On October 17th, 2014, comrades Carlos López, Mario González, Fernando Bárcenas and Abraham Cortés called off their hunger strike that began on October 1st.
The comrades are well, without complications or physical damage. They will soon make the reasons and motives for ending the strike public.For now this is all the information we have.
Freedom for all! Down with the prison walls!
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From: Indymedia
Support night for Political Prisoners, contribution to the Week for Anarchist Prisoners
This night will feature different activities related to Anarchist Prisoners’ support. They will be an Eetcafe from 7pm. Around the same time, Miraho, a hip hop Antifascist Polish singer will sing some of his songs. Check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VHTb6rWALI
The artist Protestango will as well perform during the night: he makes monologues, Rap, Beats, Vocal Effects, Samples that are mixed live with melancholic melodies of Tango Punk. He is a self-managed music-theater and itinerant show. Born from the libertarian need to express injustices and social problems. Check out http://www.protestango.tk/
Beside those performances, people will be able to write letters to Political prisoners in Europe. We will have a list of them and all material to do will be available.
After the shows: movies and/or documentaries related to the topic night will be screened in the movie room.
There will be a donation box, the benefits will be given to groups supporting anarchist prisoners.
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Get your pens out and send a letter or a postcard to a prisoner today. Here’s a great writing guide from ABC Leeds. Can’t jail the spirit – keep fighting – keep writing!
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from AfterPrisonZine.org
“After Prison” is a zine and website project aimed at sharing the voices of former earth and animal defense prisoners. This project hopes to help build an understanding of what life after prison can entail, so that individuals and communities can help create healthier environments for prisoners to return home to. It also provides an opportunity for former and current prisoners – whom often have restrictions on who they can communicate with – to connect with the experiences of others.
“It’s been 20 years since I first entered a federal prison. Fortunate for me, only six of those years were lost to that traumatizing experience, but the damage will last the rest of my life, and if I’m not careful, maybe the lives of my children too. When you’re in prison, it is difficult to say the least, to stay connected to your former “outside” world. However strong your connection might have been, those are not the type of people you are around now and it is not the world you are living in or that threatens your very own ability to live. Just as society forces us to disconnect from the violence caused by our way of life, prison forced us to disconnect from a lot of our deepest sense of self and stay there for years.”
– Rod Coronado, former earth & animal liberation prisoner, from his article, “What Your Heart Tells You Is Right.”
Many former prisoners face a raft of difficulties upon coming out of prison, such as housing & employment discrimination, dealing with trauma, and the stigma of being a felon, to name just a few. It is crucial that our communities can support our fellow activists through these often challenging times. But it is important to listen to the voices of those who have had these experiences, to learn what is appropriate support, and simply learn to listen.
The zine, featuring interviews and writings from former earth & animal defense prisoners such as Rod Coronado, Jordan Halliday, Josh Harper & Jeff Luers, is being launched today on June 11, the International Day of Solidarity with Marie Mason, Eric McDavid & all Eco-prisoners. We hope that it contributes to further discussion around supporting those currently in prison, as well as when they are released.
The zine can be read online, and downloaded from the website: afterprisonzine.org.
All former and current movement prisoners can request a hardcopy of the zine for free. Please get in touch if you, or a prisoner you are supporting, would like a copy.
This is an ongoing project. In the long term, we are hoping that the website set up for this zine will become a place where other former prisoners will be interested in contributing their stories. As the website receives more contributions, further updated editions of the zine will be produced.
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A few weeks have passed from he last time we updated the case of the anarchists detained on the 5th of January (5E). Here’s the update:
Once the Attorney General of the Republic couldn’t find sufficient evidence to keep the charges of terrorism and organized delinquency against the three, they were assigned to the Mexico City Attorney General and accused of property destruction and attacks on the public peace.
Their trial is now on the stage of presentation of evidence and their first hearing will be the second or third of April.
Amelie and Fallon were taken to the women’s prison of Santa Martha and Carlos to the Oriente prison.
Amelie and Fallon are in the area of general population. Carlos continues in the area of Observation and Classification.
We want to expand a bit on Carlos’ situation, explaining a bit more about the conditions that are lived by thousands of prisoners in the jails of Mexico City.
