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"An anarchist who supports male domination contradicts the implicit critique of power which is the fundamental principle upon which all of anarchism is built. Sexist anarchists do exist, but only by virtue of directly contradicting their own anarchism. This contradiction leaves sexist anarchists open to criticism on their own terms. Anarchism must be feminist if it is to remain consistent" - L. Susan Brown
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> There are still at least 16 people in jail
> after the S26 demonstrations in Prague and
> a total of at least 25 people have been charged
> by the police. It is vital we put on more
> pressure to get everyone released and all
> the charges dropped.
>
> Below is a letter you can sign and email to the
> Czech authorities. If you have the time you
> should also fax or post it and print it
> out and get others to sign it. Feel free
> to modify the text before you send it
>
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>
> During and after the S26 demonstration in
> Prague the Czech police arrested up to 950
> people. Those arrested were denied their
> legal rights, were beaten in custody and
> denied access to legal aid, food,
> medicine, clean water and toilets. Many
> of those arrested report of being
> prevented sleeping for up to 36 hours by
> the police. The fact that only 25 of
> those arrested were actually charged
> demonstrates not only the random nature of
> the arrests but also the reality of the
> police riot that took place on S26 and
> S27. Photographs show that many of the
> police had removed or obscured their
> identification numbers.
>
> In addition photographs that have been
> published in newspapers and on the
> internet reveal the presence of police
> agents-provocateurs dressed as rioters.
> According to the Czech newspaper Lidove
> Noviny, Sept. 29 Page 2
>
> "observers have filmed a man smashing a
> McDonald's window and then walking away
> through a police cordon without any
> hassle"
>
> "reporters met policemen dressed up as
> demonstrators in black sweatshirts with
> black scarves or hoods over their faces.
> At Tylovo Namesti, reporters saw one of
> the masked policemen hit metal bars on a
> showcase window with a pole torn off a
> railing; later, he arrested activists"
>
> Obscenely Interior Minister Stanislav
> Gross reacted to the evidence of
> undercover agents by calling for the
> people presenting this evidence to also be
> arrested. (Prague Post of Wednesday,
> October 4, 2000). There is international
> outrage at the police abuses and the
> massive cover up of them the Czech state
> is now involved in. Demonstrations have
> happened outside Czech embassies all over
> the world and tens of thousands of protest
> letters and emails have poured in from
> organisations and individuals.
>
> I demand the immediate release of all
> prisoners still in Czech jails from the
> S26 demonstrations against the IMF and
> World Bank.
>
> I demand that all the charges against
> people arrested on that day be immediately
> dropped
>
> Signed
>
> Address:
>
> -----
>
> Quickly email to:
> president at hrad.cz
> stiznosti at mvcr.cz
> oks at mvcr.cz
>
> If you have time also fax, phone or post
> to the following
>
> Office of President Vaclav Havel:
> 4202 24310855 phone
> 4202 24373196 fax
> e-mail: president at hrad.cz
>
> Ministry of the Interior:
> 4202 61421115
> 4202/6143 3552-3 (fax)
> e-mail: stiznosti at mvcr.cz
>
> Police
> e-mail: oks at mvcr.cz
>
> Ministry of Justice
> mail: Vysehradska 16, 128 10 Praha 2
> 4202 21997111 phone
> 4202 24919927
>
> ----
>
> Other suggestions:
> Print out copies of this letter and do ask people
> to sign it at a street stall, where you work or
> study or at meetings. Get them to donate the
> cost of a stamp as well or drop it by hand into
> your local embassy
>
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