I dag hang jeg mest ud med den unge Raoul, som den ene studerende
er den af mine kammerater der har mest tid i løbet af dagen. Vi mødtes i
Exarchia og gik en lang tur. Raoul fortalte om det ene og andet mens vi gik, på
trods af hans unge alder ved han utroligt meget om historie, politik og byens
udvikling. Han fortalte om den kriminelle underverden, om narkotika-handlen, om
korrupte politikere og forretningsmænd og om politiets indblanding i det hele. Raoul
studerer også på kunstakademiet, så indimellem handler vores samtaler også om
kunst, men det er nu ret sjældent.
Jeg vil gøre noget uortodokst,
og ikke skrive mere fra i dag, men i stedet overlade ordet til en ansat fra det
besatte hospital i Kilkis, som jeg også har skrevet om i et tidligere indlæg.
Her er en besked fra et medlem af hospitalspersonalet:
Hello all,
Thank you so much for your interest and support.
The occupation of our hospital in Kilkis by its
workers started on Monday, February 20th, at 8:30 local time. This occupation
is not only about us, the physicians and the workers at the Kilkis Hospital.
Neither is it only about the Greek National Health System (ESY), which is
collapsing, indeed. We are in this fight because what are in real danger now
are the human rights. And this threat is not against just a nation, or against
a few countries, or a few social groups, but against the low and middle classes
in Europe, America, Asia, Africa, in the whole world. Today’s Greece, is
tomorrow’s picture of Portugal, Spain, Italy and the rest of the countries
worldwide.
The workers at the Kilkis Hospital and at most of the
hospitals and health centers in Greece are not paid on time and some of them
see their salaries being cut down to practically zero. A fellow-worker of mine
was transferred to our cardiologic clinic in shock, when he realized that
instead of receiving the usual check of 800 euros (yes; that is his monthly
salary) from the state, he received a note saying that not only he will be paid
nothing for this month, but he is also to return 170 euros. Other workers were
paid only 9 (nine) euros for this month. Those of us who still receive some
kind of a salary will support them in any way we can.
This is a war against the people, against the whole
community. Those who say that the public debt of Greece is the debt of the
Greek people are lying. It is not the people’s debt. It was created by the
governments in collaboration with the bankers in order to enslave people. The
loans to Greece are not used for salaries, pensions and public care. It is
exactly the opposite: salaries, pensions and care are used to pay the bankers.
They are lying. Contrary to what they declare, they do not want a debt-free
society. They create the debts themselves (with the help of corrupt governments
and politicians) for their own benefit. They gave Greece a banker as prime
minister to ensure that the “job” will be done properly. Our Prime Minister
Lucas Papademos was not elected at all. He was appointed by the ECB and the
bankers with the help of European and Greek corrupt politicians. This is their
interpretation of the term “democracy”.
The debts are created by bankers who create money out
of thin air and collect interest, just because our governments gave them the
right to do so. And they keep saying that for those debts it is you and me and
our children and grandchildren that will have to pay with our personal and
national assets, with our lives. We do not owe them anything. On the contrary,
they owe the people a great part of the fortunes they made thanks to the
political corruption.
If we do not open our eyes to this truth, we will soon
all become slaves, working for 200 or less a month. That is those of us who
will be able to find a job. No medical care, no pensions, homeless and
starving, as now is the case with my fellow citizens in Greece. Thousands of
them live outdoors and starve.
We have no intention to paint the reality with dark
colors, but this is the truth. This situation is not due to a financial or
monetary accident or mistake. It is the start of the ugly phase of a long
process following a carefully designed plan, a process that has started decades
ago.
We have to fight together against this neoliberal
plan. And this is what we, in Kilkis and in so many cities around the world, do
now.
For the time being, we are not considering the opening
of a donations account. We might, however need to do this in a few months or
even weeks, if the situation worsens. What we currently need most of all is
moral support and publicity. Local struggles all around the world have to
spread and gain massive support if we are to win the war against the corrupt
system. If you can think of any additional ways to spread our news and ideas,
it would be great.
You can contact us at enosi.kilkis@yahoo.gr
Again, we can’t thank you enough for your kind thoughts
and words.
Yours,
Leta Zotaki, director of
the radiology department, Kilkis Hospital,
member of the
workers’ general assembly
, president
of the Union of the Hospital Doctors in Kilkis (ENIK)
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