It is this diffuse and extensive nature that gives real power to the anti-terrorist strategy : after each wave of repression , those who show solidarity with the detained will also be considered part of the organization and then arrested , and so on . The concept of the terrorist organization is intended to be extended indefinitely , perhaps with the perspective that eventually the environment currently considered as dangerous will become totally isolated and stifled by the repressive dynamics and the ability to act politically will be so diminished that it will no longer be necessary to attack it . The fact that this new operation contradicts the police ’ s own statements ( they claimed previously that the Barcelona section of GAC-FAI-IRF had already been dismantled ) is not surprising as this terrorist organization was constructed , modified and extended by this police action and not the other way around . The ‘ fight against terrorism ’ creates terrorism in the same way that the law creates the offense .
The attempt to fabricate the existence of a supposed anarchist terrorist organization is therefore a qualitative leap in the repressive strategy against the social struggles , something that should not go unnoticed by anybody and that requires deep reflection within our movements .
We point to the Interior Ministry of the Catalan Government and specifically to the Comissaria General d ’ Informació of the CME ( Catalan Police – Mossos d ’ Escuadra ) as being directly responsible for this latest aggressive repression . The Gossos ( derogatory term for the Catalan Police ) claims that they are limited to following orders from Madrid are a cowardly and shameless attempt to avoid their responsibility and cover up their involvement , having driven and designed the operation that was approved by the National Court to the last detail .
In this sense when we see how the Interior Ministry of Catalan delivers Catalan youth to the courts , prisons and law enforcement agencies that are still followers of the repressive Franco regime it gives a very clear picture of the real basis of the ‘ sovereignty process ’ and demonstrates the perversity of the liberation rhetoric that surrounds it . The truth is that some time ago the government has identified the Catalan anarchist and anti-authoritarian movement as an enemy to be crushed , the Pandora process has no other purpose than to achieve this goal . They attack anarchism not just as an abstract idea but because of what anarchism has been , is and can be in practice : a minority of revolutionaries who do not hesitate to challenge the system and it ’ s oppressive and corrupt foundations , a minority that encourages those around them to rebel and that refuses to be seduced by offers of political integration from liberal democratic capitalist channels .
During the last cycle of struggle fueled by the global financial crisis and the politics of austerity that placed the burden of adjustment on the backs of the exploited , the revolutionary response that emerged in Catalonia has proven to be especially disturbing for the neo-liberal project of the government . Despite our limitations , errors and contradictions , in the last few years we have struggled to halt the attacks on the living conditions ( work , housing , health etc ) of all and we have spread a structural analysis of the crisis which shows that the problem is not just one or two aspects of the system , but the system itself . We have created networks and spaces for the resolution of our problems and needs via solidarity and mutual aid , autonomous structures that oppose the institutions and their paternalistic and charitable dynamics . Along with thousands of other people we have strengthened the strikes to defend the rights of workers , we have raised barricades to resist the destruction of the neighborhood social centers , we have taken to the streets to condemn femicide , to make visible the exploitation of women and to resist the anti-abortion laws that seek to control our bodies and our lives . We have denounced and broken the silence surrounding police violence and killings , about racist persecutions , the machinery of deportation , the CIE [ migrant detention centres ] and prisons and we have not stopped identifying and attacking the people who are responsible for our misery – states , employers and local and international financial elites .
This is who we are and this is what they want to destroy . The political aim of these repressive waves is to spread fear and despondency in order to domesticate the social movements so that they are unwilling to disobey , act autonomously or break the rules of the game that are imposed by Power . Hence the repression against anarchists , communists , separatists , the strikers of 29m etc … the system does not want to sentence our guilt but to prove their innocence : they want to absolve themselves by de-legitimizing , isolating and neutralizing anybody who accuses them or stands up to them .
The solidarity shown in response to our arrests proves that our enemies are still a long way from achieving their goals . We want to thank and greet each and every one of the gestures of solidarity that were expressed in the last few days . Demonstrations , concentrations , actions , gestures of complicity and affection , the financial contributions … the tremendous support we have received has been invaluable to us , a value that far outweighs this bad situation and ridicules it . We do not believe in their laws nor in the assurances that they offer us , our only defense and our only guarantee is the solidarity response on the streets . The massive demonstration of support that you have given us , and that we previously provided to comrades who were detained in previous operations , is clear evidence of the failure of the anti-terrorism strategy to isolate us by spreading fear .
We are now on the street but only partially . Our comrade Quique ( Enrique Costoya Allegue ) is still incarcer-
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