Our practice of solidarity is not just one of obligation, but of recognition that an ever-expanding and never-ending solidarity is part of the path to all of our freedom. Because we know ourselves to be more connected, stronger, and ultimately more capable when it is always a part of what guides us. We know there is no fixed limit or end, and the need for solidarity will always be there. We know that we find richness in the ways that it deepens our movements and selves.

–– June 11 2026: Solidarity Without End

Repression breeds resistance, but only if we try…. The struggle continues. This month marks 6 years since the state murder of George Floyd and the nationwide uprising that still looms on the horizon of what’s possible. June 11 returns and solidarity is endless. Marius is free! And new long-term anarchist prisoners remain. We return with another round-up of updates and calls to action about political prisoners, repression of revolutionaries, and rebellions behind bars. Fire to the prisons!

As always, we welcome submissions and international contributions––hit up in_contempt @ autistici . org.

A zine and pamphlet of this column will be available in the coming days to print and share with friends, comrades, and loved ones behind bars. 

Table of Contents

Until All Are Free
June 11
J11 Interview
Phone Zaps
Political Prisoners / POWs
Prairieland Defendants
George Floyd Uprising Prisoners
Stop Cop City
Palestine Action UK
Global Sumud Flotilla
Rebellions
Repression
Not Guilty
Ongoing Cases
Fundraisers
Post-Release Support
International Political Prisoners
International Repression
Ice Watch
Fighting Detention Centers
Media
This Month in History
Birthdays

Until All Are Free

Marius Is Free! Free Them All

After 17 years, Marius Mason is finally free. Marius, an environmental and animal rights activist, anarchist, writer, artist and trans advocate, was serving the longest sentence to date for acts of environmental sabotage. He was released to a half way house on May 14th.

A statement and poem from Marius prepared for June 11th International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason & All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners:

I am feeling some bittersweet feelings, having left prison after some 17 years. I met so many people, from so many communities and families, who found themselves incarcerated for a myriad of reasons. As we move into this time of contention, where there will be conflict between the state and the communities we know – there may be more of the people we love sharing that hidden world behind bars and kept apart. To recognize and remember them is important and it keeps those ties we have to them strong. Please help me this June 11th, to send some love, some hope and a promise to remember to all of our people who are living behind bars.

I am including a poem I wrote for my Yale poetry class in prison. At Danbury, we had a tradition of hugging a certain tree in the parking lot as we got ready to leave one of the three prisons there, the camp, the FSL or the FCI. I was able to hug this sycamore tree, and to tie a new crocheted wrap that a lot of people at the FSL had contributed, so many stitches, so many colors, so many lives maintaining hope for freedom and the embrace of our family and friends.

The Freedom Tree
It’s the sycamore tree that’s in the parking lot,
From two day’s warmth, has put out leaves.
The bleached bark, peeling and stark, is shot
Against the sky, arms lifted in a silent plea,
The “Freedom Tree”.
Willing time to move forward, we see it expand,
The days are in those fingertips.
Buds break to burgeon into hands
That sweep the sky, wide, now that wind no longer keens
And grass grows green.
There is a wild crocheted belt that encircles it,
Proof that one of us made it out,
And left behind a sign that’s spun
From everything we dreamed, while we longed to be
Touching this tree.

Bob Marley also sang of a sycamore tree that was part of his songs about freedom and history. I hope that you will participate in this event, helping me mark a day to remember all the friends I left behind, and all of the people we are missing from our movement, and our communities. Anything will do, as long as it is braided or crocheted or knitted to show how we are all part of a whole together, and stronger together than any one strand alone. There is no particular color combination, as many as you have to weave together. We are all different, but all of us belong together and free. Please help me mark this very first Freedom Tree event on June 11th.

Thank you so much for your act of solidarity.

The June 11 collective is encouraging supporters to help create a “Freedom Tree” with Marius:

Solidarity does not end when our friends get out of prison. While we support them from the outside, they also build relationships of mutual support with others inside. Our movement prisoners act as a bridge between outside support and everyone inside, sharing words, ideas, material support, and solidarity. Alongside the joy of release is the pain of leaving friends behind.

At FCI Danbury, they have a tradition of decorating the Freedom Tree whenever somebody is released. This June 11th, the International Day of Solidarity with Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners, Marius has invited all of us to create a Freedom Tree wherever we are for June 11th – at events, at our homes, outside a jail, in a special forest. These Trees and the act of creating them are message of solidarity not only to Marius but to everyone held captive by the state.

Solidarity without end.
Until all are free.

Send photos of you and your people and your Freedom Tree to June11th@riseup.net or tag J11 on Instagram or Mastodon. (Consider covering faces and identifying characteristics if posting publicly.)

Support Marius:

1. A system has been set up for purchase of gift cards, like “Vanilla Gift” that can be purchased, using contact info: Moira Meltzer-Cohen, Attorney at Law, 277 Broadway Suite 1501 NY, NY 10007. For phone # needed with the address, use (212) 219-1919.

2. In addition, there will be a trust account to receive direct donations through the donations page on supportmariusmason.org.

3. All May long, AK Press will be donating $2 from every item they sell to Marius.

Thank you to all who are able to celebrate his release by contributing and sharing. Everything helps.

Read Marius’ full statement on his release on the June 11 noblogs:

It demonstrated that in our movement, though we were physically separated, we could stay together in spirit, that solidarity and love are action words, and that we are all in it for the long haul.

Mujera is Free! Free Them All

Mujera Benjamin Lunga’ho, a George Floyd Uprising prisoner released from federal prison in April 2026! Mujera was sentenced to 5 and a half years in federal prison after pleading guilty to arson during protests in Arkansas released in April 2026. For more information about state repression of the George Floyd Uprising in Arkansas and the cases that resulted in the imprisonment of Mujera, Renea Goddard, Cody Nowlin and Ángel Espinosa-Villegas (who was deported to Chile in 2025), read  “How to Crush a Movement for Racial Justice” and “Little Rock police vehicle arson cases end with federal sentencing of four defendants.” As of publishing, we’re unaware of any post-release support needs, but please email us or check in at uprisingsupport.org!

Nikita Is Free! Free Them All

After seven years on an original four year sentence, Nikita Emelyanov was released. From ABC Belarus:

Anarchist Nikita Emelyanov is free!

After six and a half years in prison, Nikita Emelyanov was released on May 2.

Nikita was detained on October 20, 2019, on suspicion of attempting to set fire to Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 in Minsk and was sentenced to four years in prison. Subsequently, his sentence was extended twice under Article 411 (disobeying the prison administration’s orders) , bringing Nikita’s total sentence to seven years.

While in prison, Nikita was frequently subjected to punishments such as placement in solitary confinement and physical punishment, and was eventually transferred to a prison regime.

We are very happy to see Nikita free! 

Ali Is Free! Free Them All

Palestinian journalist Ali al-Samoudi was released from zionist prisons after over a year being held without charge.

It was a real hell. Prison today is hell in every sense of the word … Everything they practiced with us was punishment and revenge … My arrest is part of the Israeli war against the Palestinian press and media. To silence my voice and block my camera and break my pen, and thus prevent me from practicing my right that all laws and international norms guarantee: the freedom of the press.

Completing a four year sentence, the longest sentence for a female prisoner, Aya Khatib was released from zionist prisons having been accused of “raising funds to support terrorism” by organizing on Facebook several humanitarian community mutual aid projects such as raising funds for sick children in Palestine.

Layan Is Free! Free Them All

25-year-old Palestinian Christian Layan Nasser was released after eight months in administrative detention in zionist prison Al-Damon. Layan posted a video reflecting on the necessity to keep fighting to free the others still languishing in such harsh conditions:

“Today I was released from Israeli prisons. I was in Al-Damon prison where I left behind 79 female prisoners living in extremely harsh conditions. So today, my freedom is incomplete and my joy is incomplete. It won’t be completed until the full liberation of all our prisoners from the zionist dungeons. Prison conditions has worsened; our daily struggles for survival are gone. There was hope or the expectation that after the war was over, prison conditions would improve; but it went from bad to worse. Various policies are being imposed on them; most notably the policy of starvation, the policy of medical neglect. Today our women prisoners need medical care but the available medical care is at the bare minimum. This, of course, increases the bitterness and difficulty of the experience. There are nearly daily acts of abuse including the use of tear gas and violent harassment. The amount of food is very little, the food in terms of quantity and quality is very bad. Our prisoners call on the world and the people to shed more light on these issues. Israeli prisons are generally a living cematery; this is the only summary we can tell about zionist dungeons. They are cemeteries for the living. They are singled out; policies are enforced against them, they are subjected to physical and psychological pressure. All this means the world must be aware of it. There must be an urgent call to action. As I’m being released, a large group of prisoners were sending messages saying that it’s essential for the world to act after understanding how the prisoners conditions is and the ability to withstand it is temporary, I mean we know that prisoners are facing these difficult conditions which may get worse. So today we are saying that the world must not overlook those practices. The policies that are being adopted and every Palestinian is at risk of being detained. From this perspective we know how widespread the arrest campaigns have become and that they affect everyone; at the very least we must be aware we have prisoners inside who are suffering under very difficult conditions. Their lives are unstable and they face daily humiliations. All of this must come to an end because honestly the situation is unbearable. We demand more attention to be shed on our prisoners and that we work to improve their situation through official institutions or international organizations in the hope that change will happen. 

June 11th International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason & All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners

June 11 2026 Call to Action: Solidarity Without End

This year as we are marking the International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason and All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners we are thinking about the nature of solidarity as ever-changing and never-ending. Our solidarity is not just for those who are imprisoned, but for all those who are harassed, intimidated, deported, hunted, on the run, tortured, and even killed — not just for individuals but for the struggles they are a part of. Just as repression ebbs and flows and state tactics adapt, transform, and innovate, so must our practice of active solidarity. We must adapt to the changing terrain and needs of our movements.

Solidarity does not end when trial ends and a verdict is reached, when a hunger strike has gotten its demands met, or even when somebody is released from custody back into the arms of their family and friends. The consequences of state repression last long beyond big moments and media attention. Whenever one cycle of struggle winds down as the target of the state, another will take its place. Whenever one comrade is released from prison, another will be taken in. Our support must continue to ripple out beyond our friends and immediate networks. It must extend beyond the borders of states into all lands and territories where people are fighting. It must expand beyond the present moment, honoring comrades of the past and thinking of what legacy we will leave for those who come after us.

While our tactics and strategies change and evolve over time, we must always meet the moment with an impulse to push ahead and not remain waiting. We may take moments of evasion and defensive posture, only to come back stronger and more intransigent. The context we find ourselves is always changing, but our purpose remains the same. Solidarity without end means always acting towards the goal of destroying the prevailing order.

The stakes remain the same even as the terrain shifts. The threats remain the same even if they are becoming more common. Previously short sentences have become longer with terrorist designations and enhancements. Camps develop beside prisons. Policing becomes a more obvious occupation. Murders become genocides. This isn’t new, but really a return to a previously escalated state that built the settler-colonial empires. The far right reactionaries of the world have been regaining influence and power for quite some time, building off of the fear of concurrent crises, while the moderates try to cling to a modern status quo by treading water in a rising, turbulent tide. The crises are real — so are the economic downturns and increasing shortages, and so will be the violence handed down from on high as authorities try to maintain and further centralize their power.

Anarchists and others who speak and act out are already being explicitly targeted in Iran, Russia, Belarus, Indonesia, Italy, Greece, Mexico, the US, and elsewhere. Those who seek to maintain the status quo cry out, “they can’t do that!” We acknowledge they always have, if only on smaller and more polite scales in the recent past. The fear of those in power is also being realized, as we see the proliferations of uprisings around the world crashing like waves upon an eroding beach. We see how authority is vulnerable in crisis as the fight returns to old venues like workplaces and barricades, while we also plot out new avenues of attack.

The consequences for acting against the dominant order seem to be escalating, so we are pushed to acknowledge what we’ve always known to be true: half measures are a trap. Collaborating with the left and moderate statists on their terms is just empowering them to their own coercion and top-down violence should they win out. We find productive accomplices when we act on anarchist principles, building empowerment of everyone against any new authority. The power over our lives must remain in our own hands — unmediated — and it seems a great deal of people acknowledge this when data centers and artificial intelligence become a focus of resistance.The ongoing climate catastrophe was acknowledged by our imprisoned fighters decades ago while new technologies like AI continue the ecocidal course. Preparing for the shortages, we shell up to counterattack — ideally without fortifying to the point of not being adaptable. As the terrain shifts we can remain mobile, without waiting for the new repression. Solidarity without end is anticipatory as much as it is active.

Confronting the real stakes of our struggles – life and death – need not lead us down the path of constant pessimism. Instead, it can provide us with the gift of appreciation for each small victory and mundane, beautiful thing. This too, is a cycle of solidarity. There are days that break our hearts. There are days that once again fill them up again so much we fear they might burst out of our chests. Each comrade is precious. As is every release, acquittal, dropped charge, or non-cooperating plea to get time-served, each small victory won through a strike, each collective action or bold individual revolt despite everything telling them its not worth it. We must allow every one to bring a smile to our faces, even while so many others remain caged. We must allow each small victory to take its place in the narrative of our struggles, connecting past to future. We must let this appreciation give us strength and daring. This year, we are celebrating the recent release of Hybachi LeMar, Peppy, and Casey Brezik. Marius Mason, after nearly two decades in federal prison, was released to a halfway house in May of this year. Charges are starting to get dismissed for the Stop Cop City defendants in the U.S. Monica Caballero in Chile is up for another chance at parole. Charges have been dismissed against a comrade in Munich and 5 anarchists in Belarus have been released. Active, principles, and expansive solidarity continues across the world, especially exemplified by comrades in Greece around the Ampelokipi trial.

PRISONER UPDATES

After 17 years, Marius Mason was released from federal custody to a half-way house in Michigan. From his statement accompanying this announcement: “What I really want you all to know is how incredibly proud it made me to be part of a community of resistance that stood together. It impressed the people I met in prison for so much love and solidarity to be expressed so powerfully for someone who was behind the walls. It demonstrated that in our movement, though we were physically separated, we could stay together in spirit, that solidarity and love are action words, and that we are all in it for the long haul.”

Michael Kimble, still going through a legal process do get re-sentenced and hopefully released, was recently transferred to a lower security work release facility. He can now at least get some fresh air. Fundraising is ongoing for his legal fees and to support him financially in the meantime. Sean Swain is up for parole again. Xinachtli has been transferred to a new unit where his conditions of extreme medical neglect of only worsened. Despite being unable to walk, he has been denied mobility aids. Nevertheless, he continues to write, create, and resist.

Casey Goonan, a dedicated community educator, writer, distroist, and printer who has lived a life committed to struggles for liberation was arrested in June of 2024 for actions, including the arson of a UC Berkeley Police vehicle, in response to the University’s treatment of student protesters for Palestine. In September of 2025, Casey was sentenced to 19 years in prison. Casey had been in holdover at FCI Mendota, awaiting their permanent placement. Life at FCI Mendota was uncertain and challenging, as they were denied access to sufficient medical care to manage their diabetes, and had lived without personal property, stimulating programs or much time outside their cell. In February 2026, Casey was finally transferred to FCI Allenwood in Northern Pennsylvania. This placement might be temporary, but for the time being they have better medical care, phone access, time out of their cell and time in the library. They are working on a habeas petition with another legal team in order to appeal their conviction and sentencing.

The Prairieland Case revolves around a noise demo on July 4, 2025 at the Prairieland ICE Detention Facility in Alvarado, Texas. It is the Trump administration’s first attempt at an ‘Antifa’ terrorist organization case. The defendants are facing incredibly lengthy sentences as the prosecution has emphasized a conspiracy among a wide network of defendants, alleging a planned ambush on officers, and is using this case as an opportunity to set a precedent of extreme consequences for protesting ICE and the Trump administration. Nine of the defendants have undergone federal trial, eight of whom have committed to non-cooperation: Autumn Hill, Zachary Evetts, Champagne Song, Savanna Batten, Maricela Rueda, Elizabeth Soto, and Ines Soto, and Daniel “Des” Rolando Sanchez Estrada. Defendants have weathered confusing antics and an initial mistrial from the Trump-appointed judge. Sentencing will happen in the early summer, though legal teams are looking at the possibilities of appealing the verdict. Additionally Joy “Rowan” Gibson and Rebecca Morgan have both signed non-cooperating pleas and are awaiting sentencing. Other defendants have upcoming state-level trials. Six of the defendants have chosen to cooperate with the State. Attention, support and solidarity for the defendants who have committed to non-cooperation will be a long-term endeavor.

Malik Muhammad spent much of this past year in solitary confinement at two different facilities in Oregon. Malik has stayed active sharing writing, learning to draw, and embarking on hunger strikes and phone zaps to protest their mistreatment and that of other prisoners. On the heels of a phone zap campaign to get Malik out of solitary, they disappeared from prison databases for a week during an interstate transfer. Malik is now in prison in South Carolina, a move that is retaliatory in nature due to Malik’s identity and recalcitrant political activity.

A new case came about against several anarchists after an accidental explosion in an apartment in Greece on Halloween of 2024. Several who weren’t present were acquitted, including Nikos Romanos who was charged after a single fingerprint of his was found on the outside of a trash bag. Unfortunately, Dimitra received an 8 year sentence for merely lending a key to the apartment for visitors to stay in, and Marianna received 19 years just for being present in the apartment while her partner, Kyriakos, worked on the device. Marianna was severely injured in the explosion, and the counter-terrorism unit (always aggressive towards anarchists) crossed many lines with her as the took samples of her DNA while she was unconscious in her hospital bed, for instance. A week of solidarity began in the week leading up to the April start date of the trial, and scuffles occurred outside the courtroom between supporters and police quite early on. Throughout the course of these events we are shown how anarchists can be “proudly faithful to the concept of active solidarity” and continue to advocate for freedom, even under duress.

This spring in Chile, Mónica Caballero will be under review for conditional release once again. The commission of judges from the court of appeals has previously denied her release, despite meeting all legal requirements, due to her anti-authoritarian politics. This comes as no surprise to those that remain enemious to the authorities and their order. Her accomplice, Francisco Solar, returned to general population last year after five years in solitary. He remains defiant, as evidenced by his words for Sara and Alessandro, who died in Italy this past March while making an explosive device.

Italian anarchists have been undergoing waves of repression. After a demonstration in March of 2023 in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito during his incredible 6 month hunger strike, the Italian state has turned its ire toward many of the demonstrators present that day. “Operation City” is the pursuit of those comrades in Turin who sought to undermine Italy’s attempt to kill Alfredo, and to protect themselves in the course of the protest. More than 60 people were charged, interrupting their lives. Those 18 comrades facing conspiracy to commit aggravated damage and conspiracy to commit assault against a public official have now been convicted with sentences ranging from one-and-a-half to five-and-a-half years. The comrades accused of complicity in acts of vandalism, aggravated resistance, and possession of offensive objects now face a trial which is expected to begin in November of this year. Alfredo remains imprisoned under the draconian 41 bis regime, where his supporters expect his torturous conditions to continue.

In Belarus, anarchists Andrei Chapiuk, Akikhira Hajeuski-Khanada, Mikalai Dziadok, Pavel Shpetny and Aleksandr Kozlyanko have been released! This typically means being expelled from the Belarusian territories and needing support in starting over. In 2025, nine anarchists had their prison terms extended — from 6 months to 2 years — for “persistent disobedience to prison administration.” Early this year, Nikita Dranets, Aleksey Golovko, and Aleksandr Frantskevich also remain in prison after receiving up to an additional year on their sentences. At the end of February, the KGB updated the “List of persons involved in terrorist activities” to include anarchists from the Black Nightingales group: Siarhei Zhyhaliou, Trafim Barysau, Dzmitry Zakharoshka, Aliaksandra Pulinovich, and Maryia Misiuk. This means that in addition to the 10-13 year sentences they received for “plotting anti-war sabotage,” they also can’t receive any money transfers — meaning they can only purchase goods using funds that were already in their accounts beforehand, or money they “earn” through labor in the colony they were transferred to. Maryia Misiuk, a Ukrainian citizen, was released and deported last November, but was then exchanged in a Russia–Ukraine prisoner swap immediately after and sent back to prison in Belarus — she and her codefendants were also only teenagers at the time of their arrest. ABC Belarus continues doing support work for these and others, including holding an event in Germany about the 2020 protests and the repression of the Anarcho-Partisans who continue their two decade sentences.

In Germany, repression presents itself as authorities are frustrated over their inability to catch or prosecute infrastructure saboteurs. A raid in March on Infoladen and Scherer 8 house project in Berlin tried to connect anarchists to these acts. Many prisoner support events have occurred there in the past, and will continue. In Munich, the Zündlumpen case continues its rollercoaster trajectory. Unable to link a third person to the anarchist paper, the state had to dismiss the case of criminal association, but the other charges persists. The two anarchist comrades, Manuel and Nathalie, who remain persecuted, face charges of arson and theft, respectively. The latest hilarious write up calls into question the dubious claims around the state’s body odor evidence and their claims to unwarranted wiretaps, but concludes: “We in any case will leave the jurists to their legalism and would rather stick to our anarchism.”

In 2025 ABC Moscow carried out several successful evacuations of anarchists facing criminal charges in Russia. They also continue to fundraise for Ruslan Sidiki’s legal fees as he awaits a ruling on his appeal against a 29 year sentence for anti-military actions. Ruslan has been denied access to reading material and the state refuses to investigate the torture he endured during his arrest. He received a record-setting sentence for a non-lethal drone bombing of a military airfield and derailing a freight train in 2023. The Russian state has also retained custody of Nikita Uvarov by opening a new case against him during his final month in a penal colony. He had nearly completed his five year sentence for hanging up posters in support of prisoners, talking about blowing up the FSB building in minecraft (literally), and playing with firecrackers with his friends. He was originally convicted when he was just 14 years old. Moscow ABC was also criminalized so a new organization called Fires of Freedom has been created to operate legally in the country. They recently began a fundraiser for anarchist and former 20-year political prisoner Ilya Romanov, who requires the help of a full time caregiver.

