[Campaignforrealdemocracy] Greece - M29 Popular Assembly Decision

Tue May 31 12:00:30 UTC 2011

Decisions of the Popular Assembly in Syntagma, May 29

*Upcoming mobilisations and call-outs*

   - Monday, May 30th at noon, Stadiou and Sofokleous str: Support of the
   workers at the Post Bank against its privatisation

   - Monday May 30th, Mars Field (Alexandras and Patision Ave):Demonstration
   through neighbourhoods to end up at Syntagma square

   - Tuesday May 31st, Karaiskaki square, Piraeus: Support of the
   dockworkers fighting against the sell-out of the port

   - Call for popular assemblies in neighbourhoods aiming at the spread of
   the people’s rising up and coordination of assemblies. Monday June 1st,
   cooking pan demonstration toward Syntagma square.

   - Thursday June 2nd, Klauthmonos square, 11 am: Support of the
   Telecommunications workers who have a strike and national protest.

   - June 2nd, Propylea: At the same time, education demonstration

   - Saturday June 4th, 11 am, Klauthmonos square: Worker demonstration and
   support of ATHENS PRIDE

   - Call-out to the assemblies of students in schools and universities on
   Tuesday and Wednesday for their demonstration to end at Syntagma square

   - Sunday June 5th, call for the repetition of the European-wide day of
   rising up, or if possible, a global one.Call for the creation of a banner of
   the popular assembly and its placement in front of parliament.

   - Call for participation in all workers’ mobilisations in the coming
   days.

   - Call to everyone and all groups for the organising and coordination of
   anti-fascist action in the following days.

   - Call for actions at the Syntagma metro station.

DIRECT DEMOCRACY NOW

EQUALITY JUSTICE DIGNITY

The only defeated struggle is the one never fought

On 27 May 2011 13:02, Julien Chaulieu <julien at eagainst.com> wrote:

