We return with another monthly roundup of news and analysis on political prisoners and prison rebellions.
This past month has seen an unprecedented rise in repression as Trump further consolidates authoritarian power and unleashes militarized fascist police violence on communities across the so-called US.
Following the closing of It’s Going Down, a new collective will continue publishing monthly “In Contempt” updates on this noblogs. People can submit updates and calls to action to the new email in_contempt at autistici dot org.
So much is happening so let’s jump right in!
Calls to Action
UK Palestine Action Hunger Strike
art by Krime
Dozens of political prisoners in the UK, including members of the Filton 24 and the Brize Norton 5, Palestine activists locked up for taking direct action against zionist weapons manufacturers, some of whom have been imprisoned for over a year without charges under the “Terrorism Act” announced their intent to launch a hunger strike after the UK government ignored the prisoners’ demands as laid out in the letter the delivered to the Home Office on October 20.
The letter called for:
An end to censorship and surveillance of communications.
Immediate release on bail for all prisoners on remand.
A fair trial and full disclosure of government and arms export records.
Deproscribe Palestine Action and end the use of counter-terrorism laws.
The permanent shutdown of Elbit Systems sites in the UK.
The first two prisoners, Qesser Zuhrah and Amu Gib, launched their hunger strike on so-called “Balfour Day,” November 2 at HMP Bronzefield. A third prisoner, Huba Muraisi joined them on Monday, November 3 from HMP New Hall. A fourth prisoner, Jon Cink, joined the collective hunger strike on Wednesday, November 5 from HMP Bronzefield. As of November 8th, more prisoners are expected to join.
For people looking to support the collective hunger strike, information about ways to support can be found on the support website – prisonersforpalestine.org/support. From the website:
Write to our prisoners
Write letters to the prisoners, to break through the censorship and lift their spirits. Just write their prison number alongside their name, and please don’t write about anybody’s alleged action in your letters for legal reasons.
Contact the prisons
Contact the prison and tell them your concerns about the person that is on hunger strike. Contact details here.
Spread the word
Spread the word! Tell everyone you know about our prisoners and how they continue to resist in prison.
Educate yourself and your friends – organise film nights or a reading group. If you have book or film recommendations send them to us!
Organise
Make your own Prisoners for Palestine placard and take it to your next protest.
Pressure your local MP to advocate for the prisoners.
Organise demos outside the prisons where actionists are held.
Do a banner drop.
Read “The Prisoners For Palestine Hunger Strike – a primer,“ background on the Palestine Action UK political prisoners from the Filton 24, Brize Norton 5, the alleged actions against zionist infrastructure for which they’re charged, and the historical context of the hunger strike as a tool in struggles of liberation.
“We who are imprisoned by the British state for resisting the genocide of our beloved Palestinian people declare the beginning of our hunger strike, as we reaffirm our commitment to our struggle from within these prison walls.”
“Until our demands are met, we will resist. We ask our government now: are you willing to let us die before you stop arming a genocide?”
“As we take on this struggle, we follow in the honoured legacy of prisoners throughout time, from Ireland to Guantanamo to Palestine. The Resistance has always been banished by the oppressors to the prisons in the hopes that this is where they will send it to die. But now, it is from within these prison walls that we will use the prisoners’ tools to disarm the master’s house.”
– excerpts from Qesser’s statement
Quesser at a protest – Image: Prisoners For Palestine
“I still have a duty to fight for freedom from oppression. I believe that we will win. We, as a movement, have a strong history of demonstrating a commitment to justice and liberation so complete that we can survive without eating. There is a hunger in me that food alone will not satisfy. I want, with every fibre of my being, a world that is kind and fair––not cruel, not willing to accept the suffering of the Palestinian people. Such a world is possible and it is what we deserve…”
“When the government breaks the law, citizens have the moral responsibility to act in defence of life, human rights, and collective dignity.”
“We will not be silenced, disappeared, or forgotten.”
– excerpts from Amu’s statement
“[This hunger strike] also builds on the heels of a successful 28-day hunger strike undertaken by Teuta “T” Hoxha, one of the Filton 24, earlier this year, when she built significant international pressure against HMP Peterborough to reinstate her mail, recreational activities, and library job. While her job in the prison was not ultimately restored, Hoxha won all of her other demands and succeeded in exposing the existence of a Joint Extremism Unit (JEU) specially assigned to target, isolate, and punish the prisoners for Palestine.”
”The strike marks the largest coordinated prisoners’ hunger strike in Britain since 1981, when Bobby Sands and his fellow Irish republican prisoners starved themselves to death in the Maze Prison, their bodies transformed into weapons against a state that claimed to be impervious to moral argument. Ten men died that year before the British government relented on some demands. The hunger strikers of November 2025 will hope for a swifter resolution, but they are prepared, if necessary, to follow the same path to its conclusion.”
2020 George Floyd Uprising political prisoner Malik Muhammad has been held in solitary confinement for more than 230+ days this year in addition to the 250 days he was held last year. His supporters have circulated a phone zap supporting Malik’s demands to be released from solitary confinement, receive his mail that’s been withheld and to be transferred out of Snake River Correctional Facility.
Malik’s supporters are asking people on the outside to continuously call the Snake River Correctional Facility Master Control line:
(541) 881-5018
They’ve also provided a sample script:
“Hello, I’m calling in regards to an adult in custody at Snake River, Malik Muhammad #23935744. Malik has been in solitary confinement for over 231 days now, which is in direct violation of Oregon’s solitary maximum of 90 days, and they have been given neither any reasoning as to why they are still in solitary, nor a future date when they might get out. I am contacting you to demand that you release them from solitary confinement back into general population immediately, and allow for their transfer out of Snake River. Additionally, Malik’s mail has been withheld from them for the past two weeks. I am requesting that you release it at once, as this is a violation of Malik’s rights.”
