Bristol

Banner Hung in Solidarity with Anarchist Nihilist Comrade Alfredo Cospito

From Act for Freedom Now!

On a typical bleak winter night on this grey prison island, during a typical poster sticking session, we hung a banner, in the Easton area, as a minimal sign of solidarity with our anarchist nihilist comrade Alfredo Cospito, who is on hunger strike since 20th October & is in conflict with the Italian fascist state after it put him in the torturous isolation prison system of 41 bis.

Anarchist comrade Toby Shone’s SCPO was rejected by the court!

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from Dark Nights

To the wild celebrations in the public gallery, the presiding judge rejected the application for anarchist comrade Toby Shone’s Serious Crime Prevention Order, declaring there were no grounds for it to be applied under the circumstances. Shouts of ‘Not one step back!’ were responded to with Toby shouting ‘The Revolution is inevitable!’ The result of the court means that comrade Toby will now be released at the latest in August of this year, without the extreme conditions of surveillance and control, that would have led to him not only being cut off from his comrades, but his family, friends and partner.

Bristol, UK: 5th Anarchist / Radical Bookfair

scene: seen zines

Saturday, September 3, 2022
11AM – 5PM
The 1 in 12 Club Bradford
21-23 Albion St., Bradford, UK

We are pleased to announce that the 5th annual Anarchist and Radical bookfair is planned for the 3rd September 2022. There will be stalls and hopefully some other events, talks poetry and discussions.

If you would like a stall please get in touch, we expect to charge £10 per stall for this one with all proceeds going towards the 1 in 12 Club!

Although tbc we have the following stalls lines up:

Toby Shone speaks from the dungeons

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from Act for freedom now!

Full title: Bristol UK: Toby Shone speaks from the dungeons of Bristol prison, explaining his case.

Operation Adream is a montage, fitting together disparate, unconnected elements, typical of repressive operations in Southern Europe which has spread across the continent. This is now being deployed by the British police. Operation Adream seeks to present the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire as a continuation of the armed Marxist-Leninist revolutionary organisation November 17th. This is an important fantasy for the purposes of repression in this operation as November 17th is a proscribed group in UK. Most importantly, Operation Adream sought to present the diverse range of anarchist groups, publishing projects and prisoner support initiatives as an array of organisational hubs for the execution and glorification of terrorism.

We are proud of those who fought back against the police

We are proud of those who fought back against the police!

from Bristol Anarchist Black Cross

A statement by Bristol Anarchist Black Cross and Bristol Defendant Solidarity

We are writing this statement to make clear that we support those who have been sentenced today, and that we are proud of them for fighting back. We need to be ready to defend ourselves against the police, and stand with those facing repression and criminalisation.

Burn Baby Burn!

“Burn Baby Burn!”

The chant goes up into the air as the flames of the cop van rise higher and higher, burning away a pressure that has been building for far too long.

The cop station’s windows are kicked in to the roaring joy of the crowd, its raining rocks from above on the riot cops from youths who’ve occupied part of its roof. Repeated attacks on the cop lines are visibly putting the fear into them. Bottles rain down on the cop dog unit’s failed attempt to assault the mob from behind. Riot shields and batons liberated from the cops are used to fight back, a piece of their own medicine. Others are caring for people sprayed with mace, while sound systems ring out. Another cop car is burning round the corner, this is like nothing we have seen before…

What actually Happened in Bristol – and How a Narrative is Built

from Anarchist Federation UK

It’s easy to get a sense of deja-vu when you get home and start reading press reports and twitter accounts from a demonstration. For that reason, whilst I’ll be writing about the events in Bristol this Sunday, I’m also writing about dozens of other demonstrations over the years. I hope you’ll join me on a ramble about how a protest went down, and how press, police, politicians, and their cheerleaders, constructed a narrative around it.

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