On Monday 23rd March, a wave of direct action broke out in solidarity with the comrades on hunger strike in Greek prisons. 30 ATM machines were sabotaged at dawn in the city of Heraclion, Crete. In Kavala, Northern Greece, Radio Kokkino (a pro-syriza radio station) was occupied by supporters of … Continue reading
A round-up of recent developments in the mass hunger strike of anarchist and other rebel prisoners in Greece. Sources: Act for Freedom Now, ContraInfo, 325, InterArma. Also check this new updates blog: http://hunger-strike.espivblogs.net. Anarchist and other Greek rebel prisoners have been on hunger strike since the end of February, demanding … Continue reading
As of yesterday (Sunday 15 March) we had heard of hunger strikes and other protests taking place in 8 detention centres across the UK, as prisoners started refusing food in Dungavel (Scotland, near Glasgow) and Dover. There is now rebellion in the majority of the UK’s migration prisons. The other … Continue reading
Tuesday evening 10 March. Rebellion is spreading across the UK’s “gulag archipelago” of migration prisons. Hunger strikes and yard occupations and other protests are now taking place in at least 6 UK detention centres. The protests started last week in Yarl’s Wood (Bedfordshire) and in the Harmondsworth and Colnbrook migration … Continue reading
Updates: Resistance continues today at Harmondsworth and Colnbrook.Over 70 people detained have gathered in the courtyard to continue the protest. Outside at 9am a group of people made a solidarity demonstration in support of the protests. They could hear people shouting ‘Freedom’ and ‘No Food’. The police were called to … Continue reading
Over 200 prisoners inside Harmondsworth “Immigration Removal Centre” held a mass protest this afternoon (Sunday 8 March). They have declared that they are starting a hunger strike tomorrow. This evening protests had spread to Colnbrook, another migration prison which is next door to Harmondsworth. There were also protests at Yarl’s … Continue reading
REPOST from contra info. While the Greek society is watching the post-election fables of the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition government in an almost dormant state, incarcerated anarchists and combative prisoners in the galleys of democracy have once again decided to clash with the Power and its laws, using hunger strike and abstention … Continue reading
Via Contra Info. See here for brief background info on Domokos prison. The chief screw was shot dead last Saturday. We, all the prisoners currently held in the E1 special wing in the prison within the prison, the type C prison of Domokos, declare that as of today February 27th … Continue reading
Anarchist fighter and prisoner Nikos Romanos’ 31 day hunger strike ended on 10 December when, following a wave of solidarity demonstrations and riots, the Greek state gave in to his demand to be allowed to attend university classes. This text is an in-depth evaluation of the struggle as it took … Continue reading
From corporate media. Twenty-eight inmates escaped from a Brazilian jail after three women in fantasy police costumes “seduced” prison wardens, it was reported today. Police found three wardens naked and handcuffed inside the Nova Mutum public jail, near Cuiaba, central Brazil, the morning after the mass break-out. The women reportedly … Continue reading