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PrisonerPrisonerPrisonerPrisonerPrisoners ofs ofs ofs ofs of popopopopowwwwwerererererI believe that all prisoners of the world are produced by power and are hostages of power.

Strength, authority, brutality, assassinations, genocide, oppression, slavery, exploitation, destruction, torture, mistreatment,the sadistic delight in pain, racism, violation, money, corruption and abuse are examples of what is power. The same power thatsdisguised as the absolute truth, as religion, as democracy, as other authoritarian systems, which continue their existence and

the government of our lives.

Power is an enemy of solidarity and freedom, that is why it is our enemy. An enemy that we need to fight until it has disappeared,because it keeps us all like prisoners and it is destroying humanity as well as our planet.

Prisons are the powers camps of concentration, exploitation and extermination. They are powers most cruel spaces, weretorture, mistreatments and assassinations are their basic principles.

Prisons are the worst environment for the fight against power. The main fight of prisoners is the fight for the respect of humandignity. In prison, they destroy you as a person and they even get away from you any lust for living.

Fighting inside prison is very difficult, but I believe that it is important to fight in those spaces. Fighting inside prison gives you

strengh to continue living, or at least to die fighting power and defending solidarity and freedom.

That is why I am against prisons, because I am against power.

SOLIDARITY AND FREEDOM FOR ALL THE PRISONERS OF THE WORLD!SOLIDARITY AND FREEDOM FOR ALL THE PRISONERS OF THE WORLD!SOLIDARITY AND FREEDOM FOR ALL THE PRISONERS OF THE WORLD!SOLIDARITY AND FREEDOM FOR ALL THE PRISONERS OF THE WORLD!SOLIDARITY AND FREEDOM FOR ALL THE PRISONERS OF THE WORLD!

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A revolutionary hug

Laudelino Iglesias MartinezLaudelino Iglesias MartinezLaudelino Iglesias MartinezLaudelino Iglesias MartinezLaudelino Iglesias MartinezEx-prisoner of the F.I.E.S isolation units in Spain

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REPLICATE ORGANISE RESIST

Editorial, June 2006

In a world of dwindling energy resources, ecological

collapse and growing total entrenchment of povertyand exploitation, global resistance to capitalism is a

reality.

Economic, political and environmental changes are

sparking uncontrollable moments of popular revolt.

The loss of social cohesion and advanced state of

climate chaos means it looks like the best option is

to examine with determination what actions we can

take, and how to act our dreams in a world where

all factors are in transformation.

As people fight for a better life amongst the adjust-

ments of global power, points of breakdown areoccurring. The infrastructures of finance and war

are unstable, and the bloody role of State and

Capital is most acutely revealed in these times of

crisis, ruthlessly protecting private interest and

hierarchy. We need to be conscious of these

moments of collaboration and participation, which

are day-to-day occurrences in the 21st century.

As the governments bring forces to bear against

the growing international movements of participa-

tion and solidarity, our attempts to build a successful

anti-market and anti-system critique and practice,

alongside the suppression of traditional forms ofdissent, assembly and expression, means that many

previous leftist methods of struggle and

organisation are redundant, along with the world

that is rapidly aging with them.

The reformist forces of Capital, as

well as the leftist variants, seek to

prevent the radical transforma-

tion of society. These counter-

points of power and recuperation

are failing to prevent, in all areasof society, a general disdain and

hatred for hierarchy of all kinds.

The desperate situation of

ongoing environmental collapse

means there is a direct necessity

for attacks on the institutions and

conduits of finance and industry,

this necessity has never been so

vital and urgent. In the relentless

operations of the State against

the social movements and the

Earth, we can see the exposure ofits essentially militaristic anti-life

qualities; people, animals and all

material are the economic

components of a social-machine

which coerces profit for the

already rich.

As State terror increases across

the world, as anarchists & anti-

capitalists, we need to intensify

our activities and our critique

immediately. We need to

accelerate the spread of informa-tion amongst anti-state, anti-

capitalist groups and the base

population, by letting our visible

direct action act as a vehicle of

communication and method open

to all. At the same time, we must

broaden the information gap

between the State and ourselves,

and that means, of the forms of

struggle we prefer; Informal, face-

to-face communication, auto-

organised structure and direction

appears to us, to be the most

effective.

We begin with specific situations of

existing tension and struggle,

within the conditions of our ownrebellion, and act with commit-

ment. This revolt which is more

difficult to control, and is beyond

the reach of the familiar bodies of

suppression and mediation, uses

the tools of decentralisation and

autonomy, acting within the scope

of the larger struggle.

Despite the growing technological

control of the State, in these

precious few years before auto-

mated surveillance by machines isa widespread reality, people are

fighting back; taking themselves

into conflict with the increasingly

unstable dominant powers, acting

immediately for the world they

want right now. Capitalism and its

murderous policy of self-preserva-

tion will never tolerate any threat

to its power, but we have to

overcome seizure with determina-

tion and act against the prisons,

courthouses, and bodies of

finance and privilege.

"Every act of police brutality, every

death in detention, every raid and blow

only increases our compulsion to arm

ourselves for revenge."

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Welcome to the 3rd issue of 325, an occasionalzine of incendiary images & text. Since the lastissue we've had a few different problems withthe State, and added to the increase in socialstruggle across Europe, this has meant this issue

has come out much later than expected. Most ofthe information regarding ongoing prisoner andlegal situations changes quickly, check out thewebsites mentioned within our pages for updatesand recent developments. If you want to help usout, rob a bank and send us the swag. Riotousthanks to all our contributors, distributors and co-conspirators across the world.

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June 6, Brasilia, Brazil -June 6, Brasilia, Brazil -June 6, Brasilia, Brazil -June 6, Brasilia, Brazil -June 6, Brasilia, Brazil - Around 300protestors broke their way into parliamentdemanding the redistribution of land. Theybroke open the doors with stones, sticks anda small Fiat car was used as a battering ram.The attack was broadcast live on television.Hundreds of demonstrators were detained.The president condemned the action andaccused demonstrators of "committing aserious act of vandalism against the parlia-

ment."

June 2, Cuneo, Italy -June 2, Cuneo, Italy -June 2, Cuneo, Italy -June 2, Cuneo, Italy -June 2, Cuneo, Italy - At night, 2bombs exploded within 15 minutes of eachother, in front of a Carabinieri (Military police)headquarters and college. The bombs weretimed to cause possible causalities to policeresponding to the scene. The anarchist group"20 July Brigade" (date of the murder ofCarlo Giuliani) claimed responsibility. No onewas injured.

May 29, Athens, Greece -May 29, Athens, Greece -May 29, Athens, Greece -May 29, Athens, Greece -May 29, Athens, Greece - A powerfulbomb was placed under a car 200 metres

from the house of Greek Minister of Culture,George Voulgarakis. It caused damages butno fatalities when it exploded. Voulgarakis isdespised by the anarchists and the left, forcooperating with British secret agents inorchestrating a wave of abductions, tortureand interrogations against immigrants in thewake of the 7 July London bombs. He is alsolinked to a wiretapping scandal which hasrocked Greece. The group RevolutionaryStruggle claimed the bomb, declaring Weaimed to kill him.

May 28, Athens, Greece -May 28, Athens, Greece -May 28, Athens, Greece -May 28, Athens, Greece -May 28, Athens, Greece - Anarchistsuse Molotov cocktails to destroy a GreekNational Bank.

May 29, Seine-Saint-Denis,May 29, Seine-Saint-Denis,May 29, Seine-Saint-Denis,May 29, Seine-Saint-Denis,May 29, Seine-Saint-Denis,France -France -France -France -France - Around a 100 youths foughtwith police and set fire to cars anddumpsters, in a suburb of Paris in thenorth of the capital. There were alsoincidents in the neighbouring area ofClichy-Sous-Bois, where last year's riotsbegan after two boys died while theywere fleeing police. We know the firewill burn again!

May 28, Titnore Woods, UKMay 28, Titnore Woods, UKMay 28, Titnore Woods, UKMay 28, Titnore Woods, UKMay 28, Titnore Woods, UK - Atdawn people occupied some endan-gered woodland to defend it fromdestruction, in a bid to halt a massivehouse building and road wideningoperation. The squatters remain on site,vowing to defend the woods.

May 21, Bern, Switzerland -May 21, Bern, Switzerland -May 21, Bern, Switzerland -May 21, Bern, Switzerland -May 21, Bern, Switzerland -Incendiary attacks against policeheadquarters at 11.40 pm in severallocations. No police were hurt and thedamage was contained. No-one was

arrested and there are no leads atpresent. The centre accommodates thepolice command and the regional policebarracks.

May 18, Barcelona, Spain -May 18, Barcelona, Spain -May 18, Barcelona, Spain -May 18, Barcelona, Spain -May 18, Barcelona, Spain -German Cultural Institute attacked insolidarity with Aachen 4. A fire bombwas used to damage the 'Goethe'institute, it was placed at the front doorof the building and detonated. "Attackto the Goethe institute of Barcelona,dawn of Tuesday 18 we have placed

an incendiary device to the

front of the Goethe institutein calle Manso of Barcelona.This action is in solidaritywith the anarchist compan-ions Gabriel, Jose and Bartwho are in Germany. LIBERTAD PARA TODXS

LXS PRESXS!,

CARCELES

DEMOLICION!, Y VIVA LA

ANARQUIA!"

May 17, Paris, FranceMay 17, Paris, FranceMay 17, Paris, FranceMay 17, Paris, FranceMay 17, Paris, France- Approximately 50 prisoners withoutpapers in the detention centre on thestreet Dunois (Paris) put themselves inhunger strike. They wanted to thusprotest against their conditions ofretention and the repressive ultra

context which leads to massive arrests ofwithout papers. We point out that the conditionsof this centre were denounced for the humanrights abuses: arbitrary abuse, overpopulation,insalubrity, violences

May 8, Athens, GreeceMay 8, Athens, GreeceMay 8, Athens, GreeceMay 8, Athens, GreeceMay 8, Athens, Greece - Riots eruptedduring the European Social Forum march inAthens. For a period of three hours following a2km route, 2500 anarchists in small groups of

4-500 attacked banks, large departmentstores, police cars, government buildings, thepolice headquarters, riot police, riot policebuses as well as "Z-team" policemen (motor-cycle team). They attacked the US embassy,the Hilton hotel, the Italian embassy, and theriot police guarding the house of parliament. 20people were arrested 17 of them are chargedwith multiple felony charges.

