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Two London anti-fascists in prison

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Two anti-fascist prisoners are currently serving a custodial sentence in relation to a fight with the South East Alliance in London during the summer of 2014. If you would like to write to either K or D, address envelopes to one of them and send to Freedom Bookshop. They will then be forwarded on to them. Remember to include a name and address on the card/letter for the prison to accept it.
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Coming up: NYE demos at Pentonville, Holloway and Brixton prisons

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Of the global prisoner solidarity demos happening on New Year’s Eve, London ABC have issued a call to rally round Pentonville and Holloway in North London. This has also been called as part of Black December. They are calling for people to meet at 8:00pm outside HMP Pentonville (Caledonian Rd, N7 8TT); then move onto Holloway at 9.30pm (Parkhurst Road, N7 0NU).
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LETTER FROM SIMON CHAPMAN FROM THESSALONIKI PRISON (2010)

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I am sitting in my cell – shared with 9 others (Greeks and Albanians). The other people arrested for the EU Summit are on the floor above so I only see them when the lawyers visit – as far as I know they are well, as well as can be expected.
I’m not sure if people know what happened before/after my arrest so I’ll quickly outline it here. The march set off in militant style and soon the air was filled with the sound of breaking glass. The first gas came in and in the crowd surge I lost sight of X. Me A and B continued on to a square where the gas started raining down – so far my goggles and
half-face gas mask were working fine. The crowd surged again and I lost A and B, so I headed over to the rest of my affinity group. We ended up all squashed together with maybe 600 people, with clouds of gas coming from front and back, and my skin was starting to burn, my eyes were streaming.
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