On the 14th and 21st of October we placed incendiary devices at the entrance of Jumbo, in Kolonos and Maroussi respectively. With these actions we want to target this particular chain of stores for its timeless role as a labor warehouse and its choice to expand in the genocidal state of Israel.
On 10/31/24, the anarchist armed fighter Kyriakos Xymitiris falls dead in an instant while processing explosives in the apartment on Arkadias Street, in Ampelokipi. In this moment of resistance and consistency, the thread of his life will forever be connected to the historical thread of the rebel city, thus continuing the struggle of the people who chose to give themselves completely to the revolutionary cause. At the same time, the anarchist comrade Marianna Manoura is seriously injured and is taken to G.N. Evangelism, where her vengeful treatment and torture begins. At the same time, the state narrative of a terrorist organization begins to be set up, leading to the arrest and pre-trial detention of comrade Dimitris and anarchist comrade Dimitras Zarafetta based on their connection to the apartment. Then, the same summary procedure is followed by the prosecution of the anarchist comrade Nikos Romanos and A.K., on the occasion of finding a fingerprint in a bag, that is, a movable object, found inside the house. We become spectators once again, in a rigged game of targeting anarchist identity and criminalizing comradely relationships where we are not going to remain uninvolved.
One year later we are here to declare that Kyriakos is present. Because he lives through every small or large moment of immediate action. Through every moment, a piece of violence is returned to the world of power. In these moments he is here. Next to us and smiling at us. Because that’s how we got to know him, in the strike rallies and anti-patriarchal marches, in the struggles for imprisoned comrades, in the open meetings for immigrant women and the anti-fascist actions, smiling and optimistic. He was present in every conflict, in every struggle against the gentrification of the Exarchia neighborhood, in the postering in defense of the occupiers, in every conspiratorial action to attack the mechanisms of repression, taking risks, with his eyes fixed on the goal.
After the call of the anarchist comrades Mariannas M. and Dimitras Z. for October as a month of remembrance and action for the anarchist revolutionary Kyriakos Ximitiris, we decided to respond and contribute in our own way to the preservation of his memory, and to the continuation of the struggle for the Palestinian cause, which he too would give. Signs of solidarity with the struggling Palestinian people and those who continue to fight for a world of solidarity, equality and freedom.
On the 14th and 21st of October we placed incendiary devices at the entrance of Jumbo, in Kolonos and Maroussi respectively. With these actions we want to target this particular chain of stores for its timeless role as a labor warehouse and its choice to expand in the genocidal state of Israel. This particular company is famous for intensive, flexible hours, for starvation wages, for violation of labor rights and non-payment of established benefits, for retaliatory dismissals and targeting of employees, as well as for work accidents. It is impossible, after all, to forget the “pioneering” proposal of Apostolos Vakakis, president of the Jumbo group, regarding seven-day work, reducing holidays and liberalizing the operation of stores. His recklessness, however, does not stop there, since he chooses, for the strategic development of the group, to cooperate with the Israeli company Fox Group and to open stores in Israel. Huge ultra-luxurious stores, which in some cases resemble golden castles, but which are not able to make you forget the atrocity that is being committed just beyond.
For years now, in Palestine, Israel has been murdering civilians, children, journalists every day, bombing, displacing, starving the population, destroying all infrastructure, schools, hospitals and trying in every way to annihilate them. The scenario of supposed truce and return to normality took less than a week to make its fluidity evident, with Israel again bombing camps on pretexts. After all, what kind of normalcy did the West intend for the Palestinians? A life under surveillance, in apartheid conditions, a life in fear. We, standing in solidarity with the struggle of the Palestinian insurgents, choose to target the Greek bosses who strengthen Israel, and seek profits at any cost. By holding them accountable, we put the cost on their backs. Because Palestine is a symbol of human dignity. Symbol of struggle.
Greece is not uninvolved. It supports the war politically, financially and morally. It participates by making available the Souda base and ports for the resupply of the Israeli war machine. It has made sure to turn the islands into tourist resorts for the I.D.F. soldiers, to even spring up in every corner and an Israeli investment (rbnb, parking, restaurants, hotels, real estate offices) and to conclude energy agreements for pipelines with Cyprus and Israel.
The removal of the acquired 8 hours and the imposition of 13 hours, the new laws concerning the educational restructuring in universities with the disciplinary measures for students, the increasingly blatantly racist immigration laws and the new criminal code with the tightening and vindictiveness of punishments, is a proof that the state is arming itself. At the same time, it is equipped not only legislatively, but also logistically. The state is proceeding with the installation of security cameras in streets and universities, the establishment of new security forces and the purchase of military equipment systems. All this is happening at a time when it is in a desperate position of trying to cover up the crimes and scandals of the previous period (Tempe, Pylos, OPEKEPE etc.), while more and more often people take to the streets. That is why we choose to weaponize our denials, to collectivize our resistances and by putting forward the anarchist ideals to fight until we walk the path that Kyriakos illuminated.
The raised fists of the anarchist comrades Marianna and Dimitra, the consistency, the political commitment and the political defense of the memory of comrade Kyriakos at all costs, give us one more reason to take a stand in the here and now.
Kyriakos Xymitiris one of us, a comrade forever on the roads of fire.
The heart of the resistance beats in Palestine
Freedom for those prosecuted for the Ampelokipi case.
31/10 Everyone on the street.
Counter-Violence Cells “Kyriakos Xymitiris”