This Thursday, An Club in Exarcheia will see a benefit gig with a very, very special purpose. Our young comrade, little Pigi, has been giving the most important struggle, the struggle for her life. Along with her parents, she has been making this struggle with utmost dignity, and she now needs everyone’s solidarity. If you are in Athens, be there. Wherever you are, read on, support Pigi, and spread the word. Life shall win, solidarity shall win!

Thessaloniki, November 2, 2011

To Whom It May Concern

Little Pigi was taken to the paediatric-neurological clinic of the
AHEPA hospital in Thessaloniki on July 4th, 2011 after multiple
episodes of uncontrollable infantile seizures, while being four months
old. She was hospitalised until September 7th, 2011. She undertook all
treatments for epileptic seizures but regrettably did not show any
signs of improvement. On September 7th she was transferred to the
paediatric-neurological clinic of the Papageorgiou General Hospital in
Thessaloniki, remaining in a permanent condition of epileptic crisis
and with serious psychokinetic disability. At Papageorgiou hospital
she was given the treatment of a ketogenic diet as a final bid for her
survival. She continues to follow this diet to date (the diet is based
upon the notion of receiving more fats and less carbohydrates so as to
prevent glycolysis in the brain) and she has been showing very small
signs of clinical improvement since. In other words, from September
21st 2011, which is when little Pigi returned to her home, she
continues to have up to four epileptic seizures per day, lasting up to
15 minutes each – during which she must be attached to an oxygen
supply to avoid cyanosis (she already had one cyanosis episode on July
24, 2011 while hospitalised at the AHEPA hospital, and faced the
danger of being admitted to the Emergency Unit) in which case she
would have to be given anticonvulsants, which could in turn cause
irreversible brain damage.

Today, in conclusion, little Pigi (who is now 8 months old) lives with
her parents at her home, in a sterilised environment in order to avoid
infections that could prove fatal, and continues to receive a range of
anti-epileptic medicine, therapeutic milk suitable for a ketogenic
diet and vitamins which are vital since this milk only contains fats –
not any other ingredients that are valuable for the human organism
(trace elements, metals, proteins etc.); she has glucose and ketone
urine measurements and finally she is attached to an oxygen supply
during each of her epileptic seizures. She continues to be seen by Mr
Athanasios Euaggeliou, a paediatric neurologist and professor at the
Papageorgiou Hospital.

However, all this would seem relatively easy if the baby lived in a
state that could provide it with full medical and pharmaceutical
support, diagnostic tools or financial aid for her parents, who need
to watch her in rolling shifts as the next seizure could come during
its sleep. To the contrary: the therapy costs around 1,500 euro per
month (the milk alone, just to give you an idea, costs 50 euro per
carton, which is consumed within 2-3 days max – meaning a monthly cost
of 550-650 euro). Consumables exceed 150 euros per month (sticks for
the measuring of ketones, glucose metering tapes, glucose metering
needles, oxygen refilling, oxygen condenser rental) and her vitamins,
which are vital for her diet as mentioned earlier, cost approximately
200 euros per month. From these, we pay from our own pockets all her
consumables (in excess of 150 euros per month) and all her vitamins
(approximately 200 euros per month). IKA, Greece’s largest Social
Security Organisation, rather than showing sensitivity to this ordeal,
is considering cutting the provision of the special milk of the
ketogenic diet, as part of its cuts due to the financial crisis.

Also, IKA refuses to provide the parents even with the minimum
financial relief in the form of a disability benefit for the baby (in
the range of 200 euros), alleging that it cannot stand before a
disability committee before it turns 18 months old. However, there is
a great possibility of the baby never reaching the age of 18 months,
if we do not act immediately and we do not transfer it abroad. IKA
also refuses to send it abroad, here using the pretext that any child
up to the age of 14 can be transferred to any hospital (private or
public) in any country in the world, but only for therapeutic and not
for diagnostic reasons. In the Greek Banana Republic of 2011 however,
it has not been possible to get an accurate diagnosis of her condition
(at AHEPA they gave us a makeshift diagnosis according to which she
possibly suffers, most likely from early myoclonic encephalopathy) –
and this because in Greece there are no diagnostic means for such
conditions. Her parents, both of which are unemployed, are financially
maintained exclusively by donations and loans from friends,
acquaintances and people in solidarity and will be soon hosted at the
house of friends, since they cannot even afford to pay for their rent.
Also, with the invaluable help of friends and people who became
sensitive to the never-ending ordeal of little Pigi, they are trying
to collect money for her transferring abroad where the final hope of
some real diagnosis, and perhaps therapy, lies.
We rely on people’s sense of social solidarity and we call you to
support us in our difficult task of not allowing an 8-month angel to
die before Greek bureaucracy decides who has a right to survive.
However, since there are many people who have mobilised, we would
kindly ask for the bank account details not to spread, as there is a
serious danger of the bank confiscating the amount collected –
something that happens often when there is an abrupt increase in
deposited amounts, as it is assumed that the bank holders might be
distributing some product and avoiding to pay tax. We ask you to
contribute whatever you can (even 5 euros are invaluable at this
point) to someone you trust, and for them to contact us.

