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The information in this file was recently published in FREEDOM -
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the fortnightly anarchist journal published by FREEDOM PRESS:
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FREEDOM PRESS (IN ANGEL ALLEY) 84B WHITECHAPEL HIGH STREET,
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LONDON E1 7QX GREAT BRITAIN
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Do write for a sample copy or for a copy of our booklist of
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publications. We will be putting more of this information out so
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watch this spot...
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BELGIUM
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The visit to our country of Pope John-Paul II next May will not
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be greeted unanimously, far from it.
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The influence of the pope on opinions and social practices seems
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extremely dangerous to some, in particular the ideas and slogans
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he wheels out on matters sexual and contraceptive (total
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condemnation of the later despite the AIDS epidemic).
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That is why voices in opposition, individuals and associations
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have united into the Group for People's Autonomy.
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For the occasion of the papal visit four associations, members
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of the Group (Alternative Libertaire, Act Up-Brussells, The
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Cercle du Libre Examen (Brussells) and the Association for Art
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and Free Expression of Toulouse) have published and circulated to
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several thousand people a humourous poster calling for an
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effective fight against AIDS. The poster carries a picture of JP2
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kissing the ground and with the caption 'Use a condom not a
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skullcap to fight aids' (only slightly more funny in French -
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trans.) and the addresses of the signatories.
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Last January, it would seem that the poster was stuck up inside
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as well as outside the premises of the nunciatory in Woluwe-
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saint-Pierre.
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It would have to be said that M. Boccardi, first secretary to
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the nuncio, didn't see the joke, and made a complaint against the
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editor responsible, Roger Nel - alias Babar - for 'symbolic
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defamation of a head of state'
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Babar had a hearing on Tuesday 14th March at a cop shop in
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Brussells. We await to see if the complaint will be upheld...
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Alternative Libertaire,
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Act Up-Brussells, The Cercle du Libre Examen (Brussells) the
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Association for Art and Free Expression of Toulouse Le Monde
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Libertaire 30/3/94
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ALTERNATIVE LIBERTAIRE
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Babar, mentioned in the above article, has helped in the
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creation of Alternative Libertaire, a journal of debate and
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conviction since the 70s. The paper aims to bring together all
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those proposing an anlysis of the new social questions within a
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Belgian framework where the anarchist movement was poorly
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represented and organised. Since its beginnings the paper has
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provided a unifying focus point for the anarchist movement.. In
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1977, Babar was at the head of an initiative made by the Belgian
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Free Radio movement which culminated in the setting up of Radio
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Air Libre in Brussells which started clandestine broadcasts in
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1978.
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From 5th July to 25th October 1982, Babar was in Jaruzelski's
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Polish jails for having smuggled in radio transmitters for the
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opposition movement. He was only freed thanks to a solidarity
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campaign in Belgium and elsewhere...
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Bertrand Dekoninck LML 30/3/94
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