Harolds web page - his life story write to the prison authorities Regardless of what this man has been convicted of I believe its up to the authorities to protect him from such brutality and to protect his freedom to think in a politically diverse way and to express those thoughts in helping his fellow prisoners is a basic human right and his attackers should be punished
Better idea: Help end U.S. prison system period Justice in a corrupt society Why is it that there is no expensive tribunals set up to 'establish the truth' about joyriding in Darndale Crime and community policing The term 'community policing' has been much abused in recent times, most particularly in the North of Ireland where it has become shorthand for vicious punishment beatings and shootings. In this article Gregor Kerr takes a look at the issue of community policing - what it is and more importantly what it isn't. The question of what levels of real community policing would actually be possible or allowed under capitalism is looked at, and the debate about crime, anti-social behaviour and reactions to it in an anarchist society is touched on. The Role of the Gardai The primary role of the police is to preserve the status quo in society. In other words, the first task of the police force, of any police force, is to ensure the rule of the State and the rich elite Thinking about Anarchism - Crime Whatever nice theories about crime anarchists might come up with we can be sure that any community subjected to a murder or a rape will want something done about it. Crime and Punishment What exactly is crime anyway, who defines it and how is it enforced. Crime, Criminals, Punishment an anarchist view Kropotkin came up with three types of crime. Property related crime, government related crime and crimes against the person. In Britain it has been estimated that 94% of crime is committed against property. However what isn't recorded are those crimes committed for property. 'Justice' and 'Equality' in action Just in case you had any illusions about the fairness or impartiality of the Irish 'justice' system Anarchist Black Cross Network: Resistance is Global[size=-1]Anarchist Black Cross Network site on incarceration, injustice, ... However, this doesn't have to stop us from opposing the prison system as a whole; ... www.anarchistblackcross.org/content/essays/articles/wom/prisons-and-social-control.html - [/size] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism_and_society
I haver never actually thought about that before ! yes, why are there no tribunals and committee meetings to analyse and tackle crime of such a nature? Thats right- they are the policy enforcers In Britain crime against property is taken more seriously than crimes against the person. There is a reason for this - it relates to the days when all a man owned would be his work tools and the clothes he stood up in. If he had a blanket to cover him it would be a bonus. Tools were expensive and to steal a mans work tools, which was quite a common crime, would leave the man AND his family unable to work for food. A whole family could starve. However things have now mostly changed and its about time they treated crime against property with less vigour than crimes against the person and the link where shane references Kropotkin refers to a piece about crime and immorality and how the two might not match up simply because to administrate capitalism properly you can never be too imoral ! I think all the above is showing that those who own the system create the criminals - its no joke anymore to say - "its the system that made him a criminal - put the system on trial"
