive which has llowed
0810 advance the resistance movement.
AC: How have those positive rests been seca?
MB: Firs, n gaining the solidarity and the spport of
diferent soial groups for the strke's objetives, but
o the fuc hat with he Pngersiikes we have rised
awareness thatisolation s torare, that the govermment:
cannolongerjustiy the aplication o olation and that
they are iolding the prisoness, which has beea denied
by the government for many yeas. This s clea now for
various collcives and socil groups, inclding many
people who ejectthe armed gl bot who ecogrize
thedemand forregrouping 15 necessary response and
polically justresponse 0 the iolation policy.
AC: What do you think of the struggle that the
prisoners of the PCE(F) and the GRAPO s arerealiz-
ing i Spain now?
MB: I hink that the struggle that s caied ot in cne
counry, st in Spainnow, has grest importance for
e condions in ober countries and [ would like 1o
ot whit s Gemian oltcalprisoner sid,refering 1o
the sirggle o the Spanish prisoners: “f the German
prisoners in the last suke had gained regroupig, the
‘Spanish prisoners wouldn' have o fight for i now."
From then he prisoners o the RAF andather resisance
movements have supporied the hungersrike by the
‘GRAPO 1ad PCE() prsoners, withchainhungerairkes
of & woek in duraton and have sctually resared his
iniiive in view of thelengh of s ivggle.
AC: Wy are you In Madria?
MB: Because since | gotout of prison have continued
1o struggle forthe regrouping ofthe RAF prsoners and
paring from the imporuance which the siuggle herein
‘Spain hasfor the svation in Germany, | have paric
pated a5 partof an ati-capitalit snd mi-imperialist
resisance roup whichin Germany has developed var-
ous activitis several imes i support of the struggle of
the Spanish prisoners. And coming here is par of that
acivty.
AC: What message do you have for theresisting pris-
oners n Spain?
MB 1 don't have & “messag” wih chosen words b
cause 1 know from experence that when you are in
prison struggling with only your surcagth against so
much advesiy. Knowing thatouside a5 wella nside
there are people who support our struge s the best
message we can et Thais why wear hre and hink
thatishowibe prisonerson hungerstiks will ndersand
GRAPO Hungerstrike Ends
OnFebruary 19,19 he 3 GRAPO -
cnersrokf i gk, Tovareoa o
Chiehmgertiketeeadbeen Do soprsons
still panicipating. A communique from the PCE(r)
i pehpgeste wsealedollivionet
e slleing of e rsncs 20 30t e
Vel b g mor de. TheSpaih '
anigencs e Wk oy ol ot o
g 476y g g by
liigwneninGareps. Ay welconined
Tving o prones s i s o
Gl olbing bl it wibsch
evyersdihecimorngol il conrbtede
o g off o e,
Wekoeiovemon nfomionnestse.
Action Directe Hungerstrike
(On Junuary 2890 prisoners from Action Directe
began & new unlimited hungersirie chan. In teir
ungerstrke declaraton they state that "We willmain-
ainouriiitive up il evry form of solation and the
specal restrictons of our detention are canceled, up o
out egroupment s poliical prsoners.” from a stte-
mensbythe Strggling Commiteeof he Acton Direcie:
prsoners). The last AD hungerstike which began in
Aprlof 1989 ended i July of the same yar with the ¢
members who began the sirike gaining vsiing rights
‘with esch othe foroneand haf oors perday,butthey
remained segregaied from eachothr by sex. T would
sppest that the authoriies have recinded these condi-
tionsandhe members of AD s once agin soaion.
