Self-defence is NO offence. An International Week of Action has been called by Jock’s supporters for the 15 to 20 October 2010 in the run up to Jock’s appeal (probably the one and only appeal!) …
The Association of Prisoners
A while ago, Bristol ABC was one of a number of groups contacted by Ben Gunn, a prisoner at HMP Shepton Mallet, and nominated general secretary of the executive committee of the soon to be …
Interview with the Campaign Against Prison Slavery
Recently Joe Black of CAPS, one of the most knowledgeable anarchists involved in prisoner solidarity work, was interviewed for the lefty rag Solidarity (organ of trot group Workers Liberty). Its a wide ranging interview covering …
Free Renata Zelazna Letter Appeal
Campaign to support Renata (Renata is a young Polish student and anarchist who has spent some time in the south of the UK involved in various campaigns and projects. After moving to Holland to pursue …
Campaign to Free Jock Palfreeman
Jock’s appeal now being prepared, but it may not be heard for 6 months! Latest news: in late May the senior judge in Jock’s case finally provided his written report on the reasons for the …
Polish anarchist arrested in Holland
Renata Zelazna is a Polish anarchist and vegan that has been studying and living in Holland. She is also spent some time living in Brighton, UK. Recently while she was staying in Holland, she was …
Judiciary backs the State and finds Smellie not guilty
The judge gave her verdict on Wednesday at Westminster magistrates court, in the non-jury trial of Sgt Smellie, the Met police TSG riot cop accused of assaulting a woman at last years G20 protests. Smellie …
Smellie in court, but G20 Bristolian found not guilty
Sgt Smellie, a riot cop in the Met’s Territorial Support Group (TSG – fully trained riot thugs), has been up in Westminster Magistrates Court all week so far on a charge relating to the anti-G20/police …
Training for Cop watching
Many abuses of police powers occur because we let them. Legal observation and police monitoring are effective tools in tackling such abuses and can make a real difference from collating the data necessary for effective …
Active Solidarity freesheet, Jock Palfreeman, and letter writing night
Our friends at the long running Brighton ABC group have just released the latest issue of their Active Solidarity freesheet. You can download it as a pdf here Active Solidarity_Mar10 and do pass it on. …