ProduKtion - Prodition 1983 (A5 xerox booklet)

"Prodition 1983" is a compilation of monthly xerox sheets sent out by ProduKtion. ProduKtion were basically Paul Hurst and Ross Cannon, with additional input from Christine Glover, Toni Rogerson and Mary Dowd. They were the main distributors from Come Organisation products in their shop and hairdressing salon. They also made the films that were shown during early Whitehouse performances.

"Prodition" was a monthly documentation of terrorist and guerilla actions executed in 1983. Apart from the listings there were also illustrations; of the severed ear of Giorgio Calissoni (cover), an IRA funeral, Mehmet Ali Agca, a Beirut bomb victim, an Angry Brigade message, Maze Prison H-Block, Baader-Meinhof members and the Harrods bombing.

The listings for july 1983 were as followed:
1st - ISLAMABAD - Guerillas carried out an attack on Kabul Airport.
4th - NTH IRELAND - The Irish Government may ban celebrations marking the death of Maze Prison Hunger Striker and M.P., Bobby Sands, 2 years ago. The rally is planned to be held in County Sligo where Lord Mountbatten died in 1979.
5th - LONDON - Veteran Ulster MP, Gerry Fitt, who lost his seat to Sinn Fein candidate has been burnt out of his West Belfast home while visiting London, Mr. Fitt has blamed the IRA.
8th - PARIS - Exiled Iranian Opposition Leader, Massoud Rajavi visited Orly Airport to meet with 5 heavily armed hijackers holding 200 hostages under threat of death in an Iran 747 hijacked on an internal flight from Shiraz to Teheran, Mr. Rajavi is head of the Paris based Left Wing Peoples Mujahidden Guerilla Group.
11th - MOSCOW - The KGB denied allegations that Mehmet Ali Agca was trained by them to assassinate the Pope.
13th - RABAT - Polisario forces made a large scale attack on a Moroccan outpost in the Western Sahara. 50 guerillas killed.
14th - ISLAMABAD - There has been reported large scale guerilla attacks on Kabul Airport. Afgan resistance forces report a week of rebel activity, the guerillas using mortar & rockets, hitting transport planes and helicopters.
15th - PARIS - 7 people have been killed & 60 injured in a bomb attack on the Turkish Airlines desk at Orly Airport. The Armenian Revolutionary Army has claimed responsibility.
15th - BRUSSELS - The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia have claimed responsibility for the assassination of Turkish diplomat, Dursun Aksay.
18th - BELFAST - Police & rioting youths clashed for 4 hours in Nth. Ireland's 7th consecutive day of violence.
18th - RHODE ISLAND - Prince Andrew faces American demonstrators protesting against British presence in N. Ireland.
20th - PARIS - Armenian activist Varadja Garbidjan arrested in relation to the Orly Airport attack.
21st - LIMA - Police claim guerillas & peasant sympathisers have massacred 80 pro-government villagers in Andean.
21st - BEIRUT - Armed men attacked & bombed Beirut's top hotel killing 2.
23rd - LONDON - Armenian Zavern Bedras jailed for 8 years on arms charges.
23rd - WASHINGTON - The Reagan Administration plans increased support for Anti-Government insurgents & a campaign of sabotage against Cuban installations in Nicaragua. Rebel forces are supported by the CIA who are expected to use large quantities of communications equipment & specialists in psychological warfare.
24th - NEW YORK - Anti Castro Terrorist Group, Omega 7 - leader arrested in Miami in possession of arms. Eduardo Arocena has been sought on charges of attempted assassination of the Cuban Ambassador to the UN.
28th - LISBON - Armenian Revolutionary Army have blown up the Turkish Ambassador's residence, 7 died including the 5 gunmen.
"Prodition 1983" is dedicated to the Memory of Ulrike Meinhof (1934 - 1976) Revolutionary Leader of the Red Army Fraction and Heroine of Terrorism.
Some of the information from "Prodition 1983" is resourced in DDV's "When I Was Buying You a Drink Where Were You ?" blog.

The "Produktion Film Tracks" that accompany this stocklist podcast episode are:
A-01 - Das Fere
A-02 - Comedome 1
A-03 - Comedome 2
A-04 - Live Soundtrack for Drang tot Dwang at Club Moral

Paul Hurst lives in Sydney (Paul where are you?), Ross Cannon died quite some years ago in Tasmania.