We reprint from Indymedia 2 inspiring letters from Barcelona 5 prisoners, with rough English translations |
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| The Barcelona or Facebook Five have been imprisoned without trial in punishment mode since 15 May ’13. Their only ‘crime’ is sharing provocative photos and graphics on Facebook, and promoting anarchist anti-capitalist ideas. (see links below) | |||||||||||
| We need the voices of our fellow prisoners, we’re lacking their wordsby ‘La desmemoria de los dados’ 15th july 2013 Right now I’m in a prison, what they call a penal jail, punishment pure and simple, not for nothing do they call it a a security prison … it’s a concrete pit.Now I’m getting into the routines and times of this nightmare that is the prison. I’m fine though. I read a lot, luckily there is a good library and that helps me to distance a little from this jungle of helplessness and rage. Because as for the prison activities, don´t expect much, apart from Mass, worship, praise, and other religious stuff, rubbish to me, of course, like giving me a hundred kicks. They only let me send two letters a week and as we have intercepted communications, they take nearly a month to arrive.By the way, you ‘re right to say that silencing (us) does not “shut up greater evils” it simply silences and buries our voices. Fear is never good ally. This ‘FIES’ regime really isolates us, and we are dispersed away from our people … For my part, no, never shall barbed wire close down my mind or my ideas, because we are the wind, brother, and the wind moves and slips through the cracks in these walls behind which they want to silence us. All this police set-up is just another attempt to generate fear and shut mouths, a lesson that is intended as exemplary punishment. I am and always will be libertarian, because no other philosophy of life, which for me is anarchy- is closer to my ideas and my sense of justice, brotherhood, honesty and, of course, freedom. I do not know if the future is ours, but we certainly won’t stop trying. Never. I’m aware via my lawyer (…) and by letters of support, they have also created committees of solidarity out here in Madrid, (…) a group of women called Mothers Against Repression and the truth is that without people like you it would be very difficult to cope with this situation. I personally I have it very clear that the only real reason that the capitalist state keeps me locked up is for my anarchist ideology, for being on the side of the working class, the most disadvantaged, for not silencing myself, for telling him to their face they are, fascist, corrupt and criminal, for having hopes and dreams of a better world and striving to achieve them. This is the price we pay because we aspire to a world in peace but with social justice and equality, where solidarity and mutual support are the engine that moves the world, where there is no exploitation of man by man, where nobody is above or below the other, and to aspire to that world is well worth the price of my freedom, and my life if necessary. What happens to us is part of a state of war, we dared to fight and they made us prisoners. As such I accept it and continue the struggle within these walls and fences built only to criminalise, humiliate and exterminate the individual, this is my fight now, to denounce them, the abuse, torture and ill-treatment that is common practice in these centers, and especially to maintain my dignity both as a human and as a militant anti-capitalist. I appreciate your words my friends, from the depths of my heart, you are like breath, without you outside there is no resistance in here, you’ve managed to demolish these concrete walls (…) They couldn’t shut me up outside, and they won’t do it in here either, I have it very clear that I am in the hands of the enemy and the enemy, as we all know is ruthless with those who have decided to face up to them. And that will not be changed by their charges, or their punishments, or their isolation cells. HERE WE’RE STANDING STRONG! Finally we greatly appreciate your words of encouragement and solidarity, vosotrxs(you, male+female) are our voice out there, they can’t silence you! A fraternal hug SALUT I LLIBERTAT! (your health and freedom) PS.
