#Pavlos Fyssas

[antifainternational]

A rare video depicting antifa rapper Pavlos Fyssas (murdered by neonazis on a day like today on 18 September 2013) singing a song dedicated to Carlo Giuliani that was murdered by the police on 20 July 2001 (Genoa) and to 15 years old Alexis Grigoropoulos that was murdered by the police on 6 December 2008 (Athens).

The video footage is from 21 June 2011.

We do not forget,

We do not forgive

[kropotkindersurprise]

Σιγά μην κλάψω, σιγά μη φοβηθώ by Killah P

Pavlos Fyssas, known by the stage name Killah P was an antifascist rapper from Greece, who was stabbed to death by neonazis of Golden Dawn on the night of September 18, 2013.

Never Forget, Never Forgive!

[dewitty1]

Memorial graffiti for antifascist rapper Killah P / Pavlos Fyssas who was murdered by a gang of Golden Dawn neo-nazis on the 18th of September 2013

[nando161mando]

Αθήνα 16/9/24. Παρέμβαση με πανό στο κέντρο της πόλης εν όψει της αντιφασιστικής, αντικρατικής διαδήλωσης για τα 11 χρόνια από τη δολοφονία του αντιφασίστα Παύλου Φύσσα.

Αναρχική Πολιτική Οργάνωση

Athens 9/16/24. Intervention with a banner in the city center in view of the anti-fascist, anti-state demonstration for the 11 years since the murder of the anti-fascist Pavlos Fyssas.

Anarchist Political Organization

[mostlysignssomeportents]

This day in history

On October 7–8, I'm in Milan to keynote Wired Nextfest.

#20yrsago FCC releases number-portability guidelines https://www.zdnet.com/article/fcc-issues-cell-swapping-guidelines/

#15yrsago US Customs: Sketching an SUV makes you a copyright infringer https://www.pressrepublican.com/news/local_news/keene-artist-had-hard-time-getting-back-into-us/article_57fca386-b99e-5b24-92c1-4358eb4d74ff.html

#15yrsago Canadian Conservative Party pledge to reintroduce the DMCA if elected https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2008/10/conservatives-to-reintroduce-c-61/

#15yrsago Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China — amazing memoir by American-born Chinese journalist https://memex.craphound.com/2008/10/07/factory-girls-from-village-to-city-in-a-changing-china-amazing-memoir-by-american-born-chinese-journalist/

#10yrsago NSA freedom of information requests up 1000% post-Snowden https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2013/oct/07/nsa-inundated-foia-requests-after-snowden-leaks/

#10yrsago Harvard Business Review to universities: your subscription doesn’t include classroom use https://digitopoly.org/2013/10/06/harvard-business-school-publishing-crosses-the-evil-academic-line/

#5yrsago Using “forensic architecture” to punch Greek Nazis…in court https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/the-murder-of-pavlos-fyssas

#5yrsago Texas cops seize lawn-sign depicting GOP elephant as sexual predator https://www.texastribune.org/2018/10/06/police-seize-texas-political-yard-sign-gop-elephant-girl-skirt/

#1yrago "Don't spy on a privacy lab" (and other career advice for university provosts) https://pluralistic.net/2022/10/07/sensory-deprivation/#sensorship

My next novel is The Lost Cause, a hopeful novel of the climate emergency. Amazon won't sell the audiobook, so I made my own and I'm pre-selling it on Kickstarter!

[mariacallous]

Protests were held in Keratsini in the Piraeus area, Athens’ Attiki neighbourhood, Thessaloniki and other Greek towns on Monday to mark the tenth anniversary of the murder of Greek anti-fascist rap musician Pavlos Fyssas by a Golden Dawn member.

Union members, students and political party activists shouted slogans like “Paul lives on, defeat the Nazis” and “Neither in Piraeus nor anywhere else, block the fascists in every neighbourhood”. One person was arrested, Greek media reported.

Pavlos Fyssas, known as Killah P, was murdered at the age of 34 on September 18, 2013 in Keratsini by 45-year-old Giorgos Roupakias, a member of the neo-Nazi criminal organisation Golden Dawn. His killing was attributed to political motives.

According to the Greek police, Fyssas died after being stabbed three times by Roupakias in an attack that had been directed and approved by the Golden Dawn hierarchy.

