What We Do
Bristol ABC regular monthly letter writing and discussion meeting.
2nd Wednesday of every month
7 to 9pm.
Kebele Social centre, 14 Robertson Rd, Bristol BS5 6JY.
http://www.kebelecoop.org
Bring snacks to share, hot drinks available.
We are in contact with a number of UK and international political and social prisoners, and related campaigns. If you have an interest in
supporting prisoners, and opposing the development of the prison industrial complex (PIC) in particular the new Titan prisons, and opposing the development of the surveillance state, then you are welcome to come along to find out more and get involved.
We provide stationery, stamps and campaign information – you provide the letter writing muscle. We also welcome any new information and updates about prisoner support campaigns from around the world. We are currently looking into supporting those detained during the ongoing Greek rebellion.
The Bristol ABC meeting is held in conjunction with the ‘Letters I Wish I’d Written’ group, who also meet monthly at Kebele.
For more information, please check:
http://www.kebelecoop.org/images/event_letters_may08.pdf
What We Believe
We recognise that prison is used essentially as a means of control by the State. Or as former Mayday 2000 prisoner, Michael Collins, put it “Prison is a weapon used by the State to crush individuals who step out of line”. In our support for the prisoners we aim to look at each prisoners case individually.
Although it is not possible for us to support each and every prisoner who might contact us (we primarily aim to support those prisoners who are either wrongly imprisoned or who have carried out some sort of political/direct action/self-defence activity), we will consider all the requests for support that we receive and we will always give a personal reply to everyone who contacts us. Regardless of who they are, all prisoners are being detained against their will by a system which aims to control at all costs.
Group History
The group has been formed with the aim of supporting prisoners locally and internationally. Those attending the meeting felt it was important to form a Bristol ABC as there will be an increasing amount of political repression and already there are people imprisoned for opposition to the system that governs us all.
The groups aims to practically support prisoners by writing letters,sending books and magazines and where possible financial contributions to those inside and/or the people and campaigns supporting them.
