July 9th, 2014 – Update on prisoner hunger strike in Germany and Switzerland, in solidarity with prisoners in Greece, following this announcement: Even if the Greek parliament passed the bill on maximum security prisons on the 8th of July, the resistance against the new prison system, and in particular the […]
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On Monday the 7th of July, at 12pm, we paid a visit to the political office of Nea Dimokratia MP, Elena Rapti, in the city centre of Thessaloniki, and intervened in the decor with paints and fliers. She is one of the MPs who, from the outset, supported and voted […]
After some modifications to the draft bill on maximum security prisons, the recess section of the Greek Parliament is now prepared to vote on this new law on Monday, July 7th. Perhaps it will take another summer session for the final voting, but their plan is to pass the bill […]
In the night towards the 4th of July, we went out to express our solidarity with the prisoners in Greece and make our resentment against prisons altogether known. Anarchists For a liberated society – Solidarity with the prisoners in Greece Fire to the prisons – For anarchy
On July 3rd, 2014, we gathered in front of the Greek consulate in New York City to express our solidarity with the vibrant and dynamic struggle that has erupted throughout the Greek prison system. A hunger strike that began on June 18th quickly spread to every Greek prison facility; uniting […]
We demand nothing less than the destruction of the beast that keeps the system running. The ruling democrats strike back with full force. Amid the crisis, they reveal their true face. A face full of enthusiasm, which humiliates, tortures, incarcerates or murders people; a face which smiles happily at the […]
According to an announcement by an initiative of the Prison Struggle Committee, the nationwide mass hunger strike against the bill on maximum security prisons has been suspended as of Tuesday, July 1st. Most of the inmates, who participated in the strike from the 23rd of June, are now gathering strength […]
From Monday, June 23rd a mass hunger strike is being carried out in most prisons by inmates opposing the new omnibus bill, which aims to create maximum security prisons and restructure-tighten the penal code. An inauguration of maximum security prisons is meant to complete the puzzle of repression that is […]
A banner was placed in central square of Marseille, and the text of the prisoners was distributed in French. SOLIDARITY TO IMPRISONED COMRADES ON HUNGER STRIKE. SOLIDARITY IS OUR WEAPON!
Click image to read a leaflet handed out at a noise demo outside Holloway prison and at a meeting in solidarity with anti-eviction fighters raided and arrested in Turin, Italy on the 3rd of June (constantly updated list of comrades in prison or house arrest here). It’s time to act […]
On Sunday morning, June 29th, some 50 comrades went to Aghios Stefanos prison in Patras, where 550 prisoners are on hunger strike. Local authorities were caught off guard and reacted in panic. Through loudspeakers, the administration ordered the prison staff to lock inmates who had entered the yard back in […]
As of June 27th (5th day of mass hunger strike), more inmates have joined the hunger strike in the prison of Corfu, taking courage from the warm supportive intervention outside the extermination centre. On the same day, the network of imprisoned fighters called for solidarity with the ongoing struggle in […]