The murder of Fyssas sparked protests in Greece and abroad and led to a judicial investigation into Golden Dawn’s criminal activity.

In October 2021, eight years after the murder, the Tripartite Court of Criminal Appeals of Athens declared Golden Dawn a criminal organisation and convicted 50 of the 65 defendants of participating in the killing.

The case is now in the appeal process.

Despite the outlawing of Golden Dawn, three far-right parties that competed in parliamentary elections in Greece in June managed to win seats in the legislature.

The far-right party National Party – Greeks of Ilias Kasidiaris, who was sentenced to prison for his leadership role in Golden Dawn, was banned from participating in the June elections.

But a new far-right party, the Spartans, supported in Twitter posts by Kasidiaris, was elected as the fifth party in the Greek parliament.

Kasidiaris is also a candidate to become mayor of Athens in the upcoming local elections in October.

[sossupummit]

From the microphone gathering that took place on Wednesday 18/09/24 in the central square of the city of Karditsa for the completion of 11 years since the murder of antifascist…

[ladygreyalien]

This Playlist Kills Fascists

This is a playlist I made of music written for historical anti-fascist movements, music that is symbolic of anti-fascist movements, and music that showcases anti-fascist values and ideas.  I made this and am posting it here as part of the final project for one of my classes this quarter.  The playlist is 21 minutes long and contains folk, punk, and rap in several languages.

Under the cut is an annotated track list, and some additional context for the playlist.  If you decide to read it please let me know what you thought!

Fascism is a complex right-wing ideology that can’t be explained without a lot of nuance.  Roger Griffin‘s “palingenetic ultranationalism“ and Umberto Eco‘s Ur-Fascismare are two frequently cited explanations.  Regardless, fascistic societies are always highly oppressive, unstable, and bigoted.

Anti-fascism is the belief that the formation of a fascist society should be opposed at all costs.  Most anti-fascists are leftists, and may be involved in a wide variety of other social movements.

-1 Modena City Ramblers “Fischia Il Vento” (2015)

Starting off the playlist is “Fischia Il Vento” (The Wind Blows), an Italian anti-fascist resistance song originally written in 1944 (I chose to use the Modena City Ramblers version, it’s a bop).  I chose to play this song first because Italian resistance to Mussolini was the first organized anti-fascist movement (1920s).  These partisans were largely communists and anarchists.

to conquer the red spring where rises the sun of the future

The lyrics use “the conquering of the red spring” as a metaphor for establishing a communist society, which directly opposes the aims of fascists.  This is why leftists are the most opposed to fascists taking power.

-2 Frente Popular “A las Barricadas” (1936)

“A las Barricadas” (To the Barricades), was a song popular among National Confederation of Labor (CNT) members during the Spanish civil war. 

Though pain and death may await us, Against the enemy by duty we are called.

“A las Barricadas” shows the way anti-fascists oppose fascism at all costs, even if it means percinal harm.  “Fischia Il Vento“ also mirors this sentiment.

-3 Los Pinochet Boys “La Música del General” (1984)

Los Pinochet Boy’s story is exhilarating.  They were a clandestine punk rock band that formed during Pinochet’s fascist dictatorship of Chile.  Every show they played was a revolutionary act that would end in a police raid.  “La Música del General” is one of the two surviving recordings of the band’s music and shows the need for expression under oppression.  (Naomi Larsson Piñeda. “A fascist tried to electrocute us on stage” 2023)

Musical Dictatorship Nobody can stop dancing The music of the general The music of the general

-4 National Wake “International News” (2013) [The original release is from 1979]

National Wake was the only multi racial punk band in apartheid South Africa.  Like Los Pinochet Boys, their music was illegal to make.  Under apartheid white and black South Africans were not allowed to live and work together.  “International News” showcases the way international (American, and British) media failed to adequately cover the violent response to the Soweto uprising, where student’s protesting the forced use of Afrikaans in schools were met with extreme violence from the police.  (Alexis Petridis “National Wake: the South African punk band who defied apartheid” 2013)

'put a blanket over Soweto They put a blanket, nowhere to go, no They put a blanket over the news They put a blanket, nothing to choose

-5 Killah P “I won’t cry, I won’t fear” (2012)

