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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