Barry Horne was an animal liberationist who quite literally died for his beliefs whilst serving an 18 year prison sentence. Whilst in prison he engaged in 3 hungerstrikes in less than 3 years, the first …
UK prisoner updates
First up, some good news! Frank Fernie, a 20 year old student from York, serving 12 months for violent disorder during the March 26 anti-cuts demo, has been released early on a 7pm to 7am …
Prisoner List October 2011
The latest list of ‘political prisoners’, compiled by Bristol ABC from a large number of sources, is now available. As ever the updating of this list is a labour of love in these times of …
A passion for freedom
Readers with an interest in the struggle against the prison society will be interested in several newly released publications with an international flavour. With an increasing number of people facing court cases and prison sentences …
Resistance Rhymes – A Fundraiser For Bristol Defendants
The always up for it Kebele Sound Collective, in association with various itinerants & dissidents, crank up the pressure this Friday with a night of truly international (and local) rabble rousing n ranting hip hop. …
Support these 6 UK anti-fascist prisoners
Our friends at Leeds ABC continue to rally and facilitate support for the 6 UK anti-fascists recently imprisoned. Here’s a recent poster… Leeds have also produced an excellent leaflet (pdf) Antifascism on trial in support of …
Anti-repression round up
So two weeks after the wave of disturbances swept across England, and the state’s blinkered response is clear to one and all – revenge against all those that stepped outside the accepted norms of of …
Prisoner support resources
We have added a new page to the Bristol ABC blog, aptly titled ‘Resources‘. The new page contains a series of downloadable pdf flyers, links to related texts, and some posters – feel free to …
California Prisoner Hunger Strike – More on Medical Crisis, Need Support Pressuring Immediate Negotiations
Legal representatives made visits to the Secure Housing Unit (SHU) at California’s Pelican Bay prison Tuesday, and interviewed a number of hunger strikers. Each prisoner explained how medical conditions of hundreds of hunger strikers in …
Political prisoners list July 2011
Here is the monthly list of political prisoners compiled by Bristol ABC, for July 2011. As an open office doc: prisoner-list_july2011 It is a worrying fact that the list of political prisoners is growing both …