Other numbers to call include:
Anthony Broadus (Office of Population Management): (971) 720-0070
Bill Doman (IMU Manager): (541) 811-4861
David Jantz (Special Housing): (541) 709-6794
Joseph Woodland (SRCI Superintendent): (541) 709-6691
Michael Reese (ODOC Director): (503) 945-0927
John L. Lewis (Transport): (503) 373-1110
Greg Jones (Office of Population Management Administrator): (503) 932-5572
Snake River Master Control: (541) 881-5018
Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC): (503) 945-9090
Ask to be transferred to the Office of Population Management
Brad Miller (Malik’s Counselor): (541) 881-4901
Amber Campbell (Snake River Public Relations Manager): (458) 224-4390
Andrea Dominguez (Public Information): (541) 881-5011
Snake River General Line: (541) 881-5000
Snake River Inspector: (541) 881-5081
If you’ve never done a phone zap for someone behind bars before, Malik’s supporters have provided some helpful pointers.
Dial *67 before entering the prison phone number in order to prevent the caller ID at the prison from registering your number
Be aware that prison guards and officials may sound hostile or annoyed, lie, try to intimidate you, or ask for information such as your name and relation to Malik. You do not need to give them any information about yourself. Simply remain firm and polite in your demands.
If you get directed to voicemail, simply leave your message. Be sure to include both Malik’s name and SID (#23935744). Again, you do not need to leave your number or any other personal information.
It is possible that you will be transferred to various different numbers and offices when you call. This is normal.
“All we got is us. No one is coming to save us. No one. Not one, not in Portland, not Governor Newsom in Cali, not Pritzker in Chicago, not Mamdani in New York. All we got is us. They have their team. They’re in their camp. Fight for us. Fight back. Pacificity won’t save you, and there will never be a time when all of the masses are ready. No, rise up now. Resist. Fight for each other, protect yourself and each other. You’re a frog in boiling water, and they’re saying it’s fine ’cause they’re not in the water.”
You can find some new zines of Malik’s writings and poetry up at Malik Speaks.
Shine White on Hunger Strike! Phone Zap
From Shine White’s support crew:
On October 7, Joseph “Shine White” Stewart was transferred from Foothills CI to Marion CI as punishment for his organizing efforts. Upon arrival, he was restrained, maced, tased on his face, and beaten by guards, sustaining injuries to his shoulder and ribs. This compounds existing injuries inflicted by guards at Foothills CI, for which he has been denied medical attention, in addition to ongoing medical neglect for preexisting chronic health conditions. In response, Shine began a hunger strike on October 11 and is getting weaker by the day. He is demanding to be transferred outside the jurisdiction of Western Regional Director, LaDonna Browning—who is responsible for this intensified repression—and to receive proper medical attention. He is asking supporters to intensify their calls.
Shine White’s supporters have listed the following numbers to call:
Haynes (Potential person to get request transfer): (828) 803-6327
Ashley Young (Case Manager): (828) 803-6472
Transport Manager Becker: (828) 803-6402
Foothills CI: (828) 438-5585
Marion CI: (828) 803-6300 [Ask to be put through to them or the Warden/ Associate Warden.]
They’ve also provided a sample script:
“Hello. I am calling about Joseph Stewart, OPUS number 0802041, who has been on hunger strike since October 11 after being moved to Marion CI in retaliation for organizing prisoners. We are contacting you to demand his immediate transfer outside the jurisdiction of Western Regional Director, LaDonna Browning, and that he receive proper medical attention for injuries inflicted by guards. Each day you fail to act increases risks to his health. Joseph has made it clear that he will not end his hunger strike until he is directly notified that his demand for transfer has been agreed to. Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter.”
Unfamiliar with Shine White? Read this piece by Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, check out some of Shine’s writings, or visit the support crew’s page @shinewhitesupport.
DFW Support Committee: Call for Phone Zap at Johnson County Jail
Image: Fire Ant Movement Defense
The DFW Support Committee, supporting the Prarieland Defendants, the now 18 people, including protesters, friends and family, and supporters, arrested after the noise demonstration outside the ICE Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas on July 4, 2025, has organized a phone zap to demand access to clean water at Johnson County Jail, where many of the Prarieland Defendants have been imprisoned.
According to an anonymous defendant at JOCO,
“They worked on the water today and now it’s brown. So they put some kind of cleaner in it that tastes like bleach and is cloudy and brown. They do not use licensed plumbers but only maintenance people.”
In the support committee’s words,
“Urgent action is needed at Johnson County Jail. Johnson County’s water is brown, cloudy, and smells like bleach. It has consistently tasted off to those incarcerated, but now this situation is dire. The Prison Policy Initiative has found that most water at Texas jails is unsafe to drink, with 38 percent containing lead. Furthermore, Johnson County is currently being investigated due to the sheriff’s corruption charges. The jail has consistently failed in regards to medical care. If someone becomes sick from the water, they could potentially face abuse and neglect instead of care. Access to safe, clean water must be ensured for people incarcerated at Johnson County Jail.”
DFW Support Committee has provided numbers to call:
US Marshal office: (214) 767-0836 (option 3)
JOCO Admin Office: (817) 556-6024
….as well as a sample script:
Hello, my name is _______. I am calling to demand access to safe, clean water at Johnson County Jail. There has been a report from someone incarcerated there that the water is currently brown, cloudy, and smells like bleach. The water needs to be immediately tested in compliance with Senate Bill 1929 and other water options, such as water bottles, need to be provided to all inmates. Licensed professionals need to be hired for the facility. With the high rates of lead in the Texas prison and jail system, this issue needs to be taken seriously with full respect for the health and humanity of those incarcerated at Johnson County.
Fight Repression, Support the Fighters
Tarek Bazrouk Sentenced to 17 Months
Image: @freetarekbazrouk
20 year old Palestinian student and activist Tarek Bazrouk was sentenced on October 28, 2025 to 17 months in federal prison for “hate crime” charges, a rare and extreme escalation of repression clearly meant to silence participation in Palestine solidarity protests. Tarek has been detained since his home in New York City was raided by the FBI, just one month before his college graduation. If Tarek gets time served, he still will be faced with a 1 year sentence.