On these centers of imprisonment exists a great network of corruption and complicity between the authorities and some prisoners, who reproduce the logic of the jail by assuming the role of jailers of the rest of the prisoner. This network of corruption and complicity, not only serves to strengthen the disciplinary role of prisons, but it is also a great business, as the majority of prisoners are forced to pay for everything: visits, roll call etc. in exchange they will not be beaten by those other prisoners who enjoy the protection of the authorities, and who receive in exchange part of that money. These prisoners maintain control of practically everything in the jail.
A few days ago, we heard that Carlos had a problem with a prisoner, and had a scuffle with him, which then led to the prison guards to beat both of them up and locking them up for 9 hours in solitary confinement. Once they were released from solitary confinement, Carlos was taken from the intake area for classification. There he was required to pay so that he could skip the cleaning task known as “fajina” Our comrade decided not to pay. The “fajina” consists of cleaning a determined area but under the frame of tough exercises. During the first day of the “fajina” Carlos was once again beaten up by the prisoners, who were trying to make him buckle so that he would end up paying.
Today we know that our comrade is sick, as a result of the humidity in solitary confinement and he has back pains due to the beatings. But he remains strong and firm in his convictions.
Amelie and Fallon have not gone through similar situations.
We call to express our solidarity with the 5e detainees. We will continue updating their situation.
Freedom for Carlos, Amelie and Fallon!
Solidarity with Mario González!
A greeting to our comrade Tripa, may you never stop!
Cruz Negra Anarquista México
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In summer 2013 members of several ABC groups discussed the necessity of introducing an International Day for Anarchist Prisoners. Given there are already established dates for Political Prisoners Rights Day or Prison Justice Day, we found it important to emphasise the stories of our comrades as well. Many imprisoned anarchists will never be acknowledged as ‘political prisoners’ by formal human-rights organisations, because their sense of social justice is strictly limited to the capitalist laws which are designed to defend the State and prevent any real social change. At the same time, even within our individual communities, we know so little about the repression that exists in other countries, to say nothing of the names and cases involving many of our incarcerated comrades.
This is why we have decided to introduce an annual Week for Anarchist Prisoners on August 23-30. We chose August 23 as a starting point, because on that very day in 1927 the Italian-American anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in prison. They were convicted of murdering two men during an armed robbery at a shoe factory in South Braintree, Massachusetts, United States. Their arrest was a part of a bigger anti-radical campaign led by the American government. The State’s evidence against the two was almost totally non-existent and many people still today believe that they were punished for their strong anarchist beliefs. Given the nature and diversity of anarchist groups around the globe, we have proposed a week of common action rather than a single campaign on a specific day making easier for groups to be able to organise an event within a longer target period. Therefore, we call on everyone to spread the information about the Week for Anarchist Prisoners among other groups and communities and think about organising event(s) in your city or town. The events can vary from info-evenings, screenings and benefit concerts to solidarity and direct actions. Let your imagination run free.
Till all are free.
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Writing evening for transgender prisoners (english below)
In solidariteit met de Transgender Day of Remembrance, een jaarlijkse gedenkdag op 20 november voor trans-identificerende en gender-variant individuelen die vermoord zijn door haat, transfobia en onze strikte gehechtheid aan een binair gender idee, schrijven we op 27 november naar twee transgender gevangenen, namelijk Cece en Chelsea.
Anarchist Black Cross (ABC) Nijmegen is onderdeel van het wereldwijde ABC netwerk dat zich inzet voor politieke, en met name anarchistische, gevangenen. ABC Nijmegen steunt alle gevangenen die volgens ons streven naar een socialere en gelijkwaardigere wereld, waaronder ook gevangenen die ‘schuldig’ zijn bevonden of die ‘geweld’ hebben gebruikt. ABC Nijmegen zet zich zowel praktisch als theoretisch in om een kleine stap te zetten richting de afbraak van het straf- en gevangenissysteem. Zo organiseren we bijvoorbeeld elke 4e woensdag van de maand een gevangenenschrijfavond.
