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Portugal & UK: Solidarity actions with Greek Prisoners' Struggle

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:07:08 +0000

Hunger strike ends as Greek government caves

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:45:12 +0000

On Thursday the 20th of November more than 7,000 hunger strikers in greek prisons demanding a comprehensive 45-point program of prison reform have decided to stop their hunger strike, already on its 18th day, after the Ministry of Justice responded to their struggle and to the widening solidarity movement which in the last weeks has held several mass protest marches in the greek cities by declarin read more

Liverpool 25th November: Defy ID cards - No One is Illegal

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:08:00 +0000

On 25th November, the government will begin introducing ID cards for non-EU nationals living in the UK. We invite all opponents of social control to join us at a protest in Liverpool outside Reliance House (the Border Agency’s offices and a short-term immigration prison) at 12 noon on that day. Reliance House is one of the six centres in the UK for ID cards processing. Other groups campaigning against ID cards on that day are Manchester NO2ID and Liverpool Defy ID and we hope to see Merseyside No Borders activists there as well. We will travel there as a group, meet at 9am on the steps of the Student Union of Manchester University, Oxford Road. We will try to get everyone into minibuses leaving from there or take the train together from Oxford Road station (£6.20 return with railcard) if there are too many of us. In Liverpool, assemble in Exchange Flats at 11am and then move around the corner to Reliance House, 20 Water Street, L2 8XU, for the protest from noon to 1pm. Map: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=334008&y=390449&z=0&sv=L2+8XU&st=2&pc=L2+8XU&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf

Remember the Hunger Strikers - Lurgan

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:03:57 +0000

Public Meeting & Discussion The recent release of Steve McQueen’s critically acclaimed movie Hunger has led to a renewed interest in both the 1981 Hunger Strike and the broader prison struggle of the 1970s and 1980s.

CBS/AP: 2 U.S. Troops Charged In Murder Of Iraqis

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Two U.S. soldiers have been charged by the military with conspiracy to commit premeditated murder relating to the shooting deaths of four Iraqi prisoners in Baghdad in early 2007 in what was allegedly a retaliation killing.

(en) Two actions of portuguese anarchists in solidarity to prisoners struggle in Greece

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:21:49 +0000

Friday, Nov.14, at 11h in the morning we distributed 200 A4-size leaflets in front and around the building of the Economy and Comerce Section of the Greek Embassy, in the center of Lisbon, leaving some of them inside the building also. The leaflets included a small introdutory text to the prisoners' struggle, a few of their demands, and a chronology of the events until that day. Besides, it also included the following text:" ---- Prison is everywhere, in all our life. Constantly we are watched, controlled, identified, listened… it is the cop, the surveillance camera, the court, the judge, the police station, and our entire reality of forced interactions. It is the fear of being what we are, of saying ...

HUNGER STRIKE AT THE GREEK PRISONS

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:39:00 +0000

British National Among Three Held In Israeli Sting On Palestinian Fishermen

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:59:00 +0000

UK politicians call for the release of prisoners and an end to Israeli aggression

(en) Australia, Sydney, anarchist collective and zine Mutiny #32 - Lex's in Pris'n, Hurley's Gone Fishin' - Free Lex by Princess Mob

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:27:45 +0000

Palm Island man Lex Wotton was sentenced to six years jail after being found guilty of `rioting with destruction' by an all-white jury in a Queensland court. In 2004, Mulrinji Doomadgee, a 36-year-old Aboriginal man, was arrested for public nuisance by Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley. Within an hour Mulrinji was dead in a cell in the Palm Island police station with four broken ribs, a ruptured spleen and a liver almost torn in two. Another prisoner, Patrick Bramwell, told a public meeting on the island that he had seen Hurley beating Mulrinji. ---- A week after Mulrinji was killed, island residents heard that an autopsy had found that his death was the result of an accidental fall. ...