On 28 October 2025, our beloved Tarek Bazrouk, a 20-year-old Palestinian political prisoner, was sentenced to 17 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
Western media may mischaracterize and demonize Tarek Bazrouk, but Tarek’s community knows him for what he truly is, a young Palestinian whose dream is to see a liberated Palestine, free from the occupation’s checkpoints, bombs, and persistent pursuit of Palestinians. Tarek has yearned for this dream since birth and continues to hold onto it with every cell in his body. This sentencing failed to break his spirit. If anything, it reinforced his faith in Allah (SWT). In Tarek’s own words, “Indeed Allah is the best of planners they planned and plotted but Allah has His presence everywhere.”
Since the US-funded “Israeli” genocide on Gaza began, Tarek was consistently taking to the streets, protesting against these atrocities. For that, he was targeted. It was nothing short of an infringement on his rights and a vitriolic campaign against what he stood for: liberation.
Additionally, Tarek’s case is not an isolated incident: it is a mirror reflecting the relentless, violent nature of the US government’s encroachment on our communities. From ICE to the FBI and to the NYPD, every arm of the state continues to work in an attempt to suppress our voices. This has been the reality every time a movement demanding justice has risen, a reality that has worsened since the genocide began in Gaza; it has exposed the truth at every level of society. However, this repression does not work when the truth speaks louder than their lies.
The liberation struggle that Tarek is a part of in the United States is but an extension of the struggle in Palestine. It is the same movement with different battlefields. Political imprisonment such as Tarek’s represents a fear in the face of the change being ignited from within the US. This repression is a trademark of the US, now manifesting in intensified new waves. We recognize that this is part of the enemy’s plans to divide and conquer. The movement must stay united to prepare for the long-term struggle at hand.
We draw out strength from the people of Gaza, who continue to stand firm against the Zionist entity and US imperialism. We learn patience from the thousand of Palestinian prisoners who were freed in the prisoner exchange deal, many of whom had been serving life sentences. From Tarek Bazrouk, we learn hope, resilience, and the will to continue the struggle until victory.
Victory was Tarek’s final message to the filled courtroom that came to stand with him. The court was packed with steadfast and loving faces that awaited a reunion. Even in shackles, he raised the victory sign, living proof that chains and jail cells fail to imprison the mind of a free Palestinian. They sought to make an example out of Tarek, but what they don’t know is that Tarek embodies courage, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to his people. Tarek represents a generation that refuses to bow to oppression.
Tarek’s sentence will not deter the Palestinian liberation movement. We will continue to stand with Tarek Bazrouk and every political prisoner who came before him and sacrificed for the cause. We remember Marwan Bargnouti, who urged us to “rise above the wounds, to overcome the pain, and to move forward in order to preserve the sacred dream.” It is the dream that guides us, the dream of complete liberation for which we will continue marching.
Our prisoners will always remain at the heart of our struggle, the compass of complete liberation. From Tarek Bazrouk to the Holy Land Five, Jahki McCray, Casey Goonan, Malik Muhammad, Leqaa Kordia, Marwan Barghouti, we will honor their sacrifice and continue to fight for their liberation. Their freedom is the key to the liberation of all of Palestine.
Finally, we call on our people and allies to continue to show up beyond courtrooms. We must continue to support him. In his own words, “Thank [them] all for coming. My family and friends, everyone who came from the community. I don’t know how I’ll ever be able to repay them.” We urge you to write letters to Tarek, donate to his commissary, and send him books. We must ensure our political prisoners are never isolated, for the shackles can never cage the truth.
from the Free Tarek Bazrouk Support Committee’s Statement on Tarek Bazrouk’s Sentencing.
Donations can be made to Tarek’s commissary at tinyurl.com/tareksbooks.
For information about how to send letters and books or for more info, check out @freetarekbazrouk.
Political Prisoner News
Jessica Reznicek
Jessica was released to a halfway house after an eight year federal prison sentence for sabotaging sections of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Her new mailing address is:
Jessica Reznicek c/o Fresh Start Women’s Center (Women’s Residential Correctional Facility) 1917 Hickman Rd, Des Moines, IA 50314
Hridindu Roychowdhury
Hridindu has been returned to FCI Marion after beating civil contempt charges for refusing to cooperate with a federal grand jury. An updated support flyer has been posted with his new mailing information:
Hridindu Roychowdhury #51111-510 FCI Marion PO BOX 1000 Marion, IL 62959
Marius Mason
art by Marius
An update on Marius Mason is available to read by Panagioti Tsolkas:
Earlier this year, Marius Mason — an anarchist, environmental and animal rights activist, vegan, artist, and trans advocate — was denied his scheduled gender affirming surgery by the Trump administration and transferred to a women’s prison. The Republican candidate’s campaign spent $27 million on ads condemning gender affirming care for prisoners and the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) quickly remanded those detained back to prisons corresponding to the gender they were assigned at birth.
Marius is serving nearly 22 years for acts of property damage carried out in defense of the planet. After being threatened with a life sentence in 2009 for acts of sabotage, he pleaded guilty to arson charges at a Michigan State University lab researching genetically modified organisms for Monsanto and twelve other acts of property damage. No one was physically harmed in these actions. At sentencing, the federal judge applied a so-called “terrorism enhancement,” adding almost two years to an already extreme sentence requested by the prosecution, for a total of 22 years of incarceration and a multi-million dollar fine. This is the harshest punishment of anyone convicted of environmentally motivated sabotage…
While in prison, Marius has continued studying, making art, and contributing to the wellbeing of his fellow prisoners. His paintings have had several exhibitions and he has written articles for Fifth Estate magazine. Because of accumulated good time, he has a year and a half to go on his sentence, with a release date of January 10, 2027. A next step in long-term support is in gathering resources for post-release life.
Marius came out to friends, family and supporters as transgender in 2014. Previously known as “Marie Mason,” he changed his name, uses he/him pronouns, and embarked on a course to get a medical diagnosis that would allow him to seek gender affirming surgery and hormone therapy.