‘Acton Directe was formed in 1978 s n amalga-
mation of snarchist and communist groups such a5
NAPAP, GARI and the Ulrike Meinhof Cornmando,
and, in ther own words, “fom the moment of our
emergence, we have been 8 communistgucrlls advo-
‘Cating ani-imperalitsrogge from clas poidon. A
conseqence of thishas been a appreciaton ofrevol-
tonary outawry.” Jean Mare Rovilln, cne of the
founders of Acton Ditece id ut the objectve of AD
in s 1981 inteview: “We want s communistsocity,
with every proetarian conscious of his class ideniy -
hatis 1o sayth destructionof capialist socitybased on
‘merchants profiing from the wage eaming clss. And
‘we think that the endof “macs” explofaton f “ma”
will come withth destruction of his capls socit,
full of unemployment, misery, exploitation orgnised
mndr,accidents s work n th name o profit. We are
AD'scarly actions wereaimedatthe nsiutionsof
the Frenchsta, paticululy becauseof Fran'srole i
Afca In Marchof 1980 thy bombed the offceofthe
DST (French FBI) and machine-gunned “th chief
velicle of French imperialim in il
‘World.the Minisy of Co-operation”
the French army's acivits in Chad nd the Certral
Afican Repablic.
“Between September 1980 and Decemmber 1981
‘many members of AD were srestd, bt lecion of 8
“Socalist” govemment in May 1981 led 10 a presden-
ialamaesty which releasd prisoners accusedof crimes
related o stesecuriybut nocharged with murder, AD
emerged determined o contnve the igh".
In 1952 AD reeased two documents , “Pour un
projt communise” and Sur 'mperalsme ericin”™
‘which caborated AD's theoreial views. In Pout
projt communist” AD argud that poliica ntrven-
tion i factoriesand neighbourboods had o ake legal
forms sincethe ourgeoisie does not permi th expres
slonsofprlearian epiatons i sny ther way. For AD
canying ot llgal acion ecessuied the sablzaion
of # millary-poiical network siming 1o enlarge the
epaces of counter-power and importanly, the eaiza.
tion that armed siruggle i nokan en in el and tht
Voluntaism snd advensurism would ngate th desred
ends."Sur Vlmperalisme americain” dealt specifically
i the intematonalizaton of Americn capialism,
and the emergence of 8 “world capalist system”,and
argued thathe economic criss of the early 1980's edto
incressed Third World investments by US companies
anda restructuring based on agriculire and high tch-
nology sectors. June of 1982 saw the Mrcel Rayman
Fighing Uit of Adion Diecte pot this theory ino
pracice with sn auack on an el diplomat'scar. An
accompanying communique associsted lirael acion
‘with US geo-poltcal sty ”lsael srves American
mpeialim. Thie state..is heideal fkey forthe base
of US doings in the Near East and cven elwhere”
Funher atacks wrgetedthe right-ving menthy “Min-
e, e fficesofthe Socialis Pry,andthe Natonsl
Office of Immigrtion August 1983 siw AD atack the
Minisry of Defence in protet against Freach African
policy. AD demsnded the withdrawal of French roops
from Chad and argued tht Prime Minister Mierund
‘wasbeing manipulated by the US. Several AD actvists
were amsted during hs time, among them Frederic
Orach and Heylete Besse.