We thank you in advance.
The parents of little Pigi

Contact numbers: 00306934506680 / 00306936577212
e-mail: fani_t@hotmail.com / bgeordamilis@gmail.com

Dem Ge­nos­sen soll am 17. Fe­bru­ar vor dem Amts­ge­richt der Pro­zess ge­macht wer­den.

Zeigt euch solidarisch!
Freiheit für unseren Genossen!
!Siamo Tutti Antifascisti!

RASH Stuttgart

Hintergrund…

„Am 17.​02.​2012 wird eine Ge­richts­ver­hand­lung zu Un­guns­ten eines Ge­nos­sen von uns beim Stutt­gar­ter Amts­ge­richt statt­fin­den. Ihm wird vor­ge­wor­fen ohne Vor­war­nung auf eine Grup­pe Skin­heads ein­ge­schla­gen, sie da­durch an ihrer Ge­sund­heit ge­schä­digt und dann an­schlie­ßend die Flucht er­grif­fen zu haben. An­geb­lich hat­ten die Ge­schä­dig­ten zuvor einen po­li­ti­schen Dis­put mit dem Ge­nos­sen […]
Tat­säch­lich ging dem Gan­zen eine Be­lei­di­gung in der Öf­fent­lich­keit und ein ver­such­ter An­griff vor­aus, was die Ge­schä­dig­ten spä­ter bei der Po­li­zei na­tür­lich nicht an­ga­ben. Dafür konn­ten sie an­ge­ben dass der An­ge­klag­te aus der Stutt­gar­ter An­ti­fa-​Sze­ne ist […]
Grund genug für die Be­hör­den den Staats­schutz her­an­zu­zie­hen.
Ob­gleich der Eine oder an­de­re aus der kör­per­lich miss­han­del­ten Skin­head­grup­pe auch mal An­ti-​Na­zi-​Auf­nä­her oder But­tons trägt, ist der Groß­teil die­ser Grup­pe de­fi­ni­tiv der Grau­zo­ne zu­zu­ord­nen. So be­zeich­nen sich man­che von ihnen sogar selbst. Viele von ihnen tau­chen re­gel­mä­ßig auf bei­spiels­wei­se Face­book-​Sei­ten wie „Grau­zo­ne Rock n Roll“ auf, bei denen man die Dis­kus­si­on um die Schnitt­stel­le von un­po­li­tisch und rechts ver­sucht ins Lä­cher­li­che zu zie­hen und u.a. völ­lig offen Wer­bung für T-​Shirts mit der Auf­schrift „Un­po­li­ti­sche Ak­ti­on“ macht, die ko­mi­scher­wei­se von einem Neo­na­zi­ver­sand ver­trie­ben wer­den. Hier wurde üb­ri­gens auch schon gegen un­se­ren Ge­nos­sen ge­wet­tert: „Ich würd ja schon gern sein Ge­sicht sehen, wenn auf ein­mal 50 Grau­zo­nis­ten vor sei­nem Haus ste­hen wür­den…“ Fotos von Skin­heads in Skrew­d­ri­ver-​Shirts kann man dort auch fin­den, woran sich von der Grau­zo­ne auch kei­ner stört. Ei­ni­ge der Ge­schä­dig­ten pfle­gen auch Kon­tak­te zur rech­ten Hoo­li­gan­sze­ne und waren sich nicht ein­mal zu scha­de gegen den Ge­nos­sen ge­rich­te­te Flug­blät­ter zur In­for­ma­ti­ons­ver­gif­tung zu ver­tei­len.
Ihre Lieb­lings­bands sind Stom­per 98 und die Kra­wall­brü­der, wer hätte es ge­dacht… Und ganz nach dem Motto „nichts muss, aber alles kann“ ver­su­chen sie ihre A-​Po­li­tik, die doch nur immer nach rechts ver­weist, in Stutt­gart zu eta­blie­ren. Wenn alle Stri­cke rei­ßen, be­die­nen sie sich dann der Staats­macht und ver­su­chen auf die­ser Ebene den von ihnen so ver­hass­ten „Rot­fa­schis­ten“ etwas ent­ge­gen­zu­set­zen, völ­lig skin­head-​li­ke ver­steht sich. Und ganz wie ihre Vor­bil­der selbst […]

Kommt zur Ge­richts­ver­hand­lung am 17.​02.​2012 09:00 UHR
zum Amts­ge­richt Stutt­gart, Hauffstr.5! „

„As the troika ‘negotiates’ (read: reads out already agreed measures with the government ‘representatives’), people are taking to the streets for an emergency General Strike against new measures that will allegedly include a 20% decrease in the national minimum wage and a subsequent cut in the unemployment benefit, among many others.“

You can follow the days events directly on Occupied London.

