Request from prisoners.

national | miscellaneous | news report

Tuesday December 10, 2002 19:59

by Anarchist Support

anarsuppdublin at hotmail dot com

c/o PO Box 3355 Dublin 7

censorship of anarchist literature

Rob Thaxton and his cellmate Brian McCarvill have made an appeal for help in challenging the american prison system. The prison officials there view anarchists as a streetgang and under their 'security threat group' rules, routinely reject mail, 'zines and other publications that exhibit circle As (anarchy signs). Rob and Brian are asking people to send in postcards that display a large anarchy symbol on the front with the words 'this is not a gang symbol'. They also ask that the senders include a return address and a full name so the prisoncrats have no excuse to throw the postcards away. In Robs words ' we want to make the prison censors hate their job, since they lack the cognitive skill to think about what they are doing.' Any help will be appreciated and stamps avaliable on request if needed. Rob Thaxton#12112716 OSP, 2605 State Street,Salem, OR 97310. USA Brian McCarvill#11037967

Comments (5 of 5)

So why not just prisoner support

by Blisset (slight return)

Wed Dec 11, 2002 00:22

It would be great if we could find a way to publish news from inside the joy - it might piss McDowell off. Have any of yiz in there or y'r friends out here got wap fones or even text messaging or are we still in the land of comms.

Get them addicted and lock em up is still poilicy here in erron - crack on the way - don't panic

It was done before

by Eddie

Wed Dec 11, 2002 10:57

Dessie O'Hagan did it 30 years ago in the Irish Times with his "Letters from Long Kesh" but then the Irish Times was not quite as much a rag as it is now and had a more enlightened editor in Douglas Gageby.

Douglas Gageby was quite enlightened wasn´t he?

by iosaf

Wed Dec 11, 2002 14:11

I miss his style.
That was the Irish Times of my youth.
oh yes a newspaper and a crossaire worthy of the name.
Send xmas / holiday cards to everyone. and send them postcards as well, and just little things to say "you´re not forgotten". only the price of a stamp.
u could even send me a card!
to C/ Codols 23, Barcelona 08002.

iosaf, is that the address

by h.

Wed Dec 11, 2002 15:15

for the deluzo-guattarian funny farm!

I'll send you a happy GNU years card!

the deluzo guatari farm for tired now settled crusty nomads.

Wed Dec 11, 2002 18:05

is C/ Codols 23, x placa George Orwell, 08002 Barcelona, Catalúnya, (not España).

Post get´s scanned for anthrax, smallpox and stuff then I eventually get a phone call and go collect it.
I started writing to ye all on teh daily basis last year when I was still living there.
I thought it was cool. coddles! cuddles! cool!
and on the corner of 2002-1984=18 george Orwell.
and a 23 too. pity I couldn´t keep up the phone bill payments and pissed off my housemates. anyway in true deleuze Guatarri nomadic style I do wander about.
contributions to the "steady home for ipsiphi/iosaf" can be made to
Caixa Catalunya 2013-0239-15-0200853088
in $ or € or pounds sterling.
I like those chocolate money things too.
:-)
now wouldn´t we all be waiting!