Cece liep op 5 juni 2011 samen met enkele LGBTIQ vrienden op straat en werden door een groep oudere en blanke mensen racistisch en transfobisch uitgescholden. Toen Cece naar hen toe liep en hen duidelijk maakte dat dit soort haatdragende taal niet getolereerd wordt sloeg één van de mensen uit de groep een glas in haar gezicht kapot, waarbij Ceces wang geheel doorboord werd. Bij het gevecht dat toen losbrak werd één van de aanvallers neergestoken en overleed hieraan. De enige persoon die werd opgepakt bij dit gevecht was Cece en zij werd vervolgens aangeklaagd voor moord. Op 4 juni 2012 werd Cece uiteindelijk, na een zeer heftig proces, veroordeeld tot 41 maanden cel voor doodslag. Voor meer informatie over Cece kijk op: supportcece.wordpress.com.
Chelsea is een 25 jaar oude militaire intelligentie analiste die onder andere een video van het vermoorden van ongewapende burgers en journalisten door een US Army helikopter in Irak naar buiten bracht via de klokkenluiderswebsite Wikileaks. Daarnaast deelde ze allerlei documenten gelinkt aan de illegale daden van het Amerikaanse leger in de oorlog in Afghanistan en Irak: zij meent dat deze documenten een paar van de meest belangrijke documenten van onze moderne geschiedenis zijn. Op 30 juli 2013 werd zij veroordeeld tot maar liefst 35 jaar cel, onder andere voor spionage. Nadat zij veroordeeld was kwam Chelsea naar buiten als transgender vrouw en loopt zij gevaar, evenals Cece, nu ze jaren lang gevangen zal zitten in een omgeving die vijandig is naar trans en queer mensen. Voor meer informatie over Chelsea kijk op: privatemanning.org
Voor meer informatie over trans en queer gevangenen kijk op: blackandpink.org
De schrijfavond vindt zoals gewoonlijk plaats vanaf 19.30 in de Klinker (van Broeckhuysenstraat 46, Nijmegen).
[ENGLISH]
Anarchist Black Cross (ABC) Nijmegen is part of the worldwide ABC-network that fights and supports political, and mostly anarchist, prisoners. ABC Nijmegen supports all prisoners who according to us fight for a more social and equal world, which also includes prisoners who were found ‘guilty’ or used ‘violence’. ABC Nijmegen tries to take a small step, practically and theoretically, towards the destruction of the punishment- and prison system. For example, we organize writing evenings for prisoners on every 4th Wednesday of the month and on the 27th of November 2013 we will write to Cece and Chelsea.
In solidarity with the Transgender Day of Remembrance, a memorial on the 20th of November to trans-identified and gender variant individuals who are murdered each year due to hate, transphobia and our strict adherence to the gender binary, we will write two transgender prisoners in November. On the 5th of June 2011 Cece walked on the street with some of her LGBTIQ friends when a group of older and white people yelled racist and transphobic slogans at them. When Cece walked up to the group and made them clear that hate speech can’t be tolerated one of the person of the group smashed a glass in her face which punctured Cece’s cheek. During the fight that broke lose one of the person of the group was stabbed and died after this. The only person who got arrested because of this fight was Cece and she was charged with murder. On the 4th of June 2012, after a very long and difficult proces, Cece got sentenced for manslaughter and has to serve 41 months in jail. For more information about Cece check: supportcece.wordpress.com.
Chelsea is a 25 year old military intelligence analyst who released a collateral murder video of the murdering of unarmed civilians and journalist by a US Army helicopter in Iraq on the anti-secrecy website Wikileaks. She also released several documents which show the illegal actions of the American army in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq: she stated that these documents are some of the most important document of our contemporary history. On the 30th of July 2013 she was sentenced to an incredible 35 years in jail, one of the charges was espionage. After she was sentenced Chelsea came out as a transgender woman and now, just like Cece, she faces years of imprisonment in an environment hostile and dangerous to queer and trans people. For more information about Chelsea check: privatemanning.org .
For more information on transgender and queer prisoners check: blackandpink.org
The writing evening will take place, as usual, at 19.30 in the Klinker (van Broeckhuysenstraat 46, Nijmegen)
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Op a.s. woensdagavond 26 juni draait alles om autonome ruimtes, waar de Grote Broek (het ‘thuis’ van Anarchist Black Cross Nijmegen) er ook één van is. We beginnen met een info-avond over de dreigende ontruiming van Autonoom Centrum Köln (DE) en eindigen met het schrijven naar de laatste Ubica gevangene. English below.