ORIGINAL LETTER… CARTA ORIGINALFaltan las voces de nuestras compañeras encarceladas, nos faltan sus palabras per La desmemoria de los dados Ahora mismo estoy en un penal, lo que se dice penal, puro castigo y punto, no en vano es una cárcel de seguridad…, un foso de hormigónYa me voy haciendo a las rutinas y tiempos de esta pesadilla que es la prisión. Estoy bien sin embargo. Leo mucho que por suerte hay una buena biblioteca y me ayuda a desmarcarme un poco de esta jungla de impotencia y rabia, porque de actividades, no es que se pueda esperar gran cosa, aparte de misas, cultos, alabanzas y demás rollo religioso que a mi, claro, como que me da cien patadas.Sólo me dejan enviar dos cartas a la semana y, como tenemos intervenidas las comunicaciones, tardan casi un mes en llegar. Por cierto, dices bien en que el silencio no “evita males mayores”, simplemente acalla y sepulta las voces. El miedo nunca es buen aliado. Ya nos aísla bastante el régimen FIES y la dispersión lejos de los nuestros… Por mi parte, no hay ni habrá jamás espina ni alambre que pueda encerrar mi mente ni mis ideas, porque somos el viento, hermano, y el viento se mueve y se cuela por las grietas de estos muros detrás de los que nos quieren callar. Todo este montaje policial no es más que otro intento de generar miedo y cerrar bocas, un escarmiento que pretende servir de castigo ejemplar. Soy y seré siempre libertaria, porque ninguna otra filosofía de vida -que es lo que es para mí la anarquía- se acerca más a mis ideas y a mi sentimiento de justicia, fraternidad, honestidad y -por supuesto- libertad. No sé si el futuro es nuestro, pero no dejaremos de intentarlo. Jamás. Estoy al corriente por mi abogado (…) y por medio de cartas del apoyo que tenemos afuera, aquí en Madrid también se han creado Comités de solidaridad, (…) un grupo de mujeres que se denomina Madres Contra la Represión y la verdad es que sin personas como vosotras sería muy difícil sobrellevar esta situación. Yo personalmente tengo muy claro cuál es el único y verdadero motivo por el cual el estado capitalista me mantiene encerrado, mi ideología anarquista, al estar del lado de la clase trabajadora, de las más desfavorecidas, por no callarme, por decirles en su cara lo que son, fascistas, corruptos y criminales, por tener sueños y anhelos de un mundo mejor y luchar para lograrlas, este es el precio que nos hacen pagar a los que aspiramos a un mundo en paz pero con justicia social, a un mundo en igualdad, donde la solidaridad y el apoyo mutuo sean el motor que haga mover dicho mundo, donde no exista la explotación del hombre por el hombre, donde no haya personas por encima ni por debajo de otras, y por ese mundo al que aspiro bien vale el precio de mi libertad y el de mi vida si fuese necesario. Esto que nos sucede es parte de la guerra del estado, nos atrevimos a combatirlo y nos hicieron prisioneros. Como tal lo asumo y continuo la lucha dentro de estos muros y alambradas criminales sólo construidas para anular, humillar y exterminar al individuo, esta es mi lucha, ahora de la denuncia, el abuso, la tortura y los malos tratos que es práctica habitual en estos centros y sobre todo mantener la dignidad, tanto de ser humano como de militante anticapitalista. Te agradezco tus palabras compañero desde lo más profundo del corazón, son un aliento, sin vosotras ahí afuera es imposible la resistencia aquí adentro, has logrado demoler esos muros de hormigón (…) No me callaron fuera, y no lo harán adentro, tengo muy claro que estoy en manos del enemigo y el enemigo, como todos sabemos es despiadado con quienes hemos decidido plantarles cara. Y eso compañero no lo cambiará ni sus partes, ni sus castigos, ni sus celdas de aislamiento. ¡AQUÍ ESTAMOS DE PIE! Por último te agradezco enormemente tus palabras de aliento y solidaridad, vosotrxs sois nuestra voz ahí afuera, que no la puedan silenciar. Un fraternal abrazo SALUT I LLIBERTAT! PD. RESISTIR ES VENCER!! @