(en) Britain, Aanarchist journal Direct Action #41- Lex's in Pris'n, Hurley's Gone Fishin' - Free Lex by Princess Mob

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:25:07 +0000

Texas: Vice President Dick Cheney and Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Indicted

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:48:17 +0000

Via: Houston Chronicle: A South Texas grand jury has indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on state charges related to the alleged abuse of prisoners in Willacy County’s federal detention centers. The indictment, which had not yet been signed by the presiding judge, was one of seven released Tuesday in a county [...] Related posts:

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Wikileaks publish BNP membership list just as blog deleted!

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:26:00 +0000

The main list which was found at http://bnpmemberslist.blogspot.com has now been removed by the man. Needless to say heads are going to roll after the data from this list has been examined by anti fascist groups. There are police officers, social workers, current army servicemen, prison officers and politicians in this document.

Russia: Solidarity with Moscow anti-fascist prisoner Aleksey Olesinov!

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:07:02 +0000

Support Parole for Political Prisoner Seth Hayes

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:09:06 +0000

Robert “Seth” Hayes is a U.S. political prisoner and former member of the Black Panther Party who has been imprisoned in New York state for more than three decades. When Seth was convicted in 1974, his sentence was 25 years to life. The implicit understanding at the time of his sentencing was that Seth would serve 25 years as a minimum, after which time he would be eligible for release based on his record and conduct in prison. In December of 2008, Seth will be going before the parole board for the sixth time.

Support Parole for Political Prisoner Seth Hayes

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:07:07 +0000

2009 Political Prisoners Calendar

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:07:07 +0000

Remember the Hunger Strikers - Toome

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:34:42 +0000

Demonstrate: No Deportations to DR Congo

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:14:00 +0000

19th to 20th November 2008 there will be a Country Guidance case aiming to show that 'failed' asylum seekers who are returned to the DRC are at serious risk of ill-treatment, imprisonment, torture and forced disappearance. Strong evidence of this is already lodged with the Home Office. We therefore urge the Home Office to HALT all deportations of failed asylum seekers to a deadly regime of the DR Congo.

Support Parole for Political Prisoner Seth Hayes

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:11:08 +0000

Action Against Agrofuels

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:21:10 +0000

On Thursday 16th October, activists frorm Action Against Agrofuel disrupted the European Biofuels Expo and Conference 2008, the largest agrofuels expo in Europe. A group of activists disguised as delegates entered the expo hall, climbed the wall and dropped banners on the main entrance, The aim of the protest was to highlight the link between agrofuels expansion and deforestation and world hunger

(en) Russia, Solidarity with Moscow anti-fascist prisoner Aleksey Olesinov!

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:03:16 +0000

18th of November an action against repression of anti-fascistswill take place at Metro Station "Novokucnetskaya" in Moscow. Action will begin 16:00, and will demand freedom for anti-fascist prisoner Aleksey Olesinov. Aleksey is imprisoned for more than 10 days already, and has been held incommunicado by authorities, his lawyer Stanislav Markelov has still not been allowed to meet with him. Health condition and conditions in which he is kept are not known to his relatives and friends. Friends of Olesinov are certain, that he is persecuted due to participation to anti-fascist activities. ---- Aleksei Olesinov was arrested 6th of November, and accused of "hooliganism", according to statue 213, ...

Palestinian factions torture opponents

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:26:46 +0000

RAMALLAH (IPS) - Unity talks between the two main Palestinian political factions Hamas and Fatah failed before they even began this week following Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas's refusal to release 400 Hamas prisoners held in PA jails in the West Bank. Hamas demanded their release as a precondition for attending the talks which were due to take place in Cairo.

(en) Palestine-Israel, Update on the AAtW activities last week.

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:20:20 +0000

The divergence of activities included additions to the "regular" joint struggle against the separation fence and occupation at Bil'in, Um Salmuna, and Ni'ilin. This week activists of the Anarchists Against the Wall initiative participated in the struggle against the Israeli state forces and the colonial settlers in Hebron region in relation to the olive picking (12,14/11/08). Friday there was a road blocks removal action near Deir Ibzi organized by Ras Karka comity. On Saturday was another action related to the 5 refusnics high-school in the women army jail. Sunday was the day the Jayyous village, which was most active 2002 when the construction of the separation fence was started, resumed the struggle. ...

