.pdf pamphlet here. 

The information reposted here was taken from the Insurrectionary Anarchists of the Coast Salish Territories website

Update:

On Friday, June 6, 2008, Ivan and Bruno were released from prison and put under judicial control. Farid, who was arrested on January 23 at Vierzon with his companion Isa, has also been released under judicial control, but Isa is still being detained at the prison of Lille-Séquedin. The week of solidarity called for June 9 to 16 is obviously still on, for the freedom of Isa and all the other prisoners. There are solidarity events planned to take place in Paris, Lyon, Grenoble, Vigan, Sète and Brussels (Belgium).

(The immigration detention centre of Corso Brunelleschi in Turin is run by the Italian Red Cross. This report was written by comrades who managed to get in contact with the prisoners through a mobile phone).

In the night between May 23 and May 24 2008 Hassan, a 38 year old immigrant from North Africa, died in the immigration detention centre. He had pneumonia. According to a number of witnesses, the Red Cross administer psychotropic drugs in the CPT to ‘cure’ certain kinds of illness such as headache. Hassan had been given psychotropic drugs too and when that night he started having breathing problems, his companions called the doctor on duty in the centre. The latter answered that he was too busy and that his colleague would see Hassan the day after. Too late: Hassan died. 

That night the immigrants detained in the centre start a hunger strike. They are tired of being treated like objects. They are human beings and protest for their dignity.

BREAK THE SILENCE 

(inspired by a few leaflets from ‘ Fuoriluogo’) 

Saturday 13th October 2007 at around 4am: a girl is sleeping in piazza Verdi in Bologna (northern Italy). Police on patrol decide that the girl’s behaviour is ‘abnormal’ and must be corrected by compulsory sanitary treatment (TSO), which means internment in a psychiatric hospital and forced administration of psychotropic drugs. The cops call the ambulance while keeping the girl under their custody against her will. Five comrades of the anarchist place ‘Fuoriluogo’ witness the episode and cannot help expressing their contempt at the police. They do their best to prevent the arrest of the girl. The police’s answer is brutal: armed with truncheons and even guns they chase the comrades. As the latter flee, six more police vans are called on the scene and the short escape ends in piazza San Vitale. The 5 are handcuffed while being severely beaten by the cops. A few residents in the area are clearly indignant at the police’s behaviour but do not intervene.

Available Early December 2007 from Tarantula Publications:

CONFRONTATIONS: Selected Journalism

By Kristian Williams

Foreword by Ward Churchill

Pre-order your copy online ($5 postpaid) here .