May 6, Burgos, Spain -May 6, Burgos, Spain -May 6, Burgos, Spain -May 6, Burgos, Spain -May 6, Burgos, Spain - Sabotage insolidarity with Ruben & Ignasi and all prisonersin Spain. 7 'Caixa Sabadell' Banks and theirATMS were destroyed. "Stones against glass

and sulfuric acid against the automatic tellershave been the method used this time in orderto translate the anger from the words to thefacts, in order to transmit to a luminosity andconcise message: 'There will be no peace'.The only language that the managers of theterror and the repression are able to under-stand is one of stones and benzine, thelibertarian direct action... An easy language,that anyone who has blood in their veins cando. A language that will always be available forus to use.. .Salud y anarquia"

May 1, Helsinki, Finland -May 1, Helsinki, Finland -May 1, Helsinki, Finland -May 1, Helsinki, Finland -May 1, Helsinki, Finland - Riots broke out

downtown: ..Alltogether tens of windows werebroken, including Ministry of Defense; Confed-eration of Finnish Industries EK; logging giantUPM-Kymmene; Halonen, a clothing storeinvolved in fur-industry and fast food jointCarrols. A group of yuppies having their lunchin a super-elitist restaurant got their share ofclass hatred when the window next to whichthey were sitting was smashed. Even thouthere is a lot to criticise in the politics of theprecarity/EuroMayDay-crew, we don't mindparades like this. Spontaneous destruction ofthe property of capital, state and animalabusers by a large group is something we haveexperienced in Finland not nearly enough" -Insurrectionary Anarchists of Southern Finland

April 15, Parma, Italy -April 15, Parma, Italy -April 15, Parma, Italy -April 15, Parma, Italy -April 15, Parma, Italy - Forza Italia officessmashed up and daubed with red paint and

Here we present some news of resistance and rebellion from the months November 05 to June06.Here we present some news of resistance and rebellion from the months November 05 to June06.Here we present some news of resistance and rebellion from the months November 05 to June06.Here we present some news of resistance and rebellion from the months November 05 to June06.Here we present some news of resistance and rebellion from the months November 05 to June06.

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anarchist slogans. The fascistsdescribed the actions as'methods which do not scareus'.

April 11, Barcelona, SpainApril 11, Barcelona, SpainApril 11, Barcelona, SpainApril 11, Barcelona, SpainApril 11, Barcelona, Spain- Letter bomb sent to aBarcelona Judge claimed by theanarchist 'Brigadas de laColera'. The device was foundin a mail room at 9am and

deactivated without incident. Thesender was written as 'Fran-cisco Ortiz' the name of an anarchistmilitant who died in the jail of Badajoz 3 yearsago. The device was similar to anotherexplosive device that was sent to the offices ofthe C.I.R.E, an institution responsible forprison labour and affairs, and there wasanother device sent to the SubdireccionGeneral of the Policia Autonomica ofBarcelona. It was of handicraft fabrication,composed from one small amount of explo-sive, probably dynamite, and had some cablesand one battery. "..The package was

addressed to the Judge Juan Antonio RamirezSuner, for his special zeal in persecuting theanarchical and antiauthoritarian dissidence.We remember that Mr. Ramirez Suner hasmaintained the arrests for 2 months, in 2004,of 4 boys from Hospitalet, has sent in jailvarious militant anarchists after a manifestationin support of the Italian comrades in thesummer of 2005, and now he has made thearrest of Ruben and Ignasi, of which onecontinuously remains within. We're displacedthat the package didn't reach its destination,we'll improve and we encourage all therebellious ones that they have something intheir veins to face the dominion. Youll join usin the equipment of the rage. You will nevertake us. We are the seated man or womannext to you, with the rage in the mind and agun in the pocket B.C.

Apri 15, Haslar, UKApri 15, Haslar, UKApri 15, Haslar, UKApri 15, Haslar, UKApri 15, Haslar, UK - More than 120detainees in Haslar detention centre,Protsmoth, have gone on hunger strike inprotest againts arbitrary detention and insolidariety with the detainees in Colnbrook alsoon hunger strike. In protest at their inhumanetreatment by security guards during a No

Borders demonstration on Saturday 8th April,over 150 detainees in Colnbrook detentioncentre went on hunger strike.

April 10, Treviso, ItalyApril 10, Treviso, ItalyApril 10, Treviso, ItalyApril 10, Treviso, ItalyApril 10, Treviso, Italy - An explosivedevice which failed to detonate was found nextto Army barracks in Treviso. In a claim left atthe site by 'Libertarian Group', they de-nounced the electoral campaign of Italy, theItalian prison system and the Army. Searchesof known dissidents in the area by a jointpolice and army team were conducted, butthese have been fruitless.

April 1, Athens, Greece -April 1, Athens, Greece -April 1, Athens, Greece -April 1, Athens, Greece -April 1, Athens, Greece - Anarchistsfought police, set bins on fire and attacked abank and an office of the Hellenic Telecommu-nications Organization (OTE). A post onAthens Indymedia claimed that these actions

were carried out inresponse to the deathsof the three prisoners atKorydallos. One personwas arrested in theclashes and facesseveral serious criminalcharges. She is facingcharges for complicity inexplosion, constructionand possession of

explosives, offending anational symbol, resistingarrest and damages to

property. The young woman is beingremanded in custody. At the same timearound 50 people got on top of theUniversity of Economics and startedthrowing rocks and Molotov cocktails.

March 27, Athens, GreeceMarch 27, Athens, GreeceMarch 27, Athens, GreeceMarch 27, Athens, GreeceMarch 27, Athens, Greece - Bombagainst bank claimed by anarchists. Theexplosion caused damages to thebuilding but no victims. Half hour beforethe explosion a caller had telephoned a

newspaper to announce the outbreak. Asquare of policemen formed itselfaround the place and isolated the zone.

March 19, Solomon Islands,March 19, Solomon Islands,March 19, Solomon Islands,March 19, Solomon Islands,March 19, Solomon Islands,South West PacificSouth West PacificSouth West PacificSouth West PacificSouth West Pacific - Riots broke outinjuring several Australian and NewZealand cops, cars and buildings wereset on fire after a corrupt politician waselected. Angry crowds threw stones andother projectiles at the parlimentbuilding, in a protest against the electionand the Australian domination of theregion.

March 16, Paris, France -March 16, Paris, France -March 16, Paris, France -March 16, Paris, France -March 16, Paris, France - Anti-CPE protesters clashed with police atthe end of a march by several thousanduniversity and high school students inParis and later outside the Sorbonneuniversity. A kiosk was set ablaze,several shop windows were smashedand cars were set on fire. Police used awater cannon and tear gas against theangry young people who are protestinga proposed labour law, CPE, whichwould have made it easier to fire

workers under 26. The law wasamended after substantial popularrebellion.

March 14, San Vicente, Argen-March 14, San Vicente, Argen-March 14, San Vicente, Argen-March 14, San Vicente, Argen-March 14, San Vicente, Argen-tina -tina -tina -tina -tina - 3,000 farmers set fire to the cityhall of San Vicente and attacked thepolice station in the northeasternArgentine town during protests that leftat least 32 people, most of them policeofficers, injured. The attack on city hall,which was reduced to rubble, could notbe prevented by about 100 policeofficers in riot gear who fired tear gas

and rubber bullets at the protesters butcould not stop them. The 400 farmersare demanding the distribution of fundsfor growers affected by the drought inthe region. The farmers accuse corrupt

city officals of having spent the relief money.

March 11, Milan, Italy -March 11, Milan, Italy -March 11, Milan, Italy -March 11, Milan, Italy -March 11, Milan, Italy - 300 anti-fascistsset fire to cars and a building in Milan'sshopping district after police tried to dispersetheir demonstration against a fascist pre-election rally. A nail bomb injured 9 pigs andat least 45 people were detained. 25 peopleremain detained on the charge devastationand pillage. The fascist rally that sparked thetwo-hour pitched battle was led by the

Tricolour Flame, a right-wing extreme group.

March 11 Vancouver, BC-March 11 Vancouver, BC-March 11 Vancouver, BC-March 11 Vancouver, BC-March 11 Vancouver, BC- To mark theInternational Day Against Police Brutality,about 50 people marched down HastingsStreet from Victory Square to the cop shop onMain Street. An unmarked police vehicle waspelted with many eggs and a journalist wasattacked as well. The Main Street policestation was hit with a bunch of paint-bombsand a bottle was thrown at the court buildingnext to the police station.

March 11 Salem, OR, USA-March 11 Salem, OR, USA-March 11 Salem, OR, USA-March 11 Salem, OR, USA-March 11 Salem, OR, USA- Three

newly-constructed luxury homes werevandalized with pro-environmental slogans.

March 8, Barcelona, Spain -March 8, Barcelona, Spain -March 8, Barcelona, Spain -March 8, Barcelona, Spain -March 8, Barcelona, Spain - Attack withfire against a branch of the Caixa bank onplaza Libertad, in the barrio of Gracia. Thisaction has been done in memory of the deadcompanion Joelle Aubron after she spent 17years in prison. We want also want toremember our companions stopped inSeptember 2003 who will be processedshortly, therefore like Sergio L.D., the boys ofHospitalet and Ruban and Ignasi in preventiveprison from 9 February... We will succeed,those that make it happen, falls who falls wecontinue. Viva la anarquia.

March 7, FranceMarch 7, FranceMarch 7, FranceMarch 7, FranceMarch 7, France - Day of action during thewidespread protests against the CPE youthemployment plan. Students picketed entrancesat several of the country's more than 80universities.The Sorbonne Universtity wasoccupied for 3 days, before CRS riot policestormed the building and evicted the students.An university administrator said the protesterswanted to turn the university into "a battle-field", not only against the jobs measure "but

also against all of the social problems" thatFrance is facing. In Tours, 200km southwestof Paris, several hundred students moved ontotracks at the railway station, stopping trains forthree hours. Many workers also went on strike

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all over France to protest, and rioting brokeout.

