Keep your diaries free for Sunday August 6th, when Leeds ABC, launch their new pamphlet 'Down With The Prison Walls!', the transcript of a talk given by former Basque Anarchist prisoner, Laudelino Iglesias Martinez at Bradford's 1 in 12 Club earlier this year. The launch event will be at The Common Place in Leeds, starting at 3.00pm, and there will be a vegan barbecue, beer, a quiz, and a raffle, as well as showings of two films, one about the situation of women prisoners in Spain, and the other - V For Vendetta. Star guest of the evening will be Laudelino himself, who spent more than 23 years in Spanish prisons.

'Down With The Prison Walls!' is a 16 page pamphlet comprising the talk given by Laudelino, as well as a transcript of the talk given at the same time by a representative of the Basque prisoner support group Salhaketa, and the texts of letters written by Laudelino from prison and upon his release. Laudelino's talk details the struggle by prisoners, first against fascist repression under Franco, and then against the no less brutal repression which followed the death of the dictator. It details the activities of the prisoner resistance groups APRE and COPEL, and the struggle against the Spanish FIES isolation regime.

'Down With The Prison Walls!' will of course be on sale at the launch event on August 6th, but for those unable to attend, copies may be obtained by mail order from Leeds ABC, PO Box 53, Leeds, LS8 4WP. The pamphlet costs £1 per copy plus 50p postage (postal orders or well-disguised cash please.) Please contact Leeds ABC at  leedsabc@riseup.net for bulk orders and trade enquiries.