Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Excerpts from Pola Roupa’s July 9 letter
Thursday, July 22, 2010
21 07 2010 translate from ”this is our job” blog/thisisourjob.wordpress.com/ From Lxs Niñxs Salvajes (July 20, 2010):
Note from TIOJ: For background on this story, see Nikos Maziotis’ letter from Korydallos Prison. Maziotis is Roupa’s partner, as well as the father of her child.
“Since my political opponents know that no ‘special’ treatment or pressure will break me, their vengeance is being directed at my unborn son, who is suffering the consequences of that ‘special’ treatment by the repressive mechanisms, and who is now a political prisoner.”
“A key issue for me is that, due to these ‘special’ security measures, my son’s health and life is endangered each time they transfer me to the hospital.
“Every hospital examination has been conducted under the supervision of abusive police officers, and without any semblance of medical confidentiality. The police at the hospital know all the details of my medical history.
“I am guarded during every exam and every discussion with my doctors and nurses, which flagrantly interferes with their work, but they are considered another possible ‘threat’ to security.”
Pola here recalls the experience of her comrade Simos Seisidis, who was harassed to such a degree by the police that he was even kept under heavy guard during the surgery to amputate his leg.
“Despite the regime’s attempts to politically discredit Revolutionary Struggle and its activities, our organization is winning the acceptance of a large segment of society, which has ultimately chosen practical rupture and violent conflict with representative democracy, capitalism, and the market economy.
“In these hostile, vengeful conditions, any turn for the worse in my pregnancy or any new threat to the life of my son would constitute a brazen political assassination attempt by [Citizen Protection Minister] Chrysohoidis himself, which means that my unborn son is a prisoner of war.
“However, blame also lies with the politicians and businessmen, [Prime Minister] Papandreou, and the entire government.”