March 9, BrazilMarch 9, BrazilMarch 9, BrazilMarch 9, BrazilMarch 9, Brazil - 2000 peasants from theinternational 'Via Campesina' farm workers

group destroyed over a million saplings, andwrecked a genetic modification laboratory, inan area 1200km south of Sao Paulo. 15years' worth of genetic research was ruined,losses amounting to millions of dollars werecaused. The raid was timed to coincide withInternational Women's Day, the majority of thepeasants who took part in the sabotage werewomen.

March 6, Ogoni Delta, NigeriaMarch 6, Ogoni Delta, NigeriaMarch 6, Ogoni Delta, NigeriaMarch 6, Ogoni Delta, NigeriaMarch 6, Ogoni Delta, Nigeria - Rebelswrecked a large Shell Oil pipeline. Several oilflow stations and pipelines have been blownup by the militants, and it is not clear how longit will take the company to restore production.The armed militants are fighting for control ofthe delta's oil resources and a restoration ofthe ruined environment. They have taken ahandful of Shell Oil workers hostage and havebeen able to repel Nigerian army attacks.

March 6 Seoul, South KoreaMarch 6 Seoul, South KoreaMarch 6 Seoul, South KoreaMarch 6 Seoul, South KoreaMarch 6 Seoul, South Korea- Some1,100 riot police clashed violently with peopleoccupying land outside the U.S. Armys CampHumphreys. Riot police were on hand asabout 60 officials served a mandatory evictionnotice. The government took control of about

2,000 acres of farmland outside CampHumphreys in 2005 so the U.S. militaryeventually could transform the post into itsmain installation in South Korea. Under anagreement between the U.S. and South

Korea, the base will triple in sizeby 2008.

March 3, PalestineMarch 3, PalestineMarch 3, PalestineMarch 3, PalestineMarch 3, Palestine - Violentconfrontations erupted betweenIsraeli security forces and peopleagainst the construction of thesecurity fence near the towns ofBeit Sira and Abud. Two BorderPolicemen were lightly woundedwhen they were pelted with rocks.Four others were wounded aswell.

March 3, Tuscany, ItalyMarch 3, Tuscany, ItalyMarch 3, Tuscany, ItalyMarch 3, Tuscany, ItalyMarch 3, Tuscany, Italy - AnATM attacked with fire, the actionis claimed by anarchists.

March 1st, Zurich, Switzer-March 1st, Zurich, Switzer-March 1st, Zurich, Switzer-March 1st, Zurich, Switzer-March 1st, Zurich, Switzer-landlandlandlandland - A French Diplomatic car torched inmemory of Joelle Aubron. "..For the Captiveprisoners of Action Directe, the evening of 1March 2006 we have burnt a diplomatic car ofthe French Agency for the International

Investments to Zurich: Solidarity to IbrahimAbdallah and the prisoners of Action Directe.Honor to the comrade Joelle Aubron who isdead."

February 27, Leicester, EnglandFebruary 27, Leicester, EnglandFebruary 27, Leicester, EnglandFebruary 27, Leicester, EnglandFebruary 27, Leicester, England - Arsonat a Swann Systems warehouse. The smokeand fire caused extensive damage in the tensof thousands of pounds to most of the factory'sstock. Swann Systems UK manufacturessurveillance hardware and informationtechnology including CCTV systems. Fireblaze!

February 25, Maroussi, GreeceFebruary 25, Maroussi, GreeceFebruary 25, Maroussi, GreeceFebruary 25, Maroussi, GreeceFebruary 25, Maroussi, Greece - Bombattack against the Bnp Paribas bank, causingstructural damage to the front of the buildingand cars parked outside.

February 24, Barcelona, SpainFebruary 24, Barcelona, SpainFebruary 24, Barcelona, SpainFebruary 24, Barcelona, SpainFebruary 24, Barcelona, Spain - 14cash points were sealed in the neighborhood ofGracia in solidarity with Ruben and Ignasi,imprisoned anarchists of Barcelona (the '9thFeb' prisoners) "We want to make clear thatthe arrests of these two comrades isn't anisolated thing, since it's something related tothe global (temporary as well as geographi-cally) repressive momentum. All of our support

goes to the rest of imprisoned anarchists, theyoung guys from Hospitalet and Sergio L.D.which are facing trials next week. Zigor, Laura,Diego and Juanra, the 'three of Gracia', etc..to all people repressed fortheir daily struggles. Untilwe're all free. A thousandfists, a unique voice."

February 24, Madrid,February 24, Madrid,February 24, Madrid,February 24, Madrid,February 24, Madrid,SpainSpainSpainSpainSpain - In solidarity withRuben and Ignasi, theBarcelona 6, and theAachen 4, 3 bank officeswere attacked inAlcobendas. Their lockssealed, as well as their cashpoints, their windows

smashed and graffitied. For everyprisoner, an answer, for everyanswer, a smile!

February 24, Madrid, SpainFebruary 24, Madrid, SpainFebruary 24, Madrid, SpainFebruary 24, Madrid, SpainFebruary 24, Madrid, Spain -Estate agency 'Tecnocasa' and theBBVA bank attacked in solidarity withRuben & Ignasi. "A kick in the faceto all those that say that 'Madrid isdead and nobody does nothing'.

Much love!

February 24, Lugo, Galicia,February 24, Lugo, Galicia,February 24, Lugo, Galicia,February 24, Lugo, Galicia,February 24, Lugo, Galicia,SpainSpainSpainSpainSpain - Two Catalan banks, aBanco Sabadell and a LaCaixa, wereattacked with two Molotov-cocktails."Not every aggression, kidnapping ormurder rests unpunished. We knowyou're used to it, that you feel rulersof the world in your power andmisery. You keep the no-life, you'reterrorists that spread fear anddestruction all over the world, makingbusiness with people's existence to

maintain this brutal dominationsystem. You're enemies of the worldthat attack people and their dreams.So we're going to attack yourproperties in answer to that, we'regoing to take your benefits off,destroying them, so you can play nomore with them."

February 24, GuadalajaraFebruary 24, GuadalajaraFebruary 24, GuadalajaraFebruary 24, GuadalajaraFebruary 24, Guadalajara -Demonstration in support of anarchistprisoners. A massive police forcesurrounds the demonstration.Slogans were shouted such as

'freedom for anarchists prisoners''Death to the State, viva la anarquia''Down with the prison walls' Peoplewere let out the demonstration insmall groups of three. A secret policeofficer who was inside the demon-stration arrested one person.

February 23, Barcelona, SpainFebruary 23, Barcelona, SpainFebruary 23, Barcelona, SpainFebruary 23, Barcelona, SpainFebruary 23, Barcelona, Spain- A BBVA bank office was attacked inthe neighborhood of Clot, in solidaritywith the anarchist prisoners in Spain,Italy and Germany, the comrades ofSeptember 2003 (Barcelona 6) andRuben and Ignasi.

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February 22, Lisbon, PortugalFebruary 22, Lisbon, PortugalFebruary 22, Lisbon, PortugalFebruary 22, Lisbon, PortugalFebruary 22, Lisbon, Portugal -Spanish Institute 'Cervantes' attacked with afirebomb in solidarity with anarchist prisonersin Spain and Italy. "To the dawn of Wednes-day, 22 February 2006, we have given onefull benzine bottle to the Cervantes Institute,calle de Saint Marta, Lisbon... We have notmade it in order to scald the cold night, but inorder to remember that your culture lies inthe cells of 'democracy'.. we will not restwhile you torture our family! For the freedom

of those who have been arrested in last the2 weeks in Barcelona (Ruben & Ignasi). Andit is at the same time our opinion on the'Cervantes' process in Italy: FIRE TO THECULTURE OF THE REPRESSION!"

February 21, Napo Province, Ecua-February 21, Napo Province, Ecua-February 21, Napo Province, Ecua-February 21, Napo Province, Ecua-February 21, Napo Province, Ecua-dordordordordor - Hundreds of people stormed theSardina pumping station, 55 miles east ofQuito, forcing the closure of the OCPpipeline. They are demanding the release ofmillions of dollars by the government to thesurrounding communities of the impovershedNapo region. Some 24 pipeline workerswere kidnapped but later managed to slipaway while soldiers tried to negotiate with thepeople barricading themselves inside thestation. Since protests began on Monday atleast five people have been wounded,including two policemen, after the insurgentstossed rocks and dynamite at military forceswho responded with gunfire and tear gas.In an attempt to restrict further disruptions,authorities have declared a state of emer-gency in Napo, detaining several people theyclaim are leaders. Government officials werealso pushing for an end to the general strike

in the province in hopes of settling the conflictwith negotiation. Also, another pumpingstation owned by Petroecuador, the state oilcompany, was damaged, forcing it to shut itsmain pipeline and suspend exports for severalhours.

February 20, Tucson, Arizona,February 20, Tucson, Arizona,February 20, Tucson, Arizona,February 20, Tucson, Arizona,February 20, Tucson, Arizona,USAUSAUSAUSAUSA - Five homes under constructionwere destroyed by fire. Authoritiessuspect the fires were intentionally set.The homes are part of a fast-growingarea in Tucson, about 20 miles south ofthe city's downtown. The homes werein Rancho Sahuarita, a massivedevelopment that has been a primaryarea of recent construction projects.Damage is estimated at 100-thousand

dollars for each home.

February 20, Catalunya, SpainFebruary 20, Catalunya, SpainFebruary 20, Catalunya, SpainFebruary 20, Catalunya, SpainFebruary 20, Catalunya, Spain -An explosive was detonated on asatellite signal antenna close to the cityof Molins de Rei, which destroyed it.This action was made in solidarity withRuben and Ignasi.

February 20, Nantes, FranceFebruary 20, Nantes, FranceFebruary 20, Nantes, FranceFebruary 20, Nantes, FranceFebruary 20, Nantes, France - Agroup of several dozen people iscurrently occupying the trees which areon the future site of the E.P.M. (aprison for minors) d'Orvault, near thecity of Nantes (France), in an attempt tostop the construction.

