Oakland, California (US):
Communique follows:
Simple solidarity action = a little bit of fun.
Banner reads:
“From Oakland to Seattle and Everywhere else
[Oscar Grant’s face & John T. Williams’ face]
Police violence is not an accident.
FIGHT BACK”
With love,
A few Oakland anarchists
Omaha, Nebraska (US):
Communique follows:
To whom it may concern,
A group of bedeviled associates dropped a banner from the memorial park bridge today, to their glee, in solidarity with Shannon Williams, a prisoner resisting the crooked tactics of police, judges, and lawyers in the fine city of Omaha, Nebraska.
This was an attempt to draw attention not just to his case but to the thin veneer of legitimacy that the justice system hides behind. When we demand “Free Shannon Williams” we are not asking for one person to be released, we’re not asking for charges to be dropped. We are calling for the dismantling of the conditions, ideas, laws, fences, and cells that separate us all.
In the same breathe we’d like to voice our solidarity with the individual acts of rage and retribution happening all across the world on a daily basis. The person on the street who refuses to be searched, the homie smoking a blunt like he just don’t care, and the outlaw who refuses to go down quietly… May these fighting spirits live within us all as we are faced with the thugs who would have us remain quiet and well mannered. Laughing with rage we send our salutations to the anti-authoritarians of the Pacific Northwest and we applaud their earnest efforts to resist police occupation while trying to establish alternatives.
And now a word from our sponsors:
“A stomp to the face,
is a stomp to the face,
is a stomp to the face…
but only some people get to know how good it feels
yeah
only some people get to bleed the better blood
and drink it too
‘cause rich is a word for those who live beyond their bodies
and wealth
can be found at the bottom of a boot.”
