A-Infos (en) Freedom 6401 Jan, 2003 - News in brief

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South London
A fence intended to keep people out of their local park was
torn down during the night of 23rd December. The barrier,
set up round the ridge of Crystal Palace Park by its owners,
Bromley Borough Council, was removed by a group calling
themselves the Crystal Palace Park Liberation Front. A
representative of the group said "we wanted the park to be
open for people to enjoy over the holidays, though
ultimately it shouldn't be fenced off at all".
Last month's action was the latest in a long series of
moves to halt Bromley Council's planned 'development' of
the site. In the late 1990s, a protest camp stopped
bulldozers from moving in. Last autumn, an earlier fence
was also removed by protesters (see Freedom, 5th October
2002).
For info email savecrystalpalacepark@yahoo.co.uk

Lanarkshire
Two screws were injured during a rebellion at a high
security jail last week. Disturbances at HMP Shotts began
on 2nd January, when prisoners refused to return to their
cells. Several small fires were lit, and some demonstrators
went up on the roof. Although officials claimed not to know
what the protest was about, a banner was hung from a
window saying 'leave our visitors alone' (see illustration
above).
HMP Shotts has been affected by rebellions in the past,
most recently last April when power supplies were cut
following an storm. In January last year, prison inspectors
criticised conditions at Shotts, saying boredom was a
common complaint.

East London
SolFed activists are appealing for support to help stop scab
labour being brought in to break a year-long strike by staff
in Hackney's libraries. Workers have refused to work
Saturdays since November 2001, when their wages were
cut. But Hackney Borough Council has announced its
intention to break the strike at three libraries on 11th
January. Four more will remain shut. Meet at 8.15am
outside the Central Library.
Contact North and East London Solidarity Federation on
07799-251 035.

Opposing the war
A day school is being held in east London on 18th January
to discuss the social context of the forthcoming war on Iraq
and tactics for revolutionary opposition to it. The event,
organised by the Disobedience network, will take the form
of a series of workshops followed by a plenary.
It's designed to bring together anarchists, autonomists,
anti-capitalists and others. One member of Disobedience
said, "we need to strive towards a unity of theory and
practice in all our activity. We fail to see how the
existence of separate groups, one centred around
discussion, the other on action, helps achieve such a unity".
Revolutionary Opposition to the War will be held at the
London Activist Resource Centre, 62 Fieldgate Street, E1,
10am-6pm on Saturday 18th January. For details, visit
www.disobedience.org.uk


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