European police in Spain and the Netherlands have swooped on two comrades accused of a bank robbery in Aachen, Germany back in 2013. The first arrest took place in Spain at the end of June, the second in Amsterdam on 5 July, both are being extradited to Germany. Comrades in the Netherlands have called for and carried out acts of solidarity, we repost the reports below, from various sources (linked below) via Act for Freedom Now.
Solidarity actions in The Hague with comrade imprisoned in Spain on charges of expropriation – Netherlands
Last night (30th june) we carried out actions in solidarity with our comrade who is imprisoned in total isolation in Spain on charges of participation in an expropriation in a bank in Aachen, Germany, two years ago. She is now awaiting extradition to Germany which will probably happen this week.
In solidarity we spray painted the texts ‘freedom for our Spanish comrade’ on a department of the Spanish embassy in The Hague, the Netherlands and glued the locks. In the morning during rush hour a banner was hung above the highway with the text: ‘Burn all prisons! Freedom for our Spanish comrade!’
We are not interested in knowing whether the comrade is actually responsible for the bank robberies or not. Expropriation is an ethically just and politically legitimate practice, a method of struggle that is part of the history of all revolutionary movements.
Indeed, despite the constant attempts by Power to reduce this method to within the scope of a ‘common crime’, motivated by individual greed, the fact is that the expropriation of places of accumulation of capital is a constant in our history: from the anarchist-syndicalist groups in the early twentieth century who robbed banks to support strikes or help the families of imprisoned comrades, to the various autonomous groups of the the 70s and 80s.
We call out to anybody to make action in solidarity with the comrade imprisoned in Madrid! Immediate freedom for the comrade!
Burn all prisons!
In solidarity,
Anarchist comrade arrested in Amsterdam.
This morning, 6 July, our anarchist comrade was arrested in Amsterdam by an arrestatieteam.
This is connection to an accusation by the Aachen (DE) prosecution, in regards to a bank robbery in 2013.
The call for solidarity stands. We are fucking angry.
Link for further background information regarding the repressive situation:
https://solidariteit.noblogs.org
Link for further background information regarding another imprisoned anarchist comrade charged with similar accusations by the same prosecution office:
https://solidaritatrebel.noblogs.org/
via: https://linksunten.indymedia.org/en/node/184292
Netherlands – ATM machines demolished in solidarity with comrades accused of expropriation
Last night we demolished 8 ATM machines in The Hague, the Netherlands in solidarity with the anarchist comrades accused of expropriation in Aachen, Germany.
Last week, on 6 July, a comrade got arrested in Amsterdam and is now in jail awaiting extradition to Germany. The week before a comrade from Spain got already extradited to Germany. We call out to anybody to make action in solidarity with the imprisoned comrades! We are fucking angry!
We are not interested in knowing whether the comrades are actually responsible for the bank robberies or not. Expropriation is an ethically just and politically legitimate practice, a method of struggle that is part of the history of all revolutionary movements.
Indeed, despite the constant attempts by Power to reduce this method to within the scope of a ‘common crime’, motivated by individual greed, the fact is that the expropriation of places of accumulation of capital is a constant in our history: from the anarchist-syndicalist groups in the early twentieth century who robbed banks to support strikes or help the families of imprisoned comrades, to the various autonomous groups of the the 70s and 80s.
Immediate freedom for our comrades! Burn all prisons! Destroy all banks!