Day 53 of Hungerstrike until Death
Call for actions in solidarity with Prosfygika on the 5th of April for the internationalist defense of the Community of Squatted Prosfygika
In June 2025 the Regional Government of Attica (which Athens belongs to) approved a programmatic contract for the “renovation” and the evacuation of the Community of Squatted Prosfygika, where more than 400 people live. 53 days ago, on February 5th, our comrade Aristotelis Chantzis started a hunger strike until death for the defense of the Community, for the defense of life. Soon in the next weeks, a second comrade will follow and start a hunger strike. Several weeks of actions in Athens and internationally have passed. The opening of the Community to the broader society, in Greece and internationally, is to build toward its social self-defense. This opening includes a full events program, a weekly open assembly, guest houses for cancer patients of the nearby Agios Savas hospital, and construction works to renovate houses, create more hospital guest housing, and the construction of the civil war museum. Hundreds of internationalists, solidarians and locals answered the call to come to the community and support the work for its defense.
On March 14th, thousands of people took in Athens the street for the defense of Prosfygika. Solidarity actions also took place in Poland, Serbia, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Colombia.
Although large parts of the movement and the society have been mobilized, the Greek state and the regional government of Attica remain silent and haven’t canceled their ongoing plan. This puts the life of our comrade Aristotelis Chantzis in danger, together with the lives of so many members of the Community who will face extreme life-threatening conditions without the support of the Community and its 22 self-organized social structures.
We call all people who are for the defense of life to initiate or participate in solidarity actions to promote the panhellenic and international actions on the 5th of April in solidarity with the Community of Squatted Prosfygika.
We call for :
1. Participation in the circular 1-3 days of hungerstrike from now on.
2. Mobilizations in solidarity for the big demonstration on the 5th of April in Athens and internationally.
3. Press and media to come to Athens, to be there on this day with our comrades.
4. Supporting or building solidarity networks with anyone who is willing to contribute to the campaign Save Prosfygika
5. Supporting or sharing the firefund fundraiser campaign: https://www.firefund.net/saveprosfygika
6. Sign the text with the demands of the Community and of the hunger strike.
We call all comrades to support however they can, whether through the proposed actions or your own initiatives. We’re aware that each national and local political context imposes different challenges, and trust your ability to act and react accordingly. Contact us to build resistance together against the plans of the Greek state and of the regional government of Attica.
The attack on the Community of Squatted Prosfygika is not an isolated fight. The community resists as one of the last remaining projects of social struggle that builds a proposal against regimes globally shifting to the far right, militarized societies and colonial mindsets. We ask for all comrades who are expressing their solidarity to connect the struggle also to their social, geographical and political context.
This is the 5th major attack of the state against the Community during the last decades. Although this attack appears to be the most serious of all, they will still fail.
Hands off Prosfygika!
Either we will win or we will win!
Assembly of Squatted Prosfygika (SYKAPRO)
Alexandras Avenue
Athens, Greece
prosfigika [at] riseup [dot] net
https://sykaprosquat.noblogs.org/
Some squats in Athens: https://radar.squat.net/en/groups/city/athens/country/GR/squated/squat
Some evicted squats in Athens: https://radar.squat.net/en/groups/city/athens/country/GR/field_active/1/squated/evicted
Groups in Athens: https://radar.squat.net/en/groups/city/athens/country/GR
Events in Athens: https://radar.squat.net/en/events/city/Athens/country/GR
Some squats in Greece: https://radar.squat.net/en/groups/country/GR/squated/squat
Groups in Greece: https://radar.squat.net/en/groups/country/GR
Events in Greece: https://radar.squat.net/en/events/country/GR
