Insurrection News received and translated:
Greetings comrades, I write these words and give them all my love in response to the call for a week of action in memory of our fallen brother in combat Sebastián Oversluij that was carried out this week.
In my current position as a prisoner it has been hard to find out many details about this but in the context of the individual and collective actions undertaken by comrades outside there arises in me the need to contribute, although it is a minimum gesture of solidarity, it is important to use whatever weapons are available to continue in a combative manner to remember a comrade who gave his life and his death in the struggle against Power, Authority and all of it's Domination.
This is why on Thursday along with comrade Ignacio Muñoz who is imprisoned in module 34, we fasted in solidarity, understanding that our bodies can and should be positioned as one more front from where we can attack. And although fasting or hunger strikes did not correlate with the character of this particular call for action which was more focused on street graffiti, banners, posters, leaflets etc; I believe that each individual with every one of their circumstances, possibilities and contexts should contribute instances that arise from their memories and seek to generate a projectuality of the conflict.
This is how I have understood this gesture for Angry, as an exercise of combative memory, for although we have only known each other in a tangential manner, we were able to connect via the tensions that mobilize our bodies, via the principles that guide us, each on their own path towards total liberation.
I value these instances but I feel that to be limited to only one type of action, as in this case the visual propaganda, is to mute the potentiality of actions that can be born of impulses and feelings of complicity with Angry that range from how to breathe this dirty air up to the exercise of the nihilistic / anti-authoritarian / anarchic minority violence.
I believe that it is necessary to multiply each of the methods that we have to confront Power, therefore it must be remembered in a practical way how the comrade died - expropriating a bank in rejection of wage-earning work, and how he aspired to live life free and autonomously in direct combat with the values and conventions imposed by the society of domination. That's why I believe that these moments are opportunities for meeting accomplices and creating informal affinity networks to enrich and nourish us. Well, this is all that I have to say for the time being. A huge hug to those who continue to fight both in the prisons and on the street.
Sebastián Oversluij “Angry” present!
NOTHING HAS ENDED, EVERYTHING CONTINUES
Long Live Anarchy
Missing and waiting for a new meeting with you my brothers and sisters.
Sergio H. Álvarez
Anarchist Anti-Authoritarian & Nihilistic Prisoner
Module 33, Santiago Prison Number 1
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(Original Spanish version of this text can be read HERE)
Insurrection News received and transmits (edited for clarity):
Anarchist comrade Sergio Alvarez was transferred to the 33rd. wing of 'Santiago 1' prison, after staying for more than a week in a temporary wing.
In that wing, he can not have contact with other anarchist prisoners, who are kept separated in different wings of the same prison.
Anarchist comrade Sergio Alvarez was arrested on Wednesday, July 15 in the context of clashes between police and encapuchados (hooded ones) outside the University of Chile in Santiago. He was formalized for possession of an incendiary device, disorder and aggression against the police.
Sergio´s posture is not about “young student victim of a frame-up”, but he has positioned himself as an anarchic/anti authoritarian individual in confrontation with Power.
You can get more info and leave messages of solidarity for Sergio via this email: laguerracontinua@riseup.net
Solidarity with all comrades in prison!
The anarchist comrade Sergio Alvarez was arrested on Wednesday, July 15 following clashes between encapuchados (hooded ones) and police outside the University of Chile in Santiago. After being beaten and spending the night in the cells of democracy, the comrade was taken to the so-called 'Justice Center' and paraded as a trophy for the cameras of the journalistic carrion. As he passed the cameras, guarded by the police but with his head held high, Sergio yelled: "The war continues, long live anarchy!"
After formally charging Sergio for possession of an incendiary device, disorder and assaulting police the judge decided to place the comrade under a 3 month house arrest for the duration of the pre-trial investigation. However following an appeal by the prosecution, Sergio was taken to Santiago Prison Number 1 on Wednesday July 27.
Sergio's arrest occurred in the context of a series of many arrests of juveniles accused of participating in clashes between encapuchados and police outside universities.
Sergio has refused the 'young student victim of a set-up' stance and has instead positioned himself as an anti-authoritarian individual in confrontation with the power and roles imposed by the dominant order.
To learn more directly about the situation you can email laguerracontinua@riseup.net - you can also send words of greeting and solidarity to Sergio at this email and they will be passed on to the comrade.
And now we share with you the words of comrade Sergio and call for the unleashing of rebellious solidarity and the elimination of silence and inaction.
THE WAR CONTINUES!
LONG LIVE ANARCHY!
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Well, the beginning is always complicated, but this isn't one precisely...
On Wednesday July 15 I was arrested at the University of Chile in the context of street fighting outside the university. Rather than talk about what contributed to my arrest or provide an update on my trial (there will be plenty of time for that), I feel it is more important to clarify and reaffirm my position - the position I made very clear when I shouted it to the journalist carrion who tried to make a trophy out of me.
I am not a victim, nor will I now take any kind of cooler or lukewarm position nor will I engage in repentant blinking and forget the fires of combat. I am neither somebody who fights for improvement or reform to make existence bearable within this system, nor will the system claim me as a student or a worker. I am an anarchic individual who seeks confrontation against those who hold, represent and defend the Authority and any manifestation of it's domination of every aspect of my life and that of my comrades; the eternal desire to expropriate my life and to nurture individually and collectively antagonism towards the citizen resignation and submission.
For now I have no more to say about the maelstrom of my thoughts, feelings and sensations. With all my love I hope to reconnect with everybody soon.
NEVER DEFEATED, NEVER REPENTANT!
THE WAR CONTINUES!
LONG LIVE ANARCHY!
Sergio Alvarez
Anarchist, anti-authoritarian and sometimes nihilist prisoner.
Santiago Prison Number 1
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