Palestine-Israel, Update on the AAtW activities last week.

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:18:59 +0000

Bil'in, Umm Salamuna, Ni'ilin, Ras Karkar, Hebron, Jail 400, Jayyous The divergence of activities included additions to the "regular" joint struggle against the separation fence and occupation at Bil'in, Umm Salamuna, and Ni'ilin. This week activists of the Anarchists Against the Wall initiative participated in the struggle against the Israeli state forces and the colonial settlers in Hebron region in relation to the olive picking (12,14/11/08). Friday there was a road blocks removal action near Deir Ibzi organized by Ras Karkar committee. On Saturday was another action related to the 5 refusniks high-school in the women army jail. Sunday was the day the Jayyous village, which was most active 2002 when the construction of the separation fence was started, resumed the struggle. [http://anarkismo.net/article/10710]

U.S. and Allies tortured Kids in Iraqi Prisons

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:46:54 +0000

by Sherwood Ross November 9, 2008 Since it invaded Iraq in 2003, the U.S. has detained thousands of juveniles—some of whom were tortured and sexually abused, according to published reports. Figures of the number of children behind bars vary. Some estimates put the number as high as 6,000.

A Memorial For Comrade Bashir Hameed

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:41:32 +0000

From: Pan-African News Wire Former Black Panther Party leader and political prisoner, Bashir Hameed, joined the ancestors on Aug. 29, 2008. A memorial service was scheduled for Sept. 4 in New Jersey. A MEMORIAL FOR OUR FALLEN COMRADE, BASHIR HAMEED Saturday, December 13, 2008 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm House of the Lord Church, 415 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NY

International call for action

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:47:00 +0000

WE CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS IN SOLIDARITY TO THE THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS WHO STRUGGLE INSIDE THE GREEK PRISONS

KBOO Radio's 'Prison Pipeline' show gives update on Mumia Abu-Jamal

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:38:00 +0000

And Now: The Skin Cancer Vaccine

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:55:13 +0000

Oh sure. Via: Daily Telegraph: THE pioneering Australian scientist who discovered the cure for cervical cancer is on the verge of creating the world’s first vaccine for skin cancer. Professor Ian Frazer, former Australian of the Year, has revealed the vaccine could be ready within the next five to 10 years. As with the jab now given to millions [...] Related posts:

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Burma court jails more protesters

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:07:12 +0000

OCAP BUILDS CEMENT WALL AGAINST REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER IN SOLIDARITY WITH

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:00:44 +0000

OCAP demands immediate end to the settlements on Palestinian land, calls for building real affordable housing in Toronto Today, as part of the International Week Against Israel's Apartheid Wall, the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) has erected a reinforced cement wall in front of the Toronto building '50 On the Park' at 50 Portland St. (Bathurst and King) owned by wealthy real estate developer Leviev-Boymelgreen. Leviev-Boymelgreen is a developer in Toronto and Brooklyn and also builds illegal Israeli settlements in Occupied Palestine. By building Israeli settlements in the West Bank, Boymelgreen is committing war crimes under International Law. Boymelgreen is expanding the illegal settlement of Mod'in Illit that is built on the land of the West Bank Palestinian village of Bil'in. 60% of Bil'in's land has been stolen by Israel in the expansion of settlements and by the building of the separation Wall. Bil'in is a village that is being strangled - made into an open air prison surrounded by settlements, Occupation forces and military, and enclosed by Israel's Apartheid Wall. This is a system of colonization and apartheid against the Palestinian people which has gone on for 60 years. In Toronto and New York, Boymelgreen builds luxury condos in the place of real affordable housing, displacing poor and low-income people from our read more

Animal Rights Prisoner Moved

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:32:00 +0000

Luke Steele has been moved

(en) Greece, Thessaloniki, Anarchists protest the detention of comrades

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:28:14 +0000

Amidst the glitter and glam of the opening ceremony of the 49th Thessaloniki Film festival about 500 anarchists marched in protest against the detention of comrades along Tsimiski St this evening. They were also showing their solidarity with the thousands in Greek jails currently on hunger strike over inhumane conditions which have been repeatedly condemned by European and Greek human rights organisations. _________________________________________ A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E ...