After incredible anti-government riots in Indonesia in 2025, dozens of cases have been opened against anarchists. According to a few of the anarchist prisoners, “703 political prisoners — although we reject that label — are still undergoing legal processes or are detained” as of March 2026. The approximately 70 anarchists facing charges includes Albi, Pem, Herdi, Adit, Naufal, and Dena, who all have trials beginning in April of this year. Rizky Ardiansyah (known as Riky) and Muhammad Rafli Andriansyah (referred to as Kipli), among the first to be arrested after the uprising, face severe charges that are said to be more political than factual. In at least one instance, Alfarisi bin Rikosen (one of 32 anarchists detained in Surabaya) died as a result of the police torture he endured. Such abuse seems widespread among all detainees. Many of the anarchists face 5 year sentences for riot, arson, and property destruction – but a handful face more than 20 years each stemming from accusations of more violent actions and supposed leadership. One of these comrades, Adit, is a part of the state-fabricated, 40 person “Chaos Star Network” – and the state has successfully accumulated a great deal of trial-ready evidence against him. He was already under surveillance, possibly stemming from the case against him from 2024, in which he, Opal, Pem, Herdi, and one person who turned informant, are accused of blowing up a police outpost in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito, Nikos Romanos, and all anarchist prisoners.

After five years of imprisonment in Mexico, and several more years of legal fights (and four ongoing years of exile), Mazatec anarchist Miguel Peralta beat the attempted murder charges stemming from his participation in the defense of the Xangá Ndá Ge River more than ten years ago. This February 2026 resolution could help alleviate the judicial burden on much of Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón where more than 50 arrest warrants were issued around indigenous resistance to resource extraction companies and other incursions of capital and the state. At the time of this writing we are awaiting a full acquittal for Miguel. Anarchist Arturo Lugo was arrested in Guadalajara on January 8, of this year, likely in retribuion for his participation in the protests at FES Acatlán school (UNAM), where he was stood up against institutionalized sexual harassment in 2020. In Mexico last year, Jorge “Yorch” Esquivel was not provided prompt or adequate medical aid for his chronic gastrointestinal issues by prison authorities. He died in hospital on December 9th, 2025.

The genocide continues against Palestinians; atrocities continue against the people of Sudan; wars continue in Ukraine, Iran and Myanmar; and clashes continue in Syria and Rojava. The millions fleeing violence and persecution create populations of refugees in camps as well as diasporas and intermingling of revolutionaries across borders. There is an increase in not only arrests and imprisonment but state executions. Iran has already sentenced to death dozens of protesters from the uprising earlier this year. Among the hundreds of Iranian detainees are anarchists Soheil Arabi and Afshin Heyratian. Israel is posed to execute possibly thousands more Palestinians under a new law. Anarchists, because of our orientation of constant hostility towards the state and other oppressors, always face a baseline of oppression. We must assess how this repression evolves not only in right-ward turns and collapsing empires, but also in times of all-out war, within and even beyond the borders of all the involved states. “Rights” and what we come to expect from police behavior and court proceedings can be trusted less and less. States of exception become the norm. Anarchists and anti-authoritarian internationalists must figure out how to adapt to these changing conditions, resist the narratives of state-vs-state conflicts, and be pro-active in defending each other and offering radically different ways of living.

The state pursuing cases of conspiracy around movements, ideas, values and associations is likely to only grow. If they can’t catch individual actors, they will move to make us all suffer. While this context might be unique in some ways, the methods are a regurgitation of what has come before, a repetition of what has always been. This approach is meant to instill a paranoia and fear in us; it is meant to create a fear that breaks us. To make us fear our relationships and see those around us as only a potential ‘risk’ to our sense of safety or comfort. It is in committing to turn away from this fear and instead choosing to bolster ourselves, our relationships, our networks of counter-repression and our capacity towards action in all its forms, that we can grow to be truly strong, bold, and moving towards freedom, regardless of the changes in the terrain of laws, alliances, prisons and the ruling order.

Things in the world are shifting and unraveling. Each moment of revolt, when anything feels possible, is inevitably followed by lulls, burnouts, repression, and the threat of a suffocating routine. Experimentation and taking different types of risks is necessary, as is the constant balance of living in the present while considering the terrain of our lives and movements, long-term. Where in your own life might you try something new? Learn to take a chance on something intangible, or move on something with a measurable effect? How can those in jail or prison be better included in what is happening in your life? What are some ways to widen the crack in the facade of impenetrability that those in power intend to impose? How might you handle repression in your life and help those around you cultivate ideas and practices that empower us to stand up against the state? How might these practices be innovated, multiply and trickle beyond our worlds?

Our practice of solidarity is not just one of obligation, but of recognition that an ever-expanding and never-ending solidarity as part of the path to all of our freedom. Because we know ourselves to be more connected, stronger, and ultimately more capable when it is always a part of what guides us. We know there is no fixed limit or end, and the need for solidarity will always be there. We know that we find richness in the ways that it deepens our movements and selves.

In Contempt Interview with the June 11 Collective: “Our hopes are for total freedom. May our actions reflect that.”

In Contempt: The June 11th International Day of Solidarity with All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners originally began as a call for a weekend of solidarity with Pacific Northwest eco-anarchist Jeff “Free” Luers who was sentenced to 22 years in prison (of which he was imprisoned for 10) for accusations of arson in the struggle for environmental liberation. Looking back at old issues of the Break the Chains newsletter, a Eugene-based prisoner support project, the first June 11 explicitly involved cross-generational solidarity through struggles, with participation at the Eugene solidarity event for Free from former anti-imperialist political prisoner and archivist Claude Marks and former MOVE political prisoner and Black revolutionary Ramona Africa (as well as a performance from Klee Benally’s punk band Blackfire!). How did June 11 grow from a single solidarity initiative to embrace other long-term anarchist prisoners in the US like Eric McDavid, Eric King, Michael Kimble, Marius Mason, and others, while also spreading internationally to embrace anarchist prisoners in Italy, Greece, Chile, Indonesia, Russia, and elsewhere?

June 11: It has transformed gradually over the years, both as the participants and as the contexts have changed. I believe there was a gap for a few years between the Free Luers era and when it came back for Marius and Eric McDavid. That came out of supporters of both of them getting together and discussing the need to plan for the long haul of 20 year sentences. And seeing that as better to do cooperatively than for each individual comrade, case, crew. As Eric got released, it expanded to highlight other people. Part of this happened as supporters of others, such as Michael Kimble, joined in the collaboration. During these years, discussions also included making an effort not to be too US-centered. We saw amazing acts of solidarity coming from all over the world, even back with Jeff Free Luers. Not to mention for our most famous martyrs, Sacco and Vanzetti, with whom there was incredible international solidarity a century ago. Solidarity should be flowing the other way as well. We should see the names of Greek, Chilean, Indonesia, etc comrades up here in the US, just as we see the names of American prisoners there. This is part of an internationalist practice of solidarity and an intentional de-centering of the US in a US-centric world. And the things anarchists are imprisoned for fighting rarely stop at any border. 

A great (tho not unique) thing about J11 is that people can participant in whatever way they want. Some can focus on eco-prisoners, some on international prisoners,  people with a local connection, etc. The day is co-created not only by those of us who answer emails, but every prisoner or former prisoner who writes a statement and adds to our considerations, and every participant who chooses a framing for their event or a target for their action.

In Contempt: Now that Marius was released to the halfway house and a new generation of anarchists have been struck with or are facing lengthy prison sentences like Casey Goonan, the non-cooperating Prairieland defendants, and others, what lessons from the history of June 11 solidarity initiatives can those involved in struggles for liberation learn about fighting repression, not as external, passive, outside support alone, but carrying on and continuing the struggles despite and in spite of state repression with a real desire to break down the walls that divide us?

June 11: A big lesson about fighting repression is, as you say, breaking down walls that divide us. As mentioned above, creating shared initiatives and sending messages of solidarity across national borders. Also, the thing about long-term prisoners, like 10-20+ years is usually what we’re talking about, there is no choice but to transcend the movements they came out of. Specific iterations of struggle, at least here in the US, don’t seem to last that long. So for our prisoners to be remembered and continue to be involved in new iterations, we must go and and facilitate their participation as well. We must introduce new people to them and articulate their relevance and their activity for current struggle. For example, I was too young to be around before Marius was in prison. I’ve never met him, never heard directly from him (I’ve written him, of course, but he could not respond to me directly). Yet I feel we are connected by our principles and our passions, such as anarchy and wildness. And it has been an honor to tell younger comrades about people like Marius and Michael. In this way, building for long-term solidarity is necessarily cross-generational and bridging of different struggles. This is also important for people who do not come out of a specific iteration of struggle or political milieu, such as those who find or sharpen or articulate their anarchy during their time inside. We must be a point of connection for them, too. It is through their resistance inside and our commitment to facilitating their participation that they do not get left behind or pigeon-holed as relics of another time. The world changes a lot in 20 years! The things that motivate our resistance persist. As examples, I think of Marius’s participation in organizing for queer and trans prisoners, Jeremy Hammond’s video from federal prison in solidarity with the George Floyd rebellion, Michael Kimble’s bridging anarchist activity and Alabama prisoners’ collective strikes, and Malik Muhammed’s writings on Palestinian liberation shared with the solidarity movement on the outside.

At this point, speaking of fighting repression is, hopefully, commonly understood as fighting both inactivity (being too scared to act) and isolation. One half of addressing the inactivity is putting in the extra effort to allow imprisoned comrades to stay involved. The other half is not segregating fighters from supporters and not being scared into just a support role. We sometimes see how prisoner solidarity itself is criminalized: Samidoun network and Moscow ABC being designated “terrorist” organizations and raids against Italian anarchists acting in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito. “Prisoner support” is not just for specialists. We, who do dedicate ourselves to this, must not dedicate ourselves to only this –– and those that are not involved in prisoner support can be bringing our imprisoned comrades with them into whatever area they participate in.

It might seem counter-intuitive for a day focused on anarchists specifically, but the isolation we are fighting is also about using this as an opportunity to highlight and expand anarchists’ participation in many different things: land defense, animal liberation, police abolition, anti-ICE, Palestinian liberation, etc. And our participation can help demonstrate the foundational, liberatory, anti-hierarchical principles that underlie all of them.

In Contempt: Often, we see that when repression hits, movements tend to retreat from the larger struggles they were fiercely engaged with to focus on tending to wounds and engaging in the smaller, but still crucial tasks of legal or jail support, prisoner support, anti-repression work, while horizons of revolutionary possibility recede behind a defensive posture. Over the years, do you have any vibrant, heart-fulfilling examples, memories, or stories of solidarity in the face of repression that expanded a sense of collective possibility, adapted to threats, and enlarged the struggle, while not leaving anyone behind, or even involving an inside/outside dynamic against the barbed-wire walls of this world?

June 11: One thing that always fills my heart is seeing people live their principles and their anarchy in court. First, let me say that shrewdness and knowing when to stay silent is valuable and its not all moments are the right moment to be intractable. But seeing people claim their beliefs in the face of repression, even in the halls of power with the weight of state repression hanging over them is a really beautiful thing. See the Detritus book ” Defiance” of sentencing statements for how this has been a beautiful tradition for many decades. Eric King, Alfredo Cospito, Francisco Solar, the anarchists on trial last month in Greece. To see our comrades acting bravely while they are already in prison, I think can help those of us who are fearful of being in that position. 

I also think of, wasn’t there a police car burned in Atlanta on the night Jack Mazurek was arrested and charged with burning a police car? That was pretty cool.

For a recent example, the way support (financial, social, political) was built for the Prairieland defendants has seemed positive. At first, it seemed like a lot of people were afraid to associate with it. I think the use of a firearm, an officer getting shot at, the “terrorism” of it all scared people. But the supporters down there were really able to turn that around to the point of a decent amount of mainstream coverage . It shows that not shying away makes us more powerful. And what I’ve seen in letters from Champagne Song has sort of surprised me in how positive she seems.

One more thing – the demonstration that happened among detainees at the Dilley ICE facility in Texas because of the imprisonment of Liam “Conejo” Ramos. Not only were people in this horrible camp willing to take the risk of collective action, but it was also clearly a gesture empowered by the revolt by the people in Minneapolis. An example of how resisting, in whatever method is available, inspires others to do the same. 

In Contempt: In the June 11 2026: Solidarity Without End call to action, the J11 collective writes, “The consequences for acting against the dominant order seem to be escalating, so we are pushed to acknowledge what we’ve always known to be true: half measures are a trap. […] We find productive accomplices when we act on anarchist principles, building empowerment of everyone against any new authority. The power over our lives must remain in our own hands — unmediated…” What do you hope and dream this unmediated, principled, action can become as individuals, collectives, and accomplices all over the world are starting to get to work for this year’s International Day of Solidarity with All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners?

June 11: It’s about fighting the totality of hierarchy and oppression while fighting where we stand. No single action makes a revolution, and the means by which we struggle contribute to our ends. Getting beyond the cliches of it, we want to see an array of actions that target creative, interesting points. Sometimes that means something unique to your region, ideally a bottleneck of some sort. We know we will see reports from around the world acting in kind, and the geographically diverse contributions can be as important as the number of actions taken. It doesn’t matter if you’re alone or in a group. Be thoughtful and determined.

Every event that gathers to speak the names of our imprisoned fighters is powerful, as is bringing their names to the sites of struggle in which they might be forgotten. They are not celebrities of course, but contributors and facilitators of debate and discussion as much as any of us. Solidarity means carrying on our collective fights and including them even when they’re not physically present. It means working toward the goal of eradicating every prison, destroying the threats that attempt to contain us. It’s about principled fighting that in the short term sets the ground work for how we collaborate later whether we fail or succeed, and not contributing to reforms and preventing recuperation that ends up targeting us.

Our hopes are for total freedom. May our actions reflect that.

Phone Zaps

Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez

Carlos survived being shot seven times by ICE during his arrest last month; since then he has been shuffled through several detention centers undergoing multiple surgeries and is now held at California City Detention Facility where he was thrown into solitary confinement, denied critical medical attention, and had his tablet taken away cutting off communication with his family. A phone zap is being organized by Dare To Struggle Bay Area:

PHONE ZAP FOR CARLOS!

Carlos Mendoza was shot over 7 times by ICE thugs in April. He survived but they’ve slapped him with bogus charges. He’s now being held in the California City Detention Facility rather than in a hospital where he belongs. Worse still, they’ve thrown him in the hole (solitary) despite his dire medical condition. Call Warden Christopher Chesnut to demand he be returned to the medical wing immediately.

CALL WARDEN CHRISTOPHER CHESTNUT: (760) 491-8100 ext9

“I’m calling to demand that Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez be removed from solitary confinement and returned to the medical wing immediately. His booking number is #55595512. Carlos’ medical situation is dire and throwing him in the hole is an attempt to murder him through medical neglect. You and Core Civic will be held responsible for any harm that comes to him.”

It’s been nearly two months since ICE agents attempted to murder Carlos Mendoza in Patterson, CA. After surviving over seven gunshot wounds and multiple emergency surgeries, the feds accused Carlos of being a dangerous gang member and, in a total perversion of justice, slapped him with bogus charges. They then removed him from the ICU and dragged him all over the state of California before depositing him in the California City Detention Facility (CCDF).

One of our members recently accompanied Carlos’ fiancé during a visit to the CCDF. Past walls of barbed wire and security checkpoints, they met Carlos behind a glass partition. He showed them the lumps beneath his skin where the bullet fragments were still lodged. He told them how grateful he was for everyone who had protested his attempted murder and illegal detention as well as how anguished he was at having to miss his daughter’s birthday–she’s turning two.

Last night, Carlos was moved from California City’s medical wing to the ‘the hole’. He was told to pack up his belongings, with no explanation as to where he was going to be moved or why. In prison, the hole is a place of severe isolation and restricted access to so-called ‘privileges’. Prisoners are kept in tiny cells for 23+ hours a day, and are often unable to make calls to their loved ones. While we don’t know the exact conditions Carlos is facing right now, we do know that he’s likely to face much of the same — he’s already been put in a solitary cell, and has had his tablet taken away. His urgent health needs were already going unaddressed despite being in the medical wing; there’s no doubt they will only worsen in the hole.

We must demand that Carlos be returned to the medical wing and his still life-threatening injuries be addressed immediately. We must continue to call out the same bullshit excuses that the Marshals have used throughout the past month to justify their torture—namely, that every time they’ve relocated Carlos, it’s been ‘for his own safety’. Nothing could be more unsafe for someone still recovering from seven gunshot wounds than the horrendous conditions of solitary confinement.

Shine White

Shine White has been transferred to Granville Correctional and placed on High Security Maximum Control (HCON) status. A recording from Shine White calls for solidarity:

Many of you are aware of my attempt to expose the inhumane living conditions at Scotland Correctional after a prison of his found dead in the cell. I demanded an internal investigation be conducted. As we know the prison would go to great lengths to keep their wrong doing secret and out of the public eye, even if it means subjecting those who seek to expose their evilness to extreme repression, which has been the case with me for the past two months. However, realizing that I would not be deterred or broken, on April 15th at approximately 10 a.m., several of Scottland SRG officers and two K9 officers with their dogs flipped my cell to conduct cell search. During the search a cell phone was discovered. I was immediately taken to inmate receiving and subsequently served recommendation papers for HCON supermax. HCON is a high-security maximum control unit: persons assigned to this unit are subject to the most intense and strictest confinement available in North Carolina prison system. Prisoners spend 24 hours a day in a nine-foot by six-foot cell, never leaving the cell for nothing: no phone calls, no canteen, no nothing. The HCON sentence is to help maintain order within the prison population; it is used to house prisoners that pose it to the lives of both staff and other prisoners. Being caught with a cell phone doesn’t qualify me for the HCON classification; however, I’m being recommended for HCON. During my 17 years of causation, I’ve never witnessed the prisoner be sent to HCON for a cell phone, nor have I seen the process be conducted this quickly. Obviously, it is a ploy to silence me. I entreat you all to don’t allow them to do this. I’m entreating you all to do what you can to support this campaign and intensify the struggle on all levels. Thank you for your support and your solidarity.

The support committee organized a phone zap campaign [note: Google docs link] and “Two Days of Action” to pressure North Carolina to release him from HCON status:

To whom it may concern,

I am writing to express urgent concern regarding the sudden actions taken against Joseph Stewart (also known as “Shine White”).

Mr. Stewart was recently transferred and rapidly placed in HCON placement under conditions that raise serious concerns about due process and retaliation. The speed of this action is highly irregular and does not align with standard procedures, which typically take significantly longer to review and implement.

This situation is especially concerning given Mr. Stewart’s recent efforts to bring attention to conditions within North Carolina correctional facilities. Any action that appears to silence or punish that advocacy must be taken seriously and reviewed with transparency.

Additionally, HCON placement is intended for individuals who pose extreme and ongoing threats involving serious violent behavior. Based on available information, this standard does not appear to be met in this case.

I am asking for:

• An immediate transfer of Mr. Stewart out of HCON
• A full and transparent review of the classification decision
• An investigation into potential retaliatory actions
• Assurance that Mr. Stewart’s rights and safety are being protected

Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter.

Shine White’s new mailing address at Granville is below (note that this is a mail scanning service):

Joseph Stewart 0802041
Granville Correctional Institution
PO BOX 247
Phoenix, MD 21131

Political Prisoners / POWs

NYC ABC Illustrated Guide to Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War

The New York City Anarchist Black Cross’s latest edition of the Illustrated Guide to Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War is available to read and download!

Malik Muhammed

For over a week, Malik Muhammed effectively vanished inside the prison system. No answers. No confirmation. Just a string of contradictions from the Oregon Department of Corrections and affiliated facilities, claims that they were “at court,” moved to a “confidential location,” or simply no longer there. (…)

Malik was only located after they were able to send a letter. They are now being held nearly 3,000 miles away at the Kirkland Reception and Evaluation Center, an intake facility inside South Carolina’s prison system.

Moving someone from one state prison system to another across the country is rare. Doing so while refusing to disclose their location, and cutting them off from legal counsel and community support, signals something else entirely: escalation.

–– Alissa Azar, April 7th, 2026

We Will Free Us published a comprehensive timeline of Oregon’s repression of Malik’s political agency and identity, “This Is How the Prison Is Escalating,” providing context on Malik’s political struggles inside and out and the fights imprisoned Black revolutionaries like Malik and Kevin “Rashid” Johnson are faced with. 

The article is available as a zine to read and to print and share. 

We cannot prioritize the legal system as the safe, the low risk, the “green” option. It has always been a line up towards the grave. Every act of repression is a threat of future violence. Daily life in ameriKKKa normalizes systemic violence and fosters inaction. And every second that passes, the prison escalates: Simple, disruptive pressure tactics are met with torture, and brutal repression. Blatant murder attempts across prisons painted as medical neglect. The zionist entity has given itself the permission to murder Palestinian prisoners through laws it enforces on land it stole through catastrophe. Political prisoners face a formidable front. There is no passive way to prepare for the curfews we know all too well are coming, the door knocks, the raids, the “smoke curling black against the daylight sky.” We must become formidable. The prisons are escalating. It’s time we do too!

