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from imc-uk, 24 August 2008: Amadeu Casellas has been imprisoned since 1986 for taking part in armed robberies of banks in which no person was shot or physically injured. Previous to that he had been imprisoned during the dictatorship. In total almost 30 years of his life have been spent in jail. It was in jail that he contracted HIV in 2000. It is in jail that he has consistenly revindicated his anarchist philosophy known to many since the group he formed part of in 1973 distributed the money they robbed amongst tenants in danger of eviction. more

from email, 23 August 2008: Well, we've almost made it. The Democratic National Convention starts in five days which means that in four days, the real party begins. Unconventional Denver is putting the final touches on a week worth of festive and liberating actions, and now all we need is you. Here are a couple updates to bring you up to speed on what's happening in Denver, what to expect, and how to plug in.  more

from email, 22 August 2008: Earth First is a loose network of people, groups and campaigns coming together for ecological direct action. Join us for 5 days of workshops, networking and planning actions. For more info about the gathering check out our website or email us at summergathering _AT_ earthfirst.org.uk (though we won't be able to answer your emails after 21 August, as we'll be on site setting up) more

from no2010, 22 August 2008: from The Edmonton Journal - Canadian officials surveying the Beijing Olympics must be paying special attention to the myriad protests and criticisms -- some overdrawn and overwrought -- that have dogged China before and during the Games. If they are wise, our observers should fight the temptation to feel smugly superior... And while Canada has considerable bragging rights compared with China in the areas of free speech, democracy, religious freedom and other fundamental liberties, we are not without our shiny spots. One of the most threadbare is the perceived -- and real -- environmental baggage associated with Alberta's oilsands, like it or not.  more

from various sources, 21 August 2008: Dave Douglass, former NUM Yorkshire Area Executive member, writes this report of his visit to the so called Climate Camp +++ In August, me and Arthur Scargill enter another big field to fight the corner for the miners and coal our industry and cause. Last time it was that field at Orgreave, this time it’s the Climate Camp at Kingsnorth Power Station and instead of thousands of cops there’s thousands of eco-warriors who now believe coal is killing the planet and want to stop all new coal stations. more

from email, 21 August 2008:
- No Olympics on stolen land!
- Disrupt and abolish the G8 and SPP
- Active support and solidarity for local struggles of self-determination, justice and dignity more

from imc-uk

"Please join the International Day of Solidarity and organize Demos in your City! Let's spread the word for the freedom of the 10 activists in Austria and demand an end to repression of social activism."

INNOCENT ANIMAL RIGHTS ADVOCATES NOW SINCE 2,5 MONTHS IN DETENTION

Criminal Injustice System Tortures Detainees in Austria

- First Detainee Set FREE, but Judge Manifests Again Coercive Detention ("Beugehaft") in Austria - more

from legal advisers, 15 August 2008: This is a list of most commonly used police stop and search powers, plus your rights at a police station, updated for England & Wales laws and police power, August 2008: more

from email, via mostly water, 15 August 2008: Communiqué by the Collective Opposed to Police Brutality (COBP)-Montreal -- Montreal, August 13, 2008 -- On Saturday August 9, 2008, at about 7pm, a police officer from Station 39 fired four bullets that injured two youth and killed Freddy Villaneuva, 18, in Montreal-Nord. The Collective Opposed to Police Brutality (COBP) offers its condolences and solidarity to the Villaneuva family who are beginning a difficult journey that we hope will lead to the truth and real justice. We offer our solidarity as well to members of the community, and in particular to the families of the two injured youth, Denis Meas and Jeffrey Sagor Metelus who are still in hospital. more

from email, 14 August 2008: Here’s some news that may be useful to people planning demonstrations at the 2008 RNC. The Republican National Convention organizers just issued a press release with a list of hotels where Republican delegates will be staying when they visit Saint Paul in the first week of September. With all the talk of blockading the RNC, this list should give potential blockaders some idea of which direction the delegates will be coming from. more