The BOP diagnosed Marius as having gender dysphoria, and made clothing and commissary accommodations in accordance with their established policy. Subsequently, Carswell ran medical diagnostic tests to screen him as being healthy enough to receive the care he requested. Finally, in 2016, Marius received his first “T” hormone (testosterone) injection. In 2021, he won his fight to be transferred to the male section at Danbury.
Mason had been approved by the BOP for gender-affirming surgery in 2022. He was transferred from the Danbury male facility after living there for two years to a federal prison medical facility in Fort Worth, where he was to undergo surgery. This was the culmination of a 10-year process beginning in 2013 when Mason asked to be considered for the new BOP transgender medical policy after a lawsuit created a pathway to medical transition.
But in January 2025, on Trump’s first day, his fascist-right administration issued an anti-trans executive order denying gender-affirming medical care to trans prisoners, among other scapegoating attacks. As a result, Marius was denied surgery and moved back to the women’s unit at Danbury.
Lawyers with the ACLU and other organizations challenged the order, arguing its violation of the 8th and 14th Amendments. In February 2025, an injunction was granted in a D.C. case. This ought to have constrained the BOP and preserved the status quo, meaning that all trans prisoners, including Marius, should have remained where they were and continue to receive the healthcare they were already receiving. But it has not been applied consistently, and as a series of lawsuits continue to wind their way through the courts. It remains to be seen whether the current administration will care about compliance with judicial orders.
Marius needs our mutual aid for his remaining time in prison and for when he is eventually released.
Venmo donations can be made through Fifth Estate (@Fifth-Estate). Please include a comment noting your donation is for Marius. Funds can be sent via checks or money orders, made out to Julie Herrada or Peter Werbe, with “Marius Mason” on the subject line, and mailed to: Support Marius Mason, PO Box 201016 Ferndale, MI 48220.
Additionally, writing letters is one of the most important things you can do. Letters are a lifeline for those inside prison walls. As a federal prisoner, Marius has not been able to effect his name change through legal channels, so it is important for mail to be addressed to “Marie (Marius) Mason” on the envelope, along with his prisoner number. See his address below and the guidelines for letter-writing at supportmariusmason.org
Another way to support Marius is by organizing for both the Jan 22 Trans Prisoner Day of Action and the International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason and All Anarchist Prisoners on June 11 of each year.
Marie (Marius) Mason #04672-061 Federal Satellite Low 33 1/2 Pembroke Rd. Rte. 37 Danbury CT 06811
As with all political and environmental prisoners, they’re in there for us; we’re out here for them.
Casey Goonan
Image: “Free Casey” Zine
Casey Goonan, recently sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison, has published some of their writings after sentencing, availble to read and print.
Casey is located at FCI Mendota, but we expect them to be moved through several federal facilities before they reach their long term placement. Check the BOP Inmate Locator for Casey’s current location before writing.
Just as Casey has persistently for years cared for, supported, and struggled alongside incarcerated comrades, we aim to replicate these actions in solidarity with Casey as they continue their struggle from the other side of the wall.
A note from Casey in September 2025:
“Thanks to everybody out there who has shown me love and offered support through this time. I wish every prisoner could experience the level of support you all have shown to me. In here, I’ve done my best to show my love to all my fellow prisoners and I remain steadfast to the movement to Palestinian liberation and the movements for decolonization and abolition worldwide.”
Read Peppy & Krystal’s piece, “On Devotion,” from the 2026 Certain Days Calendar:
Have you ever known love so deep, a life without it is unlivable? The fabric of our worlds are woven with love. The lengths that we go to protect this love is instinctual, a self preservation.
We, derived from earth’s elements, creatures of the land we live on are driven to defend our bodies as an abstract state politicizes our existence and attempts to distill all landscapes into battlefields. A struggle between authority and autonomy, state sanctioned violence versus defense of self-sovereignty. As anarchists, we reject their technologies of oppression. As anarchists, we will always reach beyond ourselves moving in concert with others for the great expanses of liberation.
When nefarious actors chose to gather within the academy around a falsehood posed as a question, we chose direct action as means of intervention. While they asked, “Should Transgenderism be regulated by law?” We answered unequivocally with our bodies, fireworks, and homemade smoke cans: “Fascism is not to be debated, it is to be destroyed”. Liberalism and the University mask the true genocidal ambitions of the fascist project by providing a “free speech” platform; a rallying space for organizing, recruitment and legitimization. Our actions in April ’23 were partial but not isolated. We see our lives as part of community organizing that enjoins militancy and care in an effort to preserve the possibility of communal life. And as the state continues to intensify and expand it’s violence, re-affirming its colonial ways, the clarity of its mission and that of ours is clear.
Reaching now from behind concrete walls and inside invisible lines of prison society, we extend our open palms to wave – to offer and receive greetings of solidarity. Prosecution, persecution and imprisonment are always a possible hindrance when we devote ourselves to the labor of revolutionary love but let us not dwell too deeply on temporary confinements. Rather, let us focus on the many horizons before us and what we will do to reach them. Remembering, “It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.”
Total solidarity with the interconnected struggles for self-determination and collective defense everywhere.
Brian DiPippa #66590-510 FCI Elkton Federal Correctional Institution P.O Box 10 Lisbon, OH 44432
The Virgin Island 3
Anti-colonialist political prisoners Hanif Bey, Malik Smith, and Abdul Azeez have recently been transferred. Their new addresses are:
Beaumont Gereau* #19-1952 (address letter to Hanif Bey) Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility 19351 US Hwy 49 North Tutwiler, MS 38963
Meral Smith* #19-1874 (address letter to Malik Smith) Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility 19351 US Hwy 49 North Tutwiler, MS 38963
Warren Ballentine* #19-1878 (address letter to Abdul Azeez) Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility 19351 US Hwy 49 North Tutwiler, MS 38963
Visit their support website for more ways to support, read their poetry, or donate to their commissary.
