2 April Green & Black Cross London

Green & Black Cross
Legal hotline & arrest support: 07946 541 511
Bindmans Solicitors: 020 7833 4433
Hodge Jones and Allen: 07659 111 192

Were you arrested at the Anti Cuts demonstration on March 26th?

Please ring Green and Black Cross on 079 4654 1511 so we can advise you as to your next steps.

Defendants' meeting - Saturday 2nd April - 2pm - University of London Student Union, Malet Street, WC1E 7HY

Were you either charged with an offence or bailed to return to a police station soon? We know it's a worrying time and information can be difficult to come by. We also know from previous experience that it can be isolating and intimidating. The best way to deal with this is to meet others in the same position as yourself and stick together. The police want you to feel isolated and alone - but meeting and talking with other people facing the same pressures, and working together, can make everyone stronger.

So, we are calling a DEFENDANTS' MEETING on Saturday 2nd April - 2pm - University of London Student Union, Malet Street, WC1E 7HY

It could help your case to attend and it will definitely help your confidence. This is a meeting for DEFENDANTS ONLY. If you are not a defendant or accompanying a defendant you WILL be asked to leave.

If you haven't been arrested, but you are worried you MAY yet be arrested, or if your face has been publicised as somebody the police want to question, it's probably best to stay away. BUT don't be put off from coming if you have already been arrested: attending meetings does not breach your bail conditions.

There will be people with legal knowledge, and we can talk about police use of bail conditions. But, the major part of the meeting will be for defendants to come together and decide if they want a defence campaign, and if so, what type of campaign they want: campaigns like this need to be led by the defendants themselves.

Please pass this on to anybody you know who may have been arrested and charged or on police bail, and please circulate as widely as possible, to anybody who may know of anybody arrested.

Above all - DON'T BE AFRAID! Many people support you and are willing to help, some of us have been in this position ourselves in the past. The police are not all-powerful, they can be challenged, and even getting charged does not mean you will be convicted. Defence campaigns in the past have helped people to win in court, and helped to win support for people facing charges.

This meeting is being organised by the Legal Defence and Monitoring Group (www.ldmg.org.uk ) and the Green & Black Cross (www.greenandblackcross.org ).

Next Meeting...

LONDON GREEN & BLACK CROSS MEETING
12th April, 19:00 - 21:00
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel

The Green & Black Cross is an entirely independent grassroots project set up in the spirit of mutual aid and solidarity to support autonomous social struggles within the UK. If you would like to get involved in GBC come along to our next meeting on the 1 March 7pm or see a specific project's page for more in dept meetings.

For further information please email gbc[at]riseup.net. If you require childcare on the day we can provide it at the venue if we have advance notice.

GREEN AND BLACK CROSS

The Green & Black Cross is an entirely independent grassroots project set up in the spirit of mutual aid and solidarity to support autonomous social struggles within the UK. It's a new project set up in November 2010 to provide legal support for protests against the governements wave of massive spending cuts. The project takes inspiration from the Anarchist Black Cross and diverse skills and infrastructure built up over the last decade or so by elements of the environmental movement, such as The Camp for Climate Action.

Currently Green & Black Cross has three active wings, the Legal Support project, now including defendants support Street Medics and Action Kitchens. Please do get involved.

Future projects planned include prisoner support, child care, trauma support, fundraising assistance, logistics and workshops/training. We don't intend to replicate or duplicate infrastructure or support projects already active in any given area, but hopefully advance colaboration between them with GBC acting as one possible portal.

If you'd like to get involved with any of these projects or have other ideas then please get in touch or better yet, look out for future GBC meetings and come along.