{"id":762,"date":"2026-02-16T17:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saveprosfygika.gr\/?page_id=762"},"modified":"2026-03-05T15:40:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:40:31","slug":"network-of-solidarity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saveprosfygika.gr\/index.php\/en\/network-of-solidarity\/","title":{"rendered":"Network of Solidarity"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"western\">Why we, as internationalists, support the defense of the Community of Squatted Prosfygika<\/h2>\n<p><b>Collective statement by 80 collectives and organizations<\/b><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" id=\"umsMapStyles_1_78415\">\r\n    #ultimate_maps_1_78415 {\r\n        width: 100%;\r\n        height: 250px;\r\n                border: 0px solid ;\r\n        margin: 0px;\r\n    }\r\n    #mapsControlsNum_1_78415 {\r\n        width:100%    }\r\n    .umsMapDetailsContainer#umsMapDetailsContainer_1_78415 {\r\n        height:250px;\r\n    }\r\n    .ums_MapPreview#ultimate_maps_1_78415 {\r\n        \/*position:absolute;*\/\r\n        width:100%;\r\n    }\r\n    #mapConElem_1_78415{\r\n        width:100%    }\r\n    <\/style><div class=\"ums_map_opts\" id=\"mapConElem_1_78415\" data-id=\"1\" data-view-id=\"1_78415\" > <div class=\"umsMapDetailsContainer\" id=\"umsMapDetailsContainer_1_78415\"> <i class=\"umsKMLLayersPreloader fa fa-spinner fa-spin\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/i> <div class=\"ums_MapPreview \" id=\"ultimate_maps_1_78415\"><\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"umsMapMarkerFilters\" id=\"umsMapMarkerFilters_1_78415\"> <\/div> <div class=\"umsMapProControlsCon\" id=\"umsMapProControlsCon_1_78415\"> <a title=\"Google Map Wordpress\" style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/supsystic.com\/plugins\/google-maps-plugin\/?utm_medium=love_link_hide\" target=\"_blank\">Google Map Wordpress<\/a><div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"umsMapProDirectionsCon\" id=\"umsMapProDirectionsCon_1_78415\" > <\/div> <div class=\"umsMapProKmlFilterCon\" id=\"umsMapProKmlFilterCon_1_78415\" > <\/div> <div class=\"umsSocialSharingShell umsSocialSharingShell_1_78415\"> <\/div> <div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div> <\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR COMRADE ARISTOTELIS CHANTZIS, MEMBER AND RESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY OF SQUATTED ROSFYGIKA, WHO IS IN HUNGER STRIKE UNTIL DEATH IN DEFENSE OF LIVE<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to the imminent threat of attacks and eviction, we express our solidarity with the Community of Squatted Prosfygika in Athens and our support for its defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In times of global war and increasing repression against societies all over the world, Prosfygika found and created a piece of truth; that community, commitment and collectivization are the foundation of everything that we can build against the destructive forces of capitalist modernity. It is a place where the struggle for communal life and emancipation has been fought in recent years, and wholeheartedly- out of a deep, true, and determined dedication. Out of a commitment to seek and find ways of living collectively, outside of the capitalist and oppressive framework that governments offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For 16 years, the Community of Squatted Prosfygika has existed as a unique self-administered an liberated neighborhood in Europe. In its 8 building blocks in the heart of Athens, 400 inhabitants from 27 different countries, speaking 20 different languages, with different religions, ideologies, ages, and backgrounds, not only live but struggle and organize together. It is a politically united neighborhood with a large number of occupied apartments and communal structures responding to the needs of its residents and beyond. At the same time, it not only answers the needs of a limited number of people but creates a practical proposal for the whole society. In the past years, over 22 structures based on the needs of the people have been built up, for example an autonomous womens structure, a bakery, and a health structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state is currently preparing a major attack and the eviction of the community. In summer 2025, the local government secretly initiated a contract for the plan of eviction and renovation of four buildings of the community, driving forward the gentrification of the area; the eviction supposedly starting in July 2026. These plans are based on hypocrisy and cheap lies: the state claims to upgrade the area, with false hopes for &#8220;social housing&#8221; and hosting for patients and relatives of the adjacent cancer hospital &#8220;Agios Savvas&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reality is that the community is already providing a much bigger and holistic form of &#8220;social housing&#8221;, which is actually based on the collective self-determination of its members. For years, this community has also been hosting patients and their relatives from the cancer hospital and has even created a hosting structure for them \u2013 in cooperation with the workers&#8217; union of Agios Savvas. Meanwhile, thousands of apartments in the area and the whole of Athens, often in the property of the Municipality or the church, remain unused and are left to decay. The same state that wants to throw even more people onto the streets will not address social problems; the community, however, has already been responding for 16 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last decade, this is the fourth time that the state and the government have attempted to evict and plunder Prosfygika. This time appears to be the most serious and is about to be implemented immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time, too, the state will remain unsuccessful!