NYE Solidarity Action at Horfield Prison, Bristol

This country may be known as 'Prison Island', but let's carry on showing those on the other side of the walls that a struggle exists.

what a load of crap - a lot of people are in prison due to social issues, activism, drugs, poverty etc however what about rapists, child abusers, animal abusers, partner batterers, people who rob and con elderley and vulnerable people out of what little money they may have? smack pushers, etc etc etc? Solidarity with that? I don't think so - yes prisons are shit, yes the state is shit for taking away peoples freedom (in many cases without reason) but FFS get with the program and wake up to the world

it remains, it does now and always will do, that prison is wrong, and should be abolished...ONLY a 'proper' anarchist community can deal with 'crime' and 'punishment' effectively without resorting to inhumane action such as imprisonment. Its a short term fix for sadist authoritarians, not humans.
we're not fucking slaves anymore!
all shackles must be removed.
If that means the shackles of fucked up people, those that the system has more or less fucked up on its own, then that means we need solutions to rectify mistakes and also commit to nurturing change in our communities.
however, i dont want an anarchist state for britain, as i dont want to share anarchy with nearly all of those on this island, so how to operate an anarchist-UK state is not a question for me. what i do know is in an anarchist community, 'crime' can be 'punished' without having to resort to further 'crime'.