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Wanneer: 15/03/2018 - 20:55

News about the 3 squats that got evicted in Athens. One squat reoccupied!

During the early morning hours of Monday, March 12 2018, a repressive operation was held against 3 squats in Athens. GARE and Zaimi 11 in Exarchia along with Matrozou 54 of "Community of Squats for Housing and Struggle" in Koukaki. Comrades of Matrozou 54 squat gave a fight and tried to defend the squat with great courage. The comrades from the 3 squats are held captive in the police headquarters in Athens (GADA) and are facing criminal accusations.
Some of the comrades got injured during their attempt to defend their squats against the riot cops, the criminal prevention unit (OPKE) and undercover cops.

On March 14th at 5PM, GARE squat was reoccupied and is back in the hands of the movement. Less than an hour after the resquatting of the building, 2 SUVs of OPKE arrived at the place and the cops started to prepare their armaments but when they realized that the squat was being guarded, they fucked off. Few hours later, a incindiery fascist attack on Panaitolou squat of the "Community of Squats for Housing and Struggle" in Koukaki (where also Matrozou squat belongs), was successfully repelled.

All this comes as a wave of repression (from the state and its cops along with their fascist helpers) to show off power and as an answer to the "Interbalkan Internationalist Demonstration for Solidarity to Libertatia Squat" that was held in Thessaloniki on the 10th of March. The demo was a antinationalist solidarity demo for Libertatia squat that got burned by fascists and football hooligans on the 21st January 2018, where collectives (including GARE and Matrozou 54 squats) and individuals from all over Greece and the Balkans participated, with the demo having around 3000 people.

Statement (in english) from the collective of Libertatia squat about the events of 21st January:
http://libertatiasquat.blogspot.nl/2018/02/statement-about-last-incident...

SQUATTERS OF THE NETHERLANDS, SOLIDARITY IS NEEDED ASAP!

SQUATS ARE NOT JUST DEAD WALLS!
SQUATS ARE LIVING STRUGGLES!
RELATIONS OF LIFE AND SOLIDARITY, OUR MOMENTS OF RESISTANCE WITHIN THE INTENSIFYING CANNIBALISM!

NOTHING WILL REMAIN UNANSWERED!

SOLIDARITY WITH GARE, ZAIMI 11, MATROZOU 54, PANAITOLOU AND LIBERTATIA SQUATS!

10, 100, THOUSANDS OF SQUATS,
AGAINST A WORLD OF ORGANIZED DECAY!