From inside.. Down with the Prison Walls!by Somos el rocío de los sueños your health.. kompanions! It is not the same, I spent 17 days on Article 71.5 regime, which involves three hours in the yard, I’m torn from my family. We have suffered from the transfer of XXX the second week, the third week I was separated from YYY and two days later I was moved, knowing nothing more of ZZZ. Well, my companions, thanks to the visits (…), I know you are okay. Visits are through glass and are forty minutes recorded as restricted ‘FIES’ prisoners, inhuman treatment and psychic pain (…) THANKS to these visits today I still have some hope, despite the painful goodbyes. Our “kidnapping” is disproportionately cutting our freedom of speech, I want my life back and the lives of my four ‘siblings’. The “kidnapping” with two 7 year old girls present, shouting “throw yourself on the ground” and “shoot them down”, punching and kicking door by door. I was in the sitting room and still see thef rightened girls.. at the sight of helmeted men with submachinegins pointing at them and their mother. They told us they had orders from the High Court. Well, what to say more, we’re all anarchists, we don’t endorse nationalism (ETA) or dictatorial communism (GRAPO). I speak for all of us. We lucramos libertarian people and we go like all demonstrations, terrorism ke there? The last General Strike I was in Madrid, how could I have burned the two police vans of national police in Barcelona during the strike. Let’s see: “Spontaneous combustion ,,risk sport”; throwing gasoline is not spontaneous, what can you say. After all I argue that sport can go.
Thank you all, this is not easy to endure. And today July 1, QQQ, your letter has come to my hands. DOWN WITH THE WALLS of Prisons! Freedom for female+male anarchist prisoners!
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Update on Jailed Barcelona 5, Los 5 de Facebook.
The current status of the 5 ‘Sabadell’ anarchist prisoners anarchist on July 31, 2013. They are at present dispersed in two Spanish provinces (Avila and Madrid) and 5 different prisons under the (anti terrorist punishment) ‘FIES3′ prison regime, more than 1000km from their homes. They have finally lifted the ‘incommunicado’ isolation rule on all of them but they continue with the other restrictions of the ‘FIES’ regime.
On May 15, 2013 a major crackdown was carried out, launched by the Mossos D’Esquadra (Catalan Police) and directed from the High Court in Madrid, in which five anarchists were arrested in various parts of Catalonia. Ait was a blatant media coup to coincide with the second anniversary of protests by the 15-M ( the huge decentralised assembly movement) and, linking to a media ‘lynching’. These young anaarchists still remains in pretrial custody . For details of the case and solidarity initiatives can be found on blog support support Blog of the Barcelona Five. Also in this post we provide the addresses where letters can be sent to colleagues.
You can send letters to all of them at the following addresses listed below. Note that the communications are being monitored by the proposed maximum prudence in the contents of the letters themselves.
Remember the account number for solidarity for prisoners and their families. They badly need a little money in prison.
Bankia ACCOUNT NUM 2038 9252 63 3000365109
The addresses are:
Silvia Muñoz Layunta NIS 2010012388 CP Madrid VII Estremera Ctra M-241 km 5,750 (28595) Estremera, Madrid.
Jose Carlos Recio Minguez NIS 2000003209 CP VI Madrid, Aranjuez Ctra N-400 km 28 (28300) Aranjuez. Madrid.
Juan José Garrido Marcos NIS 2013009086 CP Madrid II, Alcala de Henares Ctra Alcala-Meco km 5 (28805) Alcala de Henares.
Yolanda Fernández Fernández NIS 2013009039 CP Avila, Brieva Ctra Vicolozano 05194 Brieva (Ávila).
Xabier Gonzalez Sola NIS 9226970300 CP Madrid IV (Navalcarnero) Ctra N-V, km. 27.7 (28600) Navan, Madrid.
http://www.alasbarricadas.org/noticias/node/25892
el blog de Los 5 encarcelados:http://freedomforthefive.wordpress.com/
el Facebook de los 5 de barcelona: https://www.facebook.com/Los5DeBarcelona
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