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clear, that those who face repression, know that on that day there will have to be attacks, and the next day too, and the next and the next, to make clear that the arrested are not responsible, because we know that the police is shamelessly mistaken. And so that the flame lit by some is not smothered with the arrest of others. If this sounds like a fundamental reflection, it is because there were errors of this kind, and it is good to know, to talk about things that are not always positive, without a need to torture yourself for making mistakes or without trying to deny the mistakes. After the 29th only conspiracy theories remain… Various explanations have been sought, and local conspiracy theories have been constructed about the repressive process of 29 May 2012. For me, the answer is simple: it was an obvious consequence. The particulars may be different, including the presence of a person working with the state and the police. But yes, the state defense against attacks once they stopped speculating and they realized they were anarchic, was sooner or later to happen. And this is also necessary to repeat because we need to create the conditions necessary to confront the repressive waves. The quest for various conspiracy theories to explain why the arrests happened, reveal, in turn, that the attacks did not have a sense for libertarians, that the prison was not a likelihood for them (and should be for anyone who confronts domination) and that even today they still avoid confrontation with the police and the state because of the arrests. That is, the violence of the arrests, the raids, deprivation of liberty without any basis, the disturbing con