Fire Ant: Anarchist Prisoner Solidarity #17
From Bloomington Anarchist Black Cross
Fire Ant is a quarterly publication focused on spreading the words of anarchist prisoners and generating material solidarity for our imprisoned friends.
From Bloomington Anarchist Black Cross
Fire Ant is a quarterly publication focused on spreading the words of anarchist prisoners and generating material solidarity for our imprisoned friends.
In night between 16th and 17th of October in Bishkek, according to DOXA, unknown people kidnapped activist of Left Bloc, anarchist Lev Skoryakin. Lawyers do not know about his whereabouts. In Russia, Skoryakin is accused of ”hooliganism with weapons”, due to action against a FSB office in the South-West of Moscow with another activist of the Left Bloc Ruslan Abasov. Skoryakin and Abasov were holding banners and burning flares at the office. They were remanded to Butyrka prison of Moscow but released court pending, and they escaped Russia. Skoryakin was arrested in absence in February 2022, and arrest warrant was issued in April of 2022.
sourced at Anarchist Federation via ABC Moscow.
Because Kirill Brik, a defendant of the Tyumen case, signed a pre-trial agreement, Anarchist Black Cross of Moscow is no longer supporting him anymore. In some cases we do support prisoners who give testimonies against themselves, but we do not support prisoners that are testifying against others.
From Anarchist Black Cross Belarus
Aliaksandr Frantskevich* was in a punishment cell for all of June, where he was placed on 28th March. Although he was scheduled to be released on 15th June, his stay in the punishment cell was prolonged once again. His next release date was moved to 6 July.
From South Chicago Anarchist Black Cross / Free Hybachi Lemar
A fascinating examination of forces of nature as taught from ancient Egypt. The Anarchybalion fuses Anarchism and Ancient Egyptian (Kemetic) Knowledge into something a unique explanation of how Kemetic Knowledge can be applied to our lives today.
From Gruppo anarchico Mikhail Bakunin (Facebook link)
May 26, 2023
It is with great sorrow that we announce the death tonight in London, at the end of a long illness, of our comrade Enrico Di Cola.
From It Could Happen Here
James and Robert sit down with members of the Anarchist Black Cross and the campaign to free Marius Mason to discuss solidarity with incarcerated anarchists
From Anarchist Black Cross Dresden
In almost nine months of organizing, we have had many different challenges that have shaped our work with fellow anarchists in Ukraine, and we would like to share some of these challenges with you as an important critical assessment of what has been achieved by the international anarchist solidarity movement during this time.
Via It's Going Down
Abolition Media interviewed comrades from Anarchist Black Cross Orange County about their recent Pushing Down the Walls event, a burpee marathon, which raised money to support political prisoners.
..., the war in Ukraine and lessons from the Belarus uprising
On its new website, the Anarchist Radio Berlin presents you a talk with ABC Belarus about the situation around the war in Ukraine and lessons from the Belarus uprising 2020. Anarchist Black Cross Belarus recently finished an infotour in Germany, France and Switzerland, partly organized by the Federation of German-speaking Anarchists (FdA-IFA). We were able to talk to a comrade after their presentation in Berlin on 6 October 2022.
From avtonom
Interview was made by German anarcho-pacifist paper Graswurzelrevolution, and is published in the new issue of the paper in German. English translation by ABC Moscow.
From It's Going Down
An open letter from anarchist prisoner Toby Shone in the so-called United Kingdom addressing the upcoming Running Down the Walls events happening in the US.
Content warning – suicide (graphic), prison, violence, self harm, abuse, homophobia, transphobia
Taylor is dead. He was pronounced dead in prison at 10.37pm on Saturday 9th July after cutting his neck. He was meant to be on suicide watch but the prison failed him. We were informed by the prison governor at 3.30am on Sunday. His cell has been sealed by police and we await news of the autopsy. We will announce news of his funeral in the coming days and weeks.
From Anarchist Black Cross Belarus
It’s been almost two years since the 2020 protests in Belarus. The anarchist movement, just like the rest of activists and journalists, has faced the biggest crackdown ever. Many activists had to leave the country, others got behind bars. ABC-Belarus continues its activity and needs support more than ever. At the moment, there are about 30 imprisoned anarchists and antifascists in Belarus and the number keeps growing.
This week, we’re sharing 3 segments on this episode.
First up, you’ll hear Eric King's segment. This is followed by Sean Swain’s segment. Then, you’ll hear Maria, a member of Anarchist Black Cross Kyiv, just returned from Ukraine and currently in Warsaw, Poland. Finally, you’ll hear a conversation recorded on Sunday, April 3rd with Mira, a member of the street punk band Bezlad and a show booker in the hardcore scene of Kharkiv near the Russian Border.