1984 saw AD beginio gt NATO. Accoding 0
Rouilan, “he redeployment of he impeialit forces
(e los of th rlativ French sutonomy, among ol
hings) b brought us to change our argets from he
imperialism of the metropols 10 world-wide imper
s, I Julythe Instute Adanique des Affies It
ntionales was bombed because of its central role in
NATO's Eoropean straegy due ot research of indus-
il sirucuring, missile implanation, and Buropesn
‘millary 124 economic wificaton. AD followed up in
vein with aacks agains. the Buropein Space
‘Agency snd amns manfactares such as Dassult and
Messier Hispano Bugati. Regis Schlicher, AD
millant explined AD's ressoning: “In France, the
imperialistwar roject and cpials aggression against
the woring lass concrtiz themselvs nthe srength
X
ening ofan tlunicistpolicy (ve assume this refers 1o
‘panicipaton within the NATO framework) which in-
Cludes rencwed par
organization..andncreased contibutionsothe devel
opmentof wat iechnology. For s reson nermatonal
ool o dominaton and destruction have ben the r-
i for stack”. AD member Regis Scheiche was
‘arested, along with eyl Besse in March 1984
T Januaryof 1985 Action Directe amnounced the
formaion of a guerrill front together with the Red
Amy Fraction. This was followed by the execution of
‘General Rene Audran, responsibi for Fench overseas
arms als, cortrac negotiations,and ntemational as
cooperion, and by atacks aganst he IVIF, businses
{nveting in South Afrca and companies with defence
ministy consracts. On June 26/85, AD atempied 1o
exccute Heas Blandin, auditor-general of e amy and
directorof special invesigations, and n Apri 15, 1986,
they atemped to caccate CNPF (amployers asocia
tion) vice president Guy Brana. In May of 1986 Iterpol
headquaricrs was bombed by AD, due in part 1o
Inerpolsrole as co-ordintor of information which
—continued on page 10
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‘Action Directe Hungertrike continued..
could be used inthe reprssion o the guerrila and nthe.
represtion of mass anagonisms and prlearian ibers-
tion. Alioin 986, several members of AD were aresiod
in Lyon; Andre Olivier, Joclle Crepetand Bemard
Blanc. They, along wilh others ae thooghi 10 have
represeted & tendency witin AD which had differ
ences with e est of Acton Diecte.On November 17/
86, AD exccuted Goorges Besse,the Pesidet of Re-
nauk. Ho was dscribed by an AD milantas "a perfect
technocrat with long carer in the nuclear industy,
both civilian and milary”. Besse was to AD a eading.
figureinithentenatonal imperialistransformationand
atack on workin clse iterests and by siking st i
they were suking i the hearsof e miliry industsial
compler.
On February 217 French police raided fam-
house near Oreans and asicd 3 memmbers of Action
Direct; Jean Mare Rovillin, Nathalie Menigon, snd
Joelle Aubron. On Decerber /57, AD milans Rouil-
lan, Menigon, Aubron, and Georges Cipriani began a
hungersrike caling forthe closure o solation units and
forthe satusof politicl prisoners. Afer 116 days thy.
siopped the hungersirke wih none of their demands
having been me. According o the four the stggle for
egroupment is ot single sue siugglefooraganst
one paricalr law from the minisies, but & group.
inive that atacks thecental projectofthe ourg
against e evoluonary prisoners and poliarian
aniagonism in the imperalist prisons, and should be
‘considered asatme fororgaizing and bilding revola-
onary poicyfor iberation.”
‘Acton Diecte has nowagaintaken uphis “iiia-
ive" , fighting for an end 1o isolaton and fo ther
regroupment. We have at this time no furt
ion on the hungersrke or on the condi
hungersrkers. We extead oo slidarity to he ighing.
prisoners o Acion Directe.
The Case Against Four Kurdish
‘Women In Celle
On Jan. 851 the court n Cele, Germany began
hearing e poliica i offour Krdish women, e
mosmporan chrgebeing“membeshipin a teorst:
izaion” (urs. 1298). Two of he women have
adiiions hages ncloding forcibleconfinceat nd
document ulifcuion. Two of the women e bing
held in Clle, d on of thes has been i cltionfor
“The cout in Celle bas bocn especilly enlarged
with two more jodes “king o consideraion the
paricla buden which has el from e xiensive
ininalcses sgias h ffersof e Krdish Work-
er Pary (PKK) tnoshr il in Dusseldrt s curenly
takingplce with & umber of PKK members who are
g charged under pars. 1298 or scions hat took
plce outid of the FRG - od)
“The accusaion, according 1 1298, mkes efer-
enceothe jodicnl nd polcl consucionl s “ub-
orpnizton” ofth PKK.Alboughthe Publc Mty
has oty full delind his “suborganzation’, he
coutinDusseldor hs describedivas follows:Secreary
Generl, Excctive Commitee Eorope, Cenral Cor
mitee Butop,allRegona Ofies in Furope ad he
‘ection for “nformaton Sevice, Pary Security and
Contor, Wi the hlp of 1298 e FRG is tying 0
ciminalze ncote orcignorgizaion, he PRK.The
opportnity o dothis wascrested by the changes e
Taw s they ffcted the st fth courts ndby he
changes 0 129 which went o effect Jan 7/87. This
has giventhe FRG jica system an opening 0 perc-
cute o-called foregn ssociaions” which bave hee
buein loregncoumy s of et oo el
s delayd b §houn because the efene refusd o
st o body serches.
