Conversation

On December 6, 2008, in the neighborhood of Exarchia, police in Athens, Greece murdered a 15-year-old anarchist named Alexandros Grigoropoulos.

In response, rebellious young people rose in revolt, organizing countrywide riots and occupations that lasted for weeks.

In this interview, conducted a couple weeks into the insurrection, participants describe what made the uprising possible.

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"You have to be crazy and enthusiastic, to feel that you can do incredible things—you have to be ready to give your life, your time, your years in a struggle that will never end. It is healthy not to have expectations, because then you don’t get disappointed. You don’t expect to win. You are used to appearing, fighting, and then disappearing again; you know how to become invisible as a person and visible as collective power; you know that you are not the center of the universe, but that any time you can become the center of your society."