When we prohibit substances, we do not eliminate them; we simply empower those who profit from their illegal trade
Prison over-crowding? Let’s start by decriminalising drugs
Tag: prison abolition
Fireworks at HMP Bristol for anarchist Toby Shone
Toby was arrested and recalled to prison for alleged breach of license conditions.
Callout: Solidarity demo against IPP
23rd of September from 2 PM
Outside HMP Belmarsh, Western Way, SE28 0EB
Toby Shone – Recalled to prison
Toby Shone is an anarchist who was accused of being the administrator of counter-information project 325.nostate.net.
“I was met by the FSB, a bag on my head, a taser, the usual”
Alexey Rozhkov is an anarchist, he became the third in Russia to set fire to the military enlistment office
International Day of solidarity with long-term anarchist prisoners
Since its inception, June 11th has been a day in which our friends have stayed connected to the struggles that they were a part of
Action report from a mega-prison blockade
Just under a month ago, an autonomous group of activists blockaded Kier’s latest mega-prison construction site at HMP Full Sutton, costing the company £250,000 – today they say what happened in their own words, and why. This was both an act of solidarity with incarcerated friends, as well as a protest against the government’s prison
Falsely imprisoned Abahlali baseMjondolo members bailed
Freedom continues its coverage of Abahlali baseMjondolo, a South African movement of shack dwellers who organise land occupations and communes: Yesterday Maphiwe Gasela, Siniko Miya and Landu Tshazi were finally granted bail in the Durban Magistrate’s Court. They have all previously been arrested on bogus charges, been denied bailed and kept in the notorious Westville
Prison Column: From an environmental prisoner
Freedom continues its regular prison column with an update from Jan Goodey who is currently serving a six-month sentence for blocking the M25 with Just Stop Oil. Seems to me I’m banged up for stating the bleeding obvious. The Financial Times article entitled “UK needs ‘war effort’ to cut energy bills and carbon emissions, say
Hunger strike of Ihar Alinevich: What is known now
Ihar Alinevich , an anarcho-partisan sentenced to 20 years for participating in the Belarusian uprising, went on hunger strike. Members of the Anarchist Black Cross collected the latest information about Igor from the Facebook of his mother Valentina Alinevich and from his close friends. Here’s what we were able to find out. On October 5,
Recent Articles
The lie of a bloodthirsty empire
Political artists Andrei Molodkin and Santiago Sierra, and Wikileaks ambassador Joseph Farrell, talk to A/POLITICAL about the sham of Western liberty, Julian Assange, and how art can still transform pain into defiance ~ Becky Haghpanah-Shirwan ~ The heightened tensions of international politics are reflected in the work of Andrei Molodkin (Russia, 1966) and Santiago Sierra
What chances for climate protesters at Court of Appeal?
Van Gogh soup protest and M25 blockade among cases in January hearing ~ Andy Meinke ~ In July, when five Just Stop Oil activists were jailed for a total of 21 years for a plan to block the M25 motorway in London, it was part of a huge jump in sentencing for peaceful protesters.
Harrods workers vote for Xmas strike
Walkout over pay and conditions expected on 19 December as company refuses to engage with union ~ Cristina Sykes ~ Hundreds of workers across Harrods’ retail, restaurant, kitchen and cleaning departments have returned a resounding 95% yes vote to strike action in the Christmas season.
Report from anti-war congress in Hamburg
It seems like in the year 2024, governments and the people supporting them have accomplished the impossible in terms of normalising death—but refusal persists ~ Juju Alerta ~ With a wild demonstration to enliven the St Pauli district of Hamburg, people from different countries gathered in the city in mid-November to exchange stories and discussions
Freedom News Review—3 December 2023
Items discussed in this program: Rojava emergency with renewal of war in Syria • Repression against Kurdish activists in the UK • Deportation machine in overdrive under Labour • Newport Radical Bookfair revived
