As part of the International Week of Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners we thought that it would be good to issue a call out to anarchists across the country, groups or individually, wherever you are, be it in a town, city or village.
Whether you’re good at art or not, look at creating a D.I.Y banner to take part in a banner drop across Ireland. On Sunday 30th of August anarchists will do a banner drop in solidarity with anarchist prisoners in Ireland and internationally…
We encourage you to talk to your friends and comrades to take part in towns where you live, with anarchists near you and get active in support and solidarity with anarchist prisoners.
Below are some ideas of pervious banners created by anarchists across the country and beyond.
Wallmapu: los otros presos políticos mapuche en huelga de hambre
20 agosto, 2020
Declaración Pública PP Mapuche de Lebu
Los presos políticos mapuche de la cárcel de Lebu, junto a sus voceros y familiares y Lov y Comunidades Lavkenche en Resistencia declaramos:
Que el acuerdo alcanzado entre el machi Celestino Córdova y el gobierno no es vinculante y no resuelve la demanda de fondo que se ha emanado desde los prisioneros políticos mapuche de las cárceles de Angol y Lebu en conjunto con las Comunidades y Lov en Resistencia. Es por ello que los presos políticos mapuche de Lebu continúan con la huelga de hambre que se extiende por 45 días hasta que el gobierno dé respuesta cabal al petitorio, esto es la aplicación efectiva del Convenio 169 en causas penales mapuche. Hasta que esto no ocurra la huelga de hambre y las movilizaciones continúan.
Mientras Trump suspende el financiamiento de la OMS, arremete contra China y confisca equipos de protección, la Brigada Médica Internacional Henry Reeve de Cuba está luchando contra COVID-19 en 22 países. Estos doctores realmente merecen el Premio Nobel de la Paz.
Al Comité del Premio Nobel de la Paz:
En medio de esta pandemia mundial sin precedentes en la historia moderna, hay un grupo de un pequeño país que ha proporcionado esperanza e inspiración a personas de todo el mundo: los médicos y enfermeros cubanos que forman parte de la Brigada Médica Internacional Henry Reeve que ahora trabajan en 21 países para combatir el COVID-19. En reconocimiento a su magnífica solidaridad y desinterés, salvando miles de vidas al poner sus propias vidas en peligro, les instamos a que les concedan el Premio Nobel de la Paz de este año.
Henry Reeve, fue un joven norteamericano que a los diecinueve años…
The USA has by far the highest Incarceration Rate in the whole world with 2,121,000 prisoners. World Prison Brief.[1]
The Origins of Prison Slavery
How Southern whites found replacements for their emancipated slaves in the prison system.
The link between prison labor and slavery is not merely rhetorical. At the end of the Civil War, the 13th amendment abolished slavery “except as a punishment for a crime.”
According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in 2018 Black males accounted for 34% of the total male prison population, white males 29%, and Hispanic males 24%.
White females comprised 47% of the prison population in comparison to Black females who accounted for 18% of the female population. The imprisonment rate for Black females (88 per 100,000 Black female residents) was 1.8 times as high as for white females (49 per 100,000 white female residents).
The imprisonment rate for Black males (2,272 per 100,000 Black male residents) was 5.8 times as high as for white males (392 per 100,000 white male residents).
CrimethInc.@crimethinc·1hThe real issue is not the suppression a few hundred Facebook pages. Facebook has always been complicit in state surveillance. The real issue is that this is a step in a larger strategy. They are shutting down our communications so the state can attack us. #NoAnarchistBan
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The Facebook account, linked to https://thefreeonline.wordpress.com which promotes a free anarchist novel and shares relevant stories, was DISABLED by Facebook in May 2020. No explanations.
Now finally they invited it back, but WITHOUT THE 3500 FRIENDS. You can still tell the truth on Facebook.. So long as nobody hears you.
On August 19, 2020 Facebook deleted a variety of far-Right militia and Qanon accounts along with anarchist and antifascist pages, including It’s Going Down and CrimethInc. The following is a joint statement in response.
The Facebook account, linked to https://thefreeonline.wordpress.com which promotes a free anarchist novel and shares relevant stories, was DISABLED by Facebook in May 2020. No explanations.
Now finally they invited it back, but WITHOUT THE 3500 FRIENDS. You can still tell the truth on Facebook.. So long as nobody hears you.
On August 19, 2020 Facebook deleted a variety of far-Right militia and Qanon accounts along with anarchist and antifascist pages, including It’s Going Down and CrimethInc. The following is a joint statement in response.
Facebook has taken down multiple Facebook pages they believe to be connected with crimethinc.com and itsgoingdown.org, among other anarchist and anti-fascist publishing projects, officially on the pretext that they “support violence.” This has nothing to do with stopping violence and everything to do with cracking down on social movements and everyday people getting organized in their communities.
Facebook has always promoted itself as seeking to assist people in creating networks to meet their needs. Facebook representatives proudly touted their role in the Egyptian uprising. Their decision to ban social movement organizations shows that they are eager to play a role in ensuring that the only forms of activism that…
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