Pavlos Fyssas, who went by the stage name Killah P (killer of the past) was a Greek anti-fascist rapper.  In 2013 he was murdered by a group of Golden Dawn members (the Golden Dawn is a fascist Greek political party).  His death sparked a weeks long protest in Athens that garnered 10,000 people and put pressure on the Greek parliament to investigate the Golden Dawn as a criminal organization.  Pavlos is remembered as a martyr, and his music remains a symbol of anti-fascism in Greece.  (Patrick Strickland. “Greece mourns slain anti-fascist...” 2017)

-6 Dead Kennedys “Nazi Punks Fuck Off!” (1981)

I would be remiss not to include this song.  The early punk scene had a Nazi problem.  Some punks wore fascist symbols for the sake of offending people, fascists came to shows not realizing the music was mocking them, and Neo-Nazi gangs would violently disrupt shows.  (Steve Knopper. “Nazi Punks F**k Off... “ 2018)  Making it clear to fascists that they are unwelcome, and that there are consequences if they don’t stop being a fascist is a tactic effectively used by groups like Anti Racist Action.  (Mark Bray. Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook 2017)

-7 Rainbow Coalition Death Cult “Blue MAGA” (2022)

“Blue MAGA” begins with a sample from Leroi Jones’s “Young Spirit House Movers and Players”.

WHAT HAS AMERICA DONE FOR ME?  NOTHING BUT MADE ME A ZOMBIE!  

The use of the word zombie (think Haitian Vodou, not The Living Dead) aligns perfectly with how Iris Young describes powerlessness in “Five Faces of Oppression” as an “inhibition to develop one’s capacities, lack of decision making power, and exposure to disrespectful treatment because of the lowered status”.  RCDC then compares this social powerlessness to political powerlessness.

"Pipe down and tow the line, you got no room to whine Censor those who don't comply, we're the best that you got." Some say they'll put up a fight, they really don't have the spine Just an image they hide behind, to make you feel like we won

They then end the song

The truth is they're all full of shit

Suggesting that the status quo isn’t the best that we can get, and that action can be taken to make our lives better.

-8 G.L.O.S.S. “Give Violence A Chance” (2016)

Despite the majority of antifa activism being nonviolent, anti-fascists take a systemic view of violent self defense and act on it accordingly. 

KILLER COPS AREN'T CROOKED SOLDIERS FOR BASTARDS, THEY DO AS THEY'RE TOLD THE COURTS AREN'T CORRUPT MALICIOUS, VIOLENT, THEY MAINTAIN CONTROL

Even when the cops kill and the courts falsely convict it’s not seen as violence because they have the approval of the state to do that violence.  The same would apply to borders, and immigration bans which can only be enforced with a threat of violence that an anti-fascist would say justifies self defense, violent or otherwise. (Philosophy Tube "The Philosophy of Antifa" 2017)

-9 Noname “Song 33″ (2020)

I struggled to find a single song that could symbolize my thoughts on the protests following George Floyd’s murder at the hands of the Minneapolis police.  For many people in my generation 2020 was an awakening.  Even if you were aware of the racism inherent to policing and America broadly (if you were white) it might not have seemed as totalising, and urgent as it is.  Song 33 embodies this feeling.  Noname asks 

He really 'bout to write about me when the world is in smokes? When it's people in trees? When George was beggin' for his mother, saying he couldn't breathe You thought to write about me?

and

Distracting from the convo with organizers They talkin' abolishin' the police And this the new world order We democratizin' Amazon, we burn down borders

Textually, She’s asking rapper J. Cole why he wrote a rap about her tone when he could be rapping about what matters.  Subtextually, she is asking the listener the same question. 

She also highlights the intersectional solidarity of the anti-fascist movement, drawing parallels between BLM’s goal of abolishing the police, labor rights, and abolishing borders.

-10 Woody Guthrie “All You Fascists Bound To Lose“ (1942)

Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger were both well known anti-fascist musicians in America during their lives.  Both of them made anti-nazi music durring the war and continued to make music that espoused anti-fascist values afterward.  Guthrie’s iconic “This Machine Kills Fascists” sticker is still a common anti-fascist slogan. 

I wanted to end on this song because of how hopeful it is. 

The people in this world Are getting organized You’re bound to lose You fascists bound to lose

Fascism is bound to loose in the end.  But only because people are fighting back against it, organizing, and standing in solidarity with one another.

Thank you for reading this, I hope you got something out of it.

