In the summer of 2022, I gained insight into the British penal system when I was jailed for a month following direct action against Elbit—this is my prison diary (9/9) — June 8th 2022: The night had passed, if it’s even possible to call it a night.
June 4th: All the prisoners are frustrated by the never-ending Jubilee weekend celebrated “in the Queen’s honour”. From friends outside, I’ve understood that we prisoners were spared the suffering of this grand patriotic celebration — Prison services have stopped operating, causing the prisoners to be under psychological pressure.
In the summer of 2022, I gained insight into the British penal system when I was jailed for a month following direct action against Elbit—this is my prison diary (pt.4)
Prison becomes inevitable for anyone who decides to follow certain practices, but to see us exclusively as “prisoners” would be to annihilate us politically, which is exactly what power wants
Yevhen participated in environmental and protest actions, squatting and developing the squatted community centre “Autonomy” in Kharkiv.
Pramen contacted a comrade, the anarchist Vlad M. after 30 days he spent in prison and talked about the detention and interesting people who you can meet at the administrative arrest. We didn’t forget to ask him about his hunger strike, as well as the situation with the coronavirus in prison. Pramen: Vlad, hello and
Several anarchist groups from Belarus have published a joint open letter in solidarity with four recently arrested Belarussian anarchists. Freedom is reproducing it below. What’s happened? On October 22 in Soligorsk (Belarus) administrative building of State committee of the forensic examination was attacked and cars were set on fire at the parking lot of Soligorsk
Or could this all be an undercover anarchist joke to show the system’s bankruptcy?
A few thoughts on where we are as we teeter on the cusp of a decade-defining shift into armed nationalism ~ Rob Ray ~ In the deluge of capital-N News we’ve had over the last month, by far the most consequential for our war-distanced isles has been the announcement, Europe-wide, of massive rearmament.
Not only are we still around, we’re also setting up our own non-hierarchical school, organising a free cafe, and collaborating with other grassroots groups ~ The LMA Collective ~ There’s a story of how Lambeth Mutual Aid began, as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic: that immediate desire people had in March 2020 to support
Javier Milei’s ultra-liberal policies have doubled the prices of medicines and essential services, with a sharp decline in the value of pensions ~ Rob Latchford ~ A demonstration by pensioners, supported by football fans and social organisations, in Argentina on Wednesday 12 March ended in violent clashes with the police, the arrest of at least
The Glasgow anarchist poet and propagandist was a seeker of peace ~ Ethel McDonald ~ One of the leading lights of contemporary anarchism, John Couzin, died at home in Glasgow, Scotland in his partners arms aged almost 91.
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