Workers! Washington DC. March 16, 2013 three activist from Greek Antifa, Industrial
Workers of the World (IWW) along with co-sponsors Positive Force, Chesapeake Earth First!,
Anarchist Alliance DC Network (AADC) joined together and took the streets of Washington DC
to show our support for the Greek working class. The group's first stop was the Greek
embassy, where we delivered a letter with our demands. We then marched to the German
embassy, followed by a stop at the headquarters of the World Bank and International
Monetary Fund. Later we gathered for a conference with special guests: members of the
Greek antifascist movement, known as Antifa: Sofia Papagiannaki, Thanasis Xirotsopanos,
Vangelis Nanos, and Pavlos, they delivered a very educational presentation about their
involvement in organizing with workers in their home country, the radical/anarchist
message about the economic crisis in Greece, the worker takeover of the VioMe factory in
Thessaloniki, and resistance to the rise of a neo-fascist Right.
We were glad to have Alisa of the I.W.W. Star Tickets Workers Union, from Grand Rapids,
MI. After a few years of organizing, they've just recently gone public and won an NLRB
election. We talked via Skype with Northeast Greece, workers at Vio.Me
(http://www.viome.org/) how have taken over their building materials factory, restarting
production without bosses. They join a rising tide of workers control initiatives across
the globe, opening the door to another world. We want to thank our allies for coming,
caring, and organizing. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experiences to make this
great and necessary event happen! Workers everywhere need one another to improve their
conditions. AADC brought the four groups together for this project because we strongly
believe that our collectives, groups and organizers need to form coalitions and remember
our common goal: to show the system that the problem of one is the problem of all! We
showed the bosses, cops, and politicians that we are watching, and we showed the workers
that we have their backs! Please check this related
links: http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/154332/index.php Contacts: AADC:
https://www.facebook.com/anarchistalliance.dc IWW:https://www.facebook.com/DCIWW?fref=ts
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