Na de info-avond zullen we de laatste gevangene die nog vast zit schrijven die tijdens de ontruiming van de Ubica gearresteerd werd. In de nacht van 24 mei 2013 werd de Ubica, sinds 21 jaar gekraakt en één van de laatste autonome plekken in Utrecht, ontruimd na maanden van strijd en rechtszaken. 9 arrestanten werden veroordeeld tot onvoorwaardelijke celstraf van 1 maand tot 6 weken. Daarnaast moeten de gevangenen gezamelijk een schadevergoeding van bijna 15.000,- euro betalen.Vanavond zullen we de laatste gevangene van de Ubica kaartjes en brieven schrijven en zal er meer info zijn over hoe je de Ubica gevangenen kan helpen!
English
Tonight several activists from the autonomous center in Cologne (AZ Köln), Germany, will talk about the fight for their autonomous center that was squatted in April 2010. After previous eviction threats a contract was forced in April 2011 by a variety of actions, resistance and solidarity from many people from many places. Because of this, AZ Köln could continue as a legalised, but still autonomous space. This contract was cancelled a while ago, pressured by several political parties, and will expire on the 30th of June 2013 by which the AZ Köln is threatened with eviction once again. Tonight several activists from AZ Köln will update you on the plans and actions against the eviction, like the week of action from the 28th of Juni till the 7th of July. WIR BLEIBEN ALLE!
After the info evening we will write to the last remaining prisoner who was arrested during the eviction of the Ubica. In the night of the 24th of May 2013 the Ubica, squatted for more than 21 years and one of the last autonomous spaces in Utrecht, got evicted after months of struggle and courtcases. 9 arrestees were sentenced to jail for 1 month up to 6 weeks. Besides this, the prisoners must pay damage restitutions of a total ammount of 15.000,- euro’s. Tonight we will write cards and letters to the last remaining prisoner of the Ubica and there will be more info on how to help the Ubica prisoners!
Info-avond ontruiming AZ Köln (info evening eviction AZ Köln): 19.30
Ubica gevangenen schrijven (writing Ubica prisoners): 21.00
address: de Klinker, van Broeckhuysenstraat 46, Nijmegen.
AZ Köln: Meer info/More info:
http://gatherandresist.tk/
http://az-koeln.org/
Ubica gevangenen: Meer info/ More info:
https://www.indymedia.nl/node/16026 (Nederlandstalig verslag)
https://www.indymedia.nl/node/16068 (English report)
http://abcnijmegen.wordpress.com
Gisteren, dinsdag 4 juni 2013, vond de rechtszaak over de arrestanten bij de ontruiming van de Ubica in Utrecht plaats. Het vonnis: 9 van de 10 arrestanten zijn veroordeeld tot celstraf variërend van 1 maand tot 6 weken. English below: verdict Ubica arrestees.
Na een meer dan 9 uur durende rechtszaak in de rechtbank in Utrecht kwam het vonnis van de rechter: Verdachte 1 (als enige buiten opgepakt) is vrijgesproken; verdachte 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 en 10 een maand celstraf met aftrek voorarrest; verdachte 3 zes weken met aftrek voorarrest. De celstraffen gaan direct in. Daarnaast moet er 14.750 euro schadevergoeding betaald worden door de negen veroordeelde arrestanten. Anarchist Black Cross Nijmegen gaat natuurlijk hard aan de slag om de Ubica gevangenen op allerlei wijzen te steunen. Houdt onze website in de gaten voor updates en nieuws!
En vergeet niet een kaartje, brief of tekening te schrijven naar de gevangenen! Post kan gestuurd worden naar:
ABC Nijmegen
Tweede Walstraat 21
6511 LN Nijmegen
ter attentie van (tav.): Denny, Aaron, Skinny, Rogier, Isa, Clyde, NN3, Michiel of Sieb
ABC Nijmegen zorgt dat het zsm bij de gevangenen terecht komt.
English
Yesterday, Tuesday the 4th of June 2013, the courtcase about the arrestees of the eviction of the Ubica squat in Utrecht took place at the court of Utrecht. The verdict: 9 of the 10 arrestees were sentenced to jail for 1 month up to 6 weeks.