from email, 14 August 2008: As you may well have heard by now Bowl Court Social Centre was evicted early Thursday morning (7th August). Two police vans, plus a few police on foot worked alongside high court bailiffs to find only 4 sleeping bodies inside making it an easy operation after all. Apparently a senior policeman stated to one of the occupants ‘we’re not stupid, we knew you would be at Climate Camp’. more

from mostly water, 14 August 2008: NEW YORK - The Big Apple is turning into Big Brother, civil liberties groups have warned in response to a new plan from New York city’s police chiefs to photograph every vehicle entering Manhattan and hold the details on a massive database. more

from friends, 14 August 2008: An airborne laser weapon dubbed the 'long-range blowtorch' has the added benefit that the US could convincingly deny any involvement with the destruction it causes, say senior officials of the US Air Force (USAF). The Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) is to be mounted on a Hercules military transport plane. Boeing announced the first test firing of the laser, from a plane on the ground, earlier this summer. more

from email, via libcom, 14 August 2008: In November 2006, people took to the streets of Melbourne to confront the G20, a meeting of the world's most powerful finance ministers whose policies perpetrate suffering and violence in countless communities around the world every day. Since that protest, Victorian and Federal police have carried out a vast operation of surveillance and arrests, raiding houses at dawn and slapping protestors with ludicrous charges and repressive bail conditions. This is a campaign of intimidation and part of an attempt to criminalise protest. The legal process for those charged after the G20 protests moves slowly on. There have been a few developments this month. more

from email, 14 August 2008: The Autonomous camp (part of the Climate Camps movement) is now taking place in Lévis (Québec), nearby the future site for the methane port. This is a letter sent to the other Climate Camps now in action. This is a letter to all who care. more

from email, 14 August 2008: Plans to give local councils and other public bodies the power to monitor e-mail and internet traffic have been branded a "snoopers' charter". The government wants to make it mandatory for phone and internet companies to store all information on personal web use for 12 months. The plan - contained in a Home Office consultation paper - is aimed at making it easier to investigate serious crime. more

from email, 12 August 2008: There will be a "convergence center" in the activistcenter Utkanten, with space for assemblies, workshops and an action space. People who participate dont need to pay fee or participate in the official ESF (if they dont want to). Close to the official ESF-area there will be an open infopoint at the cafe Glassfabriken. more

from email, 12 August 2008: During 17th -21st the European Social Forum will be hosted by Malmo, an event planned to give social movements and radical organizations all over Europe the opportunity to enter into dialogue with each other. More than 20,000 people are expected to attend this five-day Forum which will offer seminars, workshops, and art events, including music, all with the slogan ‘Another Europe is Possible.’ Simultaneously, various kinds of demonstrations, mass activities and street events will take place, some as part of the official ESF, but others outside and independent of this. The ESF 2008 Action Network is intended to co-ordinate these organizations – from other parts of Sweden and Europe – that wish to work independently and get involved in mass activities and other events in Malmo during the ESF period. The purpose is especially to help different groups communicate, and to help organize their mobilization. The ESF 2008 Action Network is independent of the official ESF, politically as well as economically, and all participants in the Network will little by little shape its slant and aims.  more

from various sources, 12 August 2008: from the guardian - Europe should consider sharing vast amounts of intelligence and information on its citizens with the US to establish a “Euro-Atlantic area of cooperation” to combat terrorism, according to a high-level confidential report on future security.  more

from email, 11 August 2008: Over the years these writings have served as a window into my life. I did not begin them with that intent. They started as a way to demonstrate to the world and myself that no cage could break my spirit. However, they have become so much more. Through these dispatches, you the audience have gotten a feel for what it is like to be a political prisoner. Not the celebrity that so often accompanies those of us locked up for direct action, but the deep heartfelt sorrow that is being locked up for an act of protest. more