[elladastinkardiamou]

This week's newsletter from AthensLive is out:

Can these authorities fight football violence since they even refrain from calling things by name? 

How objective can the EU Commission President be?

A non-exotic traffic jam under the Greek sun

The Greek PM finally spoke of football fan Michalis Katsouris' murder by Croatian neonazi hooligans. Only he did not mention once they were neonazis. “They killed him over football,” Greek mainstream media had said back in 2013 in those shocking first hours after the murder of antifascist musician Pavlos Fyssas by the Golden Dawn.  

How legit is it for the President of the European Commission to be hosted by the Greek PM for her vacation in the country since the ND government has been connected with pushbacks and the wiretapping scandal? How objective can she be?

Finally, Greek citizens were trapped for hours under some 38 degrees Celcius on the Korinth-Athens highway after a tank truck caught fire. No emergency plans on Greek roads. Luckily, there were no victims.  

It cannot be recommended strongly enough to read and share this week's updates on the events and developments in Greece here: https://steadyhq.com/en/athenslivegr/posts/32f1326d-0adf-47f5-bef7-4247bfaf958a

For anyone with a wish or need to follow and to gain an insight into recent events in Greece and to read and support independent and investigative journalism in English, the weekly newsletter from AthensLive should be a core element in the reading flow.

If you want the best overview of the events and developments in Greece right now, this is the place to go. Not the mainstream Greek news, but independent journalism with sharp analysis and links to interesting and important topics from a variety of sources.

Become a member and get the newsletter in your inbox every week here: https://steadyhq.com/en/athenslivegr/newsletter/sign_up

[dispatchesfromtheclasswar]

⭕ On moments exactly like these, Antifa rapper, Pavlos Fyssas, surrounded by approximately 30 fascists of Golden Dawn neonazi party in Keratsini, Athens and while standing up against them, is being stabbed to death. 9 years later

WE DO NOT FORGET

WE DO NOT FORGIVE

[fromgreecetoanarchy]

On moments like these, at 3 minutes past midnight of 18 September 2013, Antifa rapper Pavlos Fyssas surrounded by approximately 30 fascists of Golden Dawn Party in Keratsini, Athens and while fighting on his own against them, he is being stabbed to death. 8 years later WE DO NOT FORGET WE DO NOT FORGIVE

[antifainternational]

On moments exactly like these, Antifa rapper, Pavlos Fyssas, surrounded by approximately 30 fascists of Golden Dawn neonazi party in Keratsini, Athens (Greece) and while standing up against them, is being stabbed to death. 9 years later

WE DO NOT FORGET

WE DO NOT FORGIVE

[kropotkindersurprise]

November 1, 2023 - Antifascists in Greece attack riot police who were protecting a neonazi gathering in Athens. The nazis were commemorating two Golden Dawn pieces of shit who were shot dead by antifascists in 2013 in response to the murder of antifascist Pavlos Fyssas by Golden Dawn members. [video]

[korh-ths-thalassas]

Σήμερα είναι μέρα χαράς.

Σήμερα όλη η Ελλάδα γιορτάζει.

Σήμερα ο Παύλος δικαιώθηκε.

Σήμερα και κάθε σήμερα ο Παύλος ζει.

Σήμερα, αύριο, τώρα και για πάντα τσακίζου��ε τους ναζί.!

Σήμερα η Μάγδα τα κατάφερε.

Σήμερα τα καταφέραμε.

Σήμερα έγινε η αρχή.

Γιατί αυτό είναι μόνο η αρχή..

[nodataism]

greek rap united poster series

ΒΗΤΑΠΕΙΣ 03: Για Τους Οπαδούς

a project between Feb 19 and Οct 20 printing and pasting greek rap songs in a poster form around Athens.

the project was motivated and dedicated by and for greek antifa rapper Pavlos Fyssas and the trial of Golden Dawn -the neo nazi organization that assassinated him- . The project tried to unite all the greek rap songs through a common message - their social lyrics - raising awareness for the trial and giving a message to the streets what greek rap is all about.

The project ended at 7 October 2020 when Golden Dawn members found guilty.

ΠΑΥΛΟΣ ΦΥΣΣΑΣ ΠΑΡΩΝ

[athens-burns]

Ο Παύλος ζει, τσακίστε τους ναζί.