Kyriakos Xymitiris

1988 – 31 October, 2024

From Abolition Media

Those lost in the fire of battle never die

On 31/10, the anarchist Kyriakos Xymitiris is killed by an explosion in an apartment in area of Ampelokipoi in Athens

For our comrade , the only ones who can speak are us. All of us who were with him in assemblies, actions, marches, conflicts.

Kyriakos was for years continuously present in prisoner solidarity projects, in the anti-war-Internationalist movement, in actions for the defence of the neighbourhood of Exarchia, in the struggles within the universities, in the defence of the liberated spaces of the squatters and in every social and class struggle. He gave himself to them, always seeking to discover together their most insurrectionalist possibilities. He did not just theoretically defend the multifaceted struggle towards social liberation, but was its truest embodiment.

The comrade Kyriakos chose to fight to the end, fighting the world of power, the state, capital, racism, patriarchy with all means. He chose to fight on the side of the oppressed and the rebels for a better world, for a world of solidarity, equality, freedom.

His loss leaves a huge void in his family and friends, in the comrades who were close to him, but also in the struggle itself, which he marked both with his attitude and with his words.

The anarchist fighter Kyriakos Xymitiris was one of us. We will defend his memory and hold it forever in our hearts and in every moment of our struggle.

“I know you do not count on them because the Court is armed, but I beg you to permit me to tell you that you must count on them very much, whenever they themselves think that they are all. Here is where they stand: and they begin not to count your troops because the evil is that their power exists in their imaginations and it can be said with absolute certainty that, unlike all other kinds of power, when they reach a certain point they can do whatever they want that they can do.”

Comrade, we will meet again on the roads of fire where you will live forever…

Marianna strong until freedom

Honour forever to the anarchist comrade Kyriakos Xymitiris

Solidarity to all the people being prosecuted for the case