Political prisoner educational and fundraising calendar project

bristol | protests | press release Saturday November 28, 2009 11:30 by Free - Bristol ABC bristol_abc at riseup dot net c/o 14 Robertson Rd, Bristol BS5

Certain Days 2010: Indigenous Resistance

The Certain Days calendar project is a joint fundraising and educational project between outside prisoner solidarity campaigners in Montreal and Toronto, and three political prisoners being held in maximum-security prisons in New York State and California: David Gilbert, Robert Seth Hayes and Herman Bell, who between them have spent 100 years in prison. More about them here http://www.certaindays.org/?q=bios

2010 calendar front image by Thea Gahr

Each year the calendar has a central theme, this year it focuses on indigenous resistance and political prisoners, of whom there are of course plenty in north America. This fundraising calendar for political prisoners and related projects has 44 pages packed full with beautiful full-colour art and detailed information & links about the prisoners and campaigns. It includes artwork for September by Martin Mantxo, street artist and a co-founder of Bristol's Kebele social centre, now back in his Basque homeland.

Once again Bristol ABC Prisoner Support group is helping to distro the calendar in the south west and across the UK, in a gesture of international solidarity to help these projects, and to raise the profile of the cases and the inherently unjust repression many communities and individuals face. You can get a copy of the calendar from:
Bristol ABC: £7 direct at our public events, or £8.50 incl P&P (cheques payable to ‘kebele kulture project‘, should be sent to Bristol ABC, 14 Robertson Rd, Bristol BS5 6JY).
Kebele Infoshop: £7 whenever Kebele is open, or wherever the Infoshop takes a stall.
Booty shop, 82 Colston St, Bristol BS1 5BB or from Harvest, 11 Gloucester Rd, Bristol BS7 8AA (prices will vary).
and see http://bristolabc.wordpress.com/2010-calendar/

Funds raised by the project will be distrubted amongst these three groups:
New York State Task Force On Political Prisoners – fighting to win the release of political prisoners in New York state’s prisons.
Addameer (Arabic for conscience) – supports Palestinian prisoners and advocates for their human rights.
Olympic Resistance Network (ORN) – Legal defense for anti-2010 winter Olympics campaigners, active under the slogan of ‘No Olympics On Stolen Land’.

You can read all about the project and the beneficiaries, view the artwork and writings, and see an archive here http://www.certaindays.org/

If you are interested in supporting political prisoners and campaigns against the growing prison society around us then get in touch, or come along to these upcoming events:
5 December - benefit gig in Easton. Full details http://www.bristol.indymedia.org/article/691379
9 December - letter-writing to prisoners session. Details here http://www.bristol.indymedia.org/article/691480

We need more solidarity with political prisoners in 2010 until all are free!
Thanks
xxx

September artwork by Martin Mantxo, former Bristol street artivist

January artwork by Leonard Peltier, framed American Indian prisoner

August artwork by Jesse Purcell