Writting to prisoners

by tionary Tue Aug 05, 2003 15:08

Is advice welcome?..buy one of the above

by Seáinín Tue Aug 05, 2003 18:24

I could do with a penfriend.

by Ciaron - Catholic Worker Wed Aug 06, 2003 00:08

For those who aren't sad cynics (see comments above) and can't make it.

*Send a postcard to
Fr. Jim Hynes
c/- Scxhooo of the Anericas Watch
P.O. Box 4556
Washington DC 20017
USA

SOAW will redirect your coreresopndence to Fr. Jim presently doing 6 months in a Texas prison for tresppass at the terrorist training camp that is the School of the Americas, Ft. Benning Georgia.

Ft. Benning is where most of the troops communtuing through Shannon to their killing spree in Iraq originate from. Fr. Jim is originally from Ballyfermot & resides/works in San Antonio (see www.soaw.org)

*Senda a postcard to Sr. Ardeth Platte or Sr. Carol Gilbert c/- Jonah House, Moreland Ave. Baltimore MD 21216 USA..they will rdirect it to the relevant jail or prison housing nuns recently sentenced to 2-3 years for a weapons inspection and plowshare action on an ICBM missile silo in Colorado Springs (see www.ploughsharesactions.org)

by Damon Albarn - Blur Thu Aug 07, 2003 00:29 damon at albarn dot com

I hear that there's a good spellcheck on Microsoft Word. It's surprising what you learn using it...like that needles are little sharp things that you can inject drugs with. Perhaps you meant 'needless'. (See website)

by Ciaron Fri Aug 08, 2003 11:41

What can I say Damon babe, it's not my language..a colonial imposition... just look at misspellings & typos as cultural resistance...or I could say I was in a hurry...or I could say...man, chill "the medium is the massage", but what part of your anatomy are you massaging when you go on indymedia, looking for typos...when brothers and sisters are in jail for resistance....you're not seeing the wood for the trees dude...but I guess everyone's gotta have a hobby and yours in trolling indymedia for typos....go outside the weahtehr is great, inhale, deep breath now

by Johnny x - Anarchist Prisoner Support Fri Aug 08, 2003 11:48 anarprisonersupp at hotmail dot com APS c/o Po Box 3355, DUblin 7

It could be you
Prisoner support should be a collaborative effect between the different anko organisions in Ireland, i have written several times, bout how prisoner work is something we all could work on, leading to break downs of barriers, and the ever
so sectarianism within the anarchist movement in Ireland.
To resist the prison system is to resist the states social control, racism, sexism, homophobia and capitalist exploitation of labour and the enviroment.
As we build as a movement, we will begain to challenge their power, the system will turn to violent repression and political imprisonment to protect itself.
We as a movement must have a prisoner support running through the centre of our movement, or the state will simply destroy us, we must therefore be capable of
sustaining our movement in the face of state repression and police intimidation.
FOR MORE INFO E;MAIL anarprisonersupp@hotmail.com

OR BY MAIL APS; c/o PO BOX 3355, Dublin 7, Ireland

by Anonymous Fri Aug 08, 2003 13:22

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by Anonymous Fri Aug 08, 2003 18:17

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by Seáinín Fri Aug 08, 2003 18:19

When you hit your early 30's you'll be asking yourself "what was I thinking?". Look around you at your fellow anarchists - all a bit young and inexperienced, aren't they?

by Anonymous Fri Aug 08, 2003 18:47

Seanin, there are Socialists & Anarchists in their 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's & 80's (Im sure 90's, just haven't come across one yet).

Unfortunately the idealism & energy of youth burns out as one gets older, and time restrictions (marraige, kids, mortgages etc.) mean that the predominant age group are those in their 20's, especially those that are active on the streets.

Also note that Socialists & Anarchists come from all range of backgrounds - including business, banking & IT backgrounds, in case you were thinking they were all on the dole or something.

Regards.