February 18, Athens, GreeceFebruary 18, Athens, GreeceFebruary 18, Athens, GreeceFebruary 18, Athens, GreeceFebruary 18, Athens, Greece -Five banks in central Athens and thesuburbs of Argyroupolis, Halandri,Peristeri and Nea Smyrni weredamaged by homemade devices madewith cooking gas canisters. The attacksappear to be carefully coordinated. Theexplosions occured at branches ofNational Bank, Bank of Cyprus,Emporiki Bank and American Bank of

Albania, damaging ATM machines,windows and sparking fires.

February 16-17, Berlin, Ger-February 16-17, Berlin, Ger-February 16-17, Berlin, Ger-February 16-17, Berlin, Ger-February 16-17, Berlin, Ger-manymanymanymanymany - Cars set on fire at a subsidiaryof French car maker Renault and graffiti

attack on a French cultural centre. GermanAction Directe sympathisers claimed responsi-bility for the attacks on French targets inBerlin, in solidarity with AD prisoners, in aletter to the press. "Renault is an inescapableelement in France's industrial militarystructure," the group wrote in it's communi-que, adding that the defaced cultural centrerepresented the French state as a "culturaland political" institution. The German groupsaid the action was carried out in "anti-imperialist and communist" solidarity for theliberation of AD prisoners.

February 17, Shropshire, Wales, UKFebruary 17, Shropshire, Wales, UKFebruary 17, Shropshire, Wales, UKFebruary 17, Shropshire, Wales, UKFebruary 17, Shropshire, Wales, UK -Ten thousand pounds of damage was causedto cars at a Shropshire Royal Air Force baseafter unknown persons set them on fire.There have been up to eight arson attacks atthe RAF base at Cosford during the past fewmonths. One of these fires was set near agas main though it did not explode. Twomonths ago three other vehicles wereattacked.

February 8, Viareggio, ItalyFebruary 8, Viareggio, ItalyFebruary 8, Viareggio, ItalyFebruary 8, Viareggio, ItalyFebruary 8, Viareggio, Italy - ATM seton fire in solidarity with the imprisonedanarchists of Lecce, and all detainedimmigrants everywhere.

February 8, Guadalcanal Plains,February 8, Guadalcanal Plains,February 8, Guadalcanal Plains,February 8, Guadalcanal Plains,February 8, Guadalcanal Plains,Solomon IslandsSolomon IslandsSolomon IslandsSolomon IslandsSolomon Islands - The newly establishedhead office of Guadalcanal Plantation Palm Oilwas burnt to the ground. The office wasestablished at the request of a palm oilcompany from Papua New Guinea and locallandowners.

February 8, Maranhao State, BrazilFebruary 8, Maranhao State, BrazilFebruary 8, Maranhao State, BrazilFebruary 8, Maranhao State, BrazilFebruary 8, Maranhao State, Brazil -Indians from the Guajajara tribe in thenortheastern state of Maranhao took hostagefour workers from the world's leading iron oreminer to press demands for better publichealth care. This came after they blocked theCarajas to Sao Luis railway earlier that day.The line carries iron ore, manganese, pigiron, soybeans and 1,000 passengers dailyto the port of Ponta da Madeira. LastNovember, Indians invaded a town near theimportant Carajas iron ore mines threateningto paralyze production, and in early Decem-ber they blocked an iron ore export railway

line in central Minas Gerais.

February 7, Quito, EcuadorFebruary 7, Quito, EcuadorFebruary 7, Quito, EcuadorFebruary 7, Quito, EcuadorFebruary 7, Quito, Ecuador - Ecuador'sstate oil company Petroecuador stoppedpumping oil through the Trans-Ecuadoreanpipeline after hundreds of people occupied apumping station demanding the company bekicked out of the country as well as an end tofree trade agreements. The company said itwill keep this 380,000 barrels-per-daypipeline shut until the occupation ends.

February 7, Las Heras, ArgentinaFebruary 7, Las Heras, ArgentinaFebruary 7, Las Heras, ArgentinaFebruary 7, Las Heras, ArgentinaFebruary 7, Las Heras, Argentina -Two hundred oil workers armed with sticks,fire bombs and guns broke into a policestation, killing an officer and injuring 14 othersin an attempt to free a union leader. Fivepolicemen were shot with bullets. Over the

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past two weeks they have put up roadblocks indemand for higher wages.

February18, Ogoni Delta, NigeriaFebruary18, Ogoni Delta, NigeriaFebruary18, Ogoni Delta, NigeriaFebruary18, Ogoni Delta, NigeriaFebruary18, Ogoni Delta, Nigeria -Rebels kidnapped 9 foreign workers from aShell Oil subcontractor after a brief gun battlewith Nigerian security forces. They were freedlater in the month.

February 5, Val di Susa, ItalyFebruary 5, Val di Susa, ItalyFebruary 5, Val di Susa, ItalyFebruary 5, Val di Susa, ItalyFebruary 5, Val di Susa, Italy - TheOlympic torch relay met again with resistance in

the Susa valley. A police car was kicked bydemonstrators, who tried to put out the flame bythrowing a banner on it. Many people in theSusa valley have been attacking plans to build ahigh-speed rail link between Turin and Lyon,France.

February 4, Chanteloup-les-Vingnes,February 4, Chanteloup-les-Vingnes,February 4, Chanteloup-les-Vingnes,February 4, Chanteloup-les-Vingnes,February 4, Chanteloup-les-Vingnes,FranceFranceFranceFranceFrance - Sixty youths armed with pick-handlesattacked a police station and steered a blazingcar into its courtyard in this western Parissuburb. They were reacting to the police killing aman from Chanteloup during a robbery in Parislast week. Firemen who came to the station to

put out the blazing car were pelted with stones.Eventually, more police arrived and three youthswere arrested.

February 3, Athens, GreeceFebruary 3, Athens, GreeceFebruary 3, Athens, GreeceFebruary 3, Athens, GreeceFebruary 3, Athens, Greece - Anarchistsuse molotov cocktails to burn down a branch ofthe Greek National Bank.

February 3, Dongshigu, ChinaFebruary 3, Dongshigu, ChinaFebruary 3, Dongshigu, ChinaFebruary 3, Dongshigu, ChinaFebruary 3, Dongshigu, China -Policemen beat and arrested a manwho helped villagers file a lawsuitaccusing local officials of forcing them toundergo abortions or sterilization. Fourhundred villagers reacted by overturningthree government cars and fightinghired thugs.

February 2, Dege, TibetFebruary 2, Dege, TibetFebruary 2, Dege, TibetFebruary 2, Dege, TibetFebruary 2, Dege, Tibet - An

animal slaughter house was burnt downby Tibetan nomads. Six people whowere suspects were jailed and tortured.One of the six was released after helost both his eyes after beatings byChinese prison officials. In the begin-ning, more than 160 Tibetans weredetained after hundreds of peoplestormed and set fire to the Chinese-owned slaughterhouse. They freed allthe animals contained there.

January 30, Osaka, JapanJanuary 30, Osaka, JapanJanuary 30, Osaka, JapanJanuary 30, Osaka, JapanJanuary 30, Osaka, Japan -Homeless people and their supporters

resisted an eviction of their self-organised camp in Utsubo Park.

January 30, Rustavi, GeorgiaJanuary 30, Rustavi, GeorgiaJanuary 30, Rustavi, GeorgiaJanuary 30, Rustavi, GeorgiaJanuary 30, Rustavi, Georgia -Prisoners tried to stage a riot after thepolice unit of the Penitentiary Depart-ment of the Justice Ministry, startedcarrying out a search in the prison cells.One prisoner and one guard werewounded.

January 28, Osaka, JapanJanuary 28, Osaka, JapanJanuary 28, Osaka, JapanJanuary 28, Osaka, JapanJanuary 28, Osaka, Japan - Self-Organised homeless people and theirsupporters invaded the City Hall andstaged a brief skirmish with police andofficials, demonstrating against a waveof repressive evictions.

January 27, Ho Chi Minh City,January 27, Ho Chi Minh City,January 27, Ho Chi Minh City,January 27, Ho Chi Minh City,January 27, Ho Chi Minh City,VietnamVietnamVietnamVietnamVietnam - Workers in the city's

southern industrial parks andexport processing zones havebeen engaging in spontaneous,illegal strikes without authorizationfrom trade unions. The govern-ment has been trying hard toattract foreign investment by

offering a cheap and securelabor environment. But increasinginflation and a rise in the cost ofliving has caused tens ofthousands of workers to walk offthe job over the past month. Thestrikes are reported to bespreading quickly.

January 27, Zaabdam,January 27, Zaabdam,January 27, Zaabdam,January 27, Zaabdam,January 27, Zaabdam,HollandHollandHollandHollandHolland - 40 activists of theaction group 'Migrants Welcome'occupy with lock-ons two prisonboats being built in Zaandam.

The boats are intended forlocking up 'illegal migrants' andasylum seekers. The floatingprisons, each with 150 twoperson cels, are built for theMinistry of Justice and the

Rijksgebouwendienst by UrsemBouwsystemen Ltd.

January 24, Brasilia, BrazilJanuary 24, Brasilia, BrazilJanuary 24, Brasilia, BrazilJanuary 24, Brasilia, BrazilJanuary 24, Brasilia, Brazil - Sixpeople died in a prison riot in northwesternBrazil and inmates took the penitentiary'sdirector and head of security hostage. Theriot in the Agenor Martins de Carvalhoprison in the state of Rondonia, whichborders Bolivia, started on Monday eveningafter an armed breakout attempt from the

prison's infirmary. One guard and twoinmates were killed in a shootout. Anti-riotpolice units have circled the prison to preventescape attempts but said storming the prisonwas out of the question due to the hostagesituation.

January 24, Athens, GreeceJanuary 24, Athens, GreeceJanuary 24, Athens, GreeceJanuary 24, Athens, GreeceJanuary 24, Athens, Greece - Ananarchist group, 'Anti-State Justice', claimedresponsibility for two homemade devicesexploding at one of the ruling New Democ-racy Party's branch offices and at a postoffice. This was the group's third attack thisyear. In a phone call to the media they

stated that these most recent bombingswere in solidarity with three anarchists in jailaccused of attacking policemen and stealingtheir equipment and in support of suspectedanarchists involved in a bank robbery inAthens last week.

