It is one year since the death of Larry, a Greek anarchist partisan whose loss continues to echo– the ripples of this tragedy are not stilled. I didn't know Larry, but many close to me did, in multiple political and social capacities and of course in his role as an impossibly generous movement lawyer, one who worked nonstop to protect comrades and vulnerable immigrants from the violence of the state. He also possessed the courage to risk his legal career and health fighting in the streets; in one incident the police broke his leg!
Larry's untimely passing prompted an outpouring of grief and remembrances– spoken, in text form and even musically:
To honor this great anarchist and beloved, much-missed comrade, I have translated to English a text he worked on shortly before his death, originally shared by Μολόχα, one of the assemblies with which he collaborated.
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