Malik has also shared two essays this month, including an update on their experience being transferred to South Carolina:

The Biden admin’s fascist state propagated prosecution of me to “appear as hard on left wing extremists as the right.” This kicked off the politicized nature of my case. A “Black, Muslim, militant, extremist domestic terror threat,” as my FBI profile says. But I’ve been designated a “doomed man” in the words of George Jackson, long before the FBI did so. Born poor, Black, and Muslim, twenty five was the average age we’d make it to before being dead or in jail. The fascist state’s systems of oppression orchestrate the demise of doomed men, women, and children like this, daily, for fun. They love their controlled and manipulated statistics. 

I’m no one to be controlled. ODOC [Oregon Department of Corrections] found that out, clear and present. No matter the hole they put me in, nor the length of time they put me there, I do not capitulate. Nor does the community of love and solidarity and rage I have. The people who fight the state because resistance IS essence, because the people are what matter, their love endures. Oregon chose now — after all their state sanctioned violence did not break me — to make me the problem of another DOC, and to attempt to sever the ties and connections forged in the crucible of revolutionary love and struggle. They’ll succeed in making me another DOC’s problems, at least. But as an abolitionist, it’s nothing new. Our rage at the carceral state encompasses ALL prisons. Cuz none are free ’till we ALL are free, ’till ALL cages are empty, and all prisons are libraries. As a revolutionary, prison is just another front for the war. Any prison. 

So I’ll fight and resist on this new front, I’ll continue to agitate, aggravate, and organize against the state. I will NOT leave ODOC alone either. They will need to answer for their hole abuses, their hindering of my legal counsel, turning away visitors without cause or reason. Their blatant, racist political persecution. And their hope that sending me across the u.s. to the south would see me as a fish out of water — but I can swim anywhere. Anywhere the people are, I’ll build community through love, rage, and solidarity. 

ODOC did not like my cross racial study group. They didn’t like the education of the people because they prefer slaves. But to break free from the slave mentality, one must be ACUTELY aware of being one. That’s why education is the cornerstone to giving the people the tools to liberate themselves. Militancy without education is wanton aggression. Political education without militancy is all theory — academic. To forge both is to create a weapon most deadly against the state. So ODOC created a fictitious reason to put me in the hole, then created an in-house RICO charge because the other wouldn’t stick. They painted the blog and fundraiser as  racketeering and spreading propaganda.The DR [disciplinary review] (I wish I still had it) was as ridiculous as the RICO charge on the Stop Cop City siblings. They wrote it in such a way to convince their superiors I was a threat to be sent away. 

No one gets sent FROM Oregon to South Carolina, one of the most dangerous DOC’s in this fascist carceral state. The Lee County riots saw twenty one dead, forty five injured. This prison system has one of the worst overcrowding in the country. The intake and reception process takes up to 180 days — I’ve heard people be here longer — because they don’t have any bedspace. They get bedspace when someone is killed. Each soul carted off from R&E [Reception and Evaluation] to their prison is replacing a dead one. They passed an overcrowding act to let out nonviolent people. They make everyone eligible for parole and do percentages on their time, and still, they do not have enough beds for the people the state persecutes. R&E is three to a cell — one on the floor because there’s only two bunks. 

The food has no nutritional value — yesterday’s breakfast was bread and water. This system believing prisoners deserve bread and water is on par with this being the Bible belt, the Antebellum south, the home of those capitalists that sent poor racist whites to defend their ideal form of capital accumulation against the north and were rewarded with Black codes, the prisoner leasing program, and the mass incarceration we see today. Of course, they don’t even believe we deserve bread and water. We’re still only 3/4 of a human being. Work horses that need to be beat, not food. 

They mask the racism by having a nominally all Black staff. That means nothing. The overseers of the plantation are just inundated and indoctrinated to do the bare minimum, not think. They’re turnkeys, nothing more. That’s why they do not stop violence, much like how pigs on the street can hide behind the Supreme Court decision that ruled they have “no duty to protect,” so can these fascists let stabbings occur, even orchestrate them, and continue on overseeing the plantation. Who cares about another Black man’s death in here? Certainly not those coming for a check. Prisons are an otherwise destitute economy, providing careers for those not qualified to work at McDonald’s — which would be much more respectable. 

Thanks to this transfer and being in R&E, I missed the Eid meal in Oregon and could not participate in the one here. The state’s repressive tools seek to break me down and eviscerate my relationships, but the people who love the people, like I, don’t break so easily and exist all over the u.s. I take state repression as a sign I’m doing something right. Anytime you have the oppressor in a reactionary stance — it’s good. Their rigidity and yearning for consistency is their downfall. 

An anarchist’s greatest weapons are their critical thinking skills and adaptability. I adapt well. No environment can change me or break me. So I’ll do here what I do. I’ll organize, aggravate and agitate against the state. I’ll rally community. I’ll educate. I’ll grow ties, build bonds, and forge relationships that will endure lifetimes full of revolutionary love, rage, and solidarity. I’ll never stop fighting for the people. I’ll live, fight, and die for them because I love the people. Because I am the people, not the pig. And those that are with me, I hope it’s not out of pity, but cuz you realize this shit is killing you, too, however much more softly [1]. Ours is a love, rage, and solidarity that recognizes no imaginary border lines, abandons the constructs of time, permeates through walls, bars, and prison gates. It stays like the roots of an oak, stands tall as the fir, and may bend as the willow but still defies gravity and won’t break. Our love persists like daisies pushing through sidewalk cracks and dandelions blown through the wind, scattered from a child’s wish. 

I sit on the floor in this cell, meant for two but rooming three, awaiting the ticking clock to send me to what will be my residence for the next four years. And I am reassured, steadfast, and ready. This is an opportunity to meet new people, organize in a new space, a new state. To do whatever I feel called to, by my creator and myself. It feels like part of the plan, Allah’s plan. I will remember that resistance is essence. And no matter the circumstances, I’ll sow seeds of revolutionary love, rage, and solidarity.

At this time, they only give me two envelopes per month and four sheets of paper. I have to buy things from the “cadre” that work the units. It’s gross, prisoners exploiting prisoners, but that’s the deal. If I don’t respond right away to your letters, I will when I can. 

If anyone from my queer Ashville community would reach out, I’d love to talk more about the community you’re forging there. I’d love to know if there are any groups like CARE out here. 

Love rage & solidarity

Malik

Footnote

[1] From The Undercommons by Fred Moten and Stefano Harney.

Malik also wrote this article back at Eastern Oregon about being put in solitary confinement prior to being transferred to South Carolina: “In order to break free, one must be acutely aware of being a slave“:

There’s a pattern here: for the last 3 years Ramadan, I’m targeted. I’m snatched from mainline and taken to the hole under “Investigation”. I’m hit with some bogus “Unauthorized Organization” and I’m locked away in the hole for the rest of the year. It’s often that those targeted in prison, those considered activists or revolutionaries are sent to the hole, not for something they’ve done, but for what the administration thinks we MIGHT do. For them, it’s better to be preemptive. Not unlike the U.S. and Israel’s “preemptive” strikes on Iran. It’s just a cover for doing what they want anyways.

For 3 years, I’ve been dealing with this, now I’m here again, spend my Ramadan in the hole again due to nothing more than white fragility. The white male ego. Hurt at the notion that not only do I not like or respect the fascist state, but there’s a whole wide network of folks who also hold hatred for the state and do no think what they do is a “public good”, but rather, a genocide. Slavery by another name.

So I sit in the hole for “Disrespect” in talking to my partner on the phone about my frustrations with C.O.’s [ed.: Correctional Officers]. I was given 14 days – that ended on March 16. They refuse to return me, instead placing me on “STM hold” indefinitely [ed.: Security Threat Management]. No cause. But then, the state doesn’t need a reason to repress us – they need reasons NOT to.

The real reason for all this? Enlightening people, giving people knowledge. I was buying books for people, studying books like “Blood In My Eye”, Settlers, “Open Veins Of Latin America”, studying black anarchist thought from Lucy Parsons to William C. Anderson, Martin Sostre to Lorenzo Irvin and more. That was my true crime. With the book ban nationwide, there’s a clampdown on literature. Oregon just relies heavily on division, racism, politics and drugs to keep people inundated. So when they see a multiracial group of guys studying together, discussing global politics, the intersectionality of oppression, deconstructing they systems that work to create our material conditions, studying the history of movements and people in resistance and defiance together – that disturbed them. Give oppressed people the books with which to liberate themselves – EDUCATION – they lose their fucking minds. The truth of the matter is: you cannot have a mind that knows itself. In order to break free, one must be acutely aware of being a slave.

So the true reason I sit in segregation again is the same as always – fear. Fear of blacks, fear of potential unknowns, those they cannot control. They ask that I be “friendly” and talk with staff, they ask me to apologize for my conversation and not “see staff as enemies”. I will not. I will not censor myself. I will not capitulate. I’ll leave prison saying “Fuck 12” as I did coming in. Pigs are swine, not friends. ACAB includes CO’s too. No matter the hole you put me in, I will not break my principles. You cannot suppress the people forever. That spark of knowledge will grow and spread, with me in the hole or not.

Love, Rage & Solidarity,

~ Malik

As always, zines of Malik’s writings and poetry from inside are available to print and share from with whatever weapons distro.

Write to Malik: 

Malik Muhammed #400523
Kirkland Reception and Evaluation Center
Unit F3A-203
4344 Broad River Rd
Columbia SC 29210

Casey Goonan

An update from Casey Goonan––”Lockdowns and a Birthday”: 

After dealing with a tough month or two of extended of unit-wide lockdowns, establishing a reliable program has been difficult, but Casey reports doing very well! Lockdowns still happen sporadically with little explanation so developing a daily rhythm has been a challenge. They have made a lot of friends on the unit though and for Casey’s birthday, all the guys in their car and few others quietly passed around a birthday card to sign. And to cap it off, somebody made a bangin’ spread of nachos for the occasion.

Mail and calls

Snail mail has been extremely slow and sporadic through the mailroom. They only are getting mail at least a month later than it’s postmark, which is extra frustrating because…

Casey recently received a 6 month revocation of their calling privileges and lost 27 days of good time credits as punishment for a 3-way call with their mom and brother that they didn’t even know was against the rules. So for the time being, email via Corrlinks or snail mail is the only way to talk to them. 

To revisit some mail basics:
– Leave big margins on your letters. Casey only receives a black and white hardcopy scan of letters and as of yet the feds haven’t mastered using a scanner or just don’t care. Anything near the edges of the page gets cut off.
– Mail is surveilled and often pieces are outright blocked. Casey has heightened restrictions and scrutiny due to their classification and charges. Write accordingly. Know as well that some mail just doesn’t make it through.

Books

You can see Casey’s booklist for purchase via their bookshop registry here:
https://bookshop.org/wishlists/56b98684a2c55d72748aa7fae7dfa536217a1b5f

At the moment we are asking for people to please stick to the books on this list due to Caseys space concerns. Thank you to everyone who has sent Casey books!

Birthday fundraiser

For Casey’s birthday we were able to raise $840 so far for Lil Nicky, their cellie and friend. Let’s double that!

To support Lil Nicky, funds can be sent by Venmo labeled as “Little Nicky” to @juliepetersonG

Lil Nicky has been a great friend, and lifesaver in the yard on numerous occasions. Slated to go home in 15 months to Philly, he will be reuniting with his 13 year old son. Also, Lil Nicky is deaf and needs immediate support to buy his own hearing aids and batteries  (Yeah, the prison doesn’t supply those!). 

With next to no income from a prison job, it is extremely hard to purchase supplies for your disabilities not to mention save for going home. Without support, re-entry is an extension of the isolation of incarceration, leaving just-released people in an extremely vulnerable position and often in harms way.

Lil Nicky has been there for Casey and Casey is looking to repay the favor.

Together they spend hours on lockdowns discussing sports and the state of the world. Lil Nicky is continually motivating Casey to stay focused on their goals as an abolitionist and their prisoner support work, now from the inside.

Again, to kick down, Venmo @juliepetersonG with the note “Lil Nicky.”

Love and struggle,
CSC

email: cscommittee@proton.me
insta: @freecaseynow
website: https://freecaseynow.noblogs.org/
general fundraiser: https://chuffed.org/project/supportcasey
book wishlist: https://bookshop.org/wishlists/56b98684a2c55d72748aa7fae7dfa536217a1b5f

Last month, Casey shared a book of their writings pre-sentencing from Santa Rita Jail on Palestine solidarity, anarchism and anti-imperialism, reflections on tactics and strategies in the movement, and personal experiences from the campus flood for the liberation of Gaza––Lines in the Sand: Writings on the Gaza Solidarity Encampment & Campus Flood at U.C. Berkeley from an Anarchist Prisoner of War. 

The book is available to read in full online and zines of each chapter are also available to print and share.

Write to Casey:

Casey Goonan #24611-511
FCI Allenwood Medium
Federal Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 2000
White Deer, PA 17887

Larry Hoover

Renewed calls for Larry Hoover to be released as his commutation petition is now on Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s desk. Larry’s wife Winndye Jenkins Hoover recently wrote an editorial for The Tribe; his son Larry Hoover Jr recently interviewed for Fox 32 Chicago.

Free the Prairieland Defendants

What Really Happened

The DFW Support committee has so far released 6 videos analyzing and debunking the governments narrative using the recently unsealed evidence from the trial.

Episode 1: What Really Happened – https://imginn.com/reel/DX5DDYYOTTd/

Last year on the 4th of July, a group of people went the the Prairieland Detention center in Alvarado Texas for what everyone who attended agreed was a typical noise demonstration to show solidarity with the people held there. Like millions of people across America that night, they shot off fireworks; they did it for the detainees, who perhaps felt hopeless in their situation, so that they would know they were not forgotten.  Those outside yelled words of support to those on the inside: “Esperanza”!” “Hope!”. After being asked to leave by the Prairieland staff, most of the demonstrators left – but a female staff member called the police, lying, that someone was trying to break into the facility. Then, Alvarado police officer Thomas Gross pulled up, saw someone leaving the facility, and within seconds, pulled out his gun and aimed to shoot the unarmed individual in the back. In a split second reaction, another attendee used a defensive technique: suppressive shots into the ground to stop the cop from killing the unarmed person. In this still frame of the CCTV video, we can see Lt Gross has already drew his gun, squatted in a shooting stance, and aimed to shoot an unarmed person in the back. It was only then, in reaction, that another attendee, Benjamin Song, releases defensive suppressive shot directly aimed at the ground, close to himself, quite a distance from Gross. In fact, you can see from the CCTV footage, we can easily estimate that the shots hit the ground 3 times closer to Song than to Gross. Many believe that this quick thinking and reaction prevented Lt. Gross from murdering an unarmed individual that night. As you can see, Song was wearing a glowing fluorescent neck gator and standing in plain sight next to a wagon also clearly glowing with reflective tape, in order to be seen. This undeniable truth is the opposite of the false police characterization that he was hiding in the treeline, and that all demonstrators were wearing all b;ack outfits, making them indistinguishable from each other. Here it is in slow motion: Lt Gross is at the top left, in front of the headlights of the truck pulling in. He chases the unarmed person, stops, squats into firing position while aiming to shoot the person in the back as the person was going away from him. It was only then that the defensive suppressive shots are fired into the ground. Now lets look at Lt Gross bodycam footage, where you can see Gross give chase, stop, and we can see his arm raising to aim the gun before the defensive suppressive fire begins. So now you know what really happened on July 4th 2025 at the Prairieland ICE detention center in Alvarado, Texas.

Episode 2: In The Woods or In The Road? https://imginn.com/p/DX9oWLHsGvV/

In this episode we debunk more government lies in the Prairieland case, with recently unsealed evidence and a simple look at Google Earth. The federal government lied that an assailant was hiding in the woods and Benjamin song was seen outside the woods, and near the woods; the implication being that Song was concealed and waiting in ambush. Now to the facts: here’s the satellite view of the Prairieland Detention Center and the surrounding area. You can see the neighborhood to the southwest and the closest house to the facility where the pivotal incident occurred. Do they have trees in their yard? Yes, but is this what you would call the woods? Let’s go ahead and go to street view. And here’s the truth, folks: Song was standing here, with a bright reflective neck gator, next to a wagon with bright glowing reflective tape, to make sure he was visible to everyone standing in the middle of the road, as shown in this still image from Alvarado Policemen Thomas Gross’ bodycam. Nothing conceal-y or ambush-y about it. And here is the still of Gross’s vehicle camera and same exact view in daylight, proving that Song was literally standing in the middle of the road. So what do you think – is this guys yard the woods, as the feds called it? Was Song hiding concealing himself waiting in ambush while wearing fluorescing apparel and standing in the middle of the road? Or just attending a noise demo, and lawfully excercing this 1st and 2nd Amendment rights, under the Constitution, in solidarity with those being held at Prairieland on the 4th of July, a supposed day to celebrate freedom.

Episode 3: Who Did The Damage? https://imginn.com/p/DYCcNwZsYQH/

Let’s meet Nathan Baumann. Why, hello, Nathan! None of the other individuals who went to Prairieland for the July 4th 2025 noise demo even knew this guy. He was a complete stranger, with questionable views and actions regarding immigrants and ICE as noted in this obscure Facebook post. Anyway, he later told law enforcement that he drove to Dallas from College Station for the No Kings protest that day, heard about the Prairieland demo there from a cute girl, and decided to show up to Prairieland in hopes of seeing said cute girl again. Now the federal government’s false narrative blames a totally imaginary “Antifa Cell” for vandalizing, but all the evidence and even his own testimony at trial show that Nathan Baumann is responsible for the property damage at Prairieland that night. Baumann testified that he brought spray paint, which was his own idea, because he said at No Kings people were using it to make posters. But once he got to Prairieland and no one was painting posters, he decided all on his own to graffiti the tiny unoccupied guard shack and cars in the parking lot. He kicked car lights, damaged a van in the car port, and he is the only one captured in video from the camera that was removed, and the only one shown on that camera in the car port, right by the van that sustained damage. At trial, the government presented hours of video evidence from 6 different CCTV cameras that record 24/7/365 – and Nathan Baumann is the only person who is shown over and over again doing the vandalism. So now you know it was just one person, Nathan Baumann, who damaged property at Prairieland – not a whole Trump administration FBI fever dream of an Antifa Cell. Note: Baumann turned government cooperator after the feds convinced him he was a terrorist because he “damaged property” and it was “retaliation”. Spread the word folks; the truth will triumph!

Episode 4 – Problematic Policing https://imginn.com/p/DYHtixJyRQc/

The real of source of violence is the police, the state. The official narrative is a lie. Almost all the attendees at the Prairieland 4th of July noise demo had already left. The remaining few were leaving or just standing there when the fine professionals of the Alvarado Police Department rolled up and began “policing”. (Cut to clip of police cam footage; police are heard saying)  “He’s running! Get on the ground!” ”Do not move, you will be shot”, “Take off the goddamn backpack”, “ If you move, you will be shot, do you understand me?”, “I will pop your ass today, do not fucking play with me, you understand me?” “You ain’t gotta consent to a goddamn thing”.

Episode 5 https://imginn.com/p/DYaEpe2RNM5/

The feds made a huge todo in their indictments and at the sham trial, about Benjamin Song (allegedly) yelling “get to the rifles!” as evidence of their imaginary “Antifa” attack. But in this video, you hear the person saying, “he has a rifle”. That’s not the same thing – and who is even yelling? It’s unclear whose words these words, and no evidence was presented at trial or elsewhere, to prove who the speaker is. So what is going on? Why did the government make up all these lies in support of a narrative that is also 100% a lie to prosecute and punish innocent people?

Episode 6: Black Bloc Not https://imginn.com/p/DYh4hKOxOoH/]

I can’t believe we have to break this down in a video, but here we are, and the emperors has no clothes. You know what’s not black bloc? Blue jeans and exposed skin. Know what’s also not black bloc? Grey pants and naked midriff shoulders back and arms. Know whats’ super not black block? A giant reflective white Everlasting logo and jeans. Know what is super duper not black block? Hot Pink. Know what is super duper ultra not black block?  Freaking fluorescent neon green, people. The government can’t get the definition of black bloc right. They disingenuously defined it in official filings as wearing “dark clothes” when common sense and a simple search show inarguably that black block means ALL BLACK CLOTHES, which makes the individuals indistinguishable from one another. So no one can tell this guy from this gal from this guy and this guy to these gals, I mean, I can- Oh! Indistinguishable to law enforcement. Lets try again everyone, put on your magical fed goggles, and try again. Are they identical now?

The reason why this issue is so important is because the 9 Prairieland defendants who went to trial in March of this year and were wrongfully convicted of, amongst other things material support for terrorism, based in part on wearing “all black” – are facing sentences from decades to life in prison. It’s ludicrous and laughable, except for the fact that these corrupt feds who spout these obvious lies have the power to steal the freedom of innocent people for decades. 

So now you know what really happened at the Prairieland 4th of July noise demo in Alvarado Texas. Check back for more episodes as we continue our evidentiary exposé in the Prairieland case, using the government’s own recently unsealed exhibits. 

Do You Know a Defendant?

The DFW Support Committee is gathering character letters for the defendants in hopes of leniency at their sentencing hearings:

Do you know any of the defendants? Have they shown up for you, your friends, or your community in a meaningful way? We’re calling on people who’ve been impacted by them, their friends, collaborators, and community to share those stories in character letters for their upcoming sentencing hearings.

Character letters, support letters, or sentencing letters aren’t letters written to the defendants; they’re written about them for the court. Share who you are, what you do, how long you’ve known the defendant, and how you now them. In your letter include real moments or experiences that speak to who they are, times they supported you, created something meaningful, or made a difference in your life. Help paint a picture of their character: their care, integrity, creativity, and the role they play in your community. 