And Finally 655

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:07:04 +0000

Porridge Otis as Roxy Music star's pro-foxhunt, spoilt brat son is in prison on remand.

(en) Britain, Anarchist Federation Nottingham Sparrow - 2nd November, 2008 - Outrage as Leicester Council hikes district heating prices by 76% - who or what is to blame?

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:53:52 +0000

In Leicester, tenants’ are rightly up in arms about being tied into a domestic heating scheme whose prices are poised to almost double during this month, an increase that was announced last month by the city council. ---- District heating is used by some city councils to supply hot water and heating to city centre housing estates and large buildings (council offices, hospitals, courts, prisons, shopping centres) through hot water pipes running underground. In the East Midlands, both Nottingham and Leicester City Councils run district heating schemes which are promoted as ‘green’ alternatives to individual domestic households burning fossil fuels. Their greenness is debatable since some of ...

(en) US, Boston, Anarchist journal BAAM #14 - Calendar: Get Involved

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:13:07 +0000

Every Monday: Papercut Zine Library meeting, 7:30pm, 45 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge First Tuesday of Every Month: BAAM meeting, 7pm, Lucy Parsons Center, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston ---- Every Wednesday: Free Radical Film Nights at the Lucy Parsons Center, 7pm, Lucy Parsons Center, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston ---- Second Tuesday of Every Month: Anarchist Black Cross meeting (defense and prison abolition group), 8pm, 45 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge ---- Second Sunday of Every Month: Industrial Workers of the World meeting. 2pm, Lucy Parsons Center, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston ---- Every Friday: Food Not Bombs free community meal, 4-6pm, Boston Common, Park St T-Stop ---- Last Friday of Every Month: Critical ...

Diary of an Irish Priest visiting the Popular Movements in Colombia

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:39:39 +0000

The following is the diary of Fr. Raymond Murray, Chaplain of Armagh's Prison and human rights defender of the political prisoners during the Troubles. He is also author of the book "State Violence -Northern Ireland 1969/1997" and numerous reports on torture in Northern Ireland with Fr. Denis Faul, such as "The Hooded Men". He agreed to travell on behalf of Grupo Raíces (Grúpa Fréamhacha) to share his experiences in Northern Ireland with the popular movement in Colombia. He will be speaking at a public conference in Liberty Hall on November 24th, at 19:00 together with Michael Dowling (SIPTU) and a Colombian resident in Ireland who was also there at the conference (check event at http://www.indymedia.ie/article/89819)

DEMO ON 15 NOV 15 PM

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:26:00 +0000

SOLIDARITY DEMO IN BRIXTON FOR THE PRISONERS IN GREECE

new britain: a prison of your mind

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:38:00 +0000

its a common enough cry from certain strata in society that prisons are "too soft" and "like holiday camps". (depends where you spend your holidays perhaps!) but now it seems that even the inmates are succumbing to this strange mentality.

Genova trial ends in shame

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:27:25 +0000

Acquittals and ridiculously mild sentences for the butchers at DIAZ The senders of the violence perpetrated on July 21, 2001 at the Diaz school in Genova during the G8summit were acquitted yesterday, after a long trial. No jail, no punishment at all for Giovanni Luperi, and for Francesco Gratteri, who ok-ed the massacre. Out of 29 defendants only 13 were sentenced. Shame on the system, shame on the government, shame on those who showed no courage. Our heart goes out to Carlo Giuliani's mother, to Mark Covell, who was at the trial yesterday, and visibly incredulous, to the victims of the beatings, the accusations, the humiliations. Let us not forget.

