ELP Information Bulletin (24th September 2006)
Dear friends
ELP has just received the following e-mail which may be of interest
to people on this list.
> In order to disseminate important information to activist regarding
> regarding the [American] governments efforts to marginalize the radical
> environmental movement, greenscare has been created on yahoo groups.
>
> greenscare-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Appeal for anti-fascists repressed in St. Petersburg
>
> 29th of August 2006 mafia of Chechen origin went havoc in small city of Kondopoga in Karelia after a conflict with some local people, killing at least 3 persons and
> wounding many more. This shook the small city, and 2nd of September 2000-3000 inhabitants gathered in
> the central square. In a meeting local bourgeoisie and nationalist activists who had
> arrived from other cities managed to turn a justified urge to lynch mafia of all stripes to an all-out ethnic
> pogrom - during following days people of Caucasian origin were indiscriminately attacked, their homes and business ransacked
> and burned.
>
> Crucial role in channeling popular protest to a nationalist direction, not
> dangerous for authorities was DPNI, (Dvijenie Protiv Nelegalnoy Immigratsiy, Movement Against Illegal Migration,
> dpni.org), movement which has managed to unite many far-right tendencies during last 4 years
> under a "single issue", seemingly moderate banner. Although DPNI attempts to maintain a moderate
> image, it has links to underground groups organising racist terror, and is also more and more
> often seen together with Vladimir Zhirinovskys LDPR (liberal-democrat) party, a pro-government tool
> created to use and control far right groups for purposes of the authorities. 4th of November 2005 DPNI organised a 3000
> strong march, mostly consisting of nazi-skinheads in Moscow together with Eurasian Union of
> Youth, this was biggest show off of far right in Moscow since perhaps 1993.
>
> Events in Kondopoga have inspired DPNI and other far-right groups to spread
> hate in all around Russia. But not without resistance. In sunday 17th of September 3:30 PM
> anti-fascists of St. Petersburg attacked picket of DPNI "for defence of Kondopoga inhabintans" at pioneer square. Antifa
> took fascists by surprise, outnumbering them perhaps 40 to 30,
> most of the fascists fled and few showed resistance. Thus at once fascists
> felt how it is to be a hunted instead of a hunter. Few of the fascists were armed, one with a
> knife and another one with a hammer, they managed to stab one antifa and one passers by. Antifa had no
> other arms but bottles and pepper gas pistols. After one minute, fight was over and fascists
> dispersed. But unfortunately police managed to arrest many people in the region, two of them (19 year Igor
> Malyshev and 21 year old Igor Kuzmichov) are facing felony charges. Kuzmichov is an
> activist of local Food not Bombs. Police tried to extract a confession from Malyshev by beating him up
> cruelly. Currently Kuzmichev has been released under oath of staying in St. Petersburg,
> Malyshev has been transferred to infamous St. Petersburg remand prison Kresty.
>
> Some pictures of the anti-fascist action are available in
> http://ikd.ru/media/Image.2006-09-18.4020 and in website of the DPNI itself, http://www.dpni.org/index.php?0+0+7802
>
> Right now it makes no sense to publish prison address of Malyshev as letters are not allowed in Russian remand prisons. However funds for legal costs of Malyshev and
> Kuzmichov are urgently needed, you may pass money to account below in dollars or in euros. In case
> you live in an EU country, hold on for a few days as we will soon have an account in EU
> country to which money transfers are much more cheaper to make. You may ask information for
> this account from spt2003@email.com during late September and October.
>
> Bank name: Branch "Severnaya stolisa" Of ZAO Raiffeisenbank Austria In the
> city St. Petersburg
> Bank address: Moika embankment. 36, St. Petersburg, 191186 Russia
> SWIFT: RZBMRUMM
> Account number: 40817840803000221211
> Account holder: Koreckij Dmitrij Aleksandrovich
Our comrade Igor Malyshev is taken into prison after attacking DPNI
> and NPR metting which took part 14.09.2006 on Pionerskaya square in
> Saint Petersburg.
> DPNI (Russian movement against illegal immigration) and NPR
> (national patriots of Russia) are two biggest nationalistic parties
> in Russia nowadays.
>
> Malyshev is waithing for a trial which is going to take part soon.
> We need to find goood lawyers now. So if someone is willing to
> help, please get in touch:
> Number of the bank account where to translate money
>
> ¹42301810703000221211
> Branch “Severnaya stolisa”
> Of ZAO Raiffeisenbank Austria
> I the city St. Petersburg, Moika embankment 36
> Corr. Acc. ¹30101810100000000723
> With GRKC GU CB RF in St. Petersburg.
> BIC 044030723
> INN 7744000302
> KPP 783502001
Letters in Rolling Stone Issue 1010
October 5, 2006
Eco-Radicals' Fall
Let me get this straight: In your August 10th issue, you details how the US government has jailed a handful of 'eco-terrorists' [The Rise and Fall of the Eco-Radical Underground,' RS 1006] who have caused $110 million in property damage but with no lives lost. Meanwhile, Bush has caused billions in property damage in Iraq and killed tens of thousands of people...but he is still iin the White House. I now have proof: America is officially insane.
Ross MacTaggart, Strong City, KS
> Update Nottetempo
>
>
> During the first hearing after the summer break, which was held in
> Lecce on September 21, a dozen of witnesses for the prosecution
> (police and carabinieri officers) made their depositions.They all
> exposed a long series of police reports referring to the shadowing
> of the Lecce anarchists during the period 2000-2003. All in all
> nothing relevant emerged from their declarations to such an extent
> that the public, the defence and possibly even the jury had the
> impression that yesterday's hearing was just a waste of time.
