Prison sentences sought against anarchist CNT Union
from Spanish Revolution via The Free Online
They ask the union for almost 600,000 euros and jail sentences for the complainant worker and union members, a total of 8 people.
from Spanish Revolution via The Free Online
They ask the union for almost 600,000 euros and jail sentences for the complainant worker and union members, a total of 8 people.
from Perilous Chronicle
‘I Am An Anarchist’: Remembering Anarchist Prisoner Brian McCarvill, who Died of COVID-19 in Prison on his 68th Birthday
By MG Belka
The Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) does not publicly release the names of people who died from complications caused by COVID-19 while inside one of their prisons. They say this is because of the desire for transparency while respecting the privacy of the deceased. They reiterate this policy every time another prisoner dies.
from Kolektiva.media via Contra Info
Belarusian anarchists have been actively participated in the massive protests against Alexander Lukashenko's dictatorial regime that kicked off on August 9th. And for this reason, they are now suffering serious repression. Support their struggle. Learn how to help at: abc-belarus.org.
received via email, from Lukáš Borl
Recently, anarchists who already have extensive experience in Lukashenko’s regime repressions have been imprisoned. Dmitry Dubovsky, Igor Olinevich, Sergei Romanov, Dmitry Rezanovich, Mikola Dziadok, Akihiro Gaevsky-Hanada and others. The reason for their prosecution is obvious: they resisted the dictatorship. The regime in Belarus is no different from other dictatorships. It does not accept active resistance to one’s own evil, even if it is only the activity of individuals or small groups. The ruling class realizes that after so many years of oppression, any resistance has great potential to become richer until the regime overwhelms it and falls.
Letter from Anarchist Prisoner Beppe on Strike in Pavia, Italy
Prison of Pavia, December 3rd, 2020
Dear comrades,
I am writing to inform you that as of December 2nd, 2020, I have started a strike (the umpteenth after several hunger strikes during this year in this prison!) of the air and the common rooms (the only four hours available to get out of the cells in 20 hours). With this strike I ask for treatment for my illnesses which have been amply documented for about a year by my lawyer Fabio Sommovigo! The reports and complaints submitted by my lawyer have not been enough!
via AMW
We Embrace Again: Communique from Family Members and Friends of Subversive and Anarchist Prisoners
During these last two weeks, all of our imprisoned subversive compañerxs in their different units (high-security prison, maximum security section and the “connotación publica” module in the San Miguel Prison) received a visit from one of their loved ones. We ruptured the protocols and we embraced each other with an intensity that only genuine affection and the anarchist spirit allows. In spite of this long period without seeing each other, the certainties of combat remain unshakable inside and outside of prison.
via AMW
With fraternal subversive affection, we salute all those who walk in the same path of struggle, for total liberation and the destruction of carceral society.
from Attaque.noblogs.org Translated to Italian by: Inferno Urbano and to English by Act for freedom now!
The trial against five anarchists arrested in Italy in the ambit of the umpteenth repressive operation, Bialystock, began on December 14. The comrades were arrested on June 12 at the request of the Italian government with the collaboration of France and Spain, in the midst of a major campaign against the anarchist movement.
The Italian State is prosecuting hundreds of anarchists in trials that have been going on since September. The Bialystock operation has had a very strong echo in Saint-Etienne because our comrade Roberto was arrested by the SDAT (Antiterrorism Sub-direction) and is being held in the prison of Fresnes (Paris) before being handed over to the Italian authorities.
From Anarchist Black Cross Federation
Happy solstice everyone! As 2020 draws to a close and we celebrate the days getting longer, join us next Monday at 6:30pm to show anarchist political prisoner Eric King some solidarity and send new year’s cards to comrades behind bars!
from It's Going Down
Report on recent noise demo and demonstration in memory of anarchist and abolitionist Karen Smith who passed away in November and in solidarity with Keith Soanes.
On November 29, 2020, Florida Prisoner Solidarity (FPS, formerly Gainesville IWOC) lost a founder and main organizer, Karen Smith, in a fatal car accident. A week of memorial events with family and friends culminated in a powerful demonstration in her honor at the gates of Florida State Prison (FSP) in Raiford on December 6th.
from London ABC
This December London ABC wants to launch a special prisoner letter-writing: virtual, but with the same aim. Send some warmth and complicity, towards a world without cages or barriers.
via Athens Indymedia
December 12th: International Day of the Persecuted Worker
Free Giannis Michailidis and all the young anarchists imprisoned in the Troika jail!
Free all those detained in the last demonstration for justice by Alexis Grigoropulos, 12 years after his murder!
Free all political prisoners in Greece and the world!
from Tekoşîna Anarşîst
Together with more than 20 anarchist organizations, we call for a general amnesty against the represion of the Chilean State.
Free all political prioners! International solidarity with the rebelion, with special voice for the anticolonial struggle of the mapuche people!
from Malaconda
In the run-up to the trial for operation Bialystok, a call for economic solidarity (Italy)
On the morning of June 12, 2020, the Special Operational Group of the Carabinieri staged yet another anti-terrorist operation against anarchists and anarchists in Italy by the Rome Public Prosecutor’s Office. Five anarchists end up in the dungeons of the state and initially two remain imprisoned at home. Nowadays our comrades continue to be locked up while one of the comrades initially forced under house arrest is free. Among the accusations made against them is the usual «subversive association with the purpose of terrorism» and «incitement to commit crimes».
from Malacoda, Translated from Italian to English by act for freedom now!
Italy – “Operation Prometeo”: on the preliminary hearings of 11th and 18th November 2020
Two sessions of the general preliminary hearing for operation «Prometeo», where Natascia, Robert and Beppe are on trial, took place on 11th and 18th November. The judge of the preliminary hearing in Genoa, Claudio Siclari, decided to divide it in two parts in order to let prosecutor Manotti speak first and the defence after.