‘War On The Warmakers continued...
Febd.
Athens, Greece - more tacks agains French and Bt
o banks,
Feb. 7
London, England - the [RA fies 3 morar shlls i 10
Downiag S, theesidencef the Brtish Prme Miniser
Feb. 10
Athens, Greece- tourisinincaris lown upontracks
inthe Akropols region of Athens. Unconfimed
whether ornot his s war-relatd.
Feb. 13
Bon, Germany - the Red Army Fraction cariesout &
‘machinegun aiack on the US. embassy. No one is
injored durin the action.
Feb. 15
Copenbagen, Denmark - the French company
(CITROEN i frebombed becusse of i ol n he war.
Mar. 16
‘Turkey - Dev Sol clams responsiblt fo en bom-
ings n Iuanbul, Ankara and Lanir. They all took place
itk & Balf bour period and occured te hours before
the arival of US. Secreary of Sise Jumes Baker.
Anoer bomb exploded s & US. facily, killing &
gueri
‘Againsi The Imperialst War! coninied-.
As communist prsoners we are n he side of the
Iragi poople and of the whole Arab pople aacked by
themali-natonslforce sadonthe sid of allhe peoples
and prolurians fghing again
Agalastthe lmperlalistwar evelop the nternational
class wa
‘War to NATO and to the Mult-National Force!
Fight ogether against imperialism in Burope and in
the Tricontinent ofthe south!
Relnforcing the revolutionary ant-mperlalistfront
in Burope and In the Medierranean. Middie East
areat
‘Some comradesofhe Colecivo ComunitiPrig-
fonier Woua Sita
Lucisno Faina
Giovani Senzasi
Rome, January 28, 1991 (Proceedings of “Red Bri-
gades-Romia” uial)
“Arm The Spet s an in-
fomation coleciv fo-
cusing on miliant and
revoluonary siuggles.
Our perspeiv is au-
tonomous but we see 5
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resisance in order 1o
conibut 10 8 revol-
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Angehorigen Info Acquitied
On December 19,90, he cour i Koln acqiied
Heid Hivichsen of e “Family Members”(aily ad
rinds of the RAF and resisance - d), ad Chistiane
Schneider of the G.N.N. pblishing house (which pub-
lishes the bi-weekly Angehorigenrlnfo). They were
charged with *having made the FRG maliciously con-
empuible"ina declaation of Decerber 16, 1989. o his
declrationthe Family Commitee hadrevealed whatre-
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e the RAF atack on Herthausen, and n connecton
ith his made refrence o th evens in Sammheim i
1976/1977. The declartion showed the commection
between th torure of the prisoners with he muder of
Ulike n May 1976 aod the murdersof Andeeas Basder,
‘Gudrun Ensslin,Jan Carl Raspe, and Ingid Schubers,
and e stempied morderof Imgard Mollernthefall of
1971
Theacguitaliooknomore than I0minuies ndibe.
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in Sammbeim, will oreve remain 3 veild piece of
hisory. Regardlss of whether o not th iaformation
Info publshed is i or pot, no one witnessed the
evenns. Consequently the queston of guik is dead
“The peopl of Angehorigen-Info view this sequt-
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e ights of pisonersand thei fmilies and fiends o
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31d atempt 10 muzzle Angehorigen-Inf, and appa
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