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The Anarchist Black Cross was originated in Tsarist Russia to organize aid for political prisoners. In the late 1960s the organization resurfaced in Britain, where it first worked to aid prisoners of the Spanish resistance fighting the dictator Franco's police. Now it has expanded and groups are found in many countries around the world. We support anarchist and other class struggle prisoners, fund-raise on behalf of prisoners in need of funds for legal cases or otherwise, and organize demonstrations of solidarity with imprisoned anarchists and other prisoners.


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Latest news on class struggle and anarchist prisoners...


Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Campaign Continues

02/08/11

Following negotiations between the Pelican Bay hunger strikers, their representatives and CDCR officials...

Tim DeChristopher Sentenced

30/07/11

Climate activist Tim DeChristopher has been sentenced to two years in prison...

Jock Palfreeman Sentence Upheld

30/07/11

Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation dismissed a second and possibly final bid by Jock Palfreeman...

Silvia, Costa & Billy Sentenced

25/07/11

Costa Ragusa, Billy Bernasconi and Silvia Guerini, three anarchist arrested in April last year...

News Of The Screws

15/07/11

Whilst the IPCC is busy investigating payments by newspapers to cops for confidential information...

Support The Pelican Bay SHU Hunger Strike

12/07/11

On 1 July prisoners in the Pelican Bay Secure Housing Unit (SHU) announced an indefinite hunger strike...

Imprisoned For An "Antifascist Conspiracy"

12/07/11

Six comrades in the UK were recently found guilty in a trial for an alleged antifascist conspiracy...

Leonard Peltier In The Hole

05/07/11

On June 27, Leonard Peltier was removed from the general population...

One 'Khimki Hostage' Acquitted, Second Given Suspended Sentence

05/07/11

On the 24 June the Khimki city court sentenced Maxim Solopov to a two years suspended sentence...

Belarusian Anarchists Sentenced

25/06/11

On the 27th of May, judge Zhanna Khvoynitskaya sentenced the Belarusian anarchists...

Final June 11th Communication and Statement from Jeff Luers

13/06/11

June 11th saw a day of international solidarity activities in support of Marie Mason and Eric McDavid...

Solidarity With Gabriel Pombo da Silva

12/05/11

Gabriel Pombo da Silva's cell in the Aachen prison has been raided...

Health Report - Leonard Peltier

05/05/11

As you know, in March, Leonard was allowed a biopsy to rule out prostate cancer...

Witnesses Needed

14/04/11

Were you at the student demos in December 2010 or the 26th March anti-cuts demo...

Anarchist Prisoners In Chile On Hunger Strike

13/04/11

A group of prisoners accused of forming an illegal association have been on hunger strike since February...

Russian Anti-Fascist Sentenced To Two Years In Prison

07/04/11

Anti-fascist Rinat Sultanov has been sentenced in St. Petersburg to two years in prison...

Day Of Solidarity With Eric McDavid, Marie Mason And All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners

05/04/11

June 11th began as an international day of solidarity with long-term anarchist prisoner Jeff "Free" Luers in 2004...

Were You Arrested At The Anti Cuts Demonstration On 26 March?

27/03/11

Were you either charged with an offence or bailed to return to a police station soon...

Action Still Needed For Leonard Peltier

24/03/11

Campaign update on the struggle to get medical care for Leonard.

Medicalising “Difficult” Prisoners To Prolong Their Imprisonment

24/03/11

The use by the prison system of in-house psychologists to medicalise the personality of “difficult” prisoners and prolong their imprisonment has become wide-spread...

Jock Palfreeman Update

22/02/11

We have just heard that Jock Palfreeman has lost his appeal case against his 20-year jail sentence for killing a Nazi in self defence...

Marie Mason's Mail Disrupted

21/02/11

Marie's mail is one again being disrupted by prison authorities...

Briana Waters Reindicted

09/02/11

Briana is accused of conspiracy to commit offense or defraud the US...

Rinat Sultanov Needs Your Support!

09/02/11

Rinat Sultanov is a Russian Anti-fascist prisoner arrested in Saint-Petersburg...

Medical Alert: Leonard Peltier Must Be Transferred

09/02/11

At this time, Mr. Peltier's most pressing need is proper medical care. His only hope...

Thessaloniki 4 Trial Defendants Not Guilty

31/01/11

All the Thessaloniki 4 defendants have been found not guilty...

Letter Appeal For Jerome White-Bey - Still Being Denied Medical Treatment!!

26/01/11

Jerome White-Bey is the founder and president of the Missouri Prisoner Labor Union, an organisation of Missouri prisoners...

Were You Arrested At Any Of The Recent Student Demonstrations?

26/01/11

Were you either charged with an offence or bailed by the police to return to a police station soon...

Marco Camenisch Transferred Yet Again

26/01/11

Anarchist prisoner Marco Camenisch has been transferred to another
prison...

Lucasville Five End Their Hunger Strike

18/01/11

The three members of the Lucasville Five who had been on hunger strike since 3 January have won most of their demands...

Demand Leonard's Immediate Transfer To The Mayo Clinic!

13/01/11

The Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee urgently calls upon all supporters to consistently and constantly contact USP Lewisburg to demand Leonard Peltier be immediately transferred to the Mayo Clinic...

Lucasville Five Hunger Strike

03/01/11

Siddique Abdullah Hasan (Carlos Sanders), Namir Abdul Mateen (James Were), Bomani Hando Shakur (Keith Lamar) & Jason Robb, four of the Lucasville Five...

Giannis Dimitrakis Sentenced

03/01/11

Greek anarchist Giannis Dimitrakis sentenced to 12.5 years imprisonment for bank robbery...

Campaign To Release Jose Maria Pirla Oliván

18/10/10

Jose Maria has been held in prison for 30 years and is in poor health ...