Assembly for the Circulation of Struggles (Skya)
The Assembly for the Circulation of Struggles (S.KY.A) is an assembly that brings together activists from different political backgrounds and different experiences of struggle; from struggles in the workplace to neighborhood assemblies. Its main purpose is to connect those struggles. SKYA was created through our participation in the events of December 2008 (riots, marches, sit-ins, assemblies,...
On capitalist restructuring in the SYRIZA-ANEL times: It is not humanitarianism, it’s capitalist restructuring, stupid!
1. Capitalist restructuring in the SYRIZA-ANEL timesAt the time of writing of this text, we are in the third year of the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition government. After the polarized days of the 2015 referendum, the period that followed the Greek government has normalized many of the rupture points it supposedly had with the “institutions” 1 and...
General Strike, Political Forms, Linking Struggles
What are the limitations of the recent years’ strike mobilisations? Is it possible to go beyond their deadlocks by building a different strategy? Can we link the struggles that have been emerging recently? Can community and labor struggles be linked and in which direction is it possible to achieve a transcendence of the multi-fragmentation that...
The SYRIZA-ANEL government, the cycle of struggles against austerity and the future of social antagonism
The following text was published in “Sfika”, the journal published by SKYA, in June 2015. Even though many things have happened since, we consider that the text still has an analytical and practical value. One of our main concerns in writing it was to show that in contrast with what SYRIZA declares, the present crisis...
Assemblée pour la circulation des luttes (S.KY.A)
L’Assemblée pour la circulation des luttes (S.KY.A) est une assemblée qui rassemble des militants de différents horizons politiques et de différentes expériences de lutte : des luttes dans les lieux de travail aux assemblées de quartier. Son objectif principal est de relier ces luttes entre elles.Skya a été créé par notre participation aux événements de décembre...
Guide for collective survival in times of mass destruction
We are living in historic times; thus, let us get a couple of things out straight. First, this crisis is not an exclusively Greek phenomenon and is not just an economic crisis. It is a global crisis that affects the profits of bosses as well as a crisis of capitalist social relations in general. Second,...
Workfare politics: unemployment & class struggles in Greece
1. Who is skya [1] The Assembly for the Circulation of Struggles (S.KY.A) is an assembly that brings together activists from different political backgrounds and different experiences of struggle; from struggles in the workplace to neighborhood assemblies. Its main purpose is to connect those struggles. We gather every week in a social center in Athens,...
Struggles since 2008: A brief outlook
Disclaimer: this is a draft on the presentation that took place in Paris (March 2014) and one of our first attempts to compile a small set of personal or collective arguments in English. Introduction Bonjour camarades, First of all we would like to thank Mouvement Communiste (M.C.) who invited us and organized this meeting and...
Políticas de workfare: desempleo y luchas de clase en Grecia
traducción Alasbarricadas.org—–1. ¿Qué es SKyA? [1]La Asamblea por la Circulación de Luchas [SKyA] reúne a activistas con distintos orígenes políticos y diferentes experiencias de lucha; desde luchas en el lugar de trabajo a las asambleas de barrio. Su principal objetivo es conectar esas luchas.Nos reunimos todas las semanas en un centro social en Exarchia, Atenas....
Guide de survie collective par temps de destruction de masse
Nous vivons dans des temps historiques. Aussi, il nous faut remettre un certain nombre de choses en place. Premièrement, cette crise n’est pas un phénomène exclusivement grec et n’est pas seulement une crise économique. C’est une crise mondiale qui affecte les profits des patrons ainsi qu’une crise des rapports sociaux capitalistes en général. Deuxièmement, la...
Guía de supervivencia colectiva para tiempos de destrucción masiva
Estamos viviendo tiempos históricos; por lo tanto, vamos a decir un par de cosas sin rodeos. En primer lugar, esta crisis no es un fenómeno exclusivamente griego y no es sólamente una crisis económica. Es una crisis global que afecta a los beneficios de los jefes, así como una crisis de las relaciones sociales capitalistas...
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