A-Infos (en) Turkey, Malatya, anarchists in antiwar demo (tr)

["Batur Özdinç" <batur_ozdinc@hotmail.com>]

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> From: arode <arode@mynet.com>

(25.01.2003)
Anarchists from Malatya (an Eastern Anatolia city) showed their existence 
with attending to the peace demo in Malatya which was organized by AntiWar 
Democracy Platform. After Mayday 2002, it was the second demo in which they 
attended with their own banners. The demonstration started at 13:30. 
Demonstrators started to march in corteges and the demo began after the 
groups gathered in the square. It was the anarchists in the front line 
carrying their own banners; a banner 180 cm. in length writing "No to the 
war" with peace signs. In addition, there were 5 smaller placards with 
writings of "no war" (in Turkish and also English) and peace signs. There 
was also another placard with the writing "to the waste basket" with a 
rifle. During the demo leftist groups and cops targeted us. Cops were 
watching for us carefully and they asked about the peace signs. The reason 
for this was probably our banner which was different from all the other 
classical banners.. We were 12 but our noise was bigger. We were all dressed 
in black (not because of the reason that we are color fetisists but rather 
we are still in the beginning of the road in Malatya). During the march and 
in the square we shouted as "we will not be soldiers of america", 
"conscience objection is our power", "death to american imperialism", "long 
live people's brotherhood" etc. It was really enjoyable moment for all of 
us.. We proved our existence to all friends and enemies.. This is important 
because before that other groups were looking down on us. On Mayday we were 
5 and today 12; in future we'll be more than that. But not in the way of 
leftists; we'll exist in the way of liberty and with the philosophy of 
anarchism.

LONG LIVE LIBERTY, LONG LIVE ANARCHY!


[trans-batur özdinç]


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