As the legal case around the 6 Bristol EDO Decommissioners grows ever more complicated, there’s timely news of another benefit for their support campaign this Friday, 4 September, from 8.30pm at The Plough – see image! These benefits help pay for publicity and research in defence of the six, along with some travel costs and of course prisoner support – Elija (James) Smith is still on remand remember, nearly 8 months in jail without a trial.Read More
Not guilty? Get your DNA wiped!
The growing retention of people’s DNA by the state, from birth upwards, often when the individual is guilty of no crime, is just one aspect of the ever growing authoritarian state and prison society controlling our daily lives.
Good news then that some people who have had their DNA taken, and then found not guilty (or never charged), are getting their DNA wiped from the state’s databases – even if a most well known case is Tory MP Damian Green. Now Liberty, with the backing of Dianne Abbott MP, are going to try and remedy some more cases of wrongly held DNA. Here’s an invite from them that may be useful, not just for innocent activists, but for innocents everywhere:Read More
Solidarity helps set Greek hungerstriker free
Thanks to solidarity mobilizations, Theodoros Iliopoulos is free at last! Free after 49 days of hunger strike. The last prisoner from the December 2008 insurrection in Greece is now free.Read More
4 Struggle Mag Summer 2009
Our comrades in Canada have sent us the new 4 Struggle magazine to us in PDF format:
https://bristolabc.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/4sm13collated.pdf
This issue includes articles by John Bowden, Sundiata Acoli and Daniel McGowan.
The pages are formatted as ‘Letter’ not A4 so beware if you are trying to print it out!
If you are in touch with any prisoners you feel may be interested in contributing to 4Struggle, be sure to check the ‘Call for Contributors’ on the 2nd page.
7 months on remand and a birthday in prison!
We regret that Bristol ABC will not be holding its monthly letter writing session on 12 August. This is due to some of us being away, other activities, and the fact that our venue (Kebele social centre) is undergoing a major kitchen/cafe refit. Monthly letter writing sessions will return in September, on the second Wednesday9 September, and you can also find us at the Bristol Anarchist Bookfair on 12 September.Read More
Books to Prisoners benefit gig 1st August
Ratface, Mr Van, Puppy Bucket and more!
Benefit for Haven Books to Prisoners
Saturday 1st August
8pm
Bath Buildings, Bristol
£3.50 on the door
more details: http://www.myspace.com/ratfacemuzak
Monthly letter writing night Wednesday 8th July
7pm-9pm
Kebele Social Centre
14 Robertson Road
BS5 6JY
Bristol ABC Prisoner support group invite you to a joint night of solidarity letter-writing with the EDO Defendants support campaign.
Come along, meet an EDO defendant and some of their campaign supporters, find out more about their action and the ongoing legal battle, and get involved in supporting them.Read More
EDO Decommissioners latest news and James back at Horfield prison
Its been a while since we updated on the EDO Decommissioners, but there’s plenty of news. So read on, keep giving them your support, and do what they cannot actively do whilst on bail – confront the arms dealers profiting from wars and death.
This news is broken down into 4 parts:
1. Remand prisoners & defendants update
2. Legal moves
3. Fundraising support
4. Raytheon casesRead More
Prisons, privatisation, and profit
Bristol ABC has received a copy of an excellent article tracing the privatisation programme of British prisons, and the profit motive behind it. Luckily for the profiteers, the British Govt PLC is expanding prison capacity, and asking them to get rich helping with it. Unluckily for us, it means more of us face the misery of prison conditions.
The article is written by a long term anti-prison activist, Bra. It can also be read in its original format at ‘Last Hours’ here.Read More
Bent Bars – a queer prisoners support night
This months Bristol ABC meeting sees us join forces with the Bristol Queer Caf, for an evening focusing on the plight of queer prisoners, and how we may be able to support them.
We will be screening the film ‘Cruel and Unusual’ and follow that with a discussion about queer prisoner issues and how we can support from the outside. We will also have info available on the new ‘Bent Bars Project’. Read More