The information in this file was recently published in FREEDOM - the fortnightly anarchist journal published by FREEDOM PRESS: FREEDOM PRESS (IN ANGEL ALLEY) 84B WHITECHAPEL HIGH STREET, LONDON E1 7QX GREAT BRITAIN Do write for a sample copy or for a copy of our booklist of publications. We will be putting more of this information out so watch this spot... NEWS FROM GREECE Greek anarchists in Kavala have been much involved in anti- fascist activity over the last year. A two day event attracted some 50 people to discussion groups on the first day with numbers quadrupling the second day largely no doubt given the free concert that was thrown in... linked in with this a group of some 7 anarchists distributing literature in the town centre concerning anti-fascism and also calling for the liberation of Balafas, Michou and Kiriakopoulos were arrested by police, taken to the cop shop where the police set about trying to frighten them before releasing them after about an hour. This event managed to get them some coverage on local radio. Another event to support the prisoners involved showing a film 'Brazil' which was followed up by a spot of graffitti in the town leading to three arrests. They were charged with 'polluting public buildings'. * Balafas is a 'social struggler' who, along with his girlfriend Michou and his friend Kiriakopoulos, were charged, last year, with 'terrorism' on spurious grounds. Unsurprisingly the main reason for the authorities interest in him is the large amount of anti-authoritarian activity he has been participating in. Their trial took place at the end of last year. They were given a 25 day prison sentence which was 'bought off' plus a three year conditional discharge. The Kavala group (anarcho-pacifist) is now organising the publication of a bulletin about activity in Greece which it is hoped will be circulated every other month. The Barcelona group of Solidaridad Obrera reports on anti- anarchist oppression by the authorities in Portugal. The Judicial Police released a story that an anarchist group had been responsible for the abduction and torture of a leading industrialist which had as its aim to extort money. The basis for the allegations would seem to be that an 'anarchist manifesto' was found in the house where the industrialist had been held captive which had been published by the A Hidra anarchist collective. In disassociating themselves from the kidnapping they released a communiqu from which the following is taken... Anyone who knows anything about anarchism knows that kidnapping, emprisonment, torture etc. are not properly speaking anarchist methods but rather those of nazis, religious fundamentalists, members of the Irish Republican Army and other authoritarian organisations... Could it be that the police simply didn't like the propaganda that anarchists have been putting out recently against the criminal activities of Nazi groups? Information from Solidaridad Obrera No. 247.