some thoughts about prisoner solidarity work (written in connection with the happenings in Belarus)
In a moment of strong repression the affected sphere tends to concentrate all its energy on supporting the prisoners. This happens often by letters, support for friends and relatives, making their cases public, solidarity callouts, donation appeals, symbolic solidarity actions and similar things. In our words we seem to repeat over and over again how surprised we are about how vicious the repressive organs of the state are. They took our belongings, didn‘t tell us their names, didn‘t tell our relatives about whats going on, they keep us imprisoned without saying the reasons (also if we are of bad health), don‘t believe our words, tell lies, hit us, don‘t give us good food or medical healthcare - just in general; they don‘t follow the law! But are we really that surprised? Why are we still shocked when we feel the logic of this system on our own bodys or have comarades experiencing it?…