Benefit Voku for imprisoned comrade Akis. D

- April 15th, 2026

Monday April 20, 2026, Benefit Voku for imprisoned comrade Akis. D. Food served from 7pm, no reservation.

A few words from Akis. D about his persecution and imprisonment in Greece:

At the same time when the domestic neoliberal road-roller of modern totalitarianism flattens any resistance on all fronts, displaces people from their first homes on behalf of foreign funds and banks, fragments our personal and comradely relationships, crushes any labour gains that have been won through struggles and blood, beats and tortures fighters and activists who participate in class and social struggles, slashes salaries and pensions so that the money does not even reach half of the month, actively participates in the genocide being carried out against the Palestinian people by providing military bases and logistical equipment, covers up the state crime with the 57 dead in Tempi and eliminating any scandal that appears in the spotlight.
Amidst all this mess of events, today, 20/11/2025, I was sentenced by the three-member judicial panel to 5 years in prison and a fine of 2,100 euros. In a sham trial, I was faced with a rotten and fabricated indictment, cut and sewn by the state garbage of the Hellenic Police, which concerns my alleged involvement in the attack that took place on 14/02/2025 in the Western Attica Region.
The charges against me are the following: damage to buildings and public property, violence against employees, attempt to cause serious bodily harm, illegal carrying of a weapon, use of a weapon.
From the state’s perspective, walking a random night within a short distance of your home is a criminal offense to the extent that you are now tried, convicted and end up in a domestic penitentiary institution. Obviously, the reason I was targeted and am currently locked up in state cages is my uncompromising and continuous participation in workers’ and people’s struggles, always having as my life stance the just struggle against a rotten and corrupt capitalist system. From the first moment of my arrest, I denied the accusations they are making against me. Accusations that in no case are based on reality. Accusations that create a fabricated truth based on distortion and lies. At the same time, websites and television stations known for their “ethics” and “validity” were trumpeting inaccuracies with the sole purpose of targeting and persecuting me in those days, as well as the police’s invasion of my home a few hours later, even confiscating political printed matter and posters.

THE PASSION FOR FREEDOM IS STRONGER THAN ALL CELLS
IN THE END WE WILL WIN
SOUL DEEP
AKIS D.

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