January 23, Turin, ItalyJanuary 23, Turin, ItalyJanuary 23, Turin, ItalyJanuary 23, Turin, ItalyJanuary 23, Turin, Italy - Workers fromItaly's state airline Alitalia are on wildcatstrike after their union called off an official24-hour strike. Hundreds of cancellations ofnational and international flights have alreadybeen made. Workers are against thecompany's restructuring plan.

January 23, Turin, ItalyJanuary 23, Turin, ItalyJanuary 23, Turin, ItalyJanuary 23, Turin, ItalyJanuary 23, Turin, Italy - A smallnumber of anarchists manage to snatch theWinter Olympic torch from relay runners, atthe start of the proceedings. They werearrested, one of them, Massimo had this tosay to the court:"Monday, in the evening, we were locatedbetween the patrols, agents, and carriers ofthe torch, with the purpose of preventing thepassage of the Olympic flame and unmask-ing in this way its true nature, a point whichI will return to. We had a megaphone,

flyers, one banner, and flags against theTAV (high speed rail being built in the area).As was foreseeable, the agents respondedby trying to push us away. In that momentof confusion, a companion made thespontaneous, athletic, and audaciousgesture of seizing the torch and running.There was no violence. I, who until thatmoment was speaking through a mega-phone, took part when I saw that the agentswere going after three companions. Then Iwas arrested. This gesture has beendescribed as 'dishonorable' and 'unqualifi-able'. Unqualifiable for me is the hypocrisy

that defines these Olympic Games as apeace event and as a brotherhood betweenpeoples. In ancient Greece, during theOlympic games the wars were suspended.Now, not only is the Italian government, inthe name of the Italian people, at war in

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Iraq and Afghanistan, but one of sponsors ofthe Olympic Games is the Finmeccanicacompany, one of the great world-widetycoons of the production of weapons. Butthat is not all. For these games they havebeen building, spending million of euros,gigantic structures of devastating environmen-tal impact. And as far as the talk about the'Olympic spirit', go ask the Chinese workersabout their jobs in the construction yards ofthe Susa Valley, at two thousand meters, for

five euros a day. Or ask the inhabitants of thevalley who defend their territory fromprogress, from money and from the profitsthat would be made from the destruction ofthe valley with the project of the high speedtrain. I vindicate the action of Monday withhead held high."

January 23, Jayapura, West PapuaJanuary 23, Jayapura, West PapuaJanuary 23, Jayapura, West PapuaJanuary 23, Jayapura, West PapuaJanuary 23, Jayapura, West Papua -Two hundred people stormed the parliamentbuilding in this capital city. They pushed pastpolice guarding the building, shouting"Indonesian troops get out of West Papua!"Two policemen were injured in the melee.

Security forces fired on a group of protestersoutside a police station in Paniai in the centralHighlands of Papua last week, killing one.

January 20, Zurich, SwitzerlandJanuary 20, Zurich, SwitzerlandJanuary 20, Zurich, SwitzerlandJanuary 20, Zurich, SwitzerlandJanuary 20, Zurich, Switzerland - Abomb went off at the home of a managementconsultant and a building belonging to atechnology company. The action was linked toopposition to the upcoming World EconomicForum set to begin in Davos next week.Demonstrations took place in cities all acrossSwitzerland.

January 20, Quito, EcuadorJanuary 20, Quito, EcuadorJanuary 20, Quito, EcuadorJanuary 20, Quito, EcuadorJanuary 20, Quito, Ecuador - Studentsdestroyed property and attacked police withsticks, stones and homemade bombs. Thestudents were protesting against the pro-posed Free Trade Agreement of theAmericas, and also wanted the governmentto cancel its contract with the OccidentalPetroleum Corporation. About 100 studentswere detained.

January 19, Athens, GreeceJanuary 19, Athens, GreeceJanuary 19, Athens, GreeceJanuary 19, Athens, GreeceJanuary 19, Athens, Greece - Revolu-tionary Liberation Action claimed responsibilityfor three explosions across the city, withpolice suspecting a link to a recent bank

robbery that left three people injured and oneof the robbers in custody. The bombingsoccured at a branch of the National Bank incentral Athens, a district office of the rulingNew Democracy party in Zografou and undera municipal car in Nea Ionia, northernAthens. Before the blasts, anarchists hadsprayed slogans reading: "Banks are the truerobbers" outside the bank that had beentargeted in a robbery a few days before. Noone was injured in the attacks, though theycaused extensive damage.

January 18, Santiago, ChileJanuary 18, Santiago, ChileJanuary 18, Santiago, ChileJanuary 18, Santiago, ChileJanuary 18, Santiago, Chile - Bomb

explodes at the National Intelliegence Agency.The group Leon Czolgosz Autonomous andDestructive Forces claimed the action andwrote in a statement, "...The elections are acycle of ignorance; they only perpetuate thesystem of the rich. To combat them, we do

not register, nor do we vote. With this

action, we greet the pseudo-socialistpresident and her refuge of salarycriminals. Against them, we confrontthem. Our attack will be incessant andevery time more violent."

January 17, Strasbourg, FranceJanuary 17, Strasbourg, FranceJanuary 17, Strasbourg, FranceJanuary 17, Strasbourg, FranceJanuary 17, Strasbourg, France -Thousands of dock workers hurledrocks, logs and metal fences at theEuropean Parliament building. Theysmashed windows and attacked riotcops as they protested plans for furtherliberalisation of port services across theEuropean Union. Meanwhile, strikes,pickets and go-slows caused havoc tocargo handling at several EU ports.Police fought pitched battles, chargingthe demonstrators and using watercannons and tear gas, trying and failingto keep them away from the EUlegislature building. Earlier in the day,dockers in yellow vests set off smokebombs and waved banners saying"Victory to the dockers" during a defiantmarch through the city center. Accom-panied by marching bands, protestersset cars on fire. Police fired pepper gas

into the crowds and the port workersreturned fire with flares, canisters,glasses and stones. At least a dozen ofthe body armour clad robo-copssuffered injuries. Over 6,000 workersfrom all major European ports, includingLiverpool, Rotterdam, Antwerp, andHamburg. Apparently people also camefrom as far as Australia and the UnitedStates to take part in the massiveprotests organized by several tradeunions. While this was going on,workers closed down cargo handling inAntwerp, Belgium Europe's second

biggest port and also in Portugal,Germany and Denmark and Sweden.Victory was at hand when the EuropeanParliament rejected the proposed plansto liberalize cargo handling at EUseaports.

January 15, Bayelsa State, NigeriaJanuary 15, Bayelsa State, NigeriaJanuary 15, Bayelsa State, NigeriaJanuary 15, Bayelsa State, NigeriaJanuary 15, Bayelsa State, Nigeria -Twenty people, including 13 soldiers, werefeared killed as suspected militant youths blewup the Shell Petroleum DevelopmentCompany's Benisede platform using dynamite,leading to a fire that consumed the boat houseand platform. In the previous week four of thecompany's expatriate staff were kidnapped andtaken hostage aboard an oil vessel off theAtlantic Ocean. Recent violence and sabotage inNigeria has cut that nation`s crude oil productionby 10 percent. A unit of the Royal Dutch ShellGroup pulled hundreds of workers from theBenisede and neighbouring flowstations(Opukushi, Ogbotobo and Tunu) after continuedkidnappings and sabotage resulted in a loss ofabout 220,000 barrels per day of oil produc-tion.

January 9, Cagliari, ItalyJanuary 9, Cagliari, ItalyJanuary 9, Cagliari, ItalyJanuary 9, Cagliari, ItalyJanuary 9, Cagliari, Italy - In the night abomb exploded at the Carabinieri station ofVallemorsa in the province of Cagliari. Thebuilding was damaged, but did not catch fire.

January 7, Edingburgh, ScotlandJanuary 7, Edingburgh, ScotlandJanuary 7, Edingburgh, ScotlandJanuary 7, Edingburgh, ScotlandJanuary 7, Edingburgh, Scotland - Aclosed-circuit television surveillance van monitor-ing the area around a government housing

complex in the Pilton area was attacked by agroup of youths. They smashed the windowsand threw a molotov cockatail at it while two cityemployees were inside. Two 15 year-olds werearrested in connection with the fire-bomb attack.

January 6, Athens, GreeceJanuary 6, Athens, GreeceJanuary 6, Athens, GreeceJanuary 6, Athens, GreeceJanuary 6, Athens, Greece - A petrolbomb was thrown at a branch office of theruling New Democracy party in Exarchia incentral Athens, a few blocks away from the localPolice Department, causing minor damage. Anhour later, a bomb made of gas canisters wentoff outside a branch of Aspis Bank in the citycenter, damaging the front entrance and the

ATM. Responsibility has been claimed by agroup called "Insurrection Flame" in solidaritywith three jailed anarchists accused under theanti-terrorist law for an attack against the Greek

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riot police and the taking of their riot gear.

January 5, Hong Kong, ChinaJanuary 5, Hong Kong, ChinaJanuary 5, Hong Kong, ChinaJanuary 5, Hong Kong, ChinaJanuary 5, Hong Kong, China - 12 of the14 WTO Political Prisoners launched anindefinite hunger strike to highlight the injusticeof their detention and the free trade policiesimplemented by the WTO.

January 4, Istanbul, TurkeyJanuary 4, Istanbul, TurkeyJanuary 4, Istanbul, TurkeyJanuary 4, Istanbul, TurkeyJanuary 4, Istanbul, Turkey - Anarchistsdestroyed a bank ATM , in an attack againstmoney and civilisation.

January 3, Petroupolis, GreeceJanuary 3, Petroupolis, GreeceJanuary 3, Petroupolis, GreeceJanuary 3, Petroupolis, GreeceJanuary 3, Petroupolis, Greece -Anarchists claimed responsibility for placing a

firebomb under the car of a Finnish diplomat'scar in the city. The bomb exploded at 3amunder the vehicle. The car was destroyed andfour others parked nearby were damaged. Thiswas one of two co-ordinated attacks on thisevening.

January 3, Athens, GreeceJanuary 3, Athens, GreeceJanuary 3, Athens, GreeceJanuary 3, Athens, GreeceJanuary 3, Athens, Greece - Threemakeshift bombs went off targeting cars and theNew Democracy Party's offices in three differentAthenian neighbourhoods. The group"Antikratiki Dikeosini" (Anti-State justice) claimedresponsibility for the attacks, which were insupport of anarchists Kalaitzidis, Aspiotis and

Karasaidis, who are held in prison charged witharson and other offences.

