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1. Detritus Books (detritusbooks@todon.eu)'s status on Monday, 06-Dec-2021 14:31:43 UTC Detritus Books

   “On the sixth of December, 2008, Athens police shot and killed a teenager in the largely anarchist neighborhood of Exarchia. That same night, riots began in several major cities, quickly transforming into an insurrection that gripped the entire country for a month.

   "Millions of people participated, young and old, immigrants and citizens. The arson attacks on banks and police stations that in the previous years had been the sole practice of anarchists instantly generalized to the point of becoming common. By some accounts few police stations in the whole country escaped attack.

   "The insurrection made a joke of the pacifist claim that “violence alienates people” by bringing together people from across Greece and inspiring people all over the world. The momentum of the uprising galvanized social struggles in the country and brought them to a new level.”

   You can read more about how this situation played out in our book The Failure of Nonviolence by Peter Gelderloos.

   https://detritusbooks.com/failure