Address the letter to “The Honorable Judge Pittman.” If you know about the charges, you can mention how the defendant is a good person despite the seriousness of the allegations. The letter should not minimize the seriousness of the allegation or remark negatively about the judge, prosecutor, or judicial system. Write a separate letter for each defendant you know. Be sure to include your full name and mailing address. 

Don’t forget these letters are important and your voice matters. These letters can have a real impact on sentencing impacts. 

Email letters to dfwsupportcommittee @ hacari . com attached as a pdf or word document.

It’s important to know that character letters become part of the federal court record and are publicly accessibly via the government’s court document system. Given the political nature of this case, there is an increased risk that these documents could be accessed and shared by anyone, including the far right, as has happened in other political cases. 

The DFW Support Committee has shared some possible ways to protect your privacy if you’re thinking about participating:

To protect your privacy, consider revising your letter by removing your street address, using a secondary email and/or Google voice number instead of your primary contact info, and ensuring your letter has a handwritten signature and has been notarized. As we understand it, contact info is not necessary if the letter has been signed and notarized as these serve as legal verification of your identity and adds credibility. As character letters are extremely critical to securing a more lenient sentence, we hope you’ll still participate, while making an informed decision. 

Write to the Non-Cooperating Prairieland Defendants!

Autumn Hill:

Cameron Arnold, 11138-512
FMC Fort Worth
Federal Medical Center
P.O. Box 15330
Fort Worth, TX 76119

(Address letter to Autumn)

Benjamin “Champagne” Song

Benjamin Hanil Song, 11137-512
FMC Fort Worth
Federal Medical Center
P.O. Box 15330
Fort Worth, TX 76119

Daniel “Des” Rolando Sanchez Estrada

Daniel Rolando Sanchez Estrada, #95099-511
FMC Fort Worth
Federal Medical Center
PO Box 15330
Fort Worth, Texas 76119

Elizabeth Soto

Wichita County Detention Center, TX
Elizabeth Soto, 100005
P.O. Box 247
Phoenix, MD 21131

Ines Soto

Ines Houston Soto, 11144-512
FMC Fort Worth
Federal Medical Center
P.O. Box 15330
Fort Worth, TX 76119

Janette Goering

Janette Goering, 202503019
Johnson County Jail, TX
P.O. Box 247
Phoenix, MD 21131

Joy “Rowan” Gibson

Johnson County Detention Center, TX
Joy Gibson, 202502016
PO Box 247
Phoenix, MD 21131

Lucy Fowlkes

Johnson County Jail, TX
Samuel Fowlkes, 202600038
P.O. Box 247
Phoenix, MD 21131

(Address letter to Lucy)

Maricela Rueda

Wichita County Detention Center, TX
Maricela Rueda, 100010
P.O. Box 247
Phoenix, MD 21131

Rebecca Morgan

Wichita County Detention Center, TX
Rebecca Morgan, 100008
P.O. Box 247
Phoenix, MD 21131

Savanna Batten

Wichita County Detention Center, TX
Savanna Batten, 100006
P.O. Box 247
Phoenix, MD 21131

Zachary Evetts

Zachary Evetts, 11141-512
FMC Fort Worth
Federal Medical Center
P.O. Box 15330
Fort Worth, TX 76119

Updated letter writing zines are available from with whatever weapons distro:

Halifax Anarchist Black Cross:

and the DFW Support Committee

George Floyd Uprising Prisoners

“The day of his murder is very much still alive”

Former George Floyd Uprising political prisoner, José Felan, recently released after more than 6 years inside shared his story from the 2020 revolt:

On May 28, 2020, my entire life changed forever. On that fateful day, in a matter of a few hours, I would make myself a target of the federal government. And it all began with the murder of George Floyd. I went to the protest in St. Paul, Minnesota, because I desired a better world for future generations. When I saw the people come together en masse, I wanted to be part of history. I wanted to put a stop to the brutality and oppression that had been committed by the very officials who are supposed to protect and make us feel safer.

I didn’t hurt anyone, I didn’t steal anything, I didn’t even have anything to do with federal property damage. Yet they hunted me down to put me in federal prison, not for a few months, not for a year or two, but for six and a half years. And all because I burned cardboard boxes at the protest. It was an obvious political case from the beginning. The federal government did not like the fact that I had voiced my opinion in such a high-profile case.

Today, the events that are occurring in Minnesota with the murders of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old American intensive care nurse for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as Renee Good and others, demonstrate that the US government has no intention of stopping its systematic oppression. Rather, we find them only justifying it further. I am living proof that when you stand up to an oppressive government, you will pay heavily. History really does repeat itself.

My story is unique because, for one, I was not a part of any political organization prior to my arrest. I had never even voted before. When I saw the video of George Floyd in handcuffs, taking his last breaths, calling out to his mother, I was instantly moved. I merely reacted to an injustice. After the protest that day, my wife and I went home. We had gone together to the protest because we felt it was the right thing to do. A couple of days later, I was awakened by calls from numerous friends notifying me of a widely publicized manhunt for me.

Of course, I couldn’t understand why, since I hadn’t done anything wrong. My wife and I made the decision to head to Mexico until we figured it all out. And that was exactly what we did. This only intensified the manhunt, and the reward for our capture quadrupled. After months of living in Mexico, the feds found us living in a small town by a beach. They took us on the orders of the United States government, and turned us in to the U.S. marshals at the Tijuana-San Diego border.

That was the last time I ever saw my wife. I never heard from her again. All of this was unjustly orchestrated by the federal government, which had ordered her not to have any communication with me from then on. I never lost hope of hearing from her again, but as days became weeks and weeks became months and months became years, I came to the realization that I was never going to see her or our two children again. When we were extradited, we found out that she was pregnant again. It was supposed to be a girl. But I never met her. I never saw my wife and two children again. I don’t even know if they are alive today. I lost everything.

For many people, the George Floyd protests are now in the distant past, but for me, the day of his murder is very much still alive. Every day, I wake up wondering what happened to my wife and children. I think about everything that I lost. It is easy to move on with our daily lives. We go to work, we go to school, realizing very little the difference the events of 2020 made. It’s easy to forget people like me, though perhaps some will remember when they are pulled over or stopped by the police.

What happened to George Floyd can happen to anyone. The government, ICE, police, Border Patrol, etc., operate on a system of random selection. Today it happened to me, tomorrow it may happen to you. This is why it is very important to get involved. Every voice matters.

What happened to me was excessive and oppressive, but they didn’t silence me; rather, they only gave me a microphone. I want the entire world to know what happened to me. I want them to see what happened to someone who only wanted to voice his concern with the violent and brutal behavior of the police. I served five long years at F.C.I. Terre Haute in Indiana, one of the most dangerous and dirtiest prisons in America. I didn’t even know I would make it home. But on December 3rd, I was released to the halfway house. I have been here for two months now. I am trying to restart my life in Texas.

I have not given up hope. This entire experience only opened my eyes to the reality of the society we live in. I also realized that it is extremely important to be constantly engaged with current events, because we all live here together. Everything that happens affects us in some way. When we lose the respect of the government, then they will treat us accordingly. To get them to give us our God-given rights, we must earn them. The people must make their stand and make their voices heard. The people must not accept the dangerous and careless misconduct of ICE, the police, Border Patrol, etc., simply because they have badges. Every person is to be treated equally.

As Malcom X once said, “A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.” He also said, “I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against.” As a matter of truth, what makes us human is to be human-like. That means that we must always stand for the truth, no matter what, no matter when, no matter who. When the people become silent in times of oppression, society is destroyed and becomes artificial. When the people speak up and take a stand, the heart and soul of the community are restored.

The people take back their freedom. I want everyone to know that I accept what happened to me. Though the loss has been tremendous, if it means my children will live in a better world, then so be it.

Support José in re-entry here: https://www.givesendgo.com/freejosenow

A zine of José’s story is available to print and share: 

As far as we know, the current George Floyd Uprising prisoners are:

Christopher Tindal #04392-509
USP Canaan
U.S. Penitentiary
P.O. Box 300
Waymart, PA 18472

David Elmakayes #77782-066
USP Lee
U.S. Penitentiary
P.O. Box 305
Jonesville, VA 24263

Smart Communications/PADOC
Khalif Miller #QQ9287
SCI Forest
PO Box 33028
St. Petersburg, FL 33733

Malik Muhammed #400523
Kirkland Reception and Evaluation Center
Unit F3A-203
4344 Broad River Rd
Columbia SC 29210

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

Visit uprisingsupport.org for more information.

Note that Christopher Tindal was transferred to USP Canaan and Mujera Benjamin Lunga’ho was released! Welcome home Mujera!

As always, a monthly-updated letter writing zine is available to print and share via with whatever weapons distro:

Stop Cop City

Georgia Attorney General unveiled surprise indictments reviving three Stop Cop City protest arrests from four years ago. Bringing back this case is seen as a flailing desperate attempt to bolster his Governorship run. The three are expected to go to trial the week of June 22; court support is requested. From Weelaunee The Free:

ATLANTA, GA — In a surprise move, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr indicted three #StopCopCity activists on Thursday for a protest that took place nearly four years ago, on May 12, 2022. Supporters of the defendants argue that Carr is using these old arrests as a way to revive his failing campaign bid for governor of Georgia. Carr has filed State charges against Hannah Kass, Katie Kloth, and Tyler Norman in Cobb County, including two counts of felony property damage and one count of arson of lands. Arraignments have not been scheduled yet.

In 2022, Kass, Kloth, Norman, and scores of others were protesting in Smyrna, Georgia, at the headquarters of Brasfield and Gorrie, which served as the general contractor for the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, commonly known as “Cop City.” The Attorney General will now be compelled to provide discovery in the case, but despite the length of time his office has had to investigate the four-year-old incident, Carr has not yet provided any evidence of wrongdoing. The three defendants stand defiant and are vowing to fight these new charges.

“All of our movement’s attempts to contest the Cop City project have been silenced through state violence, bogus charges, voter suppression tactics, and doxxing, among other forms of intimidation,” said Hannah Kass, one of the activists charged last week. “This is just a continuation of that pattern, and I remain steadfast in my resolve to fight these charges—the state can’t scare me into abandoning my integrity.”

The lawyer for Kass, Amith Gupta, said in response to Thursday’s indictment, “Dr. Kass is not responsible for what is alleged in these baseless, politically-motivated charges and did nothing more than attend a protest.”

The charges come just three weeks before the four-year statute of limitations expires, and just a few weeks after twelve Stop Cop City defendants filed motions in March to dismiss their three-year-old unindicted domestic terrorism charges in Dekalb County. The twelve defendants are currently awaiting a decision from Dekalb County Superior Court Judge David B. Irwin. In a separate case, a defendant arrested in March 2023 had their unindicted domestic terrorism charge dismissed in August 2025.

All of the defendants indicted last week and those currently moving to dismiss their unindicted domestic terrorism charges are part of a group of 61 Stop Cop City activists charged under the Georgia Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act in August 2023. The sweeping RICO charges were dismissed in December, and that decision was appealed by Attorney General Carr in January.

Notably, the Cobb County District Attorney is absent from this latest indictment, pointing to the political nature of the charges. “The Georgia Attorney General is playing a political game of chess with these Stop Cop City cases,” said Xavier T. de Janon from the People’s Law Collective and a lawyer who has challenged unindicted domestic terrorism charges for several Stop Cop City defendants. “Mr. Chris Carr’s RICO cases were dismissed, he decided to appeal them, and yet now he’s choosing to prosecute these questionable Cobb County cases from four years ago during his uphill race for governor.”

The 61 RICO defendants, who were arrested on different dates from 2020 to 2023 at various locations across Georgia, have had their lives upended as a result of the charges. Many defendants have experienced job losses, housing issues, career disruptions, and travel restrictions, in addition to the stress and anxiety that comes from the threat of years in prison hanging over their heads.

Over 170 people have been arrested so far during protests against Cop City. The facility was completed last year despite mass opposition from Atlanta residents, including a multi-year campaign with a wide range of tactics by environmentalists, abolitionists, students, teachers, anarchists, Indigenous activists, faith leaders and others. A 2023 ballot initiative petition effort to put Cop City to a direct vote by Atlanta residents collected over 116,000 signatures, more than double the votes that Mayor Andre Dickens received in 2021, but local officials refused to verify the signatures.

For more information on the sweeping criminal cases, and ways to support the defendants and the movement to Stop Cop City, go to: weelauneethefree.org and FireAntMovementDefense.org.

Madison ABC posted this call to support the Cobb County 3: https://www.imginn.com/p/DYkmcQcshuY/.

A GoFundMe fundraiser was set up for Hannah Kass: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-hannah-a-stop-cop-city-defendant-on-trial

❤️‍🔥CALL FOR SUPPORT AND FUNDRAISING FOR THE COBB COUNTY 3❤️‍🔥

On April 23, 2026, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr held a sensationalized press conference announcing the indictment of three people arrested at a May 2022 Stop Cop City protest on bogus arson and criminal damage to property charges. This new indictment follows the three’s previous inclusion in the state’s failed RICO indictment of 61 Stop Cop City protesters.

Defendants Hannah Kass and Tyler Norman filed for a speedy trial to call the state’s bluff on these bogus charges. Their pretrial hearing is on June 17, and their trial begins on June 22.

We’re calling on supporters everywhere to:

1. Pack the court and sign up for court support tasks for trial during the week of June 22. We expect the trial to last no longer than a week, likely less. The trial will be held at the Cobb County Superior Court starting June 22, 9:00 a.m., in courtroom 6300. To sign up for court support tasks like note-taking, drafting updates for supporters, and feeding supporters outside the courthouse, reach out to Fire Ant Movement Defense on Signal at fireant.35

2. Host a fundraiser in your community. The above-linked fundraiser is to support defendant Hannah Kass as she fights her case at trial. Going to trial is brave and bold act — it’s also expensive, and a full-time job. Our goal is to raise $10,000 for her legal defense fund for the duration of the trial, as Hannah cannot work during this time and will need to travel to Atlanta as well as house and feed herself, her supporters, and her legal team. We are also hoping to raise money to compensate two witnesses for their time, travel, and accommodation during trial.

The defendants aren’t just fighting for their own freedom — they are fighting for all of our freedom to protest. Please help support them in their fight for freedom for us all!

Palestine Action UK

Filton 25

After 6 defendants of the Filton 24 (now 25, after Lewie from the Brize Norton 5 has been added to the Filton case on May 19), accused of sabotaging Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit’s research and development hub in Filton, Bristol, were acquitted at trial, the state escalated repression with a re-trial, which begin in mid-April. In a clearly political show-trial, the jury returned guilty verdicts for four of the defendants, acquitting two of them. Those convicted, Lottie, Ellie, Fatema Zainab, and Sam have been remanded to prison to await sentencing. Meanwhile, the court is seeking to add “terrorist” enhancements at sentencing, which were not part of the charges tried before the jury and despite the action they were convicted for taking place before Palestine Action was proscribed as a “terrorist” organization. As ever, the only terrorist is the state. 

Real Media provided detailed and comprehensive day-to-day reporting on the trial, which can be read in full.

All defendants except one dismissed their lawyers and chose to represent themselves, providing their own closing defense speeches. Each extraordinarily powerful speech can be read in full on Real Media. 

When I was on the stand, I was asked if I had dismantled quadcopter drones, battle-simulators and other military equipment. And I said that I did, and that I did it whole-heartedly believing that I had a lawful excuse to do so. That belief is a fact, it’s what I believed at the time, largely thanks to the many, many previous Palestine Action trials about actions just like this one, where the jury returned a not guilty verdict on charges of criminal damage…

There’s nothing more I can say to you than that. We may have acted as a group but I made the decision to partake as an individual because of what I believed, and each of you has an individual responsibility to make the decision you believe is right as a member of this jury. Your decision is yours alone. Regardless of the outcome of this trial, whatever you may decide about my fate, nothing will convince me that what I did was morally wrong and that’s enough to help me sleep at night. I made a decision, based on the evidence available to me, and I did what I thought was the only right option. I hope you, as the jury, feel able and free enough to do the same.

–– Filton 25 defendant Charlotte Head

After hearing the 6 of us give evidence you might think it odd that what’s happening in Palestine has gone completely unmentioned, you might have noticed certain words that have been blacklisted, that until our closing speeches the word genocide wasn’t said once. There have been interruptions from the prosecution, quick subject changes from our barristers – it’s almost as if whole topics of conversation have been banned. The prosecution know full well that we are right that this factory is supplying weapons to Israel to be used in Gaza. That is why they are choosing to suppress it rather than contest it. The prosecution have decided that the legality of Israel’s actions is irrelevant in this trial. Because they know you could not in good conscience find us guilty of anything if you were allowed to hear the whole truth. 

–– Filton 25 defendant Zoe Rogers

GRiD 2

The GRiD 2 were acquitted at trial having been allowed to argue the neccesity in occupying the offices and destroying equipment at GRiD Defense Systems for supporting the genocide by supplying computers to Elbit Systems. After two months in prison and 10 months on tag, one of the acquitted actionists said in a victory message: “We cannot afford to take our foot off the gas. We cannot afford to stop showing up for the people of Palestine”. 

Global Sumud Flotilla

An internationalist group of 430 activists in 50 boats from over 46 countries were attacked and captured in international waters by zionist forces as they sailed in the Global Samud Flotilla to Gaza to bring emergency supplies and aid for Palestinians, who, despite the “ceasefire”, have continuosly endured starvation, imprisonment and violence under the genocidal occupation and blockade. The activists were shot with rubber bullets while on the boats, beaten, bones broken, tortured, and even sexually abused and raped in zionist prisons. The activists were declared terrorists and held in what they described as concentration camps reserved for Palestinian prisoners with this designation. In further insult, national security minister and War Criminal Ben-Gvir released a video where he waved the zionist flag, laughing and mocking the abducted flotilla activists while in stress positions. The video prompted international condemnation not merely for the heinous violence against the activists, but because it is a window to the ways zionists routinely celebrate the atrocities committed against Palestinians and the nearly 10,000 captive in zionist prisons. 

Freedom Flotilla Coalition confirms all international volunteers have been released in a statement describing the brutal torture people endured in detention:

While we are relieved that participants are no longer in Israeli custody, we reject any attempt to portray the abuse and degrading treatment witnessed by the world over recent days as isolated misconduct or the actions of extremist officials. The brutality broadcast across social media — including deliberate humiliation, threats, physical violence, degrading treatment, and openly dehumanizing rhetoric directed at unarmed civilians — is not an aberration. It is a manifestation of the same system of settler-colonial violence and impunity that Palestinians have endured for decades while being denied their most basic human rights.

Flotilla participants are currently undergoing medical examinations in Istanbul. Testimonies are still being collected, but we have already documented severe bruising, injuries consistent with broken ribs, and numerous reports of physical abuse. We have also received deeply disturbing accounts of sexual humiliation and degrading treatment carried out by Israeli forces. In one case, a participant was stripped naked and forced to run while under threat of physical violence.

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition will work with participants to pursue legal action against Israeli officials for crimes including aggression, unlawful seizure and arbitrary detention, cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment, physical assault, psychological torture, and other violations of international law.

Thousands in Spain took to the streets to protest the unprovoked violent beatings six Flotilla activists endured by police upon their return at the Bilbao airport.

The US announced sanctions on 4 activists involved in the flotillas, including Mohammed Khatib of Samidoun, who has previously been detained in Belgium and Greece over his activism, and Jaldia Abubakra, who participated in the Global Sumud Flotilla last year. The sanctions also targeted Saif Abu Keshek from the Palestinian Community of Catalonia and Hisham Abu Mahfouz of the Popular Conference For Palestinians Abroad.

Rebellions

Hunger Strikes Break Out Across Immigrant Detention Centers

Newark, New Jersey

“We are not striking to demand better treatment and conditions… We are doing this to demand freedom”

In an rapidly developing conflict with fierce inside-outside resistance, hundreds across all units are participating in hunger and labor strikes at Delaney Hall in protest of increasingly brutal conditions of medical neglect, inadequate/spoiled food, and extreme heat without air conditioners.

Outside solidarity grows: at a May 22nd rally at the detention center, people trapped inside were able to call in and announce the strike to family members and supporters outside. Tensions mount: on May 24th, the feds attempt to transfer strike organizer Martin Soto but protesters outside including his wife Gabriela successfully block the prison van and he is eventually brought back inside. The feds attempt to transfer strikers the next day by bringing dozens of militarized agents and armored vehicles; clashes break out at a large standoff with hundreds of community members blocking transfer again. Makeshift barricades are erected as people hold the streets as feds indiscriminately unleash mace and pepperball bullets. 

Delaney Hall has seen multiple strikes and protest since reopening as an ICE detention center in May 2025. Last June an uprising erupted within the jail over the lack of food and water, which was met with violence and tear gas by riot cops; 4 people escaped by clawing through the walls with their hands, to unfortunately be recaptured by ICE. In December 2025, Jean Wilson Brutus died at Delaney Hall just 24 hours after arriving, in what is described at willful medical neglect and a reflection of the deplorable conditions at the jail. Overnight vigils began again outside the facility. 

SOS: El Grito de Nosotros: Two recent letters signed by dozens of people detained at Delaney Hall ICE detention center detail the cruel conditions and injustices in the court processes.

By means of the present, we take the liberty of providing an account of the situation that thousands of immigrants are living in detention centers. In this case, we speak directly of DELANEY HALL NJ 07105.

Initially, we ask for forgiveness for the way we entered the United States, but given the circumstances we were living in our countries, which placed our lives and those of some members of our families in danger.