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aristotelis Chantzis, a member and resident of the Community of Squatted Prosfygika, has started a hunger strike to the point of death on February 5, 2026, as a means of collective struggle for the preservation and defense of Prosfygika.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The demands of this hunger strike are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Immediate cancellation of the contract by the region of Attica (local government)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All residents of Prosfygika to remain in their homes, in the place and area where they live and have established social, cultural, and organical ties.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><p>Concrete guarantees for the restoration of Prosfygika to be given to the recently constituted non profit legal entity &#8220;Residents and Friends of Prosfygika L. Alexandras&#8221; with its own self-financing! \u2013 no public funds for the \u201credevelopment\u201d of Prosfygika<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With his initiative, our comrade Aristotelis symbolizes the whole meaning of the fight for Prosfygika. Prosfygika means surviving, resisting, living. An eviction of the community means death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We support the defense of the Community of Squatted Prosfygika because we see this squatted neighborhood as a glimpse of hope, a vibrant flame of resistance and communality in the heart of the metropolis of Athens. In the Community of Squatted Prosfygika, comradeship, communal property, solidarity, mutual aid, and horizontality are not just empty words but a lived practice in everyday reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not an abstract struggle, but one that is fought in every single moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prosfygika is a striking example of a place, where the universal struggle for justice, dignity and self-determination has materialized. As internationalists, we understand the importance and necessity of such grounds, wether we travel to physically join the struggle or find inspiration and strength in knowing the collective heartbeat of resistance is alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is our revolutionary duty to create and defend communities against the violence of state and capital whereever we are. Be it in Prosfygika, in Rojava, in Palestine, in Chiapas, such struggles can teach us how to survive communally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remembering our history shows us, that the power of the state has made it increasingly difficult to liberate grounds, be it physically or ideologically. The downfall of the squatting movement in Europe, the repression against revolutionary organizations worldwide, every lense that we view through shows that we are attacked in a very existential way. We will not submit to their violence. We will not let nation state borders, threats or false promises limit our solidarity. As people from below we are united in our struggles and we will win!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The community of Squatted Prosfygika has decided to defend it\u2019s social proposal, it\u2019s people, it\u2019s structures, and it\u2019s historical memory to the end. It is willing to defend itself on all levels \u2013 and thus to fight for its own existence and liberation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this mentality we call on all internationalists to participate and support in the defense of the Community of Squatted Prosfygika.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are countless ways to participate in and to support this defense:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By signing and spreading this statement, as well as other statements of Prosfygika and of the internationalist #saveprosfygika campaign, by coming to Athens, or through expressions of solidarity or financial support.Spread expressions of solidarity, such as statements, articles, solidarity pictures, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><p>Support financially! Donate to the Firefund campaign (https:\/\/www.firefund.net\/saveprosfygika ) or organize a solidarity event.<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><p>Currently there is a call for solidarity and support in the renovation of the wooden elements in the neighborhood such as windows and doors (https:\/\/saveprosfygika.gr\/index.php\/en\/materials\/ )<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><p>Come to Athens, visit and help in the restoration and the defense of the community. The community is always in need of internationalist guests to participate in the different works.<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This statement was signed by the following collectives and organizations:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Action Network for Housing, the Public Space, and the City &#8211; Solidarity for All (Cyprus)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abolish Frontex<br><br>ADA Pu\u0142awska, Warsaw, Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anarchist Black Cross Wroc\u0142aw, Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anarchist Black Cross Wroc\u0142aw, Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Antifa Sofia, Bulgaria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ararat Kollektiv, Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Antifa Tirana, Tirana, Albania<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Antifaschistischer Aufbau, Vienna, Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Antyfaszystowski Krak\u00f3w, Krakow, Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ausw\u00e4rts Solidarity Group, Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Borderless Collective, Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bez Collective, Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Berlin