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Neo-Nazis Attack Folk Singer in Greece

From libcom. (Note that the scum from Golden Dawn have been active recently, according to this Indymedia report they collaborated with police in carry out attacks on immigrants last month…) Sofia Papazoglou, a popular folk singer was attacked by members of the Golden Dawn neo-nazi party in Athens after throwing …

Parole for Sundiata Acoli

The following from comrades working for Sundiata Acoli’s freedom: Sundiata Acoli is a 72 year old prisoner at FCI Otisville, NY, who is sentenced to life with the possibility of parole, afflicted with common old age infirmities and has been imprisoned 36 years to date. He was arrested for the …

Curtailing Militant Communication: Repression Post-G20

A comrade is being investigated by the FBI for using twitter during the anti-G20 activities in Pittsburgh, helping to inform people as to how to avoid the cops. The details as to how much and how easily twitter cooperated with the police in identifying and locating Madison will be interesting …

Assata Shakur: Eyes of the Rainbow

Eyes of the Rainbow is a video interview with Assata Shakur filmed in Cuba in 1997. Shakur was a Black political prisoner, freed by the Revolutionary Armed Task Force in a daring prison break in 1979 – she surfaced in Cuba a few years later, where she had lived as …

Peasant Organizer Disappeared in Chiapas

Early this morning, people dressed as members of the Mexican Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) kidnapped Jose Manuel Hernandez Martinez, aka “El Chema.” El Chema is one of the leaders of the Emiliano Zapata Peasant Organization (OCEZ). Read more: OCEZ Leader Disappeared in Chiapas | | the narcosphere

Support anti-G20 activist David Japenga!

Via Break the chains: Pack the courtroom on Wednesday Sept. 30th at 8am to support David Japenga, swept up by police during the rioting that happened in Pittsburgh due to the G20. David Japenga was arrested on Thursday and was given trumped up charges blaming him for the bulk of …

The Golden Rule of Genocide: Admit Nothing

“We [Canadians] have no history of colonialism.”—Stephen Harper at the G20 in Pittsburgh Gee,what a relief. Someone should go tell the Indians, i s’pose. (thx to Firewitch for posting this.)

Locked Out 2009

LockedOut is a resource list for gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, and queer prisoners in the U.S. The list is free, but stamps are always welcome. Requests for books, legal aid, or pen pals will not be answered. i am posting the 2009 list here ; please note that it is …