The last remaining Bristol EDO Decommissioner on remand, Elijah (James) Smith, is in the midst of a frenzy of court activity these current few weeks. Indeed the court appearances for a variety of cases is …
Repression and Resistance in Socialist Greece
The election of PASOK (Greek socialist party, think NewLabour, but controlled by a family dynasty) in the recent snap general election has, so far, changed absolutely nothing in Greece. The pattern of state repression, and …
Spanish prisoner on hungerstrike for 88 days
Amadeu Casellas is a Spanish anarchist who has been in prison for over 25 years, thats 5 more than the Spanish legal maximum to be in prison, and 5 more than his original maximum sentence. …
The ongoing struggle against prisons and the prison society
Prisons are in the news this week, and not just because of the shocking statistic that the prison population has increased by 66% since 1995, to just over 84000 locked up human beings. The main …
Prisoner’s blog rattles Ministry of Justice
Shepton Mallet prisoner Ben Gunn’s blog has got the Ministry of (In)Justice all in a tizzy, and his blog is only 23 days old. The blog is believed to be the first, or at least …
A gathering against the prison society
On 31st Oct/1st Nov 2009, at the Cowley Club, 12 London Road, Brighton, UK. 2 Days of discussions & presentations about the struggle for liberation, inside and outside of the prison walls. Organised by random …
New resource for animal rights prisoners
A new resource and support group for animal rights prisoners has emerged recently, called quite simply ‘Animal Rights Prisoner Support’. They do exactly what it says on the tin, which is much needed because the …
News from the campaign against prison slavery
The last couple of days has seen the Guardian newspaper publish a major article by Richard Cookson and Phil Chamberlain headlined ‘Inside the sell blocks: Major companies are using prisoners as cheap labour through secretive …
EDO Decommissioners update & benefit bash
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 …
EDO Decommissioners update & benefit bash
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 …