Life can be a funny thing. There are things that have happened to me in my life that I have told myself not to tell a soul about because they just won’t believe me. But …
Freedom for political prisoners fundraising calendar 2012
The USA remains not just one of the most unequal countries in terms of wealth distribution, but also one of the most oppressive. Recent figures (end of 2010) indicate that it locks up some 2.4million …
Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3 moves prison after 40 years
Yes that’s right, according to a mailout by the Angola 3 campaign, Albert has been moved to another prison after more than 40 years, and for nearly the last 38 years he’s been in solitary …
Video on Gaza demo in London
Received by email: Thought you might be interested in this video about police repression during and after the gaza protests in London. As am sure you know, many people were repeatedly brutally attacked by the …
Support the London 2009 Gaza protesters facing heavy prison sentences
Early 2009 saw many protests in Bristol against the Israeli bombing of Gaza. In London there were a number of large angry marches opposing the bombing of families in Gaza. Some of those protesters are …
Ongoing discrimination against indigenous peoples in Canada
Yesterday 17 February saw a small low key protest in Bristol, organised in solidarity with the anti-olympic protests in and around Vancouver in the Canadian state of British Columbia. The protest was called after Bristol …
Olympic Resistance – lessons to learn
As Britain’s 2012 summer Olympic budget gets ever bigger, and we face an ever greater financial bail out for it using public (our!) money, and whilst private contractors get fat on profits from so-called Olympic …
Prisoner support – cafe and film night in Easton
Bristol ABC cafe & film night – A legacy of torture & an introduction to insurrection
Cops out of control (whats new?) and the legacy of Blair Peach
The sudden media obsession with police misbehaviour, since the G20 protests and death of Ian Tomlinson, may lead you to think that the cops are normally very nice people who only help old ladies across …
