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