Anarchist Prisoner Harold Thompson 1942-2008

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:59:07 +0000

Long time prisoner and jailhouse lawyer and activist Harold H Thompson has died Tuesday November 11th of heart failure. Harold born in 1942 to Irish parent in West Virginia, USA was an anarchist activist during the 1960’s and 1970’s. His exploits, including expropriation of capital to fund further activities, landed him in prison on more than on occasion over the years. In 1978 however the mother of one of his children was brutally murdered by a man named Crawley who was soon released after agreeing to turn states evidence. After his release he heard bragging in a bar that he was going to kill Harold's child and the other child who had testified against him. read more

Israeli siege forces UN to halt food aid in Gaza Strip | Gaza Again Plunged into Darkness, Hunger as Israel Blocks Fuel, Food to Suffering Population

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:20:24 +0000

Israeli siege forces UN to halt food aid in Gaza Strip By Agence France Presse (AFP), The Daily Star, 14 November 2008 Excerpt: The International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) said a truck it sent to the border had been turned back. Israel usually allows some humanitarian supplies into Gaza, but even this has stopped over the past [...]

Ennis court adjourns case against CIA plane watcher Edward Horgan

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:20:09 +0000

Veteran peacekeeper disappointed not to have his day in court In Ennis district court today Thursday 13 November, Judge Mangan adjourned a charge of obstructing/impeding an airport fire officer, brought against the former UN peacekeeper and anti-torture campaigner, Edward Horgan, of Castletroy, Co. Limerick. Having heard that Horgan’s summons cited the wrong act and did not come as stated from the Director of Public Prosecutions, the case was adjourned to 8 January. Horgan went to the airport on 18 June 2008, on a tip-off that Learjet N54PA was due to arrive from Florida via Newfoundland. Flight logs showed that N54PA had landed several times, including 3 June 2008, at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Horgan walked into the security office to demand that the aircraft be searched for prisoners, and its crew questioned about recent and past activities, and insisted on remaining while the plane was being refuelled in order to confirm whether Gardai searched the aircraft or not.

Close Gitmo and End Unconstitutional Military Commissions Now

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:49:00 +0000

By Robert Greenwald | We have the chance to help President-elect Obama reclaim democracy and restore the rule of law in our country, which he can do on his first day in office. By shutting down the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison facility, Obama can take a major step toward redeeming our nation’s moral leadership in the world. [...]

(en) US, Boston, Anarchist journal BAAM #14 - RNC Legal Solidarity: An Arrestee's-Eye View by Sublett

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:31:50 +0000

One of the most inspiring aspects of the protests at the 2008 Republican National Convention was the glimpse they afforded of the world we are trying to build: a world that runs on solidarity and mutual aid, without repression or hierarchy. A world where the stranger in the call center reading a canned greeting actually cares about your problem and wants to help. ---- Coldsnap Legal Collective, this is not a secure line." I had been in custody for nearly 24 hours before I heard that welcome sentence--good time by the standards of the Ramsey County, MN jail. Coldsnap's number was written on my leg in sharpie, and my jailers had done their part to preserve it by not letting me take a shower ...

Support prisoner’s struggle

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:58:04 +0000

Prison hunger strike We ask for the support of political and cultural collectives and societies in Chania, the rest of the country and abroad.

The only way out

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:52:00 +0000

Over the past year, Muhannad Omar al-Helo has twice petitioned the Israeli government to leave Gaza in order to study in Europe for a master's degree. He has also contacted Israeli lawyers and human rights groups about his case. On 2 November aboard the SS Dignity, the third Free Gaza boat, he was finally able to leave Gaza and the 16-month Israeli siege, which has imprisoned the 1.5 million Palestinian residents of the tiny coast territory, and sail to Cyprus. The Electronic Intifada contributor Eva Bartlett writes from Cyprus.