At the moment of entry, we turned ourselves in to border authorities, who processed us and some of us were granted “parole” or given a court date to continue with our processes, in accordance with the opportunity granted to us by the Constitution and the laws of the United States. Likewise, we had periodic check-ins in order to report to the authorities. We also obtained work permits, Social Security, we filed taxes, and we were working legally and contributing to the country’s economy. We must also mention that within this group there are individuals who crossed the border, integrated into society, formed families, and have lived in the country for 10 years or more with their citizen children, who despite not having legal status have also been paying their annual taxes and have a clean record. We find individuals from the LGBTQ+ community with diagnoses of illnesses such as HIV. cancer, diabetes, heart problems, among others, who are not receiving proper medical attention for the aforementioned conditions.

We know that ICE agents have orders to arrest immigrants, but in our cases we had already been processed, we were complying with legal requirements, and there was no order from a judge for our detention or arrest, since from our entry we received a procedural benefit. However, ICE officers did not take into account the fact that there was already an immigration court date, and they arrested us during check-in appointments at USCIS facilities. Even with credible fear approved, we have been subjected to court proceedings where attorneys are afraid to represent us, because they state that there is a presidential order to deport as many people as possible without reviewing each case individually, where judges are denying a high number of cases, dismissing them.

There are days where judges CHEN SHANA W., HAWKES JOSHUA, and RAMIN RASTEGAB have more than 40 hearings to review and study how due process should be applied, yet within minutes they make final decisions issuing deportations and expulsions. Many hearings are canceled, leaving detainees waiting months for a court date.

In the same way, prosecutors file motions to send individuals to Latin American countries such as ECUADOR, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, and even UGANDA in Africa—countries with equal or worse conditions of violence and persecution from which we are fleeing. Even individuals from those same countries are currently on U.S. soil seeking safety and protection so they may continue defending their immigration cases. This has led many people, under pressure, to accept and sign voluntary departure to their countries of origin at the expense of the danger to which we may be exposed.

In these courts, judges inform the detainee that they can purchase a plane ticket to return to their country of origin, but the ICE officer denies that possibility, evidencing contradictions among government officials themselves.

Likewise, there are cases of individuals who already have their voluntary departure signed and deportations approved by judges, waiting 2 or 3 months to be sent to their country of origin.

We feel vulnerable and, in a way, kidnapped—detained without justification—not to mention that we are being tortured physically and psychologically due to the poor food resources provided in these detention centers. We see with deep helplessness and frustration that our due process, rights, and defense have been violated, disregarding benefits granted under the 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendments of the UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. Families are being destroyed and separated, where there are children, nieces, and minors who are suffering a very strong psychological impact because they do not understand the situation, and in some cases they have witnessed the arrests of their relatives, who have been struck by tragedy and the economic burden, since in most cases we are heads of household.

It is public knowledge that agents have arrested individuals with physical limitations such as: deaf, mute, blind individuals, elderly persons, and even pregnant women.

We see young people with approved juvenile status cases, with whom we are living in detention centers. There is also a high spread of COVID-19 in detention centers, and the flu is constant among detainees, which could lead to outbreaks of illnesses or epidemics.

In addition to the above, in certain courts we do not have interpreters or translators, as was the case of Mr ■■, A■, who in his court had a motion for ECUADOR by the judge, since the court did not have a translator or interpreter.

We are certain that we are not being processed equally under immigration laws and the Constitution. We have seen fellow detainees with residency, U visas, T visas, among other similar cases.

We have seen judges in this detention center who are ready to carry out deportations and mass expulsions without properly reviewing cases. We live with anguish and fear of appearing in court.

We are witnessing how judges are disregarding decisions of federal judges, for example not honoring HABEAS CORPUS rulings decided by a FEDERAL judge, depriving us of our liberty.

Judges CHEN SHANA W., HAWKES JOSHUA, and RAMIN RASTEGAR accuse us of being a danger to the United States of America or, alternatively, declare that we will flee from immigration agencies, even though they have adequate monitoring tools such as GPS ankle monitors and constant check-ins at immigration offices. There are individuals who have been detained for 5 months or more, who have been denied bond more than once despite having a clean record and an approved HABEAS CORPUS.

We sincerely and earnestly ask for help from Senators, Congress members, foundations, and organizations that collaborate with immigrants.

Our AMERICAN DREAM is the safety and protection of our families. We are in a difficult situation, and we trust in God and believe that justice will be done under the law of the United States of America, since it is a sovereign and constitutional country respected worldwide for upholding human rights.

On the following pages are the signatures of the detainees who certify what is written.

S.O.S

Leqaa Kordia, who had been held at Delaney Hall and was recently released from the Prairieland detention center in Texas, posted a “Statement of Solidarity: From one Survivor to the Brave Hunger Strikers of Delaney Hall”:

To the brave hunger strikers: Your suffering isn’t unnoticed. Every hour you refuse to eat is a hammer striking the foundation of this racist, deadly system. You’re demanding the only thing that was ever yours: freedom!

US Senator Andy Kim and House Rep. Rob Menendez visited the facility after news of the strike broke, confirming what 300 detainees wrote in a letter about the abuse and torture within the jail, and echoing the demands of the strikers and advocates as Kim himself is hit with pepper-spray. On Monday May 25th Governor Mickie Sherrill also spoke her sympathies and attempted to visit the facility, but was denied entry. Federal assault charges are still pending against House Rep LaMonica McIver, arrested for attempting to visit people inside the facility last year.

Calls for mutual aid for families of people detained at Delaney Hall:

• Support people directly with this list of individual fundraisers: https://linktr.ee/SupportourFamilies
• SOMA Mutual Aid general commissary and communication fund: https://givebutter.com/commissaryfund
• SOMA Mutual Aid groceries for families fund: https://givebutter.com/GroceryCards
• FOOD4NJ grocery and gift cards for families fund https://food4nj.org/

Adelanto, California

In mid-May, at least twenty people began a hunger strike at the Adelanto ICE detention center following worsening conditions and multiple deaths in recent months. The strikers released a list of demands:

1. Bond reform: A fair, transparent, and legally justified bond system.
2. Improved conditions: Remediation of mold, repair of water infrastructure, clean water, functioning facilities, and habitability across all units.
3. Adequate medical and mental health care
4. Nutritious food: A diet that sustains basic physical health.
5. Accountability for ALL deaths
6. Right to organize and communicate: The ability to meet collectively, speak with outside advocates, and communicate with family and the public without interference or retaliation.

One of the hunger strikers described why they had to take action: “There are many people suffering here. This is the only way we have to make our voices heard. I hope there are no consequences, because there are older people who are suffering even more. It is a call to end the suffering and respect our dignity as human beings.”

From another striker: “We are doing this because the conditions are horrible, it’s inhumane. To get medical help, it takes two weeks. You have to literally fall on the floor in order for this to happen … The food I wouldn’t feed to my neighbor’s dog. …The facility is dirty. The treatment, the names we are called … no one should have to go through this.”

Luis Nolasco from ACLU SoCal explains the retaliations that strikers have faced: “In Desert View and Adelanto, we’ve had documented stories of folks that were leading or coordinating hunger strikes that got transferred to, for example, the Northwestern detention center up in Seattle and some folks that got transferred over to Eloy [in Arizona] and some some other folks that got transferred to Louisiana. Again, as a result of their organizing hunger strikes.”

A federal lawsuit filed last January against the facility is still pending; earlier this month, the California DOJ released it’s own audit condemning immigrant detention centers across california as “cruel, inhumane, and unacceptable.”

Baldwin, Michigan

Hunger and work strikes kick off a second time in April at the North Lake ICE center. No Detention Centers Michigan confirmed over 200 people had participated in multiple parts of the facility: “We have confirmation from the Echo, Bravo, and the Delta pod … Along with the hunger strike, we also have confirmation that they are striking from their jobs internally with the GEO Group: Laundry, cleaning, kitchen, etc.”.

Fifty protesters outside the detention center in solidarity with the strikers inside read aloud a message from Ahmad Alnajdawi, an immigrant from Jordan detained at North Lake: “We have no answers to our questions, and everyone here has questions, … I have a lot of people here who speak Arabic, and this is very hard for them. They cannot talk to the case managers; they cannot talk to ICE officers; they cannot talk to anyone. The food here is pitiful. I want the people outside to know, they’re treating us like animals. Everyone here has a family, a wife, a parent, a dad, a mom. Everyone here has people outside who care for them. We’re all humans.”

Another detainee spoke: “We demand competent doctors, better medical care—the food here is absolute garbage—and, above all, an end to the procedural delays we are suffering through inside these walls … We are being held prisoner arbitrarily. The majority of us meet all the requirements to be released, yet judges capriciously deny us bond and the basic rights to which we are entitled. We need to get out of here and to be treated like human beings.”

Tacoma, Washington

Rebellion had been brewing within the GEO Group-run Northwest Detention Center all year culminating in the formation of the “Union de Secuestrados por ICE”. La Resistencia NW has been holding vigils outside in solidarity with a person who went on a hunger strike for 13 days following abusive placement in segregation. Last March, Chavarria Portillo ended his months-long hunger strike to protest medical neglect and indefinite solitary confinement status.

On May 19, 2026, La Resistencia, a grassroots group fighting to shut down the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC), received communication from inside the NWDC announcing La Union de Secuestrados por ICE (USI), the Union of People Kidnapped by ICE. The group, USI, was officially formed on April 5, 2026 with official communication coming from Torrence County, New Mexico and Tacoma, Washington.

Over 140 members of the USI from both Torrence County and NWDC signed onto the letter that states they “firmly denounce that the current operations against immigrants are not driven by security concerns… but rather by a system that has turned human suffering into a business.” USI also stated that the detention of immigrants will “go down in history as one of the most shameful chapters this nation has ever faced.”

One of the Union’s leaders, Rogelio Bolofe, who is currently detained at NWDC, stated that the group was created for many reasons, but primarily because “our rights keep being violated by ICE… Its funny to hear how the United States says it’s a country of freedom, but they are not only violating immigrant’s rights, but the rights of all.” The USI states that their demands are: to establish and have their rights respected under the constitution and to have real religious freedom without discrimination.

Advocates at La Resistencia previously supported another collective of detained people, Colectivo de Detenidos at the NWDC, who was awarded a Human Rights award by the City of Seattle in 2018, but has never seen a group that has created connections across state borders and detention facilities.

The USI lists in their official communication threats to democracy that they continue to experience as immigrants in detention. Mr. Bolofe shared with La Resistencia that the Union is “not about an individual case, but a collective.” USI members call on U.S. citizens to “defend democracy… to refuse to be complicit through silence or indifference in the suffering of millions of human beings.”

Alvarado, Texas

As this issue goes to print, reports that detainees held inside of Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas have gone on a hunger strike to bring attention to the poor conditions inside of the facility:

A man who spoke on the strikers’ behalf said that they cannot access proper medical treatment — he said a man recently waited 30 minutes for a medic while he bled from his nose and mouth due to being ill.

Local news sources in Texas reported that a woman recently suffered a miscarriage because of a lack of care, she was never seen by an OBGYN.

Back in late January, detainees inside Prairieland went several days without heat as the state was hit with a snowstorm. The facility did not turn the heat on in the facility until there was public pressure from online posts.

Repression / Ongoing Cases

VC Defensa

Federal agents raid the homes of members of VC Defensa on May 13th following a year of targeted harassment of deportation watch volunteers. A press conference outside the Los Angeles federal building was held where VC Defensa volunteer Leo Martinez and others spoke out about being raided and the pattern of intimidation.

From VC Defensa:

Trump Taskforce Raids Homes of VCDEFENSA Volunteers, Intensifying Harassment Campaign

Agents from the Trump Administration’s Homeland Security Investigations battered in doors, smashed windows, and handcuffed volunteers on Wednesday 5/13

An expose by the New York Times reveals this incident is not isolated: Homeland Security Task Force Group 4 has repeatedly used threats, intimidation, and violence to suppress the advocacy of immigrant rights organizers

VC Defensa was formed to empower immigrants in Ventura with resources, guidance, and support. Since its founding, the coalition has provided hundreds of know your rights trainings, supported thousands of families and become the lifeline for immigrants seeking any kind of assistance from landlord harassment to food insecurity.

Over the last year, the Trump Administration has used its secret police with DHS and ICE to attempt to intimidate Ventura’s immigrant rights organizers.

One volunteer had his car crashed into on three separate occasions by ICE agents. Another had agents show up at his door just weeks after being arrested on trumped-up felony charges, before being quickly released. A third had his phone seized after more than 80 threatening phone calls to him and his family.

In spite of the fact that VC Defensa has never broken any laws, the Trump administration’s harassment has only escalated. That no formal charges have been brought against the organization only proves that any short-lived arrests are for purely political reasons.

“This is completely unconstitutional, clearly an intimidation tactic being used against people who are exercising their right to organize and protect their community,” said Reem Yassin, a lawyer for the group.

We will be taking legal action to fight back against these unjust attacks.

LA Centro CSO Grand Jury Subpoena 

FBI agents served a grand jury subpoena to Centro CSO member Nadia Topete at her home: Centro CSO issued a statement condemning the attempts to intimidate:

📢 FBI KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF NADIA | statement below 👇🏽

On the afternoon of Wednesday, May 20th two FBI agents visited the home of Centro CSO member Nadia Topete to deliver a subpoena from the Assistant U.S. Attorney General Michael G. Wheat. It is unclear what the subpoena is for and why Nadia is being targeted, but CSO is taking this attack by the federal government seriously.

This is yet another attempt to target organizers who have done nothing wrong. Activism is not a crime! Centro CSO members will not be intimidated by the FBI. Last year, 2 of our members were raided by the FBI and one of them, Alejandro Orellana, faced federal charges. We called on the community and allies to support his defense and we successfully got the charges dropped. The targeting of Nadia is a pattern of political repression from the federal government. This will not slow down our movement. We demand HANDS OFF NADIA! STOP POLITICAL REPRESSION!

Animal Liberation at Ridgland Farms

Following a sustained campaign to free the thousands of beagles being experimented on at the Ridglan Farms biomedical facility in Wisconsin, a thousand people descended on the ranch fighting off riot police to successfully liberate multiple beagles. The facility itself was previously ordered to shut down breeding operations; since this most recent liberation, 1500 of the beagles were released to rescue organizations.

Five people are facing burglary charges in Dane County Wisconsin for the actions, including Wayne Hsiung of A Simple Heart who writes on his blog: “These dogs can’t file a lawsuit, they can’t call 911, they can’t file a criminal complaint, there’s no criminal referrals coming from a puppy at Ridgland Farms, and this is a test for our legal system … Does our legal system actually defend the powerless? Or does it allow even the gruesome abuse of the powerless when the powerful want that to happen. And I hope the legal system passes that test.”

Free Salah Sarsour

Salah Sarsour, the Palestinian-born president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, was arrested by ICE for being considered a “foreign policy threat”. His son Kareem recently went on Democracy Now! talking about his history of principled advocacy and the campaign for freedom. From his jail cell in Clay County Indiana, he wrote about his targeted prosecution:

I am not here for a crime or for anything wrong I committed. I am here because I believe, like all of you, in building a strong community to secure the best environment for our children so they can learn how to be strong, just citizens. I am here because I chose to stand with justice and with those who deserve our support and to defend them, whether in our community or all over the world. I am here because I stood with all of you in the streets, saying no to the oppression, no to the genocide against Gaza and Palestine, no to war, no to the killing of children, no weaponizing immigration for anyone, and no to humiliating and discriminating against people.

Salah Sarsour can be written to at the Clay County Indiana detention center:

Salah Sarsour
Clay County Jail
611 E Jackson St
Brazil IN 47834

Salah speaking live at a rally in Mikwaukee:“I will never change. I am not breakable. Free free Palestine, free free Gaza” 

Tulsa Food Not Bombs

Tulsa police arrested four Food Not Bombs volunteers on resisting/obstruction charges as they were serving food. “For five years, we have peacefully assembled downtown to share food and resources with Tulsans every Wednesday evening,” said Food Not Bombs volunteer Eryn O’Banion.“We’ve never missed a Wednesday and don’t plan to.”

Met Gala Arrest

Amazon labor union organizer Chris Smalls was arrested protesting the Met Gala amidst boyotts of the event due to billionaire Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sánchez sponsoring the event as honory co-chairs. 

Eugene ICE Protest Indictments

Federal prosecutors charge two people for separate protests at the end of January. 18-year-old Soren Emery Polzin was charged (and their family house was raided) for allegedly kicking in windows attempting to breach the Eugene federal building during the January 30th clashes between hundreds of protesters and police. 37-year-old Ryan Bruce Gaither Jr. got two assault charges for allegedly spitting and biting federal agents.

Data Center Protest Arrests

Seven were arrested protesting outside the home of the University of Michigan VP Chris Kolb, a major proponent of the Los Alamos data center; supporters are asking for public pressure on the so-called progressive prosecutor to drop the charges:

Seven people were charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct on Sunday May 24th by the Ann Arbor Police Department. They are accused of attending a protest outside the home of University of Michigan Vice President for Government Relations, Chris Kolb. Kolb is a major proponent of the Los Alamos data center. 

Cops on the scene reported that people have been protesting for months at the residences of those involved in the nuclear data center project. Protesters have been doing non-violent noise demonstrations outside the homes of decision makers associated with the data center, including local electeds, the water authority, Los Alamos National Labs, and University of Michigan officials since last summer. 

Vidhya Aravind, a local homeowner in Ypsilanti township, said on Sunday, “It makes sense that people are upset and would make it personal for the officials who can’t be held to account any other way. These officials are interested in nothing but their own wallets, and are planning on poisoning our water and air from the safety of their suburban mansions, and lining their pockets with nuclear weapons research done in our backyards. Folks are trying all sorts of avenues to effect change, and all the approved channels of feedback get ignored or lead to arrest anyway. Of course activists are not going to just give up and will continue to escalate!”

Local residents have vocally opposed the $1.2 billion AI data center planned for Ypsilanti since last summer. They have attended meetings of the township board, county commissioners, and U of M Regents, in addition to lobbying state officials and sending letters, emails, and phone calls. At a University of Michigan “town hall” about the project — where unidentified employees who were unfamiliar with the details of the project presented error-ridden poster boards about the data center — protesters were arrested and charged with breaking and entering and felony larceny for simply attending. The charges were later dropped, with Washtenaw DA Eli Savit publicly stating that they should never have been brought in the first place. Washtenaw County residents are asking Eli Savit to drop these new charges against local activists as well.

Please call so-called progressive prosecutor Eli Savit and ask him to drop the charges. Call 734-222-6620. Script: “Hi I’m a Washtenaw county voter, calling because I heard that 7 people were charged with disorderly conduct for first amendment protected activities. Savit ran a campaign of not excessively charging protestors. He said he would give first amendment activities “a wide berth”. Why is he going back on his word?”

Cuba

The United States indicts 94-year old Cuban Communist Party leader Raúl Castro for the 1996 downing of two planes, seen as attempting to create additional pretexts for the Trump Administration who is increasingly threatening US military operations. 

The US Treasury Department issued administrative subpoenas to CodePink leader Medea Benjamin and Twitch influencer Hasan Piker for their humanitarian visit to Cuba last March. Fox News’ own investigation is targeting “145 nonprofits, labor groups, advocacy organizations and activist collectives”, claiming the DOJ is investigating supposed criminal collaborations with the Cuban government. Code Pink has released a statement: “It is outrageous that the U.S. government would target people for bringing humanitarian aid to suffering Cuban children. But even more disturbing is the cruel and deeply immoral policy the United States continues to impose on Cuba — a policy designed to strangle the island economically, deprive people of food, fuel, medicine, and basic necessities, and make daily life unbearable.”

Other Cases

San Francisco police raided The Black Panther apartment complex in West Oakland in a purported robbery investigation, briefly detaining building security and arresting an 18 year old in the surrounding area. In a statement, the building’s owner and former Black Panther Party leader Elaine Brown condemned the raid and has filed charges against the SFPD.

Madison County Illinois prosecutors arrested 23 year old Spencer Frymire for “terroristic threats”, Class X state felonies, for sending two emails to Illinois State Senator Erica Hariss; a judge ordered him held in the Madison County Jail pending trial. Spencer allegedly wrote in email “If stealing a nuke killing a president and sponsoring a pedophilia blackmail ring and commiting genocide is okay and legal then I’m going to start killing cops and my local government and it’s employees for their own local tyranny and drive my dirty v8 however I want and maybe commit my own genocide.” 

Campus police arrested Florida International University student Gabriela Saldanas for “written threats to kill or do bodily injury” for allegedly making a joke in a large Whatsapp student group chat: “Netanyahu, if you can hear me, drop some bonbons for us capstone students in Ocean Bank Convention Center”. She was released on $5,000 bond; a Gofundme has been set up by her brother.

Federal agents raided the Portsmouth office of Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas, a critic of Trump who was involved in Virginia redistricting efforts.

Not Guilty

All charges were dropped against the four remaining “Broadview 6” who faced federal charges for conspiracy to impede ICE agents at the Broadview ICE detention center outside of Chicago. Earlier in May, the felony conspiracy to impede charges were dismissed; the remaining misdemeanor charges were also tossed after it was revealed that the government attempted to hide grand jury transcripts revealing prosecutorial misconduct. Judge Perry “incredibly shocked” … “I do believe deeply in the presumption of regularity and that most government attorneys are doing the best they can to do the right thing … That trust has been broken.” So far, out of several dozen federal prosecutions related to Operation Midway Blitz, none has resulted in any conviction.

The California Court of Appeals overturned a conspiracy conviction for Direct Action Everywhere activist Wayne Hsiung who had been sentenced to 90 days for actions at Sunrise Farms and Reichardt protesting large scale concentrated animal feeding operations throughout Sonoma County. The appeals court ruled that prosecutors improperly excluded animals categorically from any potential “necessity defense”. Wayne and four others are facing new charges from last month’s Ridglan Farms beagle liberation.

Criminal charges were dismissed against six protesters who were arrested by Vermont police while defending a Burlington home during a federal immigration raid last March.

