A political account of the court-martial against total objector to military service Dimitris Chatzivasileiadis (June 2nd 2016) [Original statement in Greek here — scroll down to hear audio excerpt from the military courtroom; in the end comrades shout the slogans “Trials will become condemnations upon the State itself” and “Solidarity […]
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STATEMENT OF A TOTAL OBJECTOR TO MILITARY SERVICE IN VIEW OF IMPENDING COURT-MARTIAL AND POSSIBLE IMPRISONMENT On the 2nd of June 2016, the military court of appeals will review my sentence to 12 months in prison for my second and third refusal to enlist in military service. Given the fact […]
‘War Against War’, an antimilitarist brochure by the collective of total objectors to military service Xipolito Tagma (‘Barefoot Battalion’ in Ioannina, Greece), is now available in English. Click image to read / download / distribute the pdf. All texts were translated from the 1st Greek edition (03/2011), without any chronological […]
On July 14th, I traveled from Athens to Thessaloniki to stay there until the 16th of July, when I planned to return to Athens; personally, when I got bail conditions, I was not banned from exiting Attica. There I was hosted by a couple of comrades. Thanos Chatziaggelou, who is […]
As the events of 1990s in the ex-Yugoslavia have shown, wars are an excellent method for spreading the unhampered rule of capital. Whether the excuse was nationalist ideology (in the case of local ruling classes), or the ideology of human rights (in the case of the NATO intervention), the military-industrial […]
From the antimilitarist brochure ‘War Against War’ by the collective of total objectors to military service Xipolito Tagma (‘Barefoot Battalion’ in Ioannina, Greece) Rapes in wartime can be committed and have indeed been perpetrated by organized armies, paramilitary and fascist groups, and various fundamentalists. Sexual abuse and rapes against girls […]
The education of military personnel, from the soldier to the highest ranks, necessarily turns them into enemies of the civilian society and the people. Mikhail Bakunin Once again, on last Tuesday, December 13th, the Colombian State, head of its repressive military forces, called thousands of young people into its clutches […]
On Saturday morning, December 3rd, a solidarity counter-information gathering was held outside the squatted space Parartima, in the city of Patras, for anarchist G.Koronaios who is prosecuted by the Greek authorities due to his public statement of military service refusal. During the action many texts were distributed and posters were […]
Public statement of military service refusal To the Hellenic National Defense General Staff and to all military recruitment authorities What if someone told me, ‘What do you want then; to change humankind?’ I would answer, ‘No, something infinitely more moderate; I’d wish for humankind to change itself.’ —Cornelius Castoriadis My […]