Palestinian Twelve-year-old Testimony: Beaten and Imprisoned with Adults

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:21:27 +0000

Report, B'Tselem, 11 November 2008 Posted on Electronic Intifada Muhammad Salah Muhammad Khawajah, 12, is a student and a resident of Nilin in the Ramallah District. His testimony was given to Iyad Hadad on 18 September 2008 at the witness's home: I live with my family in Nilin. We live on the ground floor of the house, my two uncles and their families live on the first floor, and my grandmother lives on the second floor. Last Thursday [11 September] around 3:00am, I woke up from my mother's shouts. She was shouting, "Get up! Get up! The army is here!" My father wasn't home that night. I got up and went out with her to the inner courtyard of the house. There were about 12 soldiers there, and their faces were painted black. One soldier wore a black hat that covered his face. He sat on the stairs outside the house and didn't take part. I think he was a collaborator who led them to houses.

(en) US, Boston, Anarchist journal BAAM #14 - Jericho 10/10 Weekend of Resistance by Molly

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:37:23 +0000

In honor of the 10 year anniversary of the Jericho Amnesty Movement, on October 10 and 11, organizers and activists took to the streets of New York City to demand freedom for political prisoners in the US, reclaiming a weekend traditionally dedicated to Columbus, a bringer of torture, enslavement and genocide to the Americas. ---- On Friday 10/10, starting at 12pm there was a picket and rally outside the United Nations and then an un-permitted march through the streets, passing numerous embassies, businesses and consumers. The police were nowhere to be seen for the first half of the march, until we started entering the shopping districts. Even then, marchers ignored their calls for us ...

KILL! SWIM! DESTROY!

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:30:31 +0000

From Infoshop Some notes on the Guelph wood squat, community support, and the "false" something or other of insurrectionary anarchism. I was late, and by the time I got close enough to the fire to recognize people's faces, I could see that an informal go around was already in progress. My friends spoke passionately about skills they had learned here, relationships that had been fostered, and, for some, a feeling that they'd come into their own. People I’d never met before enthusiastically explained that though this was their first time here, the stories they'd heard carried with them more than just a glimmer of hope. Others recounted their first taste of what life outside of capitalist mediation might feel like, and how it had strengthened their resolve. Someone who'd lived in Guelph for longer than I recounted the history of these former jail lands. Some cast startled looks as they learned that our fire pit was in the middle of the old shooting range, where guards had previously honed their aim on live targets just for the hell of it. Some of us smiled knowingly because, like us, other would-be escapees had used these same woods for shelter. read more

5,000 prisoners on hunger strike across greece in demand for reforms

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:06:39 +0000

As of Monday the 3rd of November the totality of prison across greece are under a 3-stage campaign in demand of a 45-point reform, asking amongst other things for abolition of all juvenile prisons, greater freedoms, reduction of prison service and better conditions. read more

5,000 prisoners on hunger strike across greece in demand for reforms

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:06:39 +0000

Testimony: Twelve-year-old beaten and imprisoned with adults

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:35:22 +0000

I live with my family in Nilin. We live on the ground floor of the house, my two uncles and their families live on the first floor, and my grandmother lives on the second floor. Last Thursday [11 September] around 3:00am, I woke up from my mother's shouts. She was shouting, "Get up! Get up! The army is here!" My father wasn't home that night. I got up and went out with her to the inner courtyard of the house.

Obama planning US trials for Guantanamo detainees

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:38:28 +0000

President-elect Barack Obama’s advisers are quietly crafting a proposal to ship dozens, if not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the United States to face criminal trials, a plan that would make good on his promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison but could require creation of a controversial new system of justice. During his campaign, Obama [...]