The 2026 calendar features art or writing by: Georges Abdallah, Farhan Ahmed, B, Tim Blunk, Caitlin Blunnie, Jesse “T.C.” Cannon, Olly Costello, Dio Cramer, Hannah Gelderman, David Gilbert, Jonas Goonface, Casey Goonan, Julie Goonan, Juan Hernandez, Krime, Jamila Levasseur, Marius Mason, Peppy & Krystal, Loretta Pierre, Emma Rust, Marina Sitrin, Jess X. Snow, and Emily Thiessen.
All proceeds support prisoners and grassroots organizations and political prisoner freedom campaigns.
“I’ve been through a lot. You know I’ve lost a five years in my life and I paid a big price, but I want people to hear my story. I want people to know my story. I want people to know what happened and you know I plan to stay involved when I get out. I plan to be 100% engaged.”
As always, you can find updated zines to print on the with whatever weapons archive.
Uprising Support was also recently interviewed in Heatwave Magazine.
The small number of names on the website, even if you added of them together since we launched, make up the tiniest slice of those arrested and convicted from 2020. What you see on the site are those whose name we found, tracked through the system, contacted, and who consented to being included (which carries its own kind of risk), or those who were/are supported by a local crew or support committee. There were hundreds and hundreds of letters we sent that went unanswered, and many people who we made contact with but never gained the necessary consent to list them. There are people doing 20+ years in state jails for burning cop cars whose names most of us will never know, and there are people sitting in federal prison for the next 5-10 years for their involvement in a moment, even if fleeting, that we all championed as a movement that could change the world. They are all deserving of our attention, solidarity, and care, now and on the day of their release, and into the future.
You can read the full piece here, which is also available to print & share as a zine.
As far as we know, the remaining George Floyd Uprising prisoners’ addresses are:
David Elmakayes 77782-066 USP Lee U.S. Penitentiary P.O. Box 305 Jonesville, VA 24263
Smart Communications / PA DOC Khalif Miller / #QQ9287 SCI Forest P.O. Box 33028 St. Petersburg, FL 33733
Christopher Tindal 04392-509 USP Big Sandy U.S. Penitentiary P.O. Box 2068 Inez, KY 41224
José Felan 54146-380 FCI Terre Haute Federal Correctional Institution P.O. Box 33 Terre Haute, IN 47808
Malik Muhammad #23935744 Snake River Correctional 777 Stanton Blvd Ontario, OR 97914
Margaret Channon 49955-086 FCI Tallahassee Federal Correctional Institution P.O. Box 5000 Tallahassee, FL 32314
Matthew Rupert 55013-424 USP Big Sandy US Penitentiary P.O. Box 2068 Inez, KY 41224
Montez Lee 22429-041 FCI Petersburg Medium Federal Correctional Institution P.O. Box 1000 Petersburg, VA 23804
Mujera Benjamin Lunga’ho 08572-509 FCI Beaumont Medium Federal Correctional Institution P.O. Box 26040 Beaumont, TX 77720
Prairieland Defendants
Image: DFW Support Committee, One Action from the October 3: International Day of Solidarity with the Prairieland Defendants
In an early morning raid on October 21, federal agents arrested another person in connection with a July 4 protest at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center.
In a press release, the DFW Support Committee writes:
Goering’s arrest continues a trend of escalation by police and prosecutors in a case that now involves 18 defendants. The government is using exorbitant bonds of up to $15 million to imprison all but one of the defendants. “It’s unbelievable that more than three months later the state is still trying to widen the net in this case,” said a spokesperson for the DFW Support Committee, a group of family and loved ones of defendants. “They’re attempting to prosecute this as an “Antifa” case in order to terrorize the movement in solidarity with immigrants, but it’s not going to work.”
Additionally, two of the defendants have now been federally charged with “providing material support to terrorists.” The Support Committee continues,
The case has been hailed by the Trump administration as the first legal case against “Antifa.” On October 15, federal charges were formally brought against two of the Prairieland defendants, Autumn Hill and Zachary Evetts; the charges include 1 count of providing material support to terrorists, 3 counts of attempted murder of officers and employees of the United States, and 3 counts of discharging a firearm during, in relation to, and in furtherance of a crime of violence. FBI director Kash Patel called the defendants “Antifa-aligned anarchist violent extremists,” sharing Fox News coverage of the indictments on X. “This seems like a coordinated political campaign,” said Stephanie Shiver, wife of defendant Meagan Morris. “The feds didn’t do anything for months and then they bring everyone into court just days after Trump designated ‘Antifa’ a priority threat.” On September 25, the White House released the National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 (NSPM-7), which ordered all federal law enforcement agencies to prioritize combating “Antifa” as a domestic terrorism threat.
A regularly-updated zine featuring letter writing information is available to print & share.
As far as we know, the following are updated Prairieland Defendants, but always check with the DFW Support Committee before writing:
Bradford Winston Morris* 11136-512 (address letter to Meagan Morris) Benjamin Hanil Song 11137-512 Cameron Arnold* 11138-512 (address letter to Autumn Hill) Zachary Evetts 11141-512 Ines Houston Soto 11144-512
Prisoner Name & Number FMC Fort Worth Federal Medical Center P.O. Box 15330 Fort Worth, TX 76119
Johnson County Jail, TX Prisoner Name & Number P.O. Box 247 Phoenix, MD 21131
Elizabeth Soto 100005 Savanna Batten 100006 Rebecca Morgan 100008 Joy Gibson 100009 Maricela Rueda 10010
Wichita County Detention Center, TX Prisoner Name & Number P.O. Box 247 Phoenix, MD 21131
Image: Another Action from the October 3: International Day of Solidarity with the Prairieland DefendantsScrewston AFC Prairieland Defendants Fundraiser, “Coyotes Against Borders“
Maricela is a loving mother, a daughter, a sister, and a loyal friend. Her arrest has left her family facing sudden and overwhelming challenges. Maricela’s young daughter is now without her mother’s daily love and care, and her family must also manage her estate and responsibilities while navigating the uncertainty ahead. We are asking for your support to help ease the financial strain during this heartbreaking time. All funds will go directly toward caring for her daughter and managing the urgent needs of her household. Thank you for standing in solidarity with Maricela and those who love her.