assembly in memory of Kyriakos X. and in solidarity with the persecuted comrades in theAmpelokipoi-case, Berlin, German<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brussels Borderless Zone, Brussels, Belgium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cabinet partout, Brussels, Belgium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Centrum Aktywizmu Klimatycznego I Spo\u0142ecznego Go\u0142\u0119bnik, Krak\u00f3w, Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cimk, Marsaille, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congreso de los pueblos (CDP), Columbia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cooperazione Rebelde Napoli &#8211; Italia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Decay &amp; Rebuilding &#8211; Internationalist Educational Collective (Mannheim Ger, Paris Fr,Birmingham UK, Sofia Bu)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die Ganze B\u00e4ckerei, Augsburg, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Diggers, Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Federacja Anarchistyczna Wroc\u0142aw, Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FAU-Dresden, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Droit Au Logement , France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feminist Collective Bojka, Pozna\u0144 Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Food not Bombs Krak\u00f3w, Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Front Solidarit\u00e9 Migrant.es, Brussels, Belgium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frankfurt International, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gemeinsam K\u00e4mpfen &#8211; F\u00fcr Selbstbestimmung und Autonomie, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initiative Western AlpsIniradar, Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interventionistische Linke (iL*), Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KAF-Kollektiv f\u00fcr einen queeren Anarchafeminismus, Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KTS Freiburg, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kolektyw Zoria, Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lotta, Basel, Switzerland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ministry of Space, Belgrade, Serbia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Migrantifa Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Migrant Solidarity Bulgaria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M\u00fcnchen International, Munich, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mujeres contra la guerra, Mexico<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Netz der Rebellion, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No Borders Cologne, Cologne, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nodo solidale, Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nodo Solidale, MexicoOAV Freiburg, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00d6MMVR e.V. Altmark, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peoples Plattform Europe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perspektive Selbstverwaltung, Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quarticciolo Ribelle, Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RAIZ, Columbia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RAIZ International, Columbia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Radlager, Freiburg, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ramona Collective, Cyprus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rigaer94 Collective, Berlin, German<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rise for Climate Luxembourg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Riseup Wien, Vienna, Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ronah\u00ee &#8211; Youth Center for Public Relations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rojava committees from Sweden<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rosa Liege, Belgium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scherer 8, Berlin, Germany <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solidarit\u00e4tskreis zapatistas, Frankfurt am Main, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Serhildan Network, Belgium, France, Swisse<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stowarzyszenie MULTIFORM, Olsztyn, Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students for Justice in Palestine, Pozna\u0144  Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students for Palestine Bonn, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unbounded Solidaristi, Altmark\/Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Villa Mina Collective, Amsterdam, Netherlands<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilda Panny, Pozna\u0144 Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wolna Biblioteka, Wroc\u0142aw, Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ya Basta Netz, GermanyYa Basta Rhein Main\/ Frankfurt, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yuna Demokratische Jugend, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Young Struggle Europe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zaczyn Collective, Warsaw, Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zone Neutre, Brussels, Belgium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ZORA &#8211; European Organisation for Young Women<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LONG LIVE INTERNATIONALIST SOLIDARITY!<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OUR COMMON LANGUAGE IS RESISTANCE!<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WE WILL WIN OR WE WILL WIN!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the imminent threat of attacks and eviction, we express our solidarity with the Community of Squatted Prosfygika in Athens and our support for its defense. 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