rm The Spirit ™ For Revolutionary Resistance International Women's 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 Brazilian Kidnapping Case On Decnter 161983, ovee 200 gl - oot s P, Bl e e e pacat t gt el e Do Fecay ot s ok, Dot v e b e Conion oo Kdoepin poseion of e i bl oy B e i e e e i e O Gl w1 Drt S s 0 s e i e M e v, s of B ot st R e i Yommei ol bl it oy e Ty s e e i s e e bkt Bt it st o Aot ey e s e ey s vy S . i v P e i L g o Y s e e ! e opls icding s Do, oo ke et by’ Dve e ledd bl fon e e o Do cmct s cretilele el ‘voices of the suspects (Diniz had been captured Dec. T e e s s ol i ot i ot i e o b el i e e e i s heonea i Bt e o ity s e i i : PR S i s A s e A e o e Sl o st i e el iy i e eyt e |l bl o ottt o by e oo e g 0 £ S el T ko ! e e ol o S o o i e s eyt e o gy il il il 4 Christne Lamant Penitenciara Feminina Av.Zak. Narchi 2366 Bairro Caranéira Sa0 Paalo, SP. Brazi 02025 Daid Spencer (D.P. 6450) Penientelari o Estado Av. General Atalba Leonel 656 Bairro Carandira Sa0 Paslo SP. Braai 02088 Uaken from Resisance #14) ‘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 need 1o discuss and analyse sl forme of et resisance in order 1o conibut 10 8 revol- tionaryprocess. e wel- come. and_eocoursge others o join us in our 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- percussions the RAF prisoners had been subjecied 0 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. judge argued tha“whatever may have esly bappencd. 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- 1125 animporant vicory i he defeace of nfo wd of e ights of pisonersand thei fmilies and fiends o spesk openly. The Public Minsty has now fled i s 31d atempt 10 muzzle Angehorigen-Inf, and appa ently e Public Ministry will g nt spesl urgedon by e Federal Public Ministy. Money!! 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