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Extract from the pamphlet “Air, air!”, distributed end of December 2013 during two
small gatherings with loudspeaker and some fireworks in Molenbeek and Anderlecht
after the death of an inmate in the detention center for immigrants of Bruges
If power wants us submissive, deported or locked up, it’s
up to us to get ready and prepare for battle. If they want
to clean out and secure Brussels so that the city might
be pleasant for eurocrats, diplomats, rich people and
business men, it’s up to us to stay dignified, to keep our
heads high, to not let them advance without us blocking
their path. Let’s train our lungs to breath freely.
Obstructing raids, fighting against the building of the
biggest prison in Belgian history, step on to the offen-

sive... All this is possible, by organizing ourselves in
small groups of confidence, with a bit of agility, determination and inventivity. And by recognizing each other
as rebels thirsting for freedom. Let’s breath deeply and
make a maximum of noise, let’s burst things up!
Do never forget: each act inspired by the desire for freedom speaks straight to the heart of one who is looking
for the same thing. Let’s be in solidarity, till cutting their
breath, till we are free, free like the air.

Extract from the pamphlet “A dark day in Anderlecht”, distributed in
the streets of Anderlecht and in some bars and places after the death of
Maria Chidiri during a police intervention in her apartment.
Let’s take a deep breath and spit fire. The controls in the
neighbourhoods are multiplying, the forces of order are
determined to impose to law on all those who cannot or
do not want to respect it, the business men and corporate managers invest massively in new building projects
to transform the popular areas into enclaves. All this is
part of one same logic, of one some project for Brussels: make order reign, call and force everyone to walk
in line, asphyxiate the revolt that is lurking. The systematic torture in the Brussels’ police stations goes hand in
hand with an entire city under video-surveillance. The
planned building of the biggest prison of whole Belgium
on Brussels’ territory is just another aspect of the war
power is waging against the poor by implanting luxury
flats in the popular areas and by militarizing the public
transport. Power is well aware of what it is doing, so a
choice lies in front of us: accept or fight.
Maybe it is not the time for a frontal clash with power,
but against the war power is waging against the downside of Brussels, one should take the initiative. Some
might say we are too few, too few to want and dare to

revolt, but in fact, this is not the question. Power might
well be weave its web of control, it is far from omnipotent. When the enemy present themselves in mass and
occupies the territory as any power logically needs to
do to curb the backs of the oppressed, one should act as
partisans. In small groups, agile and creative, to sabotage the projects of power. Put fire to the building sites
who are announcing the coming of power and money.
Cut the cables of video-surveillance. Transform garbage
containers and company vehicles into as many torches
of revolt. Ambush isolated and vulnerable police patrols.
Provoke disorder in the daily routine of misery and economy, as did the old saboteurs who cut the electricity,
sabotaged the railroads and the metros, erected small
barricades on the important roads to block traffic. And
create space, there where it is possible, to speak with
each other and coordinate in the struggle against power.
Spaces to which power has no access, like swamps in
which its troops fatally sink to the bottom. Because we
need air, fresh and brave air if we want the wind of revolt to blow.

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