Anarchist Black Cross

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The Anarchist Black Cross is an anarchist political organization, first started in Russia as the Anarchist Red Cross, a support organization for political prisoners. During the Russian Civil War (1918-20), the group's name was changed, so as to avoid confusion with the Red Cross. The Black Cross declined in influence during the Great Depression; however, during the 1960s, it was reformed in Great Britain and, during the 1980s, expanded into North America. The group is notable for its efforts at providing prisoners with political literature.

Table of contents

1 Quotes
2 External Link
3 Activist Prisoners' Resources

Quotes

"We believe, as most Anarchists do, that prisons serve no useful function and should be abolished along with the State. We believe in the abolition of both the prison system and the society which creates it. We believe in direct resistance to achieve a stateless and classlessless society. We share a commitment to revolutionary Anarchism. We see a real need for Anarchists to be militantly organized."
"When power is challenged, be it in South Africa, occupied Palestine, Chile, Ireland or Canada, it inevitably turns to violent repression and political imprisonment to maintain itself."

External Link

http://www.anarchistblackcross.org/ (Anarchist Black Cross Network)
http://abcf.net/ (Anarchist Black Cross Federation)

Activist Prisoners' Resources

http://www.prisonactivist.org/ (Prison Activist Resource Center)
http://justicedenied.org/ (Justice Denied, The Magazine for the Wrongly Convicted)
http://www.politicalinjustice.org/ (California Alliance For Political Prisoners)
http://www.spiritoffreedom.org.uk/ (Earth Liberation Prisoners)
http://www.thejerichomovement.com/ (The Jericho Movement)
http://www.november.org/ (Anti-"Drug War" Publication)