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Pictures from Friday night’s solidarity message from Utrecht to Athens, Prosfygika squat. Since February 5, Aristotelis Chantzis, a resident and member of the Community of Squatted Prosfygika on Alexandras Avenue, has been on a hunger strike until death, defending the life, relationships, culture, and
model of self-organization, self-governance, and direct democracy that have been established in Prosfygika
over the past 16 years. In the 8 historic blocks of buildings in the Prosfygika neighborhood on Alexandras Avenue, built in 1933–1935 to house refugees from Minor Asia, right in the heart of the metropolis, between the General Police Directorate and the Athens Court of Appeals, for the past 16 years, there has been a large, vibrant, self-organized community. A community of 400 people, with diverse ethnic, religious, linguistic, political, and ideological backgrounds, from the grassroots, who live together in harmony and organize themselves on the basis of direct democracy, solidarity, respect, and horizontality , shaping their lives and covering their needs.The Community of squatted Prosfygika is the largest social self-organization initiative in Greece, having established 22 autonomous, open social structures for the common good and self-sufficiency that meet the needs of the residents of Prosfygika and the wider Ambelokipi neighborhood (e.g. daycare center ,accommodation facility for patients and their companions at the nearby cancer hospital, health center ,communal pharmacy, collective selfeducation, structures for food productipn and logistics, clothing, technical work, cultural activities, etc.) . At the same time, it has established a network of relationships free from the dominant culture of competition, individualization, and oppression, fostering a collective culture of life and struggle. Read more and find ways to support them here:
https://www.firefund.net/saveprosfygika