{"id":2126,"date":"2026-08-04T16:11:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saveprosfygika.gr\/?p=2126"},"modified":"2026-08-04T16:11:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:11:27","slug":"why-does-the-government-target-the-community-of-squatted-prosfygika-in-times-of-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saveprosfygika.gr\/index.php\/en\/2026\/08\/04\/why-does-the-government-target-the-community-of-squatted-prosfygika-in-times-of-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"WHY DOES THE GOVERNMENT TARGET THE COMMUNITY OF SQUATTED PROSFYGIKA IN TIMES OF CRISIS?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Today, Tuesday, August 4, around 9:00 a.m., a delegation led by New Democracy MP Angelos Syrigos \u201cvisited\u201d Prosfigika, staying inside the community for just a few minutes\u2014in keeping with the usual tactics of New Democracy officials in so many other instances\u2014and leaving as if they were thieves.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A. Syrigos, who has previously spoken out publicly to slander the Community of Squatted Prosfygika, today came and stood in front of the guesthouse for cancer patients and their companions of the \u201cAgios Savvas\u201d Hospital, which was built by the Community itself. Within a matter of minutes, he filmed footage to set up yet another media ploy that will serve the state\u2019s plans for slander, eviction, and repression\u2014all while hunger striker Aristotelis Hantzis has been hospitalized in the ICU for over a month, still in critical condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So why, at a time when Attica and the entire country are once again burning\u2014as a result of the criminal policies of the New Democracy government, which bears sole responsibility for the incalculable destruction that has been caused\u2014 \u2014does New Democracy choose to send its MP and professor of international relations, A. Syrigos, to Prosfigika?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And why does he, even though Prosfigika seems by definition to be outside his specific area of interest, nevertheless choose to focus intently on Prosfigika and even declare that it is an issue he is \u201cdealing with\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In any case, whatever the plans of the state and the government may be, the Community continues on its path of creation, social self-organization, and solidarity in every sphere of life\u2014both on its own territory and wherever communities are afflicted by the destructive policies of the state and those in power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Community of Squatted Prosfygika<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Tuesday, August 4, around 9:00 a.m., a delegation led by New Democracy MP Angelos Syrigos \u201cvisited\u201d Prosfigika, staying inside the community for just a few minutes\u2014in keeping with the usual tactics of New Democracy officials in so many other instances\u2014and leaving as if they were thieves. A. 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