Article by Jürgen Heiser, published in Junge Welt (29.12.2011): In the case of former US citizen, George Wright, Portugal’s Supreme Court ruled to deny an appeal made by the US Justice Department, shortly before Christmas. With its appeal, registered four weeks ago, the USA was seeking the extradition of the
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Sketchy Thoughts: Agents Claim to Have Captured Alleged BLA Combatant George Wright
in happier times…Many of you will have heard the sad news that police are claiming they have arrested George Wright, an alleged former BLA combatant living in Portugal under the name Jose Luis Jorge dos Santos.Mainstream news reports state that Wrigh…
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Hugo Pinell Participating in the California Hungerstrike
Excerpted from a letter to Kiilu Nyasha:A hunger strike has been in effect since July 1 and I’ve been with it, altho is very hard to know what’s going on? On July 1, one station up here announced the hunger strike, but nothing since and I don’t kno…
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Letter from Bomani Shakur of the Lucasville 5
The Lucasville 5 are five prisoners who were framed for the murder of snitches and guards in the 1993 Lucasville prison riot. The 1993 riot and hostage taking was one of the longest in u.s. prison history, and yet it ended relatively peacefully. It was…
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Kersplebedeb Publishing Responds to Pelican Bay Ban on Defying the Tomb
On April 5, K.L. McGuyer, Associate Warden of the Pelican Bay Security Housing Unit, mailed a letter to Kersplebedeb Publishing informing us that Defying the Tomb: Selected Prison Writings and Art of Kevin “Rashid” Johnson featuring Exchanges with an …
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: David Gilbert Transferred
David Gilbert has been transferred to Auburn prison; his new address is:David Gilbert, 83A6158Auburn Correctional FacilityPO box 618Auburn NY 13021David is a North American political prisoner. The Civil Rights struggle of the 60s exposed him to the sh…
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: May 11: "Beyond the Walls": A new publication about political prisoners in Colombia
it’s the Festival of Anarchy in Montreal, a month of radical events around the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair… i’ll be highlighting some of these on this blog, the first of which is actually in just 2 days, as the PASC – a local group doing solidarity w…
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: New Address for Roger Clement
A message from Ottawa Movement Defense, regarding Roger Clement, who is doing time after having plead guilty to firebombing a Royal Bank of Canada branch in Ottawa last April:
Roger Clement has been transferred from the Millhaven Assessment Unit to t…
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Jan. 19: Political Prisoners and Prison Solidarity Work in North America, History and Current Context
Certain Days & Kersplebedeb Publishing invite you to:
Political Prisoners & Prison Solidarity Work in North America:
History & Current Context
When: Wednesday, January 19, 6:30pm
Where: QPIRG Concordia 1500 de Maisonneuve West, metro Guy-Concordia*…
Sketchy Thoughts: Update on Roger Clement and Ottawa Comrades
Roger is still in prison. Claude is still going to court. People still need your love and support. OMD is still fund raising. Join the FB group, donate, write a letter to roger, get involved, support prisoners and political prisoners.
FB group: http:/…
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Three and a Half Years for Roger Clement
From today’s CBC:
A retired civil servant who firebombed a Royal Bank branch in Ottawa’s Glebe neighbourhood in May has been sentenced to 3½ years in prison for arson.
Roger Clement, 58, pleaded guilty last month to arson causing damage and mischi…
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Defying the Tomb: Selected Prison Writings and Art of Kevin "Rashid" Johnson featuring exchanges with an Outlaw
This is the latest book published by Kersplebedeb, and i am pleased to say copies have now arrived, and are ready to ship out!
Follow the author’s odyssey from lumpen drug dealer to prisoner, to revolutionary New Afrikan, a teacher and mentor, one of…
Sketchy Thoughts: Roger Clement Pleads Guilty in RBC Firebombing, Refuses to Rat Out
Roger Clement, one of the individuals charged with the attack on the RBC branch in Ottawa in April, has plead guilty. He remains steadfast in his refusal to provide information incriminating anyone else. Charges have been stayed against Matthew Morga…
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