Anti-Statist Makhnovites (Anarchist Entity, Greece)

• Local Name: Αντικρατιστές Μαχνοβίτες
• Transliteration: Antikratistés Machnovítes
• Alternatives: N/a
• Status: 2015 – 2015 (Disbanded)
• Conflicts: Greek Anarchist Militancy

The Anti-Statist Makhnovites [AkM; Antikratistés Machnovítes] was a Greek anarchist outfit that was behind the Dec. 20, 2015 incident in which dozens of assailants hurled a large number of homemade firebombs at riot policemen near the Turkish consulate in Thessaloniki.¹ A few day later, the outfit claimed responsibility for the action in a statement posted on a left-wing extremist website.² The AkM claimed to have attacked the police to protest alleged state violence.³ The group reported that its operation was unrelated to a similar attack on officers guarding the diplomatic mission two days earlier.⁴