> Unfortunately the situation in Greece regarding fascism is out of control.
>
> I have published this article (it is mainly translation from other sources
> in Greek) taking about a massive coordinated attack against migrants in
> Athens.
>
> http://eagainst.com/articles/greece-fascists-attempted-to-racist-pogroms-over-a-migrant-killing/
> and this one explains the situation very well
> http://eagainst.com/articles/the-battle-of-attica-square/
>
> I agree that Spaniards should ask people from other countries to set aside
> things that divide us, such like national flags, but I am not sure if Greek
> nationalists could understand this. They seemed to be fine with "no party
> flags" but they can't see the political concept of the national flag. I had
> a discussion with many of them. I explained that this movement has nothing
> to do with nations and flags and they just replied "yes, but our blue-white
> flag is above all, this is what expresses me cause I am Greek". They most of
> the time say "we are not leftists we are not rightists we are only Greeks"
> but they can't see that there is a strong right wing message in this slogan.
> They don't see nationalism as a political ideology. Instead they think that
> nationality is above all. This argument is nothing more but metaphysical
> approach, similar to what you can find in theocratic countries.
>
> Of course as you can understand there is a massive lack of rational
> education. In fact most of the school schedules too much stick on religion.
> Many of the so called patriots believe media-tabloid conspiracy theories
> that "there is a plan of secret societies, the Jews and the New World Order
> who want to send immigrants in our country in order to destroy our
> heritage". They see a kind of historical connection between the past and now
> without understanding that there is a kind of social determinism behind this
> concept.
>
> I heard that yesterday, a couple who carried a Greek flag attacked a
> protestor who said that "we should not carry flags". All other protestors,
> including leftists, anarchists, syndicalists did not carry a single flag or
> symbol. But for the fascists it was normal to impose their opinion. As you
> can understand, there is a massive problem within our society and I fear
> that this movement will spread more nationalism and ethnocentrism in Greece,
> things that we don't need right now, just two weeks after massive racist
> attacks and the murder of a Pakistani immigrant by neonazis.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Mark Barrett wrote:
>
> Thanks for the heads up Julien.
>
> I imagine such an event would be bound to attract nationalists and facists
> among with lots of others. As I am sure yo know, one principle the DRY
> movement in Spain has kept to, along with no alcohol, non violence and the
> development of popular assemblies is the banning of flags. These principles
> are important to keep to so let's hope they can be consensually followed as
> part of a solidarity with the Spanish uprising wherever M15 inspired camps
> and assemblies form. Maybe Spaniards should ask other countries to not even
> carry Spanish ones (as many did in Athens yesterday, to say thanks) . I
> do think we all need  to put out the message of no flags to nip the
> nationalist/fascist tendency in the bud. Just a few thoughts anyway and will
> mention to comrades in Barca.
>
> There is another Athens report here, which I just saw you also commented
> on:
> http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/2011/05/26/598-what-time-is-it-time-for-all-of-them-to-go-tens-of-thousands-take-to-the-greek-streets-against-the-crisis/
>
> Cheers
>
> Mark
>
> On 26 May 2011 16:49, Julien Chaulieu <julien at eagainst.com> wrote:
>
>> I might need to inform you that things are not so bright as you describe
>> regarding Greece. There were many fascists-far right nationalists in the
>> event of Athens yesterday waving flags and chanting the national anthem
>> among with xenophobic slogans, like "Greece belongs to Greeks" and "Our
>> anti-Greek politicians should go away". I am Greek I know very well what I
>> am saying. I would recommend you to remain standoffish about what you saw in
>> Athens yesterday and not make false assumptions as you may spread false news
>> around the world.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>> Mark Barrett wrote:
>>
>> Athens yesterday:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNGW0x5shuM
>>
>>    + new article, be great if you can pass on...
>>
>> #SpanishRevolution comes to Greece: #M25Gr = #GreekRevolution<http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99876>
>>
>> Yesterday was a beautiful beautiful day and a very very important one. 10
>> days after the "Spanish Revolution" kicked off peacefully all over Spain, it
>> has been replicated massively in the homeland of Democracy, Greece.
>> Yesterdat, M25, 20,000 people took to the streets and squares all over
>> Greece... 7,000 alone and absolutely peaceful in Constitution square in
>> athens. They have been inspired by Spain and the simple core idea of the
>> movement; That we have had enough, that we are "indignant", we will not take
>> it any more, its time to stand up, take to the streets, occupy squares,
>> create a "true democracy"... and hope that the Spark of peaceful Revoution
>> spreads all over this little planet...
>>
>> Follow the #GREEKREVOLUTION as it unfolds and spreads...
>>
>> Real democracy Greece - http://real-democracy.gr/
>>
>> [image: M25 - #greekrevolution]<http://www.indymedia.ie/attachments/may2011/saf.jpg>
>> M25 - #greekrevolution
>>
>>
>> *Instaling Democracy 2.0 █████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 10% *
>>
>> *“Peoples of Europe, Rise Up” *
>> In many ways this is almost an echo, a year ago the Greeks hung a massive
>> banner from the Acropolis with a simple message: “Peoples of Europe, Rise
>> Up”. Over the last year we have seen some responses, In October we saw
>> massive strikes in France, we saw the students of London rebel against the
>> harsh cuts being imposed at Christmas and in Spain we saw a general strike
>> on S29, September 29. But none of this seemed to take off quiet as
>> powerfully as that which has unfolded here in Spain over the last 10 days.
>> In recent months we have seen the "Arab Spring", which was a massive
>> inspiration to the "indignant" in Spain; the idea that it IS POSSIBLE to
>> mobilise the masses (especially more so now with social networking tools;
>> facebook, twitter etc...) and to absolutely change things PEACEFULLY. The
>> movement here in Spain continues to grow and grow, and outside too it has
>> sparked in a very quick profound way (650 global events around planet 3 days
>> ago) but this response from Greece is something very very special, because
>> of the size, because this is all about re-questioning, re-examining,
>> re-creating the whole idea that came from Greece so many centuries ago;
>> DEMOCRACY.
>>
>> We have to remember that Greece has seen massive and very violent protests
>> for a long time, so there was a fear that yesterdays first day of action
>> could lead to the normal stand off between riot police and petrol bomb
>> wielding anarchists, thankfully this did not surface, in fact 1 protestors
>> message in 1 of the papers is that the government can deal with the
>> violence, it doesnt threathen them, but this, this massive peaceful action
>> does, they do not know how exactly to deal with it. So hopefully we will see
>> these numbers growing, taking to the streets and starting to occupy squares
>> to set up little free zones to talk, but also to demonstrate what true
>> democracy looks like; a more direct and participative form as opposed to the
>> once every four years version we see at present, which has failed us and
>> left us in this sorry state of affairs.
>>
>> *S2S - communication is our weapon *
>> Also last night, the second beautiful moment; When we in the occupied
>> square of Placa Catalunya in Barcelona, #acampadaBCN (campsite Barcelona)
>> connected live with the thousands in the square outside the parliament in
>> Athens via live stream (again how great these new tek tools enable us to
>> connect, even on this massive scale; S2S : square to square). After the
>> massive cheers of greetings from each square of defiance and revolution to
>> the other, we had about 5 or 10 minutes of exchange, giving updates on the
>> situations and hoped for plans for where we go from here....
>>
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