HAIKU Poem: Student Revolt Thessaloniki Haikus, by Jones Irwin

I interviewed Alexis
Who told me about riots
– against the privatised University

At Aristotle Thessaloniki
Anarchists stage an occupation
– no to commercial education

Students repainted Guernica
To avoid the same fate
– it hangs in the Rectorate

AntiCapitalists gather in the Steki
Iced coffee for the Revolution
– caffeine helps with enlightenment

In the city it hits 38 degrees
The Gaza demo does Aristotelous
– black and red flags rise

Petros sees an uncertain future
Tales of hurt and of exploitation
– oppression without redemption

Together we read Kropotkin
Later Marx and Bakunin
– literature is a burning sun

Aliki thinks I’m mad
To think this at Halkidiki
– student revolt will win out