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December 31, Paris, FranceDecember 31, Paris, FranceDecember 31, Paris, FranceDecember 31, Paris, FranceDecember 31, Paris, France - Membersof the unemployed people associations andentertainment workers overpowered policeofficers to enter 'Le Bon Marche' shoppingcenter where they held a demonstration called"the unemployed people's New Year's Evesupper."

December 31, Madrid, SpainDecember 31, Madrid, SpainDecember 31, Madrid, SpainDecember 31, Madrid, SpainDecember 31, Madrid, Spain - The ALF

liberated 28 beagles from the Faculty ofVeterinary Medicine at the IndependentUniversity of Madrid. The action was undertakenin memory of ELF prisoner Bill Rodgers whowas found dead in his jail cell in Flagstaff,Arizona on December 22, 2005.

December 31, Granada, SpainDecember 31, Granada, SpainDecember 31, Granada, SpainDecember 31, Granada, SpainDecember 31, Granada, Spain - Anexplosive device blew up in the sales lot of aFIAT car dealership. The attack was undertakenin solidarity with Italian comrades beingprosecuted in the "Operation Cervantes" case.A communique also claimed solidarity withanarchist prisoners in Italy, Spain, Greece andGermany.

December 30, Tehran, IranDecember 30, Tehran, IranDecember 30, Tehran, IranDecember 30, Tehran, IranDecember 30, Tehran, Iran - Hundreds ofworkers from the Miral Glass factory protested10 months unpaid wages by staging a demon-

stration at the company's factory siteand setting automobile tires on fire,closing down the Tehran-Saveh roadnear Tehran.

December 30, Trikala, GreeceDecember 30, Trikala, GreeceDecember 30, Trikala, GreeceDecember 30, Trikala, GreeceDecember 30, Trikala, Greece -Two Greek policemen shot dead withtheir own weapons during an escape.Two prisoners had requested a toiletstop, but then seized the officers'weapons and opened fire on them. A

massive search for the prisoners,involving helicopters and special policeforces, was launched following theattack, but they were not found.

December 30, Gualeguaychu,December 30, Gualeguaychu,December 30, Gualeguaychu,December 30, Gualeguaychu,December 30, Gualeguaychu,ArgentinaArgentinaArgentinaArgentinaArgentina - Hundreds of protestersangry over Uruguay's plans to build twomajor paper mills on the river it shareswith Argentina blocked three interna-tional bridges Friday. The protestersblocked bridges in Gualeguaychu, notfar from the sites of the proposedplants, as well in Colon and Concordia.The bridges are heavily traveled routesfor vacationers heading to Uruguay'sAtlantic beaches in the southernhemisphere summer, and a key tradecorridor for Argentina, Uruguay andnearby Brazil.

December 26, Molland, EnglandDecember 26, Molland, EnglandDecember 26, Molland, EnglandDecember 26, Molland, EnglandDecember 26, Molland, England -In a second attack on the same meatfarm, the ALF liberated 100 wild boarby cutting down 500 meters of thefarm's fence.

December 25, Tehran, IranDecember 25, Tehran, IranDecember 25, Tehran, IranDecember 25, Tehran, IranDecember 25, Tehran, Iran -Tehran's bus workers went on strike inresponse to the arrest last week of adozen members of the Union ofWorkers of Tehran and Suburbs BusCompany in armed policeraids on their homes.Further arrests were madeduring the strike itself.Around 4,000 bus driversspent the night at the depotin Tehran's transport Region6 refusing to run bus lines.

December 25, Queluz,December 25, Queluz,December 25, Queluz,December 25, Queluz,December 25, Queluz,PortugalPortugalPortugalPortugalPortugal - Cars anddumpsters set on fire byrioting youths angry aboutsocial exclusion and policecontrol.

December 23, Athens, GreeceDecember 23, Athens, GreeceDecember 23, Athens, GreeceDecember 23, Athens, GreeceDecember 23, Athens, Greece -A bomb went off at the Ministry ofDevelopment and Commerce, hoursbefore Greece's parliament passed thebudget for the upcoming year. Thebombing, reported be be triggered byan alarm clock, was claimed by the

group Revolutionary Struggle. It was thesecond bomb attack on a governmentbuilding in six months. In June the samegroup bombed the Labour Ministry inthe heart of the city.

December 22, Barcelona, SpainDecember 22, Barcelona, SpainDecember 22, Barcelona, SpainDecember 22, Barcelona, SpainDecember 22, Barcelona, Spain -Anarchists attacked a fur store with incendiarydevices causing damage to the door. Theaction was claimed in solidarity with prisoners.

December 19, Barcelona, SpainDecember 19, Barcelona, SpainDecember 19, Barcelona, SpainDecember 19, Barcelona, SpainDecember 19, Barcelona, Spain -Centre d'Iniciatives to per la Reinsercio(C.I.R.E) attacked with firebomb in solidaritywith Italian anarchists and all prisonerseverywhere. (C.I.R.E is an institute respon-

sible for forced prison labour in connectionwith private companies)

December 17, Setubal, PortugalDecember 17, Setubal, PortugalDecember 17, Setubal, PortugalDecember 17, Setubal, PortugalDecember 17, Setubal, Portugal - OnMonday night at three in the morning, peopleattacked the police station in the Bela Vistaneighborhood in the city of Setubal. In theattack, molotov cocktails were thrown at thewindows of the station and at squad carsparked outside.

December 16, Brockley, EnglandDecember 16, Brockley, EnglandDecember 16, Brockley, EnglandDecember 16, Brockley, EnglandDecember 16, Brockley, England -Animal Liberation Front cut out hugestretches of fencing at Manor Farm, which

breeds and kills deer to produce venison.Some 80 to 100 deer were given thechance to run free.

December 16, Athens, GreeceDecember 16, Athens, GreeceDecember 16, Athens, GreeceDecember 16, Athens, GreeceDecember 16, Athens, Greece -Anarchists in Athens staged five arson attacksin two and a half hours. An automobilebelonging to the Church of Greece wasamong the targets destroyed. 15 cars wereburned at three Italian automobile dealershipsin Athens. They also attacked a pair of policeofficers and disarmed them, taking theirpistols. Acting on a tip, police raided anapartment, but it had been vacated prior totheir arrival. They did recover a policeofficer's service revolver. At the same time,anarchists in Thessaloniki bombed twoEurobank branches with gas canister devices.

December 13, Hong Kong, ChinaDecember 13, Hong Kong, ChinaDecember 13, Hong Kong, ChinaDecember 13, Hong Kong, ChinaDecember 13, Hong Kong, China -For a second day, thousands of SouthKorean farmers clashed with police outsidethe harborfront conference center. Protesterspunched, kicked and tried to break through apolice line, and security forces fought back

with pepper spray, clubs and shields. Thefarmers, dressed in matching red vests andchanting, "Down, down WTO," struck policewith bamboo sticks and tried to ram througha police road block.

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December 12, Athens, GreeceDecember 12, Athens, GreeceDecember 12, Athens, GreeceDecember 12, Athens, GreeceDecember 12, Athens, Greece- A homemade explosive devicedetonated in the middle of SyntagmaSquare, in front of the Economy andFinance Ministry in the center ofAthens. Three people were injuredby flying shrapnel and extensivedamage was caused in the square.The organisation 'RevolutionaryStruggle' claimed responsibility forthe attack, stating that it wasperpetrated against thegovernment's economic policy. Intheir statement of claim, the groupcriticized the Greek police for not acting quicklywhen a phone warning was made prior to theblast.

December 7, Santiago, ChileDecember 7, Santiago, ChileDecember 7, Santiago, ChileDecember 7, Santiago, ChileDecember 7, Santiago, Chile - At the JuanGomez Millas campus of the University of Chile,masked attacked police with firebombs andstones. Propaganda was spread (throughshouting, leaflets, banners, and graffiti) indicatingthat the main reason for this direct action was the

upcoming elections which perpetuate exploitationand domination by the rich. Some slogans andgraffiti messages used in relation to this directaction: "Because we have nothing, we willdestroy everything," "Because the vote onlymakes the rich powerful, we've chosen violence"and "Against the election of future exploiters."

December 6, Val di Susa, ItalyDecember 6, Val di Susa, ItalyDecember 6, Val di Susa, ItalyDecember 6, Val di Susa, ItalyDecember 6, Val di Susa, Italy - Angryresidents blockaded the major highway that runsthrough Val di Susa and barricaded streets in thevalley town of Bussoleno, acting against theWinter Olympics and the planned 'TAV' high-speed rail link that will destroy much of the

environment in the mountains. Workers also wenton strike in the nearby city of Turin in solidaritywith the struggle. An occupation camp ofprotesters which was preventing the constructionof the railway line between Italy and France wasviolently evicted by paramilitary police. 20 peoplewere reportedly hospitalized after clashes,including five police officers. Residents of thevalley have been demonstrating, blocking roads,and launching strikes against the railway projectfor weeks, opposing the environmental destructionthe rail line could cause. Graffiti messages againstthe railway line and the police occupation of Val diSusa have proliferated throughout the area. Val di

Susa links Turin, host city of the 2006 WinterOlympics, to the Alps, where many Olympicevents were held in February. The valley is

already cut up by a major highway andrailway, and the proposed high-speedline will plow through a mountain whichcontains asbestos and uranium.

During a solidarity demonstration inTurin, a railway depot was blockaded,and anarchists attacked the car of thePresident of thePiemonte region, two

police cars, and anOlympics store. Inaddition, a bank wassmashed-up, a bonfirewas set in the streets,and graffiti messageswere left on wallsdenouncing theOlympics and declaringsolidarity with theresistance in Val diSusa. One cop wasinjured when he washit in the head with abottle. "Extreme left-wing groups, fromantagonistic andanarchic-insurrectionistwings are trying to extend the unrestfrom Val di Susa to Turin, Rome, Milan,and various other cities," said SilvioBerlusconi.

December 6, Shanwei, ChinaDecember 6, Shanwei, ChinaDecember 6, Shanwei, ChinaDecember 6, Shanwei, ChinaDecember 6, Shanwei, China -Chinese police opened fire on protestersin the southern province of Guangdong,shooting dead at least two people.

