The assassination of Sokratis Giolias is not a news item that would concern this blog much, not normally: his mafia-styled execution has absolutely nothing to do with the morality of the social antagonist movement, to which we belong. Neither of course had Giolias himself; a far cry from an “investigative journalist”, he has been much more accurately described by his own lawyer on the night following his death: Yiannis Maraκakis, interviewed during the news-show of Mega TV news on July 19th 2010, described Giolias as a “collaborator of the anti-terrorist unit” and assured the presenter that Giolias was close to all police sergeants and could have therefore asked for protection, if he had so wished (source: Athens IMC, in Greek).
Yet still, if we were to believe the correspondents of major international media outlets in Athens, Giolias was an “investigative journalist” (BBC news) who “sought to illuminate Greece’s seamier underside” (Helena Smith, The Guardian – Ms Smith failed to get his lawyer’s name right, even on her second attempt). Most international media outlets also carried the news that Giolias was about to publish an investigation into corruption… Whatever Giolias was, he was not an “independent” investigative journalist by any means: his blog had very often carried news items which could only been sourced directly from the police HQ – and often, he had exceeded the police themselves: for example on April 12th, 2010, only hours after the police had started making the arrests in connection to the “Revolutionary Struggle” case, his blog carried an “investigative” post (in greek with screen-shots on Athens IMC) falsely informing about the arrest of four well-known anarchists in Athens.
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Who is this idiot that accuses Sokratis of being a collaborator because he had contacts with the police?
Do you know many reporters that will avoid questioning police to get the info needed for their news story because some lowlife scum terrorist dares to accuse them as “collaborators”?
Why is this article here? What is the point of it?
Resposta à HMMM:
Maybe report the extent of violence is in Greece and, since all accuse the Anarchists of all ills, preempting us to report that this procedure does not coincide in any way with acts in defense of freedom and equality for which Anarchists fight.
Anarchy is the struggle for life, not death.
Moreover, his execution was really Godfather-style and as the journalist was about to publish an investigation into corruption… It’s a case to think about.
These so called ‘investigations into corruption’ were usually pure black-mailing of people.
Need to say also that this blog was not a regular blog. It had the most hits in the greek internet, and claimed that was number one in the blogspot.com in the whole world. It was an easy way to manipulate social life, without being under the laws that control the mass media.
“investigative journalism”?
there is no such thing in the whole fucking world. these scumbags write everything to pay their frat cars…
did you read anything in the papers about 36 refugees murdered by greek coast guard last year?
did you hear anything about 4 british and “american” special forces getting accussed for the arsons of the cretan synagogue? NOPE and if: this wouldn’t be investigative anyway because these “journalists” only need to copy it out of some blogs! are they lazy? nope, corrupt douchebags! KILL’EM ALL who needs news anyway?
Who was Sokratis Giolias?
Another victim of the anarchists-terrorists
I don’t know the fearless reporter from the reporter on the take. But now that his death can’t be used by the right-wing press it will likely fade into obscurity. The ‘Evil’ of the ‘Criminal’ is linearly related to the financial interests of the media owners during any social crisis. Space ceases to curve and the shortest distance between any two points is measured by units of economic interest. Always dangerous to get close to the police whatever aim you have. And the greater the corruption of the force the more dangerous it is likely to be.
Seems to me that this “journo” was a typically ambitious bourgeois who courted police and fascist circles to advance his own social status -He did et arrested at one point because he was nosing around the international Siemens scandal which involved the corrupt political class in Greece and Germany…It would seem he stuck his nose in a bit too deep and was executed for his troubles (much like various journalists in Russia)… The reason it is of interest to OL, I suppose, is that the ‘blame’ for the crime is being levelled at the Revolutionary Sect…Yesterday the Financial Times in London covered this story…mentioning his involvement with counter-terrorism,(“Mr Giolias had written about counter-terrorism investigations in his blog. A western expert on Greek terrorism said: “It’s clear he had official sources who were involved in terrorist investigations … It’s possible he revealed information about this group in his blog that provoked the attack.” “) …but totally failed to mention the international Siemens connection. Where is the communique claiming the attack from the RS? and would it be worth a damn anyway, since it is not exactly that difficult to simulate any form of rhetoric or ideological position…or indeed an assassination…
There has been no media on this killing in the US; I happened to just stumble upon it while on Wikipedia. Query: Why would a radical group that is anti-govt kill a reporter who is on the verge of publishing an expose of govt corruption? Simply doesn’t make sense, folks. Sounds like a classic CIA/FBI type maneuver: govt official(s) about to be exposed hire killers, then blame radical group and have imposter “representing” radical group take responsibility. Greece, the historic home of democracy, may be in far deeper trouble than just the economic situation . . .
Blah,Blah…Isn’t it about time that the anti-authoritarian movement started to organise towards some kind of united action to circumvent the insipid, arselicking, failed collabo-unions and hold a national anti-IMF austerity day of wildcat action and direct democracy in the Autumn. There are more cuts coming to Greece in 2011, isn’t it wise to get ahead of the curve and plan NOW for resistance? Think differently, act differently, pick up on what ‘ordinary’ un-politicised people are thinking and saying and tailor your propaganda to it instead of trying to persuade ‘the workers’ to accept your ideological precepts. Is Greece GREECE, or Ireland after all?
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