Letter from anarchist Spyros Mandylas, detained under accusations concerning Phoenix project, on the occasion of the examination of his pre-trial detention.
This text contains some thoughts and observations on the occasion of the examination of my 6 months pre-trial detention, which will take place on Tuesday the 7th of January in the Court of Appeal, in Loukareos.
My arrest, my pre-trial detention and its extension, all have one special feature. If one would study my case’s file he would that there isn’t even the slightest clue to justify my detention.
This is not inexplicable. Since the state perceives the strength and the diffusion of New Anarchy, it will do everything to suppress it, in its every facet.
It appears to not have any special significance, what excuses it will find. As i have written before, the state’s desire to destroy the bridge between “legality” and “illegality”, is its high priority.
The pretenses in my case, for the previous extension of my detention, where, as ridiculous as they may seem, the following:
i)The first justification is the belief of the Court of Appeal’s prosecutor Apostolos Mkropoulos that “he seems to be the link between the orders issued by the imprisoned members of the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire in relation with the acts of project Phoenix and their execution outside the prison area.” His assumption is based on the fact that I have visited my friend and comrade, member of CCf, Christos Tsakalos, several times the past year.
ii)The second pretense had to do with my public letter. The special prosecutor Eftyxios Nikopoulos mentions that I don’t describe the context of my talks while visiting in prison… He also considers the fact, that i applaud guerrilla actions, to be a special clue.
I, from my part, have to say the following: I do not intend to, in any way, answer the conjectures and the pretenses of any prosecutor, since these “clues” in the file, are not enough even for an adduction, let alone for an arrest and a pre-trial detention.
My arrest can be interpreted as part of a strategy recently adopted by the Greek state against it inner enemy: anarchists and specifically the current of New Anarchy. This strategy replicates the repressive operations and tactics used in other countries. The same thing that has been happening in Italy for the past two years with operation “Ardire” (Boldness), where people participating in translating and publishing projects and managing websites were arrested among others, seems to be some people’s plan in Greece too. The state is fully aware of the fact, that such projects and structures are not inferior to direct action but instead make their own huge contribution to the constant anarchist insurrection.
My case has a second reading, besides the fact that I am being held hostage. It creates a legacy of fear, for everyone who chooses to move in the way i did in the future, promoting constant anarchist insurrection, unmediated practical theory and active solidarity through public projects.
I describe all these things, in order to create a public legacy, about how the repressive apparatus thinks and acts. In no case do I beg of solidarity from the Left or from a movement, which has adopted the reformist features of civil disobedience movements over the past few years , which organizes parties and which was “relieved” by my arrest.
P.S. Various solidarity movements took place the past six months (direct actions, events, interventions with spray-paintings, banners, posters, flyers etc.), in solidarity with me and my comrade and friend Andreas Tsavdaridis. This kind of solidarity gave me much strength and tore down the isolation imposed on anarchist prisoners of war, by the state .
FURY AND CONSCIENCE
SPYROS MANDILAS
KORIDALLOS PRISON
SECTION A
04/01/2014