People’s Law Collective announced that charges were dismissed against the remaining clergy who were arrested in September 2023 for delivering the “People’s Injunction: Stop Work Order” by chaining themselves to equipment at the Cop City construction site outside Atlanta.

Federal trafficking charges against Kilmar Abrego García were dismissed in a scathing rebuttal by Judge Crenshaw who agreed that the feds targeted García after his succesful lawsuit challening his deportation to El Salvador where he was held and tortured at the notorious CECOT prison. The judge condemned then Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in a warning about prosecutorial misconduct: “The evidence before this Court sadly reflects an abuse of prosecuting power”. Abrego Garcia commented on the dismissed charges: “Justice is a big word and an even bigger promise to fulfill; and I am grateful that today, justice has taken a step forward.” 

Citations for “occupying a condemned building” were dismissed against 60 residents who were forcibly removed from the apartment complex during a militarized SWAT raid; 13 others who was arrested for various gun and drug charges still have their cases pending. “I am hopeful the City steps up and holds the real bad actor—an unscrupulous landlord—accountable for what he did to the residents and the St. Louis community as a whole,” said Lee Camp, chief housing attorney for ArchCity Defenders.

Morgon Meadow, arrested last January for a supposed assassination plot based on a careless comment on TikTok, had all of her charges dismissed.

Ongoing Cases

Spokane 3 Trial

Range Media has been posting detailed daily coverage of the trial:

On June 11, 2025, protesters attempted to stop Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from taking two detained young men who were in the US legally to the ICE detention facility in Tacoma.

We reported from the ground for nearly twelve hours as federal agents shoved protesters and the media and threatened federal charges against Spokanites choosing civil disobedience. Hours later, local law enforcement descended on the streets around protesters, using less lethal munitions and chemical agents to disperse the crowd.

More than 30 people were arrested that night on charges like Failure to Disperse, with two of them additionally charged with “unlawful imprisonment.” And one month later, the federal government arrested nine people now known as the Spokane 9 on suspicion of “conspiracy to impede or injure officers.” Two of the nine were also charged with “assault on a federal officer.” All nine initially pled not guilty and were awaiting trial. In December, six of the nine took plea deals. The remaining three defendants are set to go to trial on May 18, 2026.

The Spokane arrests represent a significant escalation in the Department of Justice’s crackdown on protesters. Outside of the arrest of Los Angeles union leader David Huerta, there appear to be no other recent examples of protesters being charged solely with the federal crime of “conspiracy to impede or assault law enforcement officers.”

While the trial is ongoing, detailed background information is available to read, as well as updates about Days 1-5 of the trial.

June 2025 Los Angeles Uprising

Many people are currently imprisoned or still facing federal charges in connection with the uprising against ICE in Los Angeles last June; there is no currently known public support information.

• Emiliano Garduno-Galvez was sentenced to 4 years in federal prison for throwing a molotov cocktail towards police. Emiliano was convicted of one count of possessing an unregistered destructive device and a second count of obstructing, impeding, or interfering with law enforcement during a civil disorder. After his sentencing last January, he was recently transferred to FCI Sheridan; he also faces deportation upon completion of his sentence.
  
  Emiliano Garduno-Galvez #89611-511
  FCI Sheridan
  PO Box 5000
  Sheridan, OR 97378
  
  
• Wrackkie Quiogue was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for throwing a molotov cocktail towards police resulting in a conviction for possession of an unregistered destructive device. He has been held at MDC Los Angeles since last year but is likely to be transferred soon.
• Elpidio Reyna plead guilty to one count of assault on a federal officer by deadly or dangerous weapon resulting in bodily injury for throwing rocks at CBP vehicles and building fiery barricades in the street. He is currently held at MDC Los Angeles pending sentencing.
• Adam Charles Palermo plead guilty to assaulting, resisting and impeding federal officers by dropping fiery objects onto California Highway Patrol vehicles from the 101 Freeyway overpass. He is currently held at MDC Los Angeles pending sentencing.
• Five others have also plead guilty for various assault, obstruction impeding charges for attacking police vehicles on the 101 Freeway overpass: currently on pretrial release awaiting sentencing are Ismael Vega, Balton Montion, Junior Roldan, Yachua Mauricio Flores, and Ronald Alexis Coreas.

Derell Mickles

Trial is set to begin June 3rd for Derell Mickles, the man who NYPD had tased and shot nine times along with two other bystanders for allegedly jumping the turnstiles inside a Brooklyn train station in September 2024. Court support and funds are requested; more information at @justice4derell instagram, linktree, Patreon, and Givesendgo.

Currently held at Rikers Island, you can write to Derell:

Derell Mickles #8252401181
RESH RMSC Enhanced Supervised Housing)
19-19 Hazen Street
East Elmhurst, NY 11370

A new zine about Derell’s case is available to read and download: “Pigs in the Station: Racist Fare Evasion Enforcement as a Form of Black Genocide”

Conor Cauley 

Conor Cauley was convicted at trial for felony battery on a police officer after having been beaten and arresed along with two other women at a Jacksonville City Council meeting a year ago. The judge immediately revoked Conor’s bail: he is currently held at the Jacksonville Pre-Trial Detention Facility awaiting sentencing on June 26. Fifty people rallied in solidarity outside the jail in just an hour after the verdict.

Dandelion

Dandelion, a 23-year-old indigenous transwoman is facing the death penalty for the self defense murder of a 70-year-old man who had repeatedly sexually assaulted her. Dandelion is currently held at the Putnam County Jail in Florida. Supporters attended court and held banners at a May 14th court date: support is requested at her next court date on August 13th. 

Advocates Call for Review in Case Involving Survivor of Sexual Violence

Palatka, FL — Advocates, community members, and supporters are calling for urgent review in the case of 23-year-old transwoman Mathew Temael, also known as Dandelion, who has been incarcerated at the Putnam County Jail since 2023 following an incident in which it is alleged that she had stood her ground in self-defense against Louis Stackhouse III, a convicted pedophile who had repeatedly sexually assaulted her.

As the Florida State Attorney’s Office threatening Dandelion with the death sentence, supporters say the case raises serious concerns about how the Florida criminal justice system continues a double standard of criminalizing survivors of sexual violence while protecting sex offenders, particularly when claims of self-defense and prior abuse are involved.

Mathew Temael was arrested and charged in the death of 70-year-old convicted child rapist, trafficker and pedophile Louis Stackhouse III. To ensure a fair trial, supporters are demanding that the State Attorney’s Office does not withhold evidence that will allow the jury to consider the full context of trauma, coercion, and immediate threat experienced by Dandelion prior to the alleged murder of Louis Stackhouse III.

“Survivors of sexual assault do not deserve the death penalty. They deserve to have their lived experiences fully understood within the legal process,” said one member of the Free Mathew Temael Legal Defense Committee. “If it is alleged that a rape survivor stands their ground out of fear for their life, that context cannot be ignored.”

Advocates are Demanding the Office Of The State Attorney R.J. Larizza, 7th Judicial Circuit to:

• Drop all charges
• Conduct a thorough, transparent, and trauma-informed review of all the evidence provided in the case
• Present all evidence related to prior sexual assault and self-defense is fully presented to the court

The case highlights broader concerns about the systemic barriers that all sexual assault and domestic violence survivors face in getting favorable rulings and protection from the criminal justice system. 

Community members are encouraged to express their concerns and call for a fair review prior to her August 13th pre-trial hearing by writing letters of support to:

1-B Putnam County Courthouse
410 St. Johns Avenue
Palatka, Florida 32177
Circuit Court, County Court
State Attorney, General Magistrate 

Media Contact: Free Mathew Temael Legal Defense Committee | mdtdefensecommittee@protonmail.com

Fundraisers

Solidarity funds are requested for two people recently sentenced to months in jail for allegedly destroying flock cameras in Michigan, one of whom is in solitary confinement. Venmo @deez_zines

Post-Release Support

An update from Peppy and Krystal, Peppy having been released to the halfway house last February.

​March 2026: Although many legal factors favored her motion for early termination of probation, Krystal’s motion was denied with Judge Ranjan writing, “it is not in the interest of justice to terminate Ms. Di Pippa’s probation early.”

April 2026: Peppy has been at the halfway house for two months now. Halfway houses are highly restrictive environments that place many barriers to re-entry but, despite the obstacles, Pep and Krystal are beginning to discover home together again. Pep has gotten three home passes, ranging from 12 – 48 hours. This has allowed him to be with the healing wealth of love and comradeship that y’all have been sending: Art, letters, books, photos, mementos, and meals, savored in spacious moments of release.

These moments are the drips the state allows while being sure to maintain its chokehold with an irritatingly bulky ankle bracelet, phone calls at specific hours to “check-in”, home visits/inspections, and pre-approved physical movement.

The state may still control much of our temporal physical reality but they can’t take what we will never surrender, our wild hearts, anarchist principles, and commitment to liberation. So in the “(dis)interest of justice” wherever you are, stay strong comrades! 

International Political Prisoners

Free All Palestinian Prisoners

“They Cannot Execute Palestinian Resistance”: a statement from Samidoun:

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network condemns in the strongest possible terms the newest genocidal execution law adopted by the Zionist Knesset on 12 May 2026, targeting the imprisoned fighters of Al-Aqsa Flood. Passed by a margin of 93 votes — an even larger majority than the so-called “Prisoners’ Execution Law” adopted on 30 March 2026 — this latest racist and colonial law is yet another escalation in the Zionist regime’s ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people, including the genocide being carried out behind bars against Palestinian prisoners.

The law specifically targets approximately 250 imprisoned Palestinian alleged resistance fighters from Gaza, labeled by the occupation as the “Nukhba” prisoners, many of whom are held in the notorious Rakevet section of Ramle prison under conditions of systematic torture, starvation, isolation and abuse. At the same time, this legislation is part of a broader campaign targeting over 1,400 Palestinians from Gaza abducted and imprisoned since October 2023, many of whom have disappeared into torture camps such as Sde Teiman and secret detention facilities where the occupation has attempted to conceal its crimes from the world.

The families of the fighters of 7 October 2023 do not know if their sons are prisoners or martyrs; their fate has been hidden from the world. It also must be noted that it is likely that among those imprisoned as resistance fighters are Palestinian civilians from Gaza who entered occupied Palestine ’48 when the Al-Aqsa Flood operation, carried out by the Izz el-Din al-Qassam Brigades and fellow Palestinian resistance organizations, breached the colonially imposed borders and opened the fences and gates to occupied Palestine.

This law establishes public Zionist military courts in occupied al-Quds (Jerusalem), designed not to pursue justice, but to stage colonial show trials intended to criminalize the Palestinian resistance before international public opinion. It discards basic rules of procedure and evidence, legitimizes testimony and “confessions” extracted under torture, and openly enshrines torture as a legal foundation of conviction and execution. These courts are not courts of law; they are instruments of colonial terror and genocide, created to manufacture death sentences against Palestinian freedom fighters. Of course, this is nothing new. Imprisoned Palestinians daily face Zionist military tribunals — including at least 700 Palestinian children each year — which routinely rely on torture and act openly as a weapon in the hands of the genocidal occupation forces. However, now the military tribunals are being taken from the darkness of colonial prisons to market a fictitious narrative before the international and Zionist public.

The Zionist regime seeks to invert reality and distort the image of the resistance. In one of the most outrageous colonial inversions, the genocidal Zionist entity plans to charge the Palestinian resistance fighters with “genocide,” among other crimes, when they are instead the victims of genocide, moved to resist by over 78 years of occupation and colonization. The imprisoned fighters of Al-Aqsa Flood are resistance fighters engaged in the legitimate struggle of an occupied people confronting settler-colonialism, apartheid, occupation and genocide. Under international law, occupied peoples have the right to resist colonial domination and foreign occupation by all available means — and the International Criminal Court and all other international bodies and courts have the responsibility to hold the occupation’s political leaders and officials accountable for war crimes and crimes against humanity — first and foremost, genocide.

No racist colonial court, no genocidal law, and no imperialist power can erase this fundamental reality: the fighters who took up the great crossing on 7 October 2023 are heroes to the Palestinian people and to all people of the world who stand for justice and human dignity against Zionism and imperialism. With their deep faith, their love for their people and Palestine, they undertook their mission, prepared for martyrdom in order to open a new stage of struggle.

Free Daniela

Daniela Klette was sentenced to 13 years in prison for alleged robberies committed while underground after the dissolution of the Red Army Faction (RAF). According to state media, sympathisers booed the judges and chanted “freedom for Daniela”. A group of supporters gathered outside the courtroom earlier in the day holding signs reading “solidarity with Daniela”. Daniela is also facing another trial for a specific period in the history of the RAF. She is alleged to have participated in two RAF actions: the shelling of the US embassy in Bonn in February 1991 in protest against the illegal invasion of Iraq by the US military, the attack on the still-unfinished Weiterstadt prison in March 1993, and the attempted attack by a combat unit on a Deutsche Bank computer center in Eschborn in February 1990. Daniela lived underground for well over 30 years before her arrest in Berlin at the end of February 2024. Membership in the RAF is subject to a 25-year statute of limitations.

Daniela’s plea statement, given on May 12, published in English on Arm the Spirit for Revolutionary Resistance, details her story, her political awakening through political prisoner solidarity and anti-imperialism, underground politics, and repression. While it’s long (and should be read in full), we’ll quote at length:

“The alternative is our global task and is a socialism that could be rich in historical experience (and) also through overcoming the great and small mistakes of history, the great and small revolutionary attempts, the urban guerrilla movements, the anarchists, the communists, the social revolutionaries, and the anti-patriarchal and anti-colonial struggles and movements. Achieving this will ultimately decide whether life on this planet will continue to be possible and under what conditions. …The question for all of us worldwide about the alternative to capitalism and the systemic processes leading to it, as well as our own processes, is existential and cannot be postponed.” Burkhard Garweg in his greeting to the Rosa Luxemburg Conference in January 2026.

The trace of this lives on in all the various resistance activities of those involved.

They know that the youth, the unrich and powerful in the population are those who are supposed to serve as cannon fodder in the war for power and raw materials, and therefore oppose militarization, conscription and rearmament, i.e. against the war. 

those who refuse to give their lives or take the lives of others for the interests of capital, and who do not accept that resources should be used for weapons, the military, the police and the profits of corporations instead of for the population, 

They will not accept militarization because they are aware that in a militarized society, violence against women, queer people, trans people and people with disabilities will inevitably increase further. 

who, as students, directly defend themselves against a future as cannon fodder through school strikes,

who oppose imperial politics and crimes with their solidarity and internationalism, and who do not accept the state violence that the struggle for power and raw materials in capitalism requires and that is increasingly openly represented and ruthlessly used by the powerful, 

those who do not submit, even though, as Jews, they are massively attacked by the German state and media as allegedly anti-Semitic, because in times of international resistance against the extreme violence against Palestinians, they are to be deprived of the right to reject or even question Israeli settler colonialism and the apartheid policy against the Palestinian population, Zionism, and to name Germany’s complicity in war crimes and genocide. 

who, as activists, demonstrators, journalists, artists and scientists, insist on their opposition, even though the unwavering support of even the most terrorist policies of Israel has been established as German raison d’état, and all those who oppose it face exclusion and criminalization, 

to combat anti-Semitism and naturally assume that this is part and parcel of fighting racism in general, 

who, in the face of worsening inequality, poverty, exploitation, unaffordable rents, mass homelessness and unemployment, question the capitalist system and demand the immediate abolition of the profit-driven economy with home ownership. 

who oppose the politics of ongoing, promoted racism, nationalism, and the exclusion of those already left behind by social security with a policy of solidarity and the fight against social cutbacks; because the only way to prevent ever larger segments of the population from moving to the right and to stop the fascization of the declining old colonial states and the USA is to counter racist agitation and a politics that is generally based on division and the invitation to save oneself by kicking those at the bottom of society instead of fighting against power at the top with a radical left-wing perspective that brings tangible positive changes in the lives of the many. 

who are organizing to stop the gradual destruction and militarization of healthcare,

those who directly oppose Nazis and organize protection, and who at the same time say that this is not enough, because fascism is rooted in capitalism,  

who oppose the ecological destruction of the world that is inevitable under capitalism and advocate for an organization of humanity that aims to enable sustainable ecological production and thus the survival of humanity and nature, 

those who stand by our side, by the side of the prisoners, in the face of systems of repression and prisons, and who demand with us a perspective of freedom and ultimately the abolition of prisons,

who, after decades of fighting to protect the life of Mumia Abu Jamal, who has been a political prisoner in the USA for 48 years, will not give up and, full of solidarity, will do everything to fight for his freedom.

These are by no means all of the diverse resistance activities that have developed today and in recent years in response to so many contradictions, or in some cases have existed for a long time – such as the feminist and now queer-feminist organizing against patriarchal violence, the many initiatives against the increasingly perfect repressive border control system to keep out refugees who urgently need help, the flotillas to Gaza and Cuba to break through the starvation and isolation, the port blockades against arms deliveries to Gaza and against militarization and solidarity strikes by Italian and Greek workers with the Palestinian population and their struggle against occupation and expulsion, the protests against the increasing number of police fatal shootings of black people, non-German or non-conformist people.

Even though I – thankfully – cannot list everything that is being done, I wanted to mention at least some of it, because it is so important to remember, to stay focused on the goals and ideas of liberation, and not to be silenced by the blatant brutality of those in power. Just as all the different initiatives are about taking concrete action against the respective crimes and about defending “oases of human cooperation” while simultaneously expanding and developing them within their own initiatives, it is equally crucial how everyone will come together to form a common force that can stop the development of World War III and all the consequences it already entails. Because this war poses a fundamental threat to all positive approaches and ideas internationally.

Even if this power does not yet exist, it is all these struggles that at least make its development possible and give me hope.

This is also the hope for my and our freedom, and ultimately the freedom of all, and for a world that leaves all forms of oppression behind.

A world in which prisons no longer exist, neither in the form of diverse and intertwined power relations, nor in the form of concrete, stone and steel, in which people are simply locked away behind walls and barbed wire. 

A world in which people can live in harmony with one another and with all other living beings in nature. 

We can only be truly free when everyone is free.

A zine version of the complete statement is also available to print and share from with whatever weapons distro:

Write to Daniela:

Daniela Klette
Justizvollzugssanstault Für Frauen
An Der Propstei 10
49377 Vechta
Germany

Free Ryan

An update about Ryan Roberts, sentenced to 14 years for actions during a Kill The Bill demonstration in the UK: Ryan was recently transferred to a new prison and is facing a new trial for allegedly assaulting a prison guard. Court support and letters are requested.

CALL for SOLIDARITY with RYAN ROBERTS and NEW ADDRESS

Ryan Roberts (KTB prisoner) is facing a new trial and has been moved to a new prison. 8th of June 2026, at Maidstone Combined Court,  Barker Road, Maidstone, ME16 8EQ, at 10am. This is a Pre-trial date They’ll set the date for the trial for Ryan Roberts who has been accused of assaulting a prison officer.
Come  to the court In solidarity with Ryan. We’ll update the trial dates soon.

Send emails, cards or letters: Don’t forget to update the address in the email a prisoner website if you’re sending an email

Ryan Roberts
A5155EM
HMP Elmley,
Church Road, Eastchurch,
Sheerness, Kent,
ME12 4DZ

Free the “Chaos Star” Prisoners

From Dark Nights:

Release update on some of the Chaos Star prisoners, plus the news Komar (from Black Block Zone) has written an important letter, which is being translated and will be published in the next days. Komar is still imprisoned in Surabaya and the Chaos Star prisoners are in Kebon Waru.

Pem and Herdi are expected to be released in approximately 30 days.

Jalus, Iyonk, Rexi, and TB are expected to be released in July.

The remaining detainees are Nopal and Adit, both sentenced to 3 years.

Meanwhile, Dena is still undergoing trial proceedings, which have currently reached the witness testimony stage. Dena is expected to undergo approximately five more hearings before sentencing, with an estimated sentence of 1 to 2 years.

— Chaos Star —

The open letter from Komar has since been published and can be read in full at Dark Nights:

My friends and brothers and sisters,
inside and outside these walls,
Peace be upon you.

I’m writing this letter to let you know that, God willing, I’m doing alright. A while ago I came down with a mild fever, but alhamdulillah, I’m still holding on, still under His grace and protection. I hope all of you are safe, healthy, and kept well. Aamiin.

My dear friends,

I’ve lost count of how many letters failed before this one finally made it out. There are barely any writing supplies in here, and when there are, they never last long. Even now, as I write this, I’m still being kept in quarantine. I don’t know for how much longer. Though honestly, I don’t expect anything from being moved to another block. To me, it’s all the same. The only thing I truly want, the only thing I keep hoping for, is FREEDOM. I want to go home. I want to eat my mother’s cooking again. I want to sit with my family.

I’m writing this in a hurry, with very little to work with, so forgive me if my words feel scattered. Prison really does cripple part of the mind.

Recently, I got to see the outside world again, if only for those weekly court hearings. I was unbelievably happy. Emotional, even. Hehe. I got to meet old friends and new ones too. Thank you for coming, for standing in solidarity with me. I love you all.

I also heard that my brother Albi, who was being detained in Bandung, has finally been released. Alhamdulillah. It made me incredibly happy. I pray the others still locked up will soon breathe fresh air again too.

UNTIL EVERYONE IS FREE. UNTIL EVERY PRISON IS FLATTENED TO THE GROUND.

with whatever weapons distro published a zine to print and share collecting some of the statements from imprisoned Indonesian anarchists and background on the incendiary revolts the state is still trying to brutally repress:

Free Alfredo! Free Them All!

