AGAINST THE DESTRUCTION OF NATURE

STRUGGLE FOR REVOLUTION AND FREEDOM

On the occasion of the struggles against goldmines in Halkidiki

A small reference to the facts

The struggles against goldmines in Halkidiki go back to 1989, in Olympiada. At the time, the local residents had to confront TVX-Hellenic Gold company and their struggle acquired insurrectionary characteristics, mainly during the period 1995-1997 (an outpost was created on the mountain by the locals in order to block the passage to the workers and their vehicles, demonstrations, clashes as well as direct actions took place, one of the most characteristic being the placing of an improvised mechanism to the “ministry of industry and development” and the arrest on 1998 of the anarchist Nikos Maziotis, who took the responsibility for this action). Continue reading AGAINST THE DESTRUCTION OF NATURE -STRUGGLE FOR REVOLUTION AND FREEDOM →