So Long Gerardo
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From Edições Tormenta (instagram)
December 9, 2024In these southern abyayala territories, a great Anarkopunk comrade has passed away, Gerardo Dekadencia Humana (also the name of his Fanzine), a comrade who from his beginnings on the path of punk and Anarkopunk, never abandoned and was a constant precursor of the ideas of total liberation, punkitude and non-violent direct action, spreading Love as a revolutionary and against hatred that only destroys, a supporter of an ideal of building a punk, internationalist community, nomad, croto, supported animal liberation, harmony between body and mind through health, diet and training, believed in conversation and debate before conflict between peers, fighter against fascism, which touched him very closely in the city where he lived, active for many years in the “Juventud Moderna” library where the specific anarchist library was located and where he built the “Fanzinoteca” with thousands of copies of zines from all over the world.
As well as the zine “Dekadencia Humana,” he had another zine called “Pulenta con pajarito”, which dealt with mothers/fathers and their experiences.
He organized the International AnarchoPunk in 2004 in Mar del Plata - an international anarcho-punk meeting with punks from all over the world.
He was part of the bands “Teoria del Kaos” and “Kamenish.”
He took part in the “Tinta roja” squat where Anti-Alca 2005 was organized, the IV meeting of the Alca was in Mdp that year where there were many punks and anarchists and that space welcomed us fraternally.
He was very active in support of Mumia Abu-Jamal through non-violent direct action, on the streets with banners and art.
Text written by: Costu Knup
Gerardo's two websites:
http://dekadencia-humana-punkzine.blogspot.com/
http://punkzinoteka.blogspot.com/
Video memorial to Gerardo from Fan Pipols Crew (instagram):
https://www.instagram.com/fanpipolscrew/reel/DDa3LeER8zO/
Gerardo's words from the intro to the song "Spirito from '77" by Fun People:
"We ignore life, we ignore death, what we can be and achieve. We wander between dreams, frustrations, some falling with the weapons that the system imposes on us, we celebrate the great dance of the losers day after day, consciously ignoring our life and death, ignoring how wonderful life is. I refuse to think that prejudices, divisions, hatred and violence took over our hearts destroying our rebellion, our attitude, our friendship, our dream, our real love. I refuse to think that we have been defeated, that the lives kidnapped, tortured and murdered by the terrorist states of this battered planet Earth were in vain, the freedom we enjoy today did not arise from nothing, please do not trample it, despite the fact that many friends and companions are no longer here, I am still standing, we are still standing, we will continue standing forever, for love we will continue!!"
Another obituary from "Adiós Lili Marleen: Combat Rock Magazine":
http://adios-lili.blogspot.com/2024/12/gerardo-dekadencia-humana-fanzine...
