European Economic Congress in Katowice: Anti-Terrorist Unit brutally raids the 'Alternative Economical Forum' (Poland)

Monday 20 April: Last night in the early morning hours, police raided a house squatted by activists in Mariacka street, Katowice. The police used rubber bullets, smoke, and stun grenades. 21 people were beaten up and arrested. (At least 3 people were taken to hospital) The people imminently stated that they are starting a hunger strike against their detention. According to the police, the people are accused of breaching domestic peace (in an empty building!). Solidarity picket took place at 13:00 in front of the cop station at Lompy 19, Katowice. In Poznan at 14:00 solidarity picket in front of the Regional Police station, Kochanowskiego 2a.

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Solidarity communique:

European Economic Congress in Katowice: full hotels, empty houses – Antiterrorists fighting social change

Katowice. Another day of meetings for the European elites. The subject is TTIP and hundreds of other anti-social programs, forced on people against their will. A group of anarchists and trade unionists who organize Anticongress, together with the people that need a roof above their head, have squatted one of the thousands of empty buildings, which after being ‘cleaned’ of the tenants awaits its demolition and transformation into an office building. On the front wall, a huge banner is hung, saying ‘human capital resists!’. In the newly opened space, the ‘Alternative Economical Forum’ took place. The debates started on a different kind of economic politics, the kind that could reverse the trend of radical accumulation of wealth into the hands of the elites in Europe and the world. Our political line was set by the very act of squatting the empty building – for there is no sense in waiting and counting on the powers to change something for us – we alone can be the change. The most dangerous weapon is the disobedience towards the elite, who get rich by our expense.

Towards the postulates of disobedience – moreover – putting them in practice, the powers have only one answer: naked violence. Anti-terrorist squads armed with rubber bullets were sent against the people. The police was aiming at the people inside the building, they used smoke-grenades, and stun grenades. Almost all the participants of the Alternative Economical Forum were brutally beaten up, many people are wounded, one person got an epilepsy attack. Everyone was taken into police vans.

The decision of such brutal pacification, that loud festival of violence that keeps company to the next day of Economical Congress enrages us, but not surprises: handful of elite’s biggest fear is the disobedience itself – the last form of saying no to the illusion of ‘democracy’, inhumane and precarious working for this shit, that they cynically feed us with in their media. On the other hand, what also can the State expect, while they lead the widening of this enormous gap? When 80 people in the world has more than half of the human population, when people in this country literally rot from the credits they take to live decently?! Your anti-terrorist armies are good for nothing. We will not live a day longer in humiliation.

Solidarity with Katowice! We promise revenge for every stab in the back of our friends.

The best support, that we are asking for in the name of the detained is everyday resistance and disobedience to the capitalists and their world.

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From corporate media:

http://www.dziennikzachodni.pl/artykul/zdjecia/3829415,anarchisci-w-katowicach-usunieci-przez-antyterrorystow-wideo-eec-7-kapital-ludzki-stawia-opor,5193375,id,t,zid.html

Updates on the situation (Polish):

http://www.facebook.com/antyekg?fref=photo

http://antykongres.wordpress.com/

Solidarity communique in Polish:

http://syrena.tk/katowice-zmiane-spoleczna-zwalczaja-antyterrorysci/

Tags: European Economical Congress, Katowice, Poland, Police Brutality, Raids, Repression, Squatting

This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 21st, 2015 at 11:10 am and is filed under Social Control.