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NYE Solidarity Action at Horfield Prison, Bristol

prisoners | 03.01.2010 23:43 | Repression | Social Struggles | Terror War | World

01 Jan 2010
00.10hrs
Horfield Prison, Bristol, UK.

As another decade of neoliberal warfare was ushered in, a group of 20-30 comrades, criminals and low-lifes released fireworks into the grounds of Horfield Prison. Slogans were painted on the fortress walls. Loud noise was made.

This act of solidarity was intended to show those locked up inside, whilst the rest of the city was celebrating the new year, that they were not forgotten.

Many other cities across Europe and the rest of the world experienced similar acts of solidarity to those incacerated, whatever their 'crime' might be.

Inside and outside of those walls we are all prisoners. Fire to the prisons. Death to imperialism. Solidarity with all people and communities resisting the onslaught of planetary control and exploitation that is industrial civilisation.

prisoners

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Nice one

04.01.2010 09:27

This country may be known as 'Prison Island', but let's carry on showing those on the other side of the walls that a struggle exists.

In solidarity


sorry but....

05.01.2010 00:48

what a load of crap - a lot of people are in prison due to social issues, activism, drugs, poverty etc however what about rapists, child abusers, animal abusers, partner batterers, people who rob and con elderley and vulnerable people out of what little money they may have? smack pushers, etc etc etc? Solidarity with that? I don't think so - yes prisons are shit, yes the state is shit for taking away peoples freedom (in many cases without reason) but FFS get with the program and wake up to the world

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quite simply,

05.01.2010 19:57

it remains, it does now and always will do, that prison is wrong, and should be abolished...ONLY a 'proper' anarchist community can deal with 'crime' and 'punishment' effectively without resorting to inhumane action such as imprisonment. Its a short term fix for sadist authoritarians, not humans.
we're not fucking slaves anymore!
all shackles must be removed.
If that means the shackles of fucked up people, those that the system has more or less fucked up on its own, then that means we need solutions to rectify mistakes and also commit to nurturing change in our communities.
however, i dont want an anarchist state for britain, as i dont want to share anarchy with nearly all of those on this island, so how to operate an anarchist-UK state is not a question for me. what i do know is in an anarchist community, 'crime' can be 'punished' without having to resort to further 'crime'.

fran


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