Maricela has been sharing poetry from detention:
Image: Poem by Maricela Rueda
Free Des! Zines Are Not a Crime!
Its Going Down recently published a call to support Des
Des Revol—a tattoo artist, PoC anarchist, immigrant, and all-around sweetheart—is currently facing serious charges related to a larger case of political repression in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. But Des isn’t just a victim of trumped-up political prosecution, he’s a beloved artist and friend who loves nothing more than experimenting with new vegan recipes, digging into new books, looking at baby opossums and sometimes fostering them, and spending time with loved ones. As a longtime vegan dedicated to animal liberation, solidarity with nonhumans shows up in much of Desʼs artwork, including through his playful depictions of raccoons, cats, and other critters. Des extends this deep solidarity outward: heʼs a loving brother, son, and friend; he’s a free-spirited dreamer who takes good care of everyone and everything around him. Now stuck in a federal prison, Des is continuing to lend solidarity by drawing pictures for other inmates to send to their families.
Print & share the zine “Zines Are Not a Crime: Free Des Revol”
Daniel Rolando Sanchez Estrada #95099-511 FMC Fort Worth Federal Medical Center PO Box 15330 Fort Worth, Texas 76119
Political Prisoner Birthdays
Dwayne Staats
One of the two Vaughn 17 defendants to be convicted for taking part in the Vaughn prison uprising of early 2017. Dwayne and his co-defendant Jarreau “Ruk” Ayers bravely admitted to their own parts in the uprising, and then, free to testify openly without fear of incriminating themselves any further, tore holes in the prosecution’s attempts to convict anyone else – as he put it, “we’d accept being stabbed in the chest to present others from getting stabbed in the back”. To learn more about Dwayne in his own words, you can follow his instagram, read his letter to the Kentucky Attorney General, or his contribution to the Vaughn zine, “Live from the Trenches”.
Thomas Blackmon is one of the prisoners wrongfully convicted in the aftermath of the historic Lucasville Uprising. If you’re unfamiliar with the history of the Lucasville Uprising, check out the zine, ”Repression Breeds Resistance: Greg Curry on the Lucasville Uprising and Aftermath,” or the bookLucasville: The untold story of a prison uprising.
Birthday: November 12
Thomas Blackmon 185-291 Northeast Ohio Correctional Center 2240 Hubbard Road Youngstown, OH 44505
Rasheem Matthews
Rasheem Matthews is one of the prisoners wrongfully convicted in the aftermath of the historic Lucasville Uprising.
Dontrell Baker is a former Ferguson prisoner who has completed a sentence connected to the Ferguson uprising and is now incarcerated for a different incident.
In Dontrell’s words, “My name is Dontrell Baker. I was born in St Louis. I am the oldest of 2 brother and 2 sisters…I am from Jennings in North County. I am a former Nine Duece Brim member and a rapper. My first adult felony was the burglary I received during the riots that happened after the murderer Darren Wilson was acquitted of killing Mike Brown. I am now incarcerated for a different incident from 2017. I was sentenced to 10 years with a mandatory 85% to serve on my sentence. I currently have been down 3 years, with 5 more to go.”
Birthday: November 24
Dontrell Baker #1282093 C/O Digital Mail Center-Missouri DOC PO Box 25678 Tampa, FL 33622-5678
Josh Williams
A staple of the Ferguson rebellion, Josh Williams was sentenced to 8 years in prison for his actions in attempting to light fires near a Quick Trip gas station, which others quickly extinguished, during a protest against the killing of Black 18 year old Antonio Martin by police in Berkeley, Missouri on Christmas Eve 2014. You can learn more about Josh by reading one of his articles, “It’s not ‘try to get justice’ no more; we WILL get justice“ here. Visit Josh’s support site https://www.freejoshwilliams.com/, which reported in May 2021 that, “Josh has been held in solitary confinement on 23 hour lockdown since the beginning of the uprisings in June of 2020. He has limited phone privileges and hasn’t been able to go outside.”
This birthday is also Josh’s 30th birthday, and although he can’t come home for his big birthday since his release date has once again been pushed back (he was supposed to be released in July) as he continues to be a target of the state, a fundraiser has been launched to support Josh while inside AND go towards a re-entry fund for his release next year.
The fundraiser is aiming for $2,000 by Nov. 25.
Venmo: @sophtheloaf
Paypal / Zelle: selipman5 @ gmail . com
Birthday: November 25
Joshua Williams #1292002 C/O Digital Mail Center-Missouri DOC PO Box 25678 Tampa, FL 33622-5678
Her name, Assata Shakur, has become an iconic symbol of Black revolutionary resistance to the white nation and American empire. Shot, beaten and threatened with death, Assata lived up to the meaning of her name: “She who struggles.” Born Joanne Deborah Byron on July 16, 1947, in Queens, N.Y., she came of age during the tumultuous 1960s, when young Black people joined movements and organizations devoted to Black liberation. She joined the Black Panther Party and later, the Black Liberation Army (BLA), and emerged as one of its best-known and best-loved members.
When three young Panthers were driving south on the New Jersey Turnpike, they were ambushed by state troopers, and a shoot-out ensued. One Panther, Zayd Malik Shakur and a state trooper, were shot and killed. Assata was also shot, under her arm. The third Panther, Sundiata Acoli, also survived the ambush. Both survivors were charged with murder. Assata endured some 10 trials or so, winning acquittal after acquittal after acquittal. She was convicted once, and the state threatened her with another conviction for killing of Zayd.
A BLA squad went to her jail and set her free. Shortly thereafter, she made it to Cuba, which granted her political asylum. She began teaching in Cuba, wrote riveting poetry, and prayed for social change in America, and of course, freedom for the Black Nation. She served her people and freedom’s cause with bravery, beauty and brilliance. She represented her generation as Harriet Tubman represented hers.