From La Zarzamora:

The trial in the first instance of one of the two parts of “Operation City,” related to the March 4, 2023 demonstration in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito (who at that time had been on hunger strike for months against Article 41 bis and life imprisonment without the possibility of parole), concluded last Thursday, April 16. As a result, all the defendants were found guilty and sentenced to prison terms ranging from 18 months to 5.5 years.

The charges of conspiracy to commit devastation and looting, which had already been rejected by the defendants, were dropped by the courts, reducing them to conspiracy to commit aggravated damage and conspiracy to commit assault against a public official. During the session, 18 sentences were handed down, ranging from five and a half years to one and a half years in prison, as well as substantial fines to the Turin City Council (€33,000), various companies (approximately €13,000), and the legal costs of the civil prosecution (€16,000) for 16 of the defendants. As the defense lawyers emphasized, most of the defendants were not convicted for specific actions or events, but rather for “moral complicity” or “facilitating the conduct of others.”

Account from an accused comrade:

The trial in one of the two parts of Operation City, related to the March 4, 2023, demonstration in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito, who had been on hunger strike for months against Article 41 bis and life imprisonment without parole, concluded on April 16, 2026. On that day, thousands of comrades and supporters marched through the center of Turin, demonstrating with fury and leaving behind only a small fraction of the violence unleashed everywhere by various governments and their armed forces. The charges of conspiracy to commit devastation and looting, which had already been rejected by the defendants, were also dropped by the courts, reduced to conspiracy to commit aggravated damage and conspiracy to commit assault against a public official. All the defendants were found guilty and sentenced to terms ranging from 18 months to 5.5 years.

Meanwhile, the trial of other comrades accused in connection with the same day of protest is also underway, a separate procedure to expedite the so-called first phase.

On March 10, during the preliminary hearing, the investigating judge dismissed the charges against the suspects who had been arrested before the start of the march, accused of minor offenses (Article 115 of the Penal Code), despite the prosecutor’s request for their conditional release. The comrades accused of complicity in acts of vandalism, aggravated resistance, and possession of offensive objects have been sent to trial, and a hearing has been scheduled for November 11, 2026: a total of 29 charges.

We reiterate that Alfredo Cospito remains subjected to the torture regime of Article 41-bis, and that this will likely be extended in the coming days. That period of struggle alongside Alfredo succeeded in placing state torture and the vengeful “justice” of courts and politicians at the center of public debate, highlighting their contradictions. But the fight against Article 41-bis continues.

In any case, no regrets.

Free All Mapuche Prisoners

Statement from Mapuche Lavkenche Political Prisoners of the Grollmus and Los Ríos Cases

From La Zarzamora:

Mari Mari kom pu che. We salute all the lov in resistance, our families and pu wenuy who have accompanied us during this process of political imprisonment in the CCP of Concepción. To begin, we want to report the end of the preparation for the oral trial of the so-called Grollmus case, which lasted for more than 10 days in the Cañete Guarantee Court.

During its development, we were able to verify the weakness of the case that is only supported by statements from protected witnesses, whose testimonies have been obtained through various tricks committed by the prosecutor of the case, Danilo Ramos, and who today has him accused of the crime of prevarication after recognizing that he formalized without evidence a lamuen to collaborate with the investigation, violating his presumption of innocence, his right to remain silent and blatantly transgressing due process. This fact demonstrates how the prosecution together with the police have designed a case through agreements with defendants in other cases so that they testify against us at the expense of reduced sentences and alternative solutions and that today, as we said, they have the prosecutor sued and charged for recognizing how part of the testimonies of the protected witnesses have been obtained, whose stories have kept us in preventive detention for more than 16 months.

This situation adds to the story of criminality that the prosecution has developed in the media against the political prisoners, denying our Mapuche ancestry and commitment to the recovery of the territory usurped by foresters, settlers and landowners. The above is expressed with the intention of the plaintiffs to incorporate the former coordinator of the “Southern Macrozone” during the Piñera government, Pablo Urquizar, as an “expert” in the trial to reaffirm their racist and criminalizing story, which was rejected by the court at the request and allegation of our defenses.

But this is not the only thing. We have also seen how the judiciary has colluded with the prosecution to continue failing to comply with its own law, by once again postponing the trial against the two minors accused in the same case, whose oral trial by order of the Supreme Court should have begun on April 23, but by official and incomprehensible manner it was postponed to June 23, which translates for our peñi into two more months of provisional confinement in the Coronel prison. All these elements confirm that this case is only supported by a criminal narrative and the explicit abuse of the legal powers of the prosecutor and the police, which, we believe, will be demonstrated in the oral trial that will ultimately lead to our acquittal.

From the Concepción prison we reiterate our greetings and gratitude to all those who have supported us during this process. To the communities and lov that continue to resist and support territorial recoveries, especially to the Lov Rgaliko that was evicted and its rukas burned by the repressive forces in Alto Bío Bío. To the Mapuche and social organizations of Greater Concepción that have selflessly backed and supported us. To the comrades of Penco who resist the large mining of rare earths that intends to establish itself and destroy their territory. And to all our Mapuche people in resistance and political prisoners in the different prisons of Valdivia, Temuco, Angol, Coronel and Lebu.

Freedom for all Mapuche political prisoners!

Unit in the weichan!

Mapuche political prisoners of the Grollmus-Los Rios Cases.

Concepción Prison April 26, 2026

Free Lucas

From kallejaalakallee:

More than a month has passed since [Chilean anarchist prisoner] comrade Lucas Hernández was transferred from Santiago Uno prison to Santiago Sur (Ex-Penitenciaria) and, since his arrival, harassment has been constant.

For more than a month, Lucas has been held in the unit 4 of the Ex-Penitenciaria, a wing for prisoners isolated and punished with a 24-hour lock down regime in conditions of overpopulation that mean he shares his cell with more than 8 other people and with a series of restrictions on his momements inside the unit, because of his refusal to practice religion in his daily life behind bars. 

For the last few months, a series of hearings were held, after his defense lawyers submitted appeals. The goal of the appeal was to denounce and stop the rights violations of the comrade perpetrated by the prison administration; yet, even if the hearing was welcomed by the court, which ordered Lucas be released from solitary confinement, the prison administration, through its lawyers, have delayed the hearings, not presenting the files demanded by the court, and, to this day, hasn’t followed court orders, without giving any reason for keeping Lucas in this situation.

Our comrade remains strong, dignified, and has held on to his integrity, despite the daily psychological torture to which he has been subjected by the guards, in retaliation for his intransigent political positions.

We are launching an urgent call to everyone who is against prisons to not remain stuck in the inaction of words but to multiply solidarity actions to demand the end to Lucas Hernández’s solitary confinement and his tormenting from the prison administration.

Make ideas a real threat.

Free Aldo and Lucas.

International Repression

The Belarus Anarchist Black Cross has been declared an extremist formation:

The regime has added ABC Belarus to the official list of “extremist formations.” This is yet another attempt to pressure the anarchist movement and criminalize solidarity work.

This is a part of a broader trend targeting both anarchist groups and any solidarity initiatives in Belarus. Other anarchist collectives and organizations have already been labeled “extremist,” including Pramen, Revolutionary Action, and other prisoner support initiatives such as Bysol and Dissidentby.

In Belarus, state can declare any group of people an “extremist formation.” Any interaction with such groups may then be treated as a criminal offense.

Under Belarusian law, this can include:
⚫️ Participation in an extremist formation: Any form of cooperation, even minimal assistance, can be interpreted as involvement. The maximum penalty is 7 years in prison.
⚫️ Financing extremist activity: Any donation may be treated as financing extremist activity. The maximum penalty is 8 years in prison.
⚫️ Facilitating extremist activity: This may include sending information or media materials to designated organizations, giving interviews or commentary, carrying out tasks, or providing any other form of support. The maximum penalty is 7 years in prison.

These laws are often applied retroactively.

Belarus is not unique in using accusations of “extremism” or “terrorism” against political “enemies”, similar tactics are used by governments around the world, from Minsk to Washington (i.e. the criminalization of the antifascist movement).

❓What does this mean in practice?
Anyone in Belarus, or planning to travel there, could face criminal prosecution for interacting with ABC Belarus. We encourage people to review their security practices if they plan to visit Belarus or Russia.

If you are outside Belarus, now is the time to show solidarity and support our work by making a donation.

We do not intend to change the nature of what we do. Repression is precisely what makes the work of ABC necessary so for us, the struggle continues.

Until all are free🏴

May 11 Case (Greece)

In the early hours of May 11, 2026, a group of comrades expropriated a bank in Kato Tithorea. Approximately 5 hours later, 5 of them were arrested after a coordinated repressive operation by the police and house invasions. 8 comrades, anarchists, found themselves hostages in the hands of the state.

From Dark Nights:

We have been charged with an inflated indictment that includes bank expropriations and weapons possession. The comrades are being held at the GADA [police HQ in Athens] and some comrades at the Vyronas Prison. Today, 12/05, we went through the prosecutor and were given a deadline to appear before the investigator on Friday, 15/05 at 9am at Evelpidon, building 9.

LONG LIVE ANARCHY

SPYROS DRAVILAS PRESENT

HARRIS TEMPEREKIDIS PRESENT
SEBASTIAN OVERSLUIJ PRESENT

May Day Arrests (Indonesia)

From Dark Nights:

Since Wednesday (13/05/2026), police, through local media outlets, have claimed to have arrested 13 individuals accused of involvement in acts of vandalism during the 2026 May Day demonstrations in Bandung. One of the suspects, RR alias “Mpe,” was presented as the “leader of South Bandung Anarchists” and accused of coordinating acts of arson, property destruction, and the financing of the unrest.

Authorities have charged the alleged anarchists under provisions related to public security, including Article 308 on endangering public safety and Article 309 on criminal conspiracy and preparation of offenses threatening people, property, or the environment, under Law No. 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code (KUHP), carrying a maximum sentence of up to nine years in prison.

In addition, police alleged that the anarchists were under the influence of drugs during the demonstrations, presenting this claim as one of the moral justifications for their detention. The announcement has been interpreted as a sign of panic within the security apparatus, given that the unrest during May Day reportedly exceeded official expectations and failed to be anticipated by the authorities.

PS: Once again, the police are constructing a false narrative portraying RR alias “Mpe” as the mastermind or leader behind the action. Since last year’s arrests of anarchists, the Indonesian national Police (Polri) have repeatedly employed the same framing. There are also reports that RR alias “Mpe” is being blamed by the families of other detained participants simply because the others are younger. Do not let RR stand alone!

Palang Hitam

_nature__pilled Fundraiser

A fundraiser has been launched in support of Niccolo Galantini, publicly known for spreading anti-technological and anti-industrial ideas online with the famous Instagram account @_nature__pilled, who was arrested by Italian police in Rome in April. Donate here: https://www.leetchi.com/en/c/legal-defense-fund-for-naturepilled-1757090

ICE Watch

ICE operations continue the white supremacist ethnic cleansing project of mass deportation directed by the Trump Administration. While the hyper-aggressive militarized surge and blitz-style tactics under since-ousted Kristi Noem and Gregory Bovino have slowed, due to fierce resistance and political blowback; abductions continue with shifting tactics as newly appointed head of DHS Markwayne Mullin brags “We haven’t missed a beat….we’re trying to be a bit more quiet about it”. Tom Homan, the “border czar”, also doubles down, “You ain’t seen shit yet”, “This year will be a good year. Mass deportations are coming.”  More shakeups and resignations; acting ICE director Todd Lyons resigns as Trump appoints David Venturella, a former top GEO Group executive who oversaw government contracts as the private prison giant reaps immense profits under the Trump Administration.

While high-profile federal occupations of “blue cities” have received widespread condemnations and opposition in so-called “sanctuary” states, Republican-run states are in full cooperation with the Trump machine. State prisons and county jails detain people for ICE, or hold them on a detainer and hand them over to ICE at the gates as they expect to be released. In Memphis, thousands of state-federal joint “Memphis Safe Task Force” units has occupied the city ravaging communities “worse than the Scorpion Unit”.  Even in states where local police are forbidden by law to work with federal immigration, pig forces aid ICE by providing security to normalize operations during protests outside federal facilities, such as the Broadview ICE Processing Center outside Chicago and the NYPD attacking protesters to defend ICE at the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn earlier this month.

Brooklyn Hospital Standoff: after ICE agents violently tased, beat and arrested a Nigerian man bringing him to the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, hundreds of community members quickly mobilized to defend the man until themselves being brutalized by NYPD who collaborated with the feds to arrest 9 protesters as ICE made their escape. Murad Awawde, president of the New York Immigration Coalition, spoke: “All community members who responded to the incident must have their charges dropped immediately. Our city must do better to protect our immigrant New Yorkers from ICE’s violence.”

Hennepin County prosecutors charge ICE agent Christian Castro with four assault charges and falsely reporting a crime for shooting Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis as he attempted to escape abduction by federal agents last January. Julio and another person arrested has since had their federal charges dropped as video footage released last month shows the agents were lying as they shot Julio through a closed door.

Kaos Editorial released a Spanish-language book “FUCK ICE” compiling CrimethInc’s coverage of the resistance against ICE available for order or PDF download. 

Crimethinc also came out with proposed shared baselines for collective struggle entitled “ICE Melts in the Spring: Ten Principles for the Movement against Immigration Policing.”

1. We are in a fight with the federal government. This means taking risks, and the law will not always be on our side. Stopping ICE will require more than legal observing, reform, and other strategies that play within the rules of the existing order. We can only stop ICE through mass resistance that interrupts, prevents, and deters deportation operations. We should evaluate tactics and strategies according to how much they enable people to engage in this kind of resistance. For example, the mass distribution of whistles and other tools that equip people to intervene against ICE and police operations is a step towards the kind of resistance we need.

2. We do not police the actions of other protesters. No one way works. It will take all of us shoving at the thing from all sides to bring it down. The mass resistance we need cannot be directed by any one group or limited to any one strategy. It will require many different approaches and experiments, filling different roles in the struggle towards abolishing ICE. We should seek to make our efforts complementary and collaborative rather than trying to control or denounce each other.

3. No one person or organization can speak for all immigrants or organizers. Anyone claiming to should be viewed with suspicion. No community is a monolith. Immigrant organizers themselves differ on what strategies are best, what the movement’s ultimate goals should be, and what tactics they support. We should not unthinkingly defer to any one organizer or group, but develop our own analyses, articulate our own proposals, and respectfully talk through our disagreements.

4. We keep us safe by fighting together. Though some will tell us to defer to the most cautious and “respectable” elements in this movement, we should follow the lead of those who demonstrate the most effective tactics. Immigrants have long been at the forefront of resisting the deportation machine: besieging ICE facilities, blockading highways and airports, organizing resistance from inside detention centers, taking the streets, and chasing ICE out of neighborhoods. Many immigrants believe that the greatest chance of safety and collective power is to be found in direct resistance.

5. There are no good pol/ICE; there are no bad immigrants and no bad protesters. All immigrants deserve the same access to a life with dignity and community that citizens do. All protesters who face attacks from the government and stand strong without turning on the movement deserve our support. The regime wants to divide us according to false dichotomies—respectable/criminal, documented/undocumented, upper class/lower class, guilty/innocent, civil/uncivil, violent/non-violent. This is a strategy to turn us against each other so they can defeat us. We want to de-escalate all conflict that isn’t with the enemy. We stand in solidarity with all who are disrupting ICE and resisting the criminalization of immigrants.

6. Turn to each other, not politicians. This violence did not begin with Trump. Entrenched politicians of all stripes have perpetuated it for decades. Across the country, local politicians claim to oppose ICE while sending police to suppress the resistance or making backroom deals with the regime. Politicians will not save us. At best, they are powerless; at worst, they are complicit. We must build the collective power and resources we will need to defend our communities ourselves.

7. Stop waiting for permission. We all have a responsibility to take the initiative in the fight against ICE. Our oppressors win by convincing us that we lack the power to act immediately for liberation—that we must wait for permission or guidance from authorities, leaders, or specialists. A culture of resistance emerges from the recognition that all of us have the ability to imagine different realities, the power to act to bring about those realities, and the responsibility to do so. The density of many different autonomous projects is what has made the resistance against ICE effective.

8. Build trust to defeat fear. A genuinely popular movement will require rapidly building new relationships and trust on the basis of shared values or shared experience taking action together. Taking small risks together today can prepare us to take bigger risks together tomorrow. There are many forms of action that do not require high levels of preexisting trust—for example, mass Signal chats enable rapid response work more effectively when they are open to everyone who needs to coordinate. Work with people you know and trust on projects that involve greater risk or sensitive information. Sometimes, moving at the speed of trust means moving at the speed you can chase off an ICE van.

9. Leave no one behind. We should not settle for empty promises or minor reforms intended to placate us. We don’t want to push ICE off our streets only to have local cops do their dirty work for them. We refuse deals that would make us choose between the freedoms of different communities, trading minor gains for some people for increased policing or misery for others. The unity of our resistance in the streets and our neighborhoods has taught us that none of us are free until all of us are free.

10. Be a good neighbor. We must overcome decades of division and exclusion that have turned us against each other, instilling fear of those who look different, speak different languages, practice different traditions, or have less wealth or property. Excluding people endangers them and weakens our communities. Let us build bridges across all lines of division, fostering a culture of neighborly love based on collective care and abundance. We need communities built on respect, understanding, and celebrating our differences—neighborhoods where people can root into relationships to each other without fear of being displaced at the whim of a landlord, corporation, or government.

Our lives and liberation depend on it.

The shared principles are also available as a zine to print and share:

Fighting Detention Centers

The 18th death in federal immigrant detention so far this year: Denny Adan Gonzalez, arrested by ICE and held at the Stewart Detention Center, died from an apparent suicide: the fifth of the year in what the Physicians for Human Rights calls entirely preventable due to the well known psychological harms of solitary confinement.

Eleven people arrested outside the ICE detention center in Burlington Vermont for blocking entrances while attempting to bring care packages to people inside.

Dozens gathered outside Detroit federal courthouse as a motion hearing on a federal lawsuit against the proposed immigrant detention center in Romulus was canceled and rescheduled as a virtual proceeding.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed suit in federal court Thursday to block the conversion of a warehouse in Surprise, Arizona into an immigration detention facility.

Following the closure of “Rape Club” FCI Dublin last year, the feds are now considering reopening it as an ICE detention facility. This month the BOP released it’s Environmental Impact Statement as one step in the process towards potential handover of the facility; ICE Out of Dublin has prepared a toolkit [note: Google doc link] for people to submit public comment which is due June 1st.

ICE began transferring people to the reopened 700 bed former prison now run by GEO Group.

Protests against the imminent construction of a new immigrant detention center in Rochester NY.

DHS is fining undocumented people with million dollar civil penalties for refusing to leave the country, attempting to collect $1,000 a day retroactively from the entire time people are in the US. The DHS is also outsourcing the debt collection to five companies all of whom had previously been involved in the scandalous student loan debt collection program that was ended under Biden.

Media

A new poem from Maricela Rueda, one of the Prairieland defendants convicted at trial earlier this year. Please support Mari and her family at this gofundme: https://gofund.me/8332b2a12

*FREE THE BUNNIES!!!*

I remember the first time I saw
a hanged trophy kill
Driving in a work truck on country roads
in so called Paradise or Springtown
one – or – the other
The coyote hanging by her rear leg
on the fence line
made me slam the brakes
I was so confused and afraid
Telling someone about what I saw
they chose to say “It’s only humane –
to warn the rest of the pack…”
My attorney closed trial with a statement:
Maricela is not a lab rat.
The court room is not a laboratory.
I’m not sure that was ever true
I identify a lot with bunnies
that labs wrongfully test on too
I refuse this – humanity
that does such things to us creatures,
choose to deny nature,
so we will fear our right to freedom

All Power to the Prairieland 19
and ALL the critters on the frontlines!
<3 mari!

“Expression (for the crowded and alone)”, a poem and testimony by Matthew Garcia on felony murder, the 13th Amendment, and 30 years inside.

The Backstory

Lately I have a lot of trepidation, a heavier sense of anxiety. With the PA Supreme Court ruling that deemed mandatory life sentences unconstitutional for those convicted of second‑degree felony murder, there has been an enhanced feeling of urgency. I have always considered life past these walls and fences, and perhaps that’s why it has been such a difficult stay for me for these almost 30 years I have existed in prison.

It’s not that life in prison isn’t very hard to endure for anybody serving any sentence – but when you have a free spirit, a spirit for change and liberty, growth that counts and can be implemented, these walls and fences are highly offensive and restrict too much.

So my disposition has been just with a more intense eagerness to solve the dilemmas that have been plaguing me and the pace I have been made to go. My writings have been even more purposefully composed, knowing my voice is now getting louder, my momentum on this train toward liberty is speeding up, more individuals are listening, more eyes are looking – and I want to make sure I stay true to a purpose that has driven me deeply.

I hope you read my lines and even discover what’s between them, the expressions illustrated.

– Matthew Garcia

Expression
by Matthew Garcia

Let these words ring loud and echo
as contributions for those
who haven’t found the right articulation
to invoke sentiments
that will inspire you to really help the many
that are in a crowded place
feeling very alone,
oppressed and bleeding.

Lost from freedom –
those that are in agreement
that 2 letters and 4 numbers
can’t define souls and minds behind lines,
that separate a million different definitions.

Behind lines
where everything is searched and torn apart
except the inside of your heart –
where true character lives
and what will never be
on the list to be inspected.

Rejected in a place
where one moment in time dictates treatment and trajectory
for an unmeasurable period –
during which an action, process, or condition
exists or continues –
and a thousand years confined
or an absolute entire existence
that one moment made your permanent meaning.

Life suspended,
stuck in a school that’s unusual and cruel in
detention.

It’s not about repentance.
With billions of dollars at stake
there is no pretending.