Jailed Iranian Immigrant goes on Hunger Strike

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:56:18 +0000

Man wants to return home, serving three-month sentence By Monisha Martins - Maple Ridge News A man who illegally entered Canada is on a hunger strike at a Maple Ridge prison. Mohammad Reza Nouri has been detained at the Fraser Regional Correctional Centre since Oct. 13, the same day he landed at Vancouvers International Airport carrying a fake passport. The 40-year-old Iranian, who cant speak English, was charged the next day under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act with one count each of illegally possessing a document to establish identity, using false document to enter or remain in Canada and communicating false or misleading information for immigration to Canada.

Tunisia: Longtime Political Prisoners Freed

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:42:16 +0000

End Harassment of Ex-Prisoners and Declare Amnesty From Human Rights Watch (New York, November 6, 2008) – President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia freed several prominent political prisoners on November 5, 2008, and Human Rights Watch urged authorities to release all persons held for nonviolent political activities and to end the harassment of former political prisoners. Authorities conditionally released all 21 remaining members of the banned Islamist movement an-Nahdha, who have been imprisoned since 1990 and 1991 and were convicted in military court trials in 1992 of plotting to overthrow the state.

(en) Palestine-Israel, weekly report on some of the AAtW* involvement in the struggle against the separation fence and occupation.

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:03:39 +0000

The struggles are not only against the occupation and the separation fence on the west bank. The last wave of high school refusnics collect momentum with fifth female join the jail population. The struggle against the separation fence in Bil'in, Um Salmuna and Ni'ilin continue, with expansion to the Hebron region and other places in connection with the olive picking season and the terror of settler colonialists against Palestinian neighbors. In Bil'in [West of Ramallah], it was the 194th Friday demonstration since February 2005. With Rani* Burnet on his wheel chair again in its front. In Ni'ilin's Friday it was full confrontation again after the end of olive picking "truce". In Um Salmuna [south ...

(en) US, Boston, Anarchist journal BAAM #13 - Calendar: Get Involved

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:59:18 +0000

Every Monday: Papercut Zine Library meeting 7:30pm, 45 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge First Tuesday of Every Month: BAAM meeting, 7pm, Lucy Parsons Center, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston ---- Every Wednesday: Free Radical Film Nights at the Lucy Parsons Center, 7pm, Lucy Parsons Center, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston ---- Second Tuesday of Every Month: Anarchist Black Cross meeting (defense and prison abolition group), 8pm, 45 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge ---- Second Sunday of Every Month: Industrial Workers of the World meeting. 2pm, Lucy Parsons Center, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston ---- Every Friday: Food Not Bombs free community meal, 4-6pm, Boston Common, Park St T-Stop ...

Request for solidarity and support by women of Zimbabwe

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:08:01 +0000

WCoZ has always advocated for peace and nonviolence in the country. However realizing the grave crisis that faces the country now WCoZ launched the “Conclude the Talks - We are Dying of Hunger Campaign”. On the 27th of October 2008, about 1000 wom...

PCHR Welcomes Release of 18 Political Prisoners in Gaza

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:39:56 +0000

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) welcomes the decision taken by the Government in Gaza on Thursday, 30 October, to release eighteen political prisoners, including a number of personnel from the Fatah movement. PCHR calls upon the government in Ramallah to release all political prisoners detained by the Palestinian security services, and for an immediate end to all politically motivated arrests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

(en) US, NEFAC Nnew-England Bulletin Vol. 1, No. 11

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:00:12 +0000

Action Alerts ---- 1) Vigil for Healthcare for Security Guards (Boston, MA) 2) Transgender Day of Remembrance (Hartford, CT) ---- 3) Sign the Petition to Support the Hempstead 15 ---- News & Views ---- 4) Tyranny of the State and Trans Liberation ---- 5) Boston HRC Protest a Success ---- 6) Tenant Activists Ejected from McCain HQ ---- 7) City Life Activists Help Find Temporary Shelter for Evicted Mattapan Family ---- 8) For What's Left of the Left: Rory Gallagher Plays, Mike Davis Writes ---- 9) Prisoners Hunger Strike in Greece ---- Events ---- 10) Howard Zinn: The Meaning of Sacco and Vanzetti (Boston, MA) ---- 11) Forum: Unnatural Causes (Roxbury, MA) ---- 12) Conference: Spotlight on ...