Police tried to disperse up to 1,000demonstrators near Shanwei whoewere angry because they had not beencompensated for land taken by the

government to build apower plant. There havebeen an ever-growingnumber of riots in China,many of which are focusedon industrial developments.

December 6, Val diDecember 6, Val diDecember 6, Val diDecember 6, Val diDecember 6, Val diSusa, ItalySusa, ItalySusa, ItalySusa, ItalySusa, Italy - Anoccupation camp in Italy's

northern Susa Valley (Valdi Susa) which waspreventing the constructionof a high-speed railway linebetween Italy and France

was violently evicted by paramilitary policeTuesday. 20 people were reportedlyhospitalized after clashes, including fivepolice officers. Earlier in the day, residentshad blockaded the major highway that runsthrough Val di Susa and barricaded streetsin the valley town of Bussoleno.

December 5, Jehanabad, IndiaDecember 5, Jehanabad, IndiaDecember 5, Jehanabad, IndiaDecember 5, Jehanabad, IndiaDecember 5, Jehanabad, India -Hundreds of prisoners were freed in one ofthe most audacious revolutionary armedactions India has seen in recent decades.200 members of the Maoist 'PeoplesGuerrilla Army' were involved in seizing thetown of Jehanabad for two and a halfhours. The police claimed they had faced acontingent five times that size. While the jail

was the main target, police facilities and thedistrict administration office also came underheavy fire. The authorities reported that389 prisoners escaped, including, theysaid, 119 Maoists and supporters. Alongwith several police, the guerrillas alsoreportedly killed two leaders and membersof 'Ranvir Sena', an upper-caste privatemilitia set up by local feudal forces. The two'Ranvir Sena' leaders killed had led manymassacres of lower-caste women andchildren over the last decades in an effort toterrorize the rural poor. Two days beforethe Jehanabad jailbreak, the PGA had

attacked an army training centre in Giridih inthe neighbouring state of Jharkhand, seizingas many as 185 firearms. After the attack,police and six companies of the Indian

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day soon, you will be able to treat like human beings those copsday soon, you will be able to treat like human beings those copsday soon, you will be able to treat like human beings those copsday soon, you will be able to treat like human beings those copsday soon, you will be able to treat like human beings those cops

whom it will not have been necessary to kill on the spot?whom it will not have been necessary to kill on the spot?whom it will not have been necessary to kill on the spot?whom it will not have been necessary to kill on the spot?whom it will not have been necessary to kill on the spot?

(Ratgeb/R.V.)

Central Paramilitary Force accompanied by helicop-ters swept through scores of villages in the districtwhere Jehanabad is located and the neighbouringdistricts, considered hotbeds of rebel activity. Afterten days of these operations the authorities had notreported any significant gains.

December 2, Seoul, South KoreaDecember 2, Seoul, South KoreaDecember 2, Seoul, South KoreaDecember 2, Seoul, South KoreaDecember 2, Seoul, South Korea - Strikingworkers and angry farmers clashed with police infront of the National Assembly in Seoul. The workers

recently began a nation-wide general strike calling forbetter conditions and more job security for temporaryworkers. The strike is being observed by only about10% of the country's labor unions. The farmershave been demonstrating daily in opposition to newWorld Trade Organization (WTO) endorsed legislationthat is expected to devastate small South Korean ricefarmers.

December 1, Manama, BahrainDecember 1, Manama, BahrainDecember 1, Manama, BahrainDecember 1, Manama, BahrainDecember 1, Manama, Bahrain - Riotersburned cars and set off explosives improvised out ofgas canisters in the third straight night of unrest sincea committee for Bahrain's unemployed beganprotests against joblessness and to demand an officialinvestigation into the case of Moussa Abdaali. Abdaaliis a committee member who was beaten by unidenti-fied men believed to be armed security officials.Rioters attacked police with stones and molotovcocktails before burning two police cars.

December, Thessalonoki, GreeceDecember, Thessalonoki, GreeceDecember, Thessalonoki, GreeceDecember, Thessalonoki, GreeceDecember, Thessalonoki, Greece - Firebombattack against a subsidiary of genetic experimentationfirm 'Dupont' causes 80,000 euro damage.

November 29, Pacific Beach, CA, USANovember 29, Pacific Beach, CA, USANovember 29, Pacific Beach, CA, USANovember 29, Pacific Beach, CA, USANovember 29, Pacific Beach, CA, USA - 7luxury SUV's set on fire in showroom causing$167,000 damage.

November 18, Athens, GreeceNovember 18, Athens, GreeceNovember 18, Athens, GreeceNovember 18, Athens, GreeceNovember 18, Athens, Greece - Four impro-vised incendiary devices exploded at an Americanbrand car dealership in the Athens suburb ofPeristeri. Two of the devices were placed underneathSUVs, subsequently destroying the vehicles. A thirdvehicle, parked near the SUVs, was also damaged.The other devices were placed next to an electricalgenerator. An unidentified individual later phoned theGreek newspaper 'Eleftherotypia' and claimedresponsibility for the attack. The caller claimed theattack was an act of solidarity towards MichalisKaltezas, an anarchist who was killed in a policeshooting in 1985. This incident occurred on the 20th

Anniversary of Kaltezas' death. The caller also statedthat the dealership was attacked as a symbol ofconsumerism and implied the anarchist movement willcontinue.

November 19, Athens, GreeceNovember 19, Athens, GreeceNovember 19, Athens, GreeceNovember 19, Athens, GreeceNovember 19, Athens, Greece - A group ofapproximately 15 individuals wearing hoods attackedthe branch offices of three Greek banks in theMonastiraki section of downtown Athens. Theindividuals smashed the windows of the banks andthrew Molotov cocktails inside causing significantdamage. An unidentified caller phoned Eleftherotypiaand claimed responsibility for the attack. Also onSaturday, a group of approximately 30 anarchists

wearing hoods attacked the offices of a local Greekright-wing organization with Molotov cocktails.

November 16, Athens, GreeceNovember 16, Athens, GreeceNovember 16, Athens, GreeceNovember 16, Athens, GreeceNovember 16, Athens, Greece - A group ofanarchists attacked an occupied unmarked police van

parked outside the chemistry

department at Athens University.The policeman inside managed toescape the van, which was set onfire and totally destroyed.

November 15, Thessaloniki,November 15, Thessaloniki,November 15, Thessaloniki,November 15, Thessaloniki,November 15, Thessaloniki,GreeceGreeceGreeceGreeceGreece - A group of individualsthrew Molotov cocktails at sevenparked cars belonging to aRenault dealership. At nearly thesame time, an improvisedincendiary device consisting offour gas canisters and one plasticcontainer of flammable liquid

exploded outside a supermarket.

November 14, Athens,November 14, Athens,November 14, Athens,November 14, Athens,November 14, Athens,GreeceGreeceGreeceGreeceGreece - A group of around 20persons came from the Polytech-nic School campus located inZografou and lit the base of atraffic camera on fire afterdousing it with a flammable liquid.

November 13, Athens,November 13, Athens,November 13, Athens,November 13, Athens,November 13, Athens,GreeceGreeceGreeceGreeceGreece - A group of 40individuals wearing hoods andmotorcycle helmets used Molotov

cocktails to attack a German-makecar dealership and a French-make car dealership inAmbelokipi, burning a total of 24cars. Four additional cars wereburned as the group dispersedtoward the Exachia area ofAthens.

November 13, Athens,November 13, Athens,November 13, Athens,November 13, Athens,November 13, Athens,GreeceGreeceGreeceGreeceGreece - Approximately 70persons gathered in Ilion anddemonstrated against the recentclosure of a factory. Theprotestors spray-painted the wallsand windows of several shopsand banks in the area withslogans supporting the Frenchriots.

November 12, Athens, GreeceNovember 12, Athens, GreeceNovember 12, Athens, GreeceNovember 12, Athens, GreeceNovember 12, Athens, Greece - roughly100 anarchist youths demonstrated outside theFrench Embassy in downtown Athens. Theprotestors carried banners and shouted slogansin support of the riots in the French ghettos.

November 11, Athens, GreeceNovember 11, Athens, GreeceNovember 11, Athens, GreeceNovember 11, Athens, GreeceNovember 11, Athens, Greece - A groupof 30-40 individuals wearing hoods andmotorcycle helmets threw stones, smashedwindows, and spray-painted slogans in supportof the French rioters on the walls of the FrenchLanguage Institute in the Kolonaki area. Theanarchists attempted to set the Institute on firebefore being thwarted by police.

November 10, Thessaloniki, GreeceNovember 10, Thessaloniki, GreeceNovember 10, Thessaloniki, GreeceNovember 10, Thessaloniki, GreeceNovember 10, Thessaloniki, Greece -Approximately 40 hooded and masked personsattacked the French Institute with crowbars andthrew stones, shattering numerous windows.

November 2, Bologna, ItalyNovember 2, Bologna, ItalyNovember 2, Bologna, ItalyNovember 2, Bologna, ItalyNovember 2, Bologna, Italy - A parcelbomb, made up of a battery operated detonatorand 50 grams of gunpowder, was sent to theMayor of Bologna, Sergio Cofferati. The devicewas discovered and defused by experts beforeit could detonate. A group calling themselvesthe "Fire and Fire-related Cooperative" warnedof the device in a leaflet.

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Jean-Marc Rouillan is a prisoner inFrance who is serving time for involve-ment in Action Direte, a militant groupbehind a series of high-profile assassi-nations and attacks in France in the1980s. He and other members of AD;Nathalie Menigon, Jolle Aubron andGeorges Cipriani, were handed lifesentences in 1989 for the murder of theformer head of the French car giantRenault, and in 1994 for five otherterrorist attacks in the 1980s. Aubron

was freed from jail in June 2004 forhealth reasons, and has recently died.

Action Directe was a leftist militant groupthat attacked symbols of the French state ina similar way to the RAF in Germany, withwhich it had links. Before it was finallycrushed in 1989 after the arrest of its core, itwas thought to have been behind as many as80 attacks, some of them murders.

Valerie C:

I am going to ask a few details, direct responses.How old are you?

Jean-Marc Rouillan:

- 53 years old on the next 30th ofaugust.