> At least Salvatore and Saverio, who are now detained under house
> arrest (as well as Cristian), attended the trial sitting behind
> their lawyers and not sranding in the cages where they had been
> placed during the previous hearings.
> On September 28 other prosecution's witnesses will be heard,
> including the infamous ex-director of Regina Pacis detention centre
> father Cesare Lodeserto.
>
Urgent ELP! Bulletin (22nd September 2006)
Dear friends
Today British animal rights activist, Madeline Buckler, was sentenced
to two years imprisonment for sending hate mail to the Hall family
who bred guinea pigs for vivisection.
Please send letters of support to:
Madeline Buckler (new prisoner)
HMP Peterborough
Saville Road
Westwood
Peterborough
PE3 7PD
England
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Urgent ELP! Bulletin (22nd September 2006)
Dear friends
Today British animal rights activist, Madeline Buckler, was sentenced
to two years imprisonment for sending hate mail to the Hall family
who bred guinea pigs for vivisection.
Please send letters of support to:
Madeline Buckler (new prisoner)
HMP Peterborough
Saville Road
Westwood
Peterborough
PE3 7PD
England
Update Nottetempo
>
>
> During the first hearing after the summer break, which was held in
> Lecce on September 21, a dozen of witnesses for the prosecution
> (police and carabinieri officers) made their depositions.They all
> exposed a long series of police reports referring to the shadowing
> of the Lecce anarchists during the period 2000-2003. All in all
> nothing relevant emerged from their declarations to such an extent
> that the public, the defence and possibly even the jury had the
> impression that yesterday's hearing was just a waste of time.
> At least Salvatore and Saverio, who are now detained under house
> arrest (as well as Cristian), attended the trial sitting behind
> their lawyers and not sranding in the cages where they had been
> placed during the previous hearings.
> On September 28 other prosecution's witnesses will be heard,
> including the infamous ex-director of Regina Pacis detention centre
> father Cesare Lodeserto.
Urgent ELP! Bulletin (22nd September 2006)
Dear friends
Today British animal rights activist, Madeline Buckler, was sentenced
to two years imprisonment for sending hate mail to the Hall family
who bred guinea pigs for vivisection.
Please send letters of support to:
Madeline Buckler (new prisoner)
HMP Peterborough
Saville Road
Westwood
Peterborough
PE3 7PD
England
September 15 (2006) prison dispatch from Jeff “Free” Luers The last several weeks have been very intense. Many of you are familiar with my personal struggles at this time having lost my contact visits for the next year. But, that is a small story compared to what the last two weeks have been like at OSP. The Oregon State Penitentiary is Oregon’s only maximum-security prison. It is a home to violence, drugs, and sexual assaults. Typically, OSP is deceptively calm, but underneath is a perpetual storm always capable of becoming a full-blown disaster. Last Sunday the storm broke loose and so far shows no sign of letting up. It started with the brutal beating of a guard during the evening yard. What needs to be understood is that many - though not all - the guards here are disrespectful and dehumanizing. They believe they are untouchable and therefore immune to repercussions. This doesn’t mean they treat everyone like shit; a handful do, but usually they split somewhere down the middle. You know, while someone might be nice to you they aren’t always nice to everyone kind of thing. This is the underlying tension that constantly exists. It is the nature of any environment where one group has all the power and another none. Sometimes that scale tips, often violently, and not always without warning. And so last Sunday a guard was beaten into submission, and when the guards ordered everyone on the yard to lie prone no one did. And when the guns were turned on us a chorus of fuck-you was sounded. And when the gun towers ordered everyone to be still no one was. And when the prisoners were suddenly empowered the guards lost all of theirs. Then the gates were locked and all of the guards left the yard. When the ambulance arrived to take their fallen a cheer went up across all of OSP. That night a modified lockdown was imposed. All blocks would only have one yard. In essence everyone would be on 22 hour a day lockdown. But that would not be enough to stem the flow of blood. The next night an inmate was stabbed. Rumors circulated that he was a snitch. The day after that a fight erupted in the chow hall. One a week has been the average for a while now. Then on Wednesday night I watched a man die. He took his last gurgled breath less than 10 feet from me and then his heart stopped beating. I watched for twenty minutes as medics performed CPR and shocked him. I felt nothing as I watched this man die from my cell, nothing as they pronounced him dead. Nothing when they put the crime scene tape around his body. They left him lying in front of my cell for five hours, his body partially covered with his feet and the top of his head sticking out. I was awoken and questioned by the police at 4am. I went to sleep with his stiff body just outside my bars. Turns out the man was strangled, homicide or suicide is still unknown. Today I read in the paper the man was a child molester. He admitted to raping and using a foreign object on a girl younger than twelve. He was sentenced to eight years. The night he died I felt nothing. Today I feel glad that he is dead. This is prison. I shower next to serial killers and sexual predators. I have alliances with people I’d fight on the streets. My best friend is a murderer and I love him like a brother (my parents love him too for that matter). I walk with eyes in the back of my head. I seldom have anything to worry about but I never let my guard down. Every time I get a new cellmate I size him up and decide how I’d take him if I had to. My friends watch my back and I watch theirs. No one deals with trouble alone. We joke about death. We laugh at the violence and suffering in here. It is a part of our daily existence. It has become part of who we are. I can watch a man get stabbed in the neck and keep eating. I can pretend to not see a man lying helpless in his own blood (along with everyone else on the yard). And I can watch a man die and be completely unmoved. Would someone please tell me how this is supposed to make me a better person? Can someone please tell me how locking away more than two million people into places like this is going to stop crime? Is there anyone out there that can convince me we are this planet’s most evolved creatures? - Jeff “Free” Luers Write to: Jeff Luers #13797671 Oregon State Prison 2605 State Street Salem, Oregon 97310 USA For more information: www.freefreenow.org
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