“[…] Criminal Justice is not blind. If a human identity could be attributed to it, this would be none other than vengefulness. Spyros Dravilas is convicted and serves prison term as the man who first landed a helicopter at Koridallos prison [in June 2006], leading two prisoners — Vassilis Palaiokostas […]
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The trial against anarchist Vaggelis Koutsibelas started on March 6th, 2013 in the Larissa mixed criminal court. The comrade has been remanded for almost a year, accused of a string of arson attacks that took place in the city of Trikala during March and April 2012. In the first day […]
Since Monday, February 4th, prisoner Spyros Dravilas started a hunger strike. He only requests he be granted the days of leave for which he longs for, and to which he is entitled already (just like dozens of other prisoners) because he has served the prison term stipulated by the law […]
‘All my life, I’ve never learned how to bow my head or to swallow injustice. So, starting from Monday, February 4th, I conduct a hunger strike until my struggle is vindicated and my stolen right to days of leave from prison is given back to me, so as to reclaim […]
“Rather it is the rage of our desires unchained, the return of the repressed in full force and undisguised. But more essentially, total revolt is fueled by a spirit of free play and of joy in adventure — by a desire to explore every possibility for intense life which society […]
On December 18th, 2012 the appeals court of Piraeus dismissed the umpteenth motion of Savvas Xiros for his release from Koridallos prison on health grounds and home hospitalization. This time, the court ruled that the motion cannot be accepted and examined formally because it was not filed during the prisoner’s […]
On Saturday, December 29th, 2012 solidarians spread a text of comrade Vaggelis Koutsibelas on the occasion of his upcoming trial. He has been on remand since the 5th of April 2012, accused of committing a series of incendiary attacks with gas canisters in the city of Trikala. Below is his […]
23.10.2012 Someday all this will be finished and we’re going to say at least we tried. We have neither been brought to life unfairly nor become a burden to the Earth unjustly. We left something behind. And we’ll have wrinkles on our faces each wrinkle will be a deep cut […]
Good evening, comrades, from the D2 wing of the Trikala closed prison. Autumn 2012 saw a lot of action in this particular wing. In September, we stopped working in our section but also in almost all the prison wards. It was a massive protest, in which all prisoners participated, that […]
Solidarity text by fellow prisoners in Greece On December 7th, 2012 the last piece of criminal prosecution reserved by the Greek State against the anarchist Andrzej Mazurek was unfolded. Andrzej was arrested in December 2008 for his involvement in the revolt. After four years of incarceration in the Greek prisons, […]
December 7th, 2012 On December 18th, 2012 the Piraeus court will examine the appeal/motion which was filed by Savvas Xiros, who requests anew his release from prison on health grounds and home hospitalization. His health condition presents multifactorial symptoms, from his eyes (he is practically blind), ears (he is almost […]
6.9.2012 Eventually we arrive at Domokos (central Greece). I did not know this city because of its notorious katiki cheese but instead because of the homonymous prison. That’s why I’ve always used the feminine article for ‘Domokos’, since prison has a feminine article in Greek; just like I’ve always referred […]