Bristol’s Big Greek Solidarity Benefit – this Saturday

Viva La Resisdance – a fundraiser for defendants and prisoners in Greece resulting from the revolt that commenced last December – this Saturday, 28 March, in central Bristol.

Scotland Yard arrives in Athens, as another prisoner dies in custody – Greece at boiling point again

At the request of the tottering Greek government, a delegation from Scotland Yard arrived in Athens on March 16, to help the Greek state in its efforts to suppress the continuing revolt that ignited when a fascist cop killed a teenager on 6 December last year.

Bristol prison – support the solidarity picket for EDO Decommissioners on remand

Meet this Saturday, 21 March at 3pm, on the corner of Cambridge Rd & Gloucester Rd (A38), Bishopston, Bristol BS7. There’ll be an info exchange with local people passing by for an hour, to explain about the EDO decommissioning action last January, followed by a protest outside Bristol prison at 4pm (when visiting hours end) in solidarity with the 2 Bristol EDO Decommissioners on remand.

UK’s oldest political prisoner nears death

Ronnie Easterbrook update

We’ve received the following from our friends at Brighton ABC, who have campaigned for Ronnie for many years:

We’ve recently asked people to write letters on behalf of Ronnie Easterbrook who is 78 years old and on hunger strike. For more details about his case read here and here.

Ronnie’s situation has not improved, in his last letter to us he said, “Just finished another visit with my two daughters and John. That is the last one I shall have. I look at them and one can feel the energy and life force vibrating through them, whereas I could barely sit up in the chair I’m so drained”.

Bristol prisoner support meeting

Bristol ABC Prisoner Support – Regular monthly discussion and letter writing meeting

A Greek prisoner writes, and other news from Greece

Letter from Ilias Nikolau, Amfissa prison, 19th January 2009. First published here, with background info.