In her poem “Affirmations” Assata wrote the following:
I believe in living. I believe in the spectrum Of Beta days and Gamma people. I believe in sunshine. In windmills, in waterfalls, Tricycles, and rocking chairs. And I believe that seeds grow into sprouts. And sprouts grow into trees. I believe in the magic of the hands. And in the wisdom of the eyes. I believe in rain and tears. And in the blood of infinity.
I believe in life. And I have seen the death parade March through the torso of the Earth, Sculpting mud bodies in its path. I have seen the destruction of daylight; And seen bloodthirsty maggots Prayed to and saluted.
I have seen the kind become the blind And the blind become the bind In one easy lesson. I have walked on cut glass. I have eaten crow and blunder bread And breathed the stench of indifference.
I have been locked by the lawless. Handcuffed by the haters. Gagged by the greedy. And, if I know anything at all, It’s that a wall is just a wall And nothing more at all. It can be broken down.
I believe in living. I believe in birth. I believe in the sweat of love And in the fire of truth.
And I believe that a lost ship, Steered by tired, seasick sailors, Can still be guided home To port.
“Affirmations” by Assata Olugbala Shakur. A Black revolutionary, returns to her ancestors after 78 springtime’s. A salute to Cuba for being that “port.”
International Political Prisoner Updates
Chile
Mapuche political prisoners in the so-called Grollmus Case, alleging Lavkenche Mapuche Resistance attacks against colonialist extractivist industry, published a statement updating about their case:
To our Mapuche nation, to our authorities: Pu machi, Pu lonko, Pu werken, Pu weichave, to the various lov and communities in resistance, to the Mapuche Warriache, to the Chilean people and the general public, the Mapuche political prisoners of the Grollmus Case, we come to present the following:
With more than three years of investigation and 10 months since it was formalized against us, we have seen how the prosecutor’s office, the political establishment, and the media, subservient to the economic establishment, have launched a defamation campaign against those of us who are currently accused and imprisoned in the so-called Grollmus Case. The investigation, led by prosecutor Danilo Ramos, is marked by a series of legal inconsistencies that only serve to prove our innocence and have led the Public Prosecutor’s Office, in alliance with the media, to use narrative and emotional elements that create in the public’s subconscious our anticipated guilt, violating the procedural guarantees that all defendants are entitled to, such as the presumption of innocence and due process.…
Finally, we wish to express our solidarity with brothers José Arzola Millalen and Dagoberto Queipul, who have been on hunger strike for over 50 days demanding a review of their sentences. We also salute all the Mapuche political prisoners resisting in the various prisons in Valdivia, Temuco, Angol, Lebu, and Coronel. We also salute the Chilean political prisoners incarcerated in Santiago and Rancagua. We also salute the various Mapuche lov and communities that uphold the resilience and dignity of our struggle, despite the entire war machine the state has deployed in our territory, which today has overcrowded the prisons with Mapuche prisoners.
Freedom for all political prisoners, Mapuche and Chilean. Unity in the weichan, marrichiwew. PPM Grollmus Case CCP Bío Bío, Concepción Thursday, October 23
After the mass revolts in August 2025, where a large section of the population rose up and attacked the state’s basic corruption and inequality, 44 anarchist comrades are imprisoned at the West Java paramilitary police compound in Bandung. There is no access for anyone but the families, and even this is minimal. The detainees have been cut off and they are being used in a mainstream media manipulation campaign by the Indonesian state. Many of the imprisoned comrades are very young.
They are all accused of being part of the individualist-nihilist “Chaos Star” network, which is a fabrication created by the police for the purpose of their prosecution. The police claim that the imprisoned comrades were radicalised by ‘Leaders’ and funded by foreign anarchist organisations. The cops point to the existence of banners, flags, books, pamphlets and music, which is in the possession of the detainees, as commonly held items denotative of membership of this “Chaos Star” organisation.
Some of the comrades are accused of serious direct actions such as molotov attacks, arson, riot, property destruction, etc. Lastly some of the comrades are accused of instigation, either online, for their blogs or social medias or for their ‘prominent’ role. They are isolated in the paramilitary compound and the Legal Aid Institute (LBH) in Bandung has been blocked from representing them. An option is to hire a private lawyer but that would cost tens of millions (rupiah). We ask for heightened attention to this dangerous situation. Torture and abuse are being widely used on the detainees, confirmed by the families. The young comrades were injured and hurt until they gave false confessions that they were even at the demonstrations and/or part of specific organisations, as they were subjected to the brutality of the paramilitary police. This is a known fact and a reality that we have to confront. In the wake of the insurrection across Indonesia against the right-wing ex-military Prabowo Subianto, the young people and the anarchist movement has been severely repressed by the regime. Many young people have been caught up in the police assaults and regardless of their supposed “guilt” or “non-guilt”, we extend our solidarity with them, and to all those who struggle against social oppression, prisons, police and the state.
We are publishing the names of our imprisoned comrades and the prison address of the West Java paramilitary police compound where our friends are held. Let’s not leave these comrades alone and let’s send them solidarity letters, postcards and our message of fire. Even if the solidarity post is stolen and blocked by the administrators of abuse, they will know that we will hold them all responsible for what is taking place in Bandung. Let’s shine a light on what the hated police torturers and regime of Prabowo Subianto are doing to our young comrades, and where it is taking place and by whom, and let’s fight back against the police and all prisons everywhere.
ABC/Palang Hitam
Mexico
Imprisoned anarchist comrade Jorge “Yorch” Esquivel’s life is at risk due to being denied medical treatment. From Cruz Negra Anarquista – Mexico City:
In recent weeks, Jorge Esquivel’s health has deteriorated due to a lack of adequate medical care. He has requested medical attention within the Reclusorio Sur prison, but it has not been provided properly or promptly. This has led to weight loss and intense abdominal pain, significantly reducing his mobility.
