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"No to destroying the environment. No to degrading our life."
Good morning ladies and gentlemen,
today's story will take us to Greece,
to the forest of Skouries in Chalkidiki where,
according to our correspondents,
for several years the residents are strongly opposing the states and prospectors'
plans with a series of events and demonstrations
to defend the mountain, the forest, the water and their lives.
"People's solidarity is our weapon, fight against the war of corporations."
Lately, people are in open and ongoing conflict with these plans
The company, with the help of a private army of thugs
alongside the goverment's forces of repression,
has made an attempt to begin mining
and working on the destruction of the environment in Skouries.
Again you're looking for somewhere to hide
When they push, you become insecure
You want to leave, you want to get lost
You want to disappear from the face of earth
But I don't care what you'll say
Deep down you know you shouldn't hide
Don't frazzle, don't delay
Now the time to resist has come
Be delirious
Don't care about what they say
Don't be afraid of them
-We would like to say good morning to Mrs. Fotini Pipili,
New Democracy MP and have a good week Mrs. Pipili.
-Good morning to you too and I would like to start by saying as an MP:
If the destroyers in the gold mines in Skouries Chalkidikis are captured
I hope they are to be tried for treason, you understand why.
-You connect it to investments -Absolutely
"You talk about profits and loss,
we talk about human lives."
The radical, multiform and robust resistance of the residents
against the capitalistic and state plans
has activated a repression *** against them
incroporating abductions, invasions and blockades of villages,
occupation of an entire forest and checkpoints on the roads.
We were running into the classrooms, the windows were wide open letting teargas in,
one student had a panic attack, she lost consciousness and fell down.
Right now, the doctor is next door with oxygen supplies, the student feels better;
another student cannot breathe as well.
The riot police are this very moment outside the school,
they used teargas in the school, in front of the teachers.
This is completely unacceptable. We're getting near to suffocating.
With slogans like "We knew no dictatorship, nor freedom; terrorism entered our school"
the students of the secondary education school of Ierissos
express their solidarity and declare that the state terrorism shall not pass.
For developments on the project of outright enforcement
concocted for some time now, stay tuned.
Following we will see civil disobedience and resistance against state repression;
have a nice day and thanks for watching.
You seem worried about something
Some kind of obsession upsets your soul
So much introversion and so much guilt
Even the rain is unable to wash out so much loneliness
You're not alone, we're here
Clandestine passengers from another era
Don't give up, don't be afraid of them
Now the time to resist has come
Be delirious, don't care about...
The years pass by And everything seems to be the same
Don't waste your life
Don't let them make you hate yourself
Hate the fear they're seeding in your mind
"We want the forest, the land and the water"
The present deposits are poor as far as the metal is concerned (the company considers mineable only 0.45g of gold per tone)
Corporate bankruptcy is the most common method once the metal expends.
The mining areas, when finished, are something between poisonous deserts and wastelands.
Reforestation doesn't help. The forest can't kill arsenic.