Explain the 13th amendment –
is this just slavery remnants?

Felony murder gave life sentences
for people who didn’t kill –
now who benefits?

Communities crushed
that they want to tear down.

Chains don’t have to be present
when you wear browns.

Think about the refutation
of an irrefutable science.

The juvenile offenders law
and how they applied it.

Think about the innocence crying –
the men and women who spent 40 years fighting,
and still offered a deal to keep a conviction.

The ones convicted,
accused of doing something they didn’t.

Do you understand the dynamics of a system?
Will you only listen
if it’s you or one of yours missing?

Did we forget Ms. Harriet’s mission?

Have you ever heard
about the super predator policy?

Fallible individuals themselves –
how are they the guardians of the galaxy?

When the same ones instituting these things
are on the list of Jeffrey Epstein’s.

Acres of skin, experiments and testing.

I pray you receive what I’m expressing

Anson Chi, who in 2012 was sentenced to 20 years for bombing the Atmos Energy natural gas pipeline in Plano Texas, published an article at Mongoose Distro condemning the censorship of anarchist publications at FCI McKean. For more information on supporting Anson see his linktree: https://bio.link/anson_chi_help

Greetings, Mongoose Distro and Friends:

The United States of Censorship is at it again! This is a fellow anarchist and U.S. political prisoner Anson Chi, a.k.a. “Chibola” because I’m deadlier than Ebola to the $ystem.

The United $nakes Bureau of Prisons banned all my anarchist publications including Tinderbox, Fire Ant: Anarchist Prisoner Solidarity, In Contempt newsletters, Student Insurgent’s Americana (not sure if it’s anarchist since no copies ever got through to me), etc. The US BOP also banned my snail-mail letters from groups and organizations I had asked for help with my prison tortures and police torture that left me with severe, permanent injuries. For my full story, with lots of proof of all the police torture, go to https://bio.link/anson_chi_help

The United Snakes Bureau of Prisons never gave me any rejection notice, not a single one, nothing at all; no rejection notices were ever sent to the publishers, groups, or organizations; this violates their own Fifth Amendment Due Process and First Amendment Free Speech laws, but of course, they’re allowed to break their own laws, because are laws are meant to control and enslave us, while furthering their capitali$t, imperiali$t, fasci$t goals of world domination and beyond. See Exhibit 1, annexed hereto and made a part hereof, for proof of their egregious rejections of my myriad publications and incoming snail-mail letters.

To All My Anarchist Brothers and Sisters and Everyone: please spread the word about the United States’ censorship of anarchist materials and continuing censorship of anarchists who fight back against the $ystem. Together, we’ll expose the United States of Censorship!

In Solidarity and Sabotage to the $ystem, Anson “Chibola” Chi

Postscript: for proof of the prison tortures I suffered at the hands of countless prison guards: https://badjurist.com/anson-chi-iachr-petition

Max Reynard published the zine “Survival and Full Lives: Queerness and Antisemitism in Prison and Beyond” at Mongoose Distro discussing experiences of being an imprisoned trans Jew dealing with transphobic white supremacists.

Anarchist prisoner Juan Sorroche and underground anarchist Miguel Peralta are calling for submissions to a poetry zine from the jails and the streets Raíces y Radicalidad (Roots and Radicality). Raíces y Radicalidad seeks to create a space for encounter, convergence, and expression for those who “confront, resist, and struggle against power every day” across different latitudes. You are invited to contribute verses, thoughts, feelings, and words to this collection. Contributions are welcomed in any language–including every mother language and those that resist and flourish despite the imposition of colonial languages–as well as any form of free expression. This is a call to never cease dreaming, imagining, and creating infinite new worlds! Submit at raicesyradicalidad @ canaglie . net

Greek anarchist Prisoner Dimitris Chatzivasileiadis published a new text, “Small Map,” written at the outset of the collective hunger strike in British prisons against anti-Palestinian terrorism and militarism. Following the U.S. attack on Venezuela, certain points have been updated. The international revolutionary strategy of the global anarchist movement must be built—and can be built—only through international fronts of struggle, through the breaking down of borders, and through the redirection of military action toward the centers of monopoly.

A new zine to print and share is available of Marianna and Dimitra’s statments before they were convicted to 19 and 8 years in Greek prison

“We Be The Vision“, a new newsletter by and for people incarcerated in North Carolina, has released its first issue. People imprisoned in North Carolina can write the below address or email to receive copies; there is also a fundraiser to help print and mail the publication.

WE BE THE VISION
PO BOX 74
ASHEBORO, NC 27204

WeBeTheVision@proton.me

Shine White wrote this introduction to the inaugural issue:

Prisons are not here by mistake. These razor-wire plantations serve their purpose as a repressive arm of the oppressor nation, oppressing New Afrikans and other oppressed peoples politically, economically, and socially.

These places are not merely places of punishment: they are factories for identity. They teach us who we are supposed to be. They teach submission, competition, suspicion, and emotional hardening. They tell you every day that you are dangerous, disposable, and incapable of change. The criminal mentality survives in prisons because the prison needs it to survive. A divided, hopeless population is easier to manage than a conscious one.

Komrade George Jackson overstood this better than anyone when he wrote that the prison is a microcosm of the Kapitalist state, where hierarchy, scarcity, and violence are enforced to maintain control. He warned that without political clarity, prisoners would simply reproduce the same destructive patterns behind these walls that existed on the streets. This is why he insisted that revolutionary consciousness was not optional; it was necessary for survival. Without it, imprisonment becomes nothing more than a holding pen for wasted potential.

Komrade Owusu Yaki Yakubu (James Yaki Sayles) expanded on this by explaining that the prison intensifies the contradictions of the criminal mentality. Inside, the same hustle exists, but with higher risks and lower reward. The same rivalries persist, but with no territory to actually control. The same reputation politics dominate, but with consequences that follow you for decades. The environment forces a question that the streets often postpone: What am I really fighting for? Without political education, the answer defaults to ego, fear, and survival. With political education, the answer becomes collective liberation.

Komrades across different formations—and more specifically those organizing through the National Prison Lives Matter movement and the newly formed and actively growing North Carolina Chapter — overstand that these places are also seedbeds where revolutionaries are grown, pruned, and nurtured into fearless and resilient warriors for the oppressed. At the same time, this work is being strengthened by a growing base of support on the outside, creating connections that extend beyond these walls.

However, to become such a warrior, one must undergo a transition wherein the criminal mentality that is ingrained into each and every one of us is transformed into a revolutionary mentality—one that enables us to decolonize… to de-link from the Kapitalist way. 

As aforesaid, one of the key elements in making such a transition is Political Education. This is why we’ve decided to bring North Carolina prisoners the We Be the Vision newsletter for the purpose of helping us overstand the complexity of our situation. Thus, once we begin to overstand our conditions and identify our issues, we can begin to address them as a collective. This newsletter will serve as a platform for us to share our issues and as a vehicle to convey the strategies and tactics needed to redress them.

The discontinuance of Bumping My Musik was detrimental to our ability to share information, leaving many of us disorganized and uninformed. We intend to change that.

Certain circumstances beyond my control led to the discontinuation of that publication. This period required regrouping and rebuilding with Komrades who share this vision and are committed to the work of political education, organization, and collective struggle. With their support—both inside and outside these walls—we are bringing you We Be the Vision and continuing to build something stronger moving forward.

However, we encourage all prisoners, regardless of political belief to submit your writing, poems, or artwork for the issues to follow. This newsletter will be sent out quarterly to North Carolina prisoners (and beyond!) We hope you join us in transforming these razor-wire plantations into schools of liberation and in building something capable of serving prisoners and their families within and beyond these walls.

i’m here. i’m alive. i’m struggling.
Komrade Shine White

Garret Felber is doing a book tour for the new book “I Cannot Submit To Injustices: Collected Works of Martin Sostre”:

We’re excited to announce Garrett Felber will be traveling in May and June to share “I Cannot Submit To Injustices: Collected Works of Martin Sostre”! Join us in Oakland, Portland, Toronto, Buffalo, Brooklyn and Baltimore!

These texts represent decades of Sostre’s work as an agitator, teacher, and intellectual in the face of intense state repression, including years in solitary confinement as punishment for his activism. While in prison, Sostre established radical study groups and lending libraries, published several revolutionary newspapers, organized chapters of the Black Panther Party, and fought for the rights of incarcerated workers.

5/21—Oakland, CA. @tamarackoakland , 7pm
Book event with Emile Suotonye DeWeaver
Book sales by @marcus.books

5/27— Portland, OR. @freesocietylibrary , 7pm
I Cannot Submit event with Corey Devon Arthur

6/04—Toronto, ON. @adfrntbooklist , 7pm
I Cannot Submit event with William C. Anderson and Robyn Maynard

6/05—Buffalo, NY. Sostre-Pointer Memorial Garden, 7pm
I Cannot Submit event with Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin
Hosted by @burningbooks

6/06—Brooklyn, NY. @bklynlibrary Bedford Library, 5:30pm
I Cannot Submit event with Mariame Kaba and Corey Devon Arthur

6/07—Baltimore, MD. @redemmas, 2pm
I Cannot Submit event with Paul Coates

This Month in History: May Day

As May brings its reinvigorating spring anticapitalist spirits to cast away dead structures and ideologies, we are again pulled into motion by the riotous histories and unresolved tensions of May Day and the Haymarket Affair. The day is commemorated as International Workers Day, a day for Immigrant Rights and the Labor Movement, the General Strike, and for Anarchy; marches, rallies and riots are held in hundreds of cities and towns each year. As the crisis of capitalism grows more apocalyptic each year, the most vicious fascistic agents of repression have been unleashed with mass roundups of immigrants and political persecutions. Anarchy is again under attack, demonstrated by the Trump Administration’s obsession with targeting anarchists, antifascists and trans people as terrorists. But authoritarianism cannot eradicate decentralized ecosystems of ungovernables; with each injustice we only plant more seeds. All power to those refusing the paradification of May Day by bringing the fire to the front lines! 

A 2026 May Day statement by Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation connects this history of resistance and repression to the current moment:

140 years ago the state hanged anarchist workers, the majority of them migrants, in Chicago for daring to organize and fight. Albert Parsons, August Spies, George Engel, and Adolph Fischer were killed not for any crime, but for the threat they posed as organizers of a multiracial, internationalist working class capable of shutting down the machinery of capital and state. Through their martyrdom May 1st was remade as May Day, a holiday for the global working class to reflect and recommit ourselves to the struggle for total liberation. 

The same logic of domination that sent these men to the gallows fills the state’s migrant concentration camps today. Seventy thousand people are caged by ICE across the country. Our responsibility to our class siblings, regardless of their nationality, is to act in solidarity against our common enemy and for our shared aspiration for freedom. This notion terrifies the state, undermining its ability to pit the working class against itself through the deceit of its self-serving nationalism. A recent episode in North Texas demonstrates this clearly: a group who stood in solidarity with migrants inside of the Prairieland Detention Center have been convicted as criminals and terrorists. Their brave actions speak clearly and forcefully: The working class has no borders. La clase obrera no tiene fronteras.

• New York City: Thousands march through Washington Square Park and at Amazon locations; over 30 people with the Sunrise Movement were arrested blocking the entrance to the Wall Street Stock Exchange

• Portland: Earlier in the day, police arrested 8 protesters as dozens flooded the lobby of the Hilton where ICE and DHS officials were staying. Later, as the main May Day march headed to the ICE detention facility, the black bloc vandalized cop cars and fought the police, PPB arresting five.

• Bay Area: rallies and marches at the Civic Center in San Francisco and Fruitvale Plaza in Oakland. Hundreds of unionized airport workers rallied inside the SF International Airport demanding higher wages; police arrest 25 including union organizers and elected officials.
• Los Angeles: thousands marched as LAPD in riot gear pushed and directed crowds; breakaway marches to police headquarters as well as the MDC federal detention center where after skirmishes LAPD kettled and arrested twelve people.
• Istanbul, Turkey: 500 arrested attempting to bust through barricades blocking off Taksim Square; police used tear gas and water cannons, arresting 500. Earlier in the week police raided 62 people’s homes arresting those “likely to carry out attacks”.

• Manila, Philippines: large crowds marched through the capital demanding economic justice and an end to the US war on Iran; protesters clashed with police who protected the entrance to the US Embassy

• Berlin, Germany: Over 30 thousand marched: black bloc clashes with police, with 87 arrests.

• Montreal, Canada: thousands gathered at Victoria Square before marching through the city; clashing with police who used tear gas and arrested 13 people
• Santiago, Chile: thousands of May Day revelers clash with police who use water cannons

• Italy: thousands march in Milan, Turin, Naples, Venice, Palermo, etc: clashes with police as people attempt to bust open the gates of the recently evicted Askatasuna community center in Turin.

• Buenos Aires, Argentina: thousands marched through the capital protesting Milei’s recent neoliberal overhaul of labor protections.
• Paris, France: thousands marched with the antifascist black bloc at the front: police charged shields to push and break up crowds.
• Bandung, Indonesia: hundreds gathered to build barricades in the street, burn things and clash with police; at least seven were arrested (see International Repression above for details) 

Birthdays

John Paul Wootton 

Birthday: May 15, 1991

John Paul Wootton is a vegan anarchist prisoner, IWW/IWOC member, and Irish Republican wrongfully convicted to life imprisonment of the murder of a police officer in the “Craigavon 2” case, after a trial before a “Diplock” court, a secret military court with no jury. The case has been supported as a miscarriage of justice by high profile campaigners, legal experts & human rights activists. The prosecution used discredited witnesses, inconclusive forensics, and tampered evidence to secure a conviction that does not stand up to scrutiny. Security services destroyed evidence, intimidated witnesses and defence lawyers.

John Paul Wootton
HM Prison Maghaberry
17 Old Road
Lisburn
BT28 2PT
United Kingdom

Jason Renard Walker

Birthday: May 17, 1980

Jason Renard Walker is a prison activist and prison writer who has published writings on many topics including solitary confinement, mental illness, and prison guard brutality in Texas prisons. Read some of Jason’s work at prisonwriters.com/all-writers/jason-walker/

Jason can be written to at the following address:

Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Jason Renard Walker #01532092
PO Box 660400
Dallas, TX 75266-0400

Note that because Texas is a mail scanning site, letters must be sent to the above address in Dallas TX. Paperback books and zines can be mailed directly to the prison: Jason Renard Walker #01532092 / Powledge Unit / 1400 FM 3452 / Palestine, TX 75803

Kwame Shakur

Birthday: May 20, 1990

Kwame “Beans” Shakur is a New Afrikan prisoner, Chairman and Co-Founder of the New Afrikan Liberation Collective (NALC), and National Director of the Prison Lives Matter Movement. From Kwame: “I am being held captive at the Wabash Valley Slave Camp in Indiana. I am serving a 110-year sentence for a crime I did not commit and have become politicized on the inside. My work is why I have been held in solitary confinement for 23-24 hours a day for the past six years. I have also pursued a music career in spite of my imprisonment. I fight daily for the self-determination of New Afrikan people and all those oppressed.”

More information on Kwame at his instagram @free_kwameshakur

Kwame can be written to at the following address: 

Michael Joyner 149677
Miami C.F. 
3038 West 850 South
Bunker HIll, IN 46914

Bomani Shakur

Birthday: May 31, 1969

Keith LaMar, better known as Bomani Shakur, is currently located at Ohio State Penitentiary. He was put on death row in Ohio after allegations of his involvement in the Lucasville Uprising of 1993 despite no evidence indicating such. In 2004, he would go on to publish a book titled Condemned: The Whole Story to talk about what had actually happened during the Lucasville Uprising and how he was accused for a crime that he didn’t commit. 

More information is at Bomani’s support website https://www.keithlamar.org/

Bomani can be written to at the following mailing address:

Keith LaMar #317117
ODRC Mail Processing Center (OMPC)
884 Coitsville-Hubbard Road
Youngstown, OH 44505

As Ohio is a mail scanning state, they specify: maximum 15 pages written/typed front and back, on white or yellow paper (no larger than 8 ½ x 14), 10 photographs maximum, no nudity, no professional greeting cards. Books and zines must be sent directly to the prison: Keith LaMar #317117 / 878 Coitsville-Hubbard Road / Youngstown, OH 44505

Vasiliy Kuksov  

Birthday: Tuesday, May 31, 1988

Vasily was arrested during investigaiton of the so-called “Network” case and sentenced to 9 years in a penal colony. He was accused of involvement in a “terrorist community” and illegal possession of a weapon. In the run-up to presidential elections and the FIFA World Cup, repressions against antifascists and anarchists started in Russia. In Autumn 2017, 6 people were arrested in Penza; several of them had weapons and explosives planted on them. FSB officers then tortured the antifascists right in the detention facility: they applied naked wires to the activists’ various body parts and turned the electricity on, they beat them up, hanged them upside down. While torturing them, the agents made the activists learn by heart the story the FSB needed: they were supposed to confess of having founded and belonging to a terrorist organization called “The Network.” In late January 2018, two more antifascists were arrested in Saint-Petersburg. They, too, were beaten up, tortured with electric current, and forced to incriminate themselves by confirming they were members of the “Network.” Network prisoners support page: rupression.com/en/

Vasiliy Alekseevich Kuksov 1988
SIZO-1
Ulitsa Karakozova 30
Penza
Penzenskaya oblast
440039
Russia

Note: all letters must be in Russian

Marwan Barghouti

Birthday: June 6, 1959

Marwan Hasib Ibrahim Barghouti was born in the West Bank village of Kobar in 1962. He is a prominent and popular political figure associated with Fatah, currently serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison. He is a member of the Fatah Central Committee, and of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). Often described by Palestinians as the ‘Palestinian Mandela.’ In the run-up to the First Intifada, Barghouti was a student leader at Bir Zeit University involved in popular protests. He was deported by Israel to Jordan in May 1987 and was only allowed to return to the West Bank in 1993 as part of the Oslo Accords. The following year, in 1994, he became secretary-general of Fatah in the West Bank. During the Second Intifada, he allegedly directed military attacks against Israeli targets. Israel accuses him of having established the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades (AMB) at the time. Barghouti was arrested and sentenced by an Israeli military court in 2002 to five consecutive life sentences for orchestrating attacks on Israelis. Since his imprisonment, Barghouti has been active in the prisoners’ movement and has published various articles from prison to communicate with the outside world. While in prison, he helped draft the 2006 National Conciliation Document of the Prisoners — which he co-signed with Abdulkhaleq al-Natsheh (Hamas), Bassam Sa’adi (PIJ), Abdel Rahim Mallouh (PFLP), and Mustafa Badarneh (DFLP). In 2017, he led a large-scale hunger strike to demand improved rights and conditions for prisoners. The campaign for Barghouti’s release was launched in 2013 from Nelson Mandela’s cell on Robben Island, in South Africa, where many leaders of the anti-apartheid struggle were imprisoned. 

Support page: freemarwan.org/

Sergey Romanov 

Birthday: June 7, 1995

Sergey is an anarchist from Gomel. He was arrested on the night of 28-29 October 2020 close to Ukrainian border by Belarusian border guards along with Dmitry Dubovski, Dmitry Rezanovich and Igor Alinevich. He was charged with terrorism and illegal possession of firearms. According to prosecutor’s office, he and his comrades organized several arson attacks in Soligorsk and Mozyr against state institutions. Sergey previously spent 5 years in prison for carrying explosives, and after release, a case of violating the probation requirements. On 22 December 2021 he was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Political prisoners in Belarus are known to have issues receiving mail. Belarus ABC recommends sending letters using the online form on their website.

Support page: abc-belarus.org/

Romanov Sergey Aleksandrovich
IK-9
ul. Dobrolubova, 16
g. Horki
213410 Mogilovskaya
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Khalif Miller

Birthday: June 10, 1995

Khalif Miller is a political prisoner incarcerated for his participation in the George Floyd uprising in Philadelphia. One of several who faced federal charges, Khalif was sentenced to five years in federal prison; he has since completed his federal sentence, but is now being held at SCI Forest Pennsylvania state prison for parole violations for an earlier unrelated case. In March 2026, Khalif was denied parole for another year. Check out his Instagram page and his online fundraiser. 

Khalif can receive letters and photos at this mailing address:

Smart Communications / PA DOC
Khalif Miller / #QQ9287
PO Box 33028
St. Petersburg, FL 33733

As PADOC is a digital mail scanning state, please use single sided letters when sending to this Florida address. Books and zines must be sent to: Khalif Miller #QQ9287 / 268 Bricker Road / Bellefonte, PA 16823-1667. You can also message Khalif electronically using ConnectNetwork.com – search PADOC for Khalif Miller or his ID QQ9287.

Jarreau “Ruk” Ayers

Birthday: June 15, 1981 

Ayers grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, and was serving a life sentence when he was indicted—along with sixteen others—for his alleged involvement in the uprising at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Delaware in February 2017. Once convicted, he was transferred to the Pennsylvania prison system to serve his time. Ayers was released to general population in March 2024 after spending nearly 19 years in solitary confinement. Ayers is a father, pro-se litigator, co-author of Vaughn 17 Speaks, and co-founder of Rebellious Hearts, which is a movement for liberation built upon revolutionary, matriarchal, abolitionist, and Black power principles. You can follow Ayers on Instagram at @remember_ur_krown

Smart Communications / PA DOC
Jarreau Ayers – NS9994
PO Box 33028
St. Petersburg, FL 33733

As PADOC is a digital mail scanning state, please use single sided letters when sending to this Florida address. Books and zines must be sent to: Jarreau Ayers – NS9994 / 268 Bricker Road / Bellefonte, PA 16823-1667. You can also message Khalif electronically using ConnectNetwork.com – search PADOC for Jarreau Ayers or his ID NS9994.