Jorge has a history of serious gastrointestinal problems and even underwent surgery to remove part of his intestine before being imprisoned again by the state. His recovery process was interrupted by his arrest in December 2022. Since then, he has not received any treatment to improve his health.
Let solidarity be expressed to demand medical attention and proper treatment!
Solidarity and strength to Jorge Esquivel!
Palestine
Two years into the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza, the Palestinian resistance succeeded winning the release of over 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
As Abolition Mediapublished, compiling statements from resistance factions:
The Palestinian Resistance Movement, Hamas, congratulated the newly freed Palestinian prisoners and their families, describing their liberation from the Zionist regime’s prisons as a “bright national milestone” in the ongoing struggle for freedom and independence.
In a statement issued on Monday, Hamas said that Operation Flood of the Free represented a historic national achievement that reflects the unity of the Palestinian people and reaffirms that adherence to resistance and national rights remains the only path toward liberation, return, and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
The movement added that the scenes of joy among the families of freed prisoners across Gaza and the occupied West Bank filled hearts and streets alike, despite the pain and wounds left by war. Hamas described this collective celebration as “a testament to the strength and resilience of our people, unbroken by the crimes of the enemy.”
Hamas stressed that Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his “extremist gang,” including Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, could not “strip our people of their joy in the resistance’s achievement through the Flood of the Free, which was baptized in blood and sacrifice, shattered their arrogance, and foiled their schemes.” The statement described the event as a key milestone in the continuous journey toward full liberation.
Paraguay
Image: Secours Rouge
On October 28, Paraguayan political prisoners began a hunger strike to press three fundamental demands. Accused of being members of the Paraguayan People’s Army (EPP) guerrilla group, Carmen and Laura Villalba and Francisca Andino are demanding the right to study and read, an end to the torture system, and that Carmen Villalba (see photo) be allowed to actively participate in the search for her daughter Lichita, who has been missing for five years.
The Pentagon is ordering the creation of “quick reaction forces” within the National Guard asking that each state provide 500 soldiers to train for “crowd control, handling of detainees, use of batons, stun guns and body shields”.
Trump’s federal immigration onslaught continues in Chicago, Portland, NYC, DC, and Memphis. Unsatisfied with over half a million deportations since Trump took office, ICE hopes to increase numbers by replacing top ICE leaders with CBP for more aggressive raids, building new detention centers, acquiring surveillance technology, and paying bounty hunters to track people targetted by ICE.
Dozens of federal agents and an armored truck swarmed Canal Street NYC arresting street vendors in a “targeted counterfeit goods operation”, prompting gathering crowds to fight back resulting in more arrests.
“Over 100 immigrants detained at the California City ICE Detention Center launched a collective action tonight to demand an end to the severe abuse and neglect they have faced since being transferred to the facility. As they initiated their action, which included sit-ins and refusal of meals across separate housing pods, local immigrant rights groups participated in a solidarity action near the facility, which they are live-streaming at the time of this release.”
The Federal Bureau of Prisons is holding people for ICE in at least five facilities at Miami, Atlanta, Leavenworth, Philadelphia and Berlin. BOP guards have been observed in full riot gear defending ICE processing centers in Portland and Chicago. Last month the BOP also announced it is no longer recognizing prison guard unions and is cancelling contracts; BOP guards are also currently working without pay during the government shutdown, exacerbating tensions and increasing “short staff” lockdowns.
Feds occupy Chicago, ongoing kidnappings and attacks
Militarized federal agents rampage throughout Chicago continuing Trump’s “Operation Midway Blitz”, teargassing neighborhoods, brutalizing protesters and arresting thousands in daily sweeping immigration raids. As a restraining order that bars Trump from sending in the National Guard and sets restrictions on federal activities is appealed to the Supreme Court, ICE raids continue, flouting accountability as Chief Bovino personally launches tear gas at a standoff in Little Village.
Authorities threaten rapid responders who monitor and follow ICE activity through the city blowing whistles. In one incident, as rapid responders followed ICE vehicles on the southwest side, a CBP agent shot Marimar Martinez who escaped the scene and survived but now faces federal charges. The DHS accuses Marimar and another person of “boxing in” and “driving at” ICE vehicles and officers, but her attorneys say that video evidence shows ICE was unprovoked when they jumped out and shot her.
An alleged Latin King member remains in federal custody accused of placing a “bounty” on ICE chief Gregory Bovino.
Weekly protest vigils continue in nearby Franklin Park where Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was murdered by ICE agents in September.
Dozens Arrested Among Ongoing Actions Outside Broadview ICE Processing Center
Early October brought a major shift in dynamics between protesters and whichever faction of law enforcement was protecting the facility. At first federal authorities ran their own perimeter, building a metal fence and clearing gate entrances for ICE vehicles by attacking crowds with rubber bullets, pepperballs, tear gas, mace and batons. Local and state government initially postured their unwillingness to support ICE as a “sanctuary state”, but in mid-October they began deploying local police to clear the streets and protect ICE so they can more freely kidnap and cage people. A “Unified Command” of Illinois State Police, Broadview PD, Illinois DOC, and the Cook County Sheriffs Office now enforce 9am-6pm curfews with beatings and arrests every weekend, forcing protesters into concrete-barricaded “protest zones”. By the end of October, Broadview PD took down the mutual aid tent for violating “public camping ordinances”, but protests continue.
On October 29th, ten people throughout Southern California were arrested in predawn raids and most were charged with “obstructing, impeding, and interfering with law enforcement” for alleged actions during June demonstrations in Los Angeles. One of the arrestees was charged with conspiracy to impede or injure a federal agent for alleged actions during the July raid of the Glass House marijuana farm in Camarillo.
Prison Banned Books Week was observed October 19th-25th to bring attention to the rise in prison censorship, mailroom restrictions and privatized mail scanning services. Events were held in Oakland, Chicago, and Marion NC, and dozens of Books To Prisoner groups organized online fundraisers.