: Since when have you been detained?

-February 1987

: How long have you been in LannemezanPrison?

- I did a first period from 1994 to2000, and I am back since the evacuation fromArles, 7 month ago.

: In which quarter are you staying?

- I stay in Building A, standard quarter.

: Have you been put in isolation in

Lannemezan?

- No, never.

: Currently, how do you fill your days?

- In the morning, I work, Iwrite. I wake up very early. At 10Oclock, I come down to the phone. Therest of the day I practice sport and I read.

: Today what do you think about thecoming examination of your request bythe court?

- I dont have any illusion aboutthe system. I think that the politicaldecision to free us hasnt been taken, so

no judge will go against the will of thepower, so I go there with no illusions.

: How is your health?

- Normally, perfect.

: What does this mean, Normally,perfect? You have recently had a checkup.

- For one year, the doctorsthought I had lung cancer, and eventu-ally, check up after check up, thesituation stabilised itself. Then, theyexpressed a totally opposite view.

: So, now you are considered

- treated for nothing at all, sonormally, my health is perfect.

: Since when are you able to request fora release on parole?

- Since the 26th of February, Ihave been parole-able, as we say in jail.

: Is it the first time you request it?

- It is the first time. It has beendelayed to the extreme limit: the requestfor a release on parole must be consid-ered within 6 months. I have requestedon the 28th of February. The other oneshave already been considered, andanswered.

: When you say the other ones youmean other inmates?

- The other inmates NathalieMenigon and Georges Cipriani whowere arrested at the same time as me.Their requests have already beenconsidered, and answered.

: Negatively-

- They are today in the Courts ofappeal.

: What are the conditions for your liberation?

- A home and a job.

: And do you have both?

- Yes. Normally, without accident or anexplicit will to refuse without examining mysituation, the next commission will defer theexamination of my file, since no investigation hasbeen performed about the workplace.

: So, it is not done according to the rules.

-In fact, at the moment, if they followthe normal procedure, they will defer.

: Mr. M was telling me that they first gave a datethat then was deferred to September and thenchanged back to July

- At first it was scheduled for the 18thof July, but the 18th was a normal commissionfor small sentences. So with the agreement ofthe lawyers, it was deferred to September.Eventually, faced with the 6 month deadline,they didnt want to make an exception, they hadto consider the request, or at least bring the fileto the court.

: Today, what makes you think that the request isnot considered properly?

- The only fact is that NathalieMenigon who was very sick like George Ciprianihas been answered negatively on the grounds ofpolitical considerations.

: What are these political considerations?

- Disavowal of our political involve-ment. See the text that I sent to Marseille forthe support meeting of the 18th of July*. Sincethe courts have stressed political reasons for thedenial, then it is a collective answer for every-one. We cant imagine how the answer would bepositive for some of us and negative for others.

The three of us are still considered on the samebasis.

: So you think it is definitely a conscious attitudefrom the courts. How do you explain that thistaboo still exists?

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- I think that nowadays the taboo isregaining strength. What we could say twoyears ago about our cases, e.g. that we werewaiting for the end of our security period,etc etc is now much more difficult toexpress. Today, we can clearly state that theyhave revived the political dialogue we had atthe beginning of our detention, i.e. freedomin exchange of an official disavowal withpublicity, which means us expressing to therevolutionary movement that all forms ofstruggle, like the ones we used, are uselessand even dangerous.

: And for you, this is out of question.

- This is out of question

: Why?- Because we think that the

communist position is still valid. Armedstruggle has to be done in objective condi-tions. Maybe these conditions are not hereanymore. I have been disconnected, in prison

for almost two decades, so I wont say that theconditions are met now; that we have to takearms, no. However, what we did seems to bevalid.

: So, There is no disavowal, this famousrepentance that they demand?

- No.

: So what is your stance towards whathappened? You do not disavow it, but withsome distance, how do you see it?

- One has to speak with somedistance. History changed a lot. We werefighting at a time when there existed theSoviet Union, the Berlin wall, at a time whenthe confrontation was totally different fromtoday. It is obvious. Indeed, in order tostrengthen their blackmail, the courts ofimplementation of the sentence tell thatAction Directe still exists, but it is totalcraziness. They mix it up with the supportmovement. The organisation Action Directehasnt existed for at least 16 years.

: What are your views on the current

terrorist attacks? Do you consider yourself ashaving committed terrorist attacks and whatdifference do you see between what you didand what is currently happening?

-There is a fundamental difference:we never committed any massacre-type

attack. Our targets were always chosenbeforehand. We always attacked peoplein charge, powerful people in theirfield. We never touched any civilian.Despite all our bomb attacks, and therewere many; there never was any deador wounded civilian. The only civilcomplainants we had in court werewounded policeman or the families ofGeneral Audran and Mr. Besse**.

: The actual targets.

-So this is a fundamentaldifference.

: About your motivations as well,because your approach was very, verypoliticised. Currently we are in apurely religious terrorism, which hasnothing to do with what you weredoing

- We indeed dont have anything to do

with religious organisations. The onlyproblem is that today the American andEnglish imperialist forces are aggressive

against the Arab world, and thus theyreap the fruits of their policy.

: Is this how you read it?

-Yes, yes, and so doesthe mayor of London!

: So you dont believe that you will getout

- It will be deferred ordenied. I will appeal. I will go to thecourt of appeal in Pau and then therewill be 18 months and our request willbe considered again by a commission.The examination of our next requestof release on parole will happen exactlyduring the 2007 French elections.

: A time of changes

- So, obviously wewill defer ourrequests because theyare political and wedont want them to be

used politically.

: What do you imagineafter you get out? Doyou sometimes thinkabout it?

- When you have spent 20 years injail, in a time that has completely stopped Ithink I will be faced with a situation in which Idont know the rhythm at all.

: Do you think you will get back to activismor maybe have you never stopped?

- I never stopped

: So you absolutely keep on your struggle

-I am still a communist activist. Ithink I will remain so.

: Is violence still something you can putforward?

- Personally, my health is good, butfor my two sick comrades, it was already adefinitely obsolete perspective. The problem isthat they use against us the fact that in 1981when they discharged us (from prison) westarted again. We didnt start again, we have

always done it. At that time, when we got out,there was our organisation with dozens ofclandestine people. When we found ourselvesoutside, we very naturally took back our placein the struggle. What is happening today is thatthe situation has completely changed, ourorganisation doesnt exist anymore, and thereis no armed communist organisation anymore.It would be pure voluntarism to do anythingin that direction.

: What arguments do you plan to tell thejudge?

- Absolutely none.

: You let your lawyer speak!

-No, not even that. We will listen towhat they have to say. I make Mr. Etelin mylawyer out of respect for the court that hasnever, until now been aggressive towards me.However I wont give any explanation,because I gave the home and the job details,which is what is required from prisoners whorequest release on parole.

: Does you behaviour inside the jail plays

against you?

- No, no, nothing inside caninterfere with a release.

: Do you plan to live in Auch if you get out?

- Of course.

: At your mums place?

- This the town I was born in, I grewup there. I still have roots in this town.

: You expect to stay for a while. Do you have ahope to get out within the next few months?

- Definitely not. After they deny the

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release, we cant request a release before 18months, so it adds up to at least two more years ofprison.

: That makes it very long, do you thing about alife sentence?

- I think that French authorities arestrongly attracted by the American justice.

: What do you mean? I didnt understand.

- By reforming laws like the pleading-guilty one, etc one can see it also in jail. Thereis a temptation to make it happen for someprisoners, without telling it.

: This famous life-sentence?

-The real life sentence

: As a matter of fact, the timing of your request isnot very good, because Sarkozy*** just re-launched the debate about release on parole. Weare in the middle of a period of terror attacks

- We are not recidivists. None of us hasever been convicted before by a criminal court.

: Do you think this debate will play against you?

- Yes, yes, everything plays against us,there very few positive things. Although theprisoners who struggled with us in Belgium arefree, In Germany almost all of them are free, thethree last ones should be freed this year. In Italy,the big majority of the comrades arrested thereare now free. We sometimes get into brusquesituations: For example, the perpetrator of thedeeds for which Regis Schleicher is jailed forcomplicity was liberated 6 years ago whilst he, theaccomplice, is still in jail.

: Why do you say that over the past few monthswe came to a situation that plays against yourliberation? How do you explain it?

- Because we personalise a struggle thatbecame an agreement between a far left whogave up its goals and a power that becameextremely tougher. We are symbols. It is as clearas that, and in the same time we are these sorts of

beasts A bit like the Roman Empire showed upits defeated opponents. They put a ring throughour nose at the end of a chain, and they make usturn a little in front of cameras, saying: Lookhow tough they are, look how ferocious theyare.

: Indeed, the image is very powerful. Ihave finished. Do you want to addanything?

- No, no, but you will find inour texts some answers to this lastquestion.

Jean-Marc Rouillan 1829,204 rue des saligues BP 166 65300Lannemezan

France

*See www.action-directe.net.**Both were killed in Action Directeoperations, Besse was the CEO of Fiat,and Audran was a French miltary general.

***French Interior Minister.

Three gatherings were held SaturdayFebruary 25, 2006 in front of the prisonswhere the militants of Action Directeand George Abdallah, Arab communistmilitant are detained. All of them shouldhave been released a year ago, after 17years in prison and more.

A hundred people under snow atEnsisheim and as many at Bapaume,nearly 250 in Lannemezan.There wasalso a demonstration in Barcelona for theprisoners. Fireworks, detonators,balloons flying over the centers ofdetention, the three processions

reaffirmed the requirement of therelease of the prisoners of direct Actionand George Abdallah, hostages of theFrench State.

The supporters collective denounces theeternal blackmail of "repentance forrelease". In Lannemezan, Charlie Bauer,ex-prisoner, summarizes the situationwell: "The State keeps in prison themilitant comrades of Action Directe, notfor what they did, since the sanctionwas carried out, but for their ideas. TheState asks them to be disavow, to spit

on what they were, on what they arestill today "

These demonstrations gathered the oldones of Action Directe, militants comingfrom the Basque-Country, from Belgium,from Switzerland, Germany, Italy,Lebanon and Palestine. Personalities andrepresentatives of the CNT, and othertrade-unions, and also people from thepolitical and associativ