[Blacklabcollective] Another cause to support...

[mick mccann]

The next two months are def busier for us gig wise. We could do short talks on it at each gig asking for donations. 

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> On Mar 9, 2016, at 10:29 PM, Megan Speers <speers.megan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hey all, I just saw that the blood alley facebook posted this link:
> http://anarchistnews.org/content/support-anarcho-punks-mexico
> ...
> it's a bit of a long thing, but in short, there is a long-standing anarchist punk squat in mexico city at the university, it's faced a ton of police repression in the past but has always sprung back... they are currently facing a new wave of repression, and one of the people who organizes there was beaten and arrested, had drugs planted on him, and is now facing drug trafficking charges (this is a pretty common police repression tactic in mexico)
> 
> they are asking for financial support. they have a pro-bono lawyer but they expect bail for this guy to be around the $5000 + range (USD) which is a LOT of money when yer making the equivalent of like $25 a week.
> 
> i totally have zero energy to put on any gigs right now cause i've been dealing with some shitty health stuff, or i'd like to do a benefit... but in the meantime maybe we can simply put out a donation jar at shows and try to raise a few bucks... anything probably helps and our dollar is worth a lot more in pesos. unless anyone would be into taking on a fundraiser gig! but yea i think a donation jar would be a cool and easy idea. 
> 
> thoughts?
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