A few days ago, most of the different anarchist currents joined in a massive, 5,000 person strong explicitly anarchist/libertarian demonstration through the streets of Athens…

You can read more about the demonstration here.

On the evening of the same day, the following happened…

„On Saturday, February 4th, at 20.00 in the evening, 60 solidaritarians attacked the personal guard, the guard booth and official vehicles outside the residence of the president of democracy Karolos Papoulias. Papoulias’ personal guard fled, and flyers were thrown at the spot in solidarity with the anarchists Stella Antoniou, Kostas Sakkas, Giorgos Karagiannidis and Alexandros Mitroussias.

IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF ANARCHIST STELLA ANTONIOU
FREEDOM TO ANARCHISTS SAKKAS, KARAGIANNIDIS, MITROUSSIAS“

Berlin

Otherwise, in Goettingen, in only a few hours unfortunately…

(More on this in a couple of days)

*Magdeburg, the Nazi demonstration:

Blockaden und Auseinandersetzungen gegen Nazigedenkmarsch in Magdeburg from Filmpiraten on Vimeo.

*Goettingen, leftist extremist brennpunkt with 250 gewaltbereite (dixit the Innenminister),

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Edit again:

„Wir haben heute das Haus der neofaschistischen Burschenschaft Hannovera Göttingen mit Wurfgeschossen und Pyrotechnik angegriffen, während dort eine Veranstaltung mit dem österreichischen Ideologen der extremen Rechten Wolfgang Caspart stattfand. Dieser ist Mitglied des Akademischen Corps Saxonia zu Wien, Öffentlichkeitsbeauftragter des Freiheitlichen Akademikerverbandes Salzburg und in der Vergangenheit durch diverse rassistische und antisemitische Ausfälle aufgefallen.“

Via Linksunten

Freitag | 13.01.2012 | 19 Uhr im Verdi Haus | Groner Tor Straße | Göttingen
Veranstaltung zu „Dresden Nazifrei 2012″ und Repression veranstaltet von der A.L.I. mit GenossInnen der ALB

13.01.2012 ab 23 Uhr Soliparty im Stielbruch
„SubOtage Dresden“ mit Drum n` Bass, Breakbeat und Darkstep in allen schillernden Facetten.

Samstag | 14.01.2012 | 19 Uhr Veranstaltung im Roten Zentrum | Lange-Geismar-Straße 2/3
„Total Extrem“ zur Extremismustheorie veranstaltet von der A.L.I. mit GenossInnen der ALB

-Article on Monsters of Goettingen
-Video on NDR

Pressemitteilung der ALI

„Der Besuch des niedersächsischen Innenministers Uwe Schünemann in Göttingen geriet heute zum Debakel. Gut 400 Menschen begleiteten die Veranstaltung des RCDS im ZHG mit Blockaden und Parodien vor dem Hörsaal. Ebenso gab es Störungen des Minister-Auftritts im Hörsaal. Bei Einsätzen der Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit BFE im Zentralen Hörsaalgebäude kam es zu tumultartigen Szenen mit zahlreichen verletzten DemonstrantInnen.

Die heutigen Aktionen gegen den Schünemann- und Kruse-Auftritt in der Uni bilden für die Antifaschistische Linke International A.L.I. den Auftakt zu einer Kampagne gegen die repressive Innenpolitik in Niedersachsen und das politische Agieren von Justiz und Polizei. Unter dem Motto Schünemänner, Staatsschützer, Schnüffelhunde… Schluss damit! Linke Politik verteidigen!“ finden in den nächsten Wochen Veranstaltungen, Musikkonzerte, Filmpräsentationen und die Begleitung des Berufungsprozesses gegen „Martin R.“ statt. In diesen Tagen werden 10.000 Aufkleber mit den Konterfeis von Innenminister Schünemann, Polizeichef Kruse und Verfassungsschutzpräsident Wargel verklebt. „Gut abgestimmt nutzen die Männer ihre Ämter, um kampagnenartig gegen Linke vorzugehen, MigrantInnen und Flüchtlinge zu drangsalieren und ihre schützenden Hände über bewaffnete Neonazis zu halten“, erläuterte die A.L.I.-Sprecherin die Stoßrichtung ihrer Kampagne. „