So yeah, we’ve been away from the internet and not updating the platform. We know folks rely on the platform to keep going all the time to send anonymous reports or to get news about prisoners or to get legal support in terms of money and whatnot, but the reality of it is, we can’t keep up continuosly with an extremely thin team of people.
Couple of years back we called for support because we couldn’t create and publish all the content we would like to, we were burning out and we were considering shutting down. The job is intense, the repression is constant, and every single person here is a volunteer. We did get an influx of new voices which was extremely welcome, but slow and steady folks have disappeared due to other constraints or needs or capabilities, so the collective is once again wearing thin, burning out and exhausted.
Basically, we need people to show up. UA has always been a collective effort, so if you want the collective to keep existing reach out over email and become part of the collective. it might mean writing an article a month, or one a week, or keeping an eye on prisoner news, or some other content we have not thought of but would fit with the project. It’s up to you.
Please understand this as exactly what it is: UA is a media collective, we are not a direct action group. Don’t contact us to “go on missions”. We don’t “go on missions”. We receive anonymous reports, we keep an eye on prisoner support needs, try to keep tabs with campaigns and write about security culture or about tactics and strategies to further the movement for liberation. We do not and cannot and will not be able to pout you in touch with underground activist groups.
So if you have time and capabilities and will and desire for UA to keep going, hit us up. Otherwise, UA as a platform will appear as and when we can, if we can, until we are done with it!
Thanks to all who support us continuously, you’re fucking grand.
Unoffensive Animal Collective.
PS: Bristol animal lib activists who hate pest controllers: if you’re reading this, your media is corrupted, we can’t see your photos, please re-send!
