To live in communism to spread anarchy

To live in communism to spread anarchy It is not the first time that cops commit murder, so it is not the first time that people revolt, attack the police or burn down banks. But this time things are different. The rage that broke loose scribes its own history. Yes, it is an uprising. And what is characteristic of uprisings is a gut feeling that nothing will remain unchanged, that nothing will be the same again. That’s how we feel. History is condensing, new forces are being released and authority comes to a freeze . The question that immediately pops after the first outburst is how we go on since we are no longer the same. What do we do when there is no bank left to be broken, no police quarters unravaged, where do we meet again after the riots, how do we go on relentlessly, as we used to, towards bringing down capitalism in the world? Since the first night of the murder, Athens Polytechnic School is occupied by hundreds of people. At 8/12 ASOEE (University of Economics and Business) is under occupation as well. This is a part of its 1st announcement on its blog “As a piece of social-class conflict the occupied University of Economics and Business constitutes an open space for briefing and co-formation of collective action on the streets. At the same time we consider as very important the occupation of academic institutions as spaces of rearrangement and self-organization of our forces toward the state repression, so that no one will stay on his/her own in the struggle that has been burst out against the state. For this reason the occupation of the University of Economics and Business stays open and calls for an assembly on Monday 12/08 at 20:00. We declare that the occupation will last until the release of each and everyone arrested by the police across the country.” The School of Theatre in Thessaloniki is occupied on Saturday night (6/12) after the riots on Aristotelous and Egnatia streets. From its blog: “After the demonstration at Thessaloniki on Saturday night for the murder of Alexandros, anti-authoritarians occupied the School of Theatre in Thessaloniki to cater for the need to counter-inform protesters in the city. From the start the MAT (riot police) tried in vain to invade the building. The next day after the assembly, the occupation was reinforced by drama students and by people who do not belong to any political associations.” The Salonica School of Theatre has successfully become a center for convocation, exchange of ideas, a space to organize action and it still goes on. The following day, the Lawyers’ Association of Thessaloniki building is squatted as well. There, a number of assemblies are taking place, mainly by students, and it functions as a counter-information center until the cross country strike day on 10/12, while many state schools and academic institutions begin unprecedented occupations without any specific demands. On December 12th the town hall of Aghios Dimitrios in Athens is occupied and calls for a public assembly. From this blog we can read: “We are revolting. We function on a direct-democratic bases because this is the only way that we want to live by. We’ve taken our lives in our hands. We will get rid off our bosses and help the prosecuted to get rid off their charges. We use this public building as an open center for counter-information, as a meeting place where people who have decided to change their lives come in great numbers to co-form ideas and actions.” At the first assembly 300 people are present. Actions are decided, current events are being discussed, people from different generations come together, individuals from vary social backgrounds meet each other, cultural events and greek language lessons to immigrants are being organized. From the very first moment, the Association of Public Servants of Aghios Dimitrios Municipality, stands in favour of the occupation and is actively involved in its defence. It is the first time ever that the town hall is truly open to the neighbourhood as a vivid political space. There is no point mentioning here the predictable reactions of the mayor or the cops. On the same day (12/12) the former town hall-KEP (Citizens’ Information and Service Center) on Halandri square is squatted . On the blog we can read: “The sorrow and the rage that we all feel is unvailing to be expressed by zapping from the couch in front of the TV. We decided to squat the former town hall-KEP on Halandri square, the meeting place of town hall officials, and transform it into a place for counter-information and discussion on future actions. We invite the residents of Halandri, and the ones of nearby areas to defend this squat and take part to open, egalitarian, non-guided co-forming procedures.” A public meeting is announced everyday at around 19:00, while a number of actions and demonstrations are supported. On Monday (15/12) the town hall of Sykies in Thessaloniki is under occupation. A public assembly is announced on the same afternoon. The main slogan on the banner that covers the face of the building demands the immediate release of all people arrested by police forces. What matters is these examples to spread as much as possible, for people to start deciding their own lives, to practically question the very idea of representation, of responsibility transfer, of getting politically comfortable while belonging to a party. Now it’s the time. Now, when everything has changed. The spontaneous occupations that started in many academic and non-academic places-not necessarily by students- provide the possibility for meeting each other. But they cannot accommodate us anymore. That’s why we need to squat town halls, empty houses, public buildings and transform them into places for meeting and organizing. More places like that must be created, more places must be liberated, new spaces for communication and resistance must be founded. All anarchy squats should look into how they can make their actual space more accessible to their neighborhood. Schools must close down and be transformed by the protesting social masses into places where the possibility to over throne capitalistic-nationalistic education can be real. Working places must be blocked by workers and the meaning of employment in our days must be discussed and reinvented. The idea of direct-organization and solidarity must be carried into every collective. We don’t need bosses, we are not in need for guidance, we care not for any kind of representatives. It’s time to start living in communism. It’s time to start living in anarchy. To create the communes of the future.

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