We are under a huge attack by capitalism and the supposed "democracy" we have to serve it. It is an attack towards us in the workplace, towards students and now even towards Art.
In
our country, the
authority began leaving artists at the
mercy of their unemployment. With all the shops closed, they
preferred to give the money to cops, the
media and big companies (Aegean,
Toll Contractors), instead of giving an
allowance to all Art workers, so that they could
survive. After all, what to expect from a
government that seeks its clientele in the churches, instead of the
theater.
But they did not stop there. They went on to try
to pass a law that would also control Art, prosecuting anyone they
considered a threat. If we do not resist, the terror in Art - with
one form of the Law or another - will be a fact. And this becomes
even more shivering,
considering that even more weapons are given to the (Anti) Terrorist
Service that imprisoned Irianna and Theofilou, “cooking”
everything as only they know.
However, the effort to silence all those who resist, is not something that’s happening only in Greece, but it extends to other countries.
In
Spain, an artist, the Catalan communist Pablo Hasel, is in prison for
committing the "crime" of insulting the king. It could be
1920s news but it just happened this February.
In the 21st century there are still kings, elsewhere with a crown and
elsewhere without, and when you really
challenge them, they hide behind the supposed democracy and persecute
you. The Spanish state against Hasel has the
support of all the powerful, inside
and outside the borders. Either actively or with their guilty
silence. The king, the social democratic government, the European
Union, Franco's descendants.
We, in Greece, Turkey,
Catalonia, all we have is us - International Solidarity
As workers of SE VIOME, we feel the obligation to write about the workers in Art. Because all these years hundreds have come to our factory to show their solidarity and put their musical staff as a shield against repression.
The
workers of the occupied VIOME factory send their solidarity to Pablo
Hasel and to all the artists who are fighting against the kings,
whether they have thrones or large companies.
#PabloHaselLibertad
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