Prisoner family support fund: Please donate.

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:46:19 +0000

We are writing in support of Miriam Sampaio, a local activist based in both Montreal and Lisbon , Portugal. She is currently studying for her MFA degree at Concordia University. Miriam has been an activist for two decades, working around women and queer issues, worked in rape crisis centers, as well as an organizer supporting indigenous sovereignty struggles, prison abolition, and both political prisoner and prisoner support work. She is the daughter of political refugees who fled Portugal in the 60's and has been traveling to and from Portugal as an artist and a researcher, exposing the injustices and abuses by the fascist regime that took place in Portugal from 1926 - 1974.

ADDAMEER UPDATE: MILITARY JUDGE REJECTS APPEAL ON CONTINUED DETENTION OF SALWA SALAH AND SARA SIUREH

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:08:23 +0000

From Addameer November 3, 2008 On November 2, 2008 the Military Judge at Ofer Military Court rejected the appeal by Addameer Attorney Mahmoud Hassan to reduce the administrative detention order of Salwa Salah and Sara Siureh. This means that both girls will remain in prison until their current administrative detention order ends on January 3, 2009. It is not certain that both girls will even be released on this date. Administrative detention orders can be renewed indefinitely under Israeli Military Law. Both girls are now in Damoun prison in Israel and are being held with the other Palestinian adult female detainees. They have now spent more than 5 months in Israeli prisons, being held without charge or trial.

Shut Down the Camp! Luk Lejren! Activists break the fence at Sandholm immigration prison in Denmark & spark national debate

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:35:45 +0000

Edited from a report by activists who took part in the Shut Down the Camp! (Luk Lejren!) action on 25th October:"2-3000 participants went from Allerød train station, 30 km away from Copenhagen, to the biggest refugee camp in Denmark, Sandholm, to cut down the fence around the place. Before the day, local nazis and anti-semitic groups cut one main train-cable to prevent us from arriving in time, the delay just scaled the whole thing up and more people came running! In front of the camp several hundreds of people tried to reach the fence to tear it down, the cops responded with LOTS of tear gas - both against the teams of mobile fencecutters and the standing demo also attended by children and elderly people - but the fence was torn down at several spots, game over." Following the action, activists have been busy pushing the agenda in the national media. The action was covered at every level, and has resulted in several different discussions:1) Some in the parliamentary opposition are suggesting an end to the existing refugee camps and the indefinite detention that asylum seekers are subjected to.2) The cops have been forced to explain their brutal use of teargas & pepperspray against the demonstration.3) A central goal of the action was to pull the issue out of the closed system of NGO's and politicians, to amplify the conflict at every level. Activists debated against politicians in different live-shows, called them racists etc., and exposed the role of the Red Cross that run all the refugee camps in Denmark. Activists have daily contact with the asylum seekers inside both Sandholm and other Danish camps. Asylum seekers were satisfied with the action, and everyone is planning the next move together, with more people joining in every day.Introduction to the action in English: http://luklejren.dk/spip.php?article14Watch video of demos and direct action on Shut Down the Camp/Luk Lejren Danish website: http://luklejren.dkHour by hour acccunt of the action and link to pictures: http://luklejren.smartlog.dk/Find some more pictures here on Belgian website: http://www.cemab.be/news/2008/10/5966.php

[10-30-08] MST Informa #155: Fifth International Conference of La Via Campesina

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:59:48 +0000

Maputo, the capital of Mozambique was the site of the 5th International Conference of La Via Campesina. More than 600 men and women peasants and small farmers from 60 countries met from October 16 to the 23rd to discuss the situation in agriculture, emphasizing that the solution to the problem of hunger is Food Sovereignty. In contrast to the agribusiness model, which does not ensure the dignified survival of people in the countryside, we unite to struggle for agrarian reform, the preservation of biodiversity, water, seeds, and peasant farming.