After a courtcase that lasted more then 9 hours the verdict of the judge was there: suspect 1 (the only one arrested outside the squat) got acquitted, suspect 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 sentenced to 1 month in jail (with deduction of pre-arrest), suspect 3 sentenced to 6 weeks in jail (with deduction of pre-arrest). The arrestees were immediately transferred to prisons seeing as their sentences started directly. Besides this, the prisoners are sentenced to pay damage restitutions of E14.750,- in total. Anarchist Black Cross Nijmegen will ofcourse get to work to support these prisoners in different ways. Check our site regularly for updates and news!
And don’t forget to write a card, letter or make a drawing for the prisoners! Mail can be send to:
ABC Nijmegen
Tweede Walstraat 21
6511 LN Nijmegen
for the attention of (tav.): Denny, Aaron, Skinny, Rogier, Isa, Clyde, NN3, Michiel of Sieb
ABC Nijmegen will take care that the mail will get to the prisoners asap.
]]>In de nacht van 24 mei jl. was het dan zover: de ontruiming van de Ubica, sinds 21 jaar gekraakt, was begonnen. Op dit moment zitten er nog 9 mensen vast, lees meer…!
Na maanden van rechtszaken, waarbij de criminele speculant en eigenaar Vloet de krakers uit het pand probeerde te krijgen, werd afgelopen vrijdag 24 mei de laatste rechtszaak verloren: vanaf de maandag daarna kon de Ubica ontruimd gaan worden. Vloet heeft al duidelijk gemaakt niets met het pand te gaan doen en toch moest één van de weinige autonome plekken die Utrecht kent verdwijnen. Maar rond 23.00 diezelfde vrijdag was de Ganzenmarkt, het plein waaraan de Ubica lag in het centrum van Utrecht, opeens een plek van rebellie. Brandende autobanden, vuurwerk en verfbommen: de krakers hebben besloten niet lamlendig af te wachten op een ontruiming maar zelf het moment gekozen om de laatste strijd om Ubica aan te gaan. Pas rond 15.00 die zaterdag werd de laatste kraker door de politie uit het pand gehaald.(English below)
Er werden in totaal 10 mensen gearresteerd, waarvan er op dit moment 9 mensen in bewaring zijn gesteld en 1 persoon is vrijgelaten. Van de 9 mensen is er nog 1 persoon die anoniem (NN) is: deze persoon heeft geweigerd haar of zijn identiteit bekend te maken aan politie en justitie. Allen worden verdacht van openlijke geweldpleging en zullen a.s. dinsdag 4 juni voor de rechter verschijnen.
Wil je de 9 gevangenen een kaartje, brief of tekening sturen? Stuur je post naar:
ABC Nijmegen
ovv Ubica arrestanten
Tweede Walstraat 21
6511 LN Nijmegen
Anarchist Black Cross Nijmegen zorgt ervoor dat het bij de gevangenen van de Ubica terecht komt! Houdt onze website in de gaten voor updates over de Ubica arrestanten.
Een (Engelstalig) verslag van de ontruiming:
https://www.indymedia.nl/node/16068
Geschiedenis van de Ubica:
http://ubica.squat.net/
ENGLISH:
In the night of Friday the 24th of May 2013 the eviction of Ubica, an autonomous space that was squatted for 21 years in Utrecht, began. After months of courtcases and trying to fight off an eviction, seeing as the owner actually stated that he doesn’t want to do anything with the place, the court decided that same Friday that the Ubica could get evicted starting next Monday. For more information on why the city centre of Utrecht was covered in paint and burning car tires that Friday, check: https://www.indymedia.nl/node/16068
10 people got arrested during the eviction of which 1 person got released. 9 persons are still in jail, all charged with public violence, and will be brought to court on Tuesday the 4th of June. On of the prisoners is still anonymous (NN): he or she is not known by name and address.
You want to write a card, letter of make a drawing for the prisoners to support them? Send your mail to:
ABC Nijmegen
ovv Ubica
Tweede Walstraat 21
6511 LN Nijmegen
Anarchist Black Cross Nijmegen will make sure the mail will get to the arrestees of the Ubica eviction. Check our website regularly for updates on the Ubica arrestees!
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