“May Day, Haymarket, and the Erasure of Anarchist History” - Alissa Azar

Really enjoyed talking to @ericalterman.bsky.social for this great piece on MAGA’s anti-Antifa crusade, which will target whatever opposition figures/groups it pleases newrepublic.com/article/2088...

Anarchist Nikita Emelianov, free! “After six and a half years in detention, Nikita Emelianov was released on 2 May and informed the Anarchic Black Cross of Belarus.”

This week, we’re sharing two segments: an interview with the recently released anarchist organizer and writer #HybachiLeMar, plus a member of the #Xinachtli Freedom Campaign speaks on the incarcerated elder’s condition in Texas prison thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/04...

On #PalestinianPrisonersDay, we stand in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners & uplift their ongoing struggle & right to resist occupation. Full statement: abolitionistlawcenter.org/2026/04/17/i...

Ann Mary Zheng to be held pending trial at Pinellas County Jail as part of "New Weathermen Underground" attempting bombing at MacDill Air Force Base in protest of the war in Iran #freethemall www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...

A new "In Contempt" in the wild: "In Contempt #6: Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, Marius Will Be Free, New Book from Casey Goonan, Malik Transferred, Anarchists of the World on Trial" Catch the latest roundup of prison rebellions and political prisoner updates at incontempt.noblogs.org

lllinois State Police jump out boys murdered a Black man in Woodlawn Chicago last Wednesday www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Why Was the Prairieland Jury Persuaded to Convict Given the Government’s Weak Case? Questions linger about a “loud uproar” in the jury room on the day of the verdict, as juror misconduct is alleged in a post-verdict motion seeking a new trial. unicornriot.ninja/2026/why-was...

Repost IG @pymchicago banner drop kicking off Palestinian Political Prisoner Week in Chicago

To commemorate Palestinian Prisoners’ Day — April 17, 2026 — we are sharing Lines in the Sand: Writings on the Gaza Solidarity Encampment & Campus Flood at U.C. Berkeley from an Anarchist Pris­oner of War, a collection of writing Casey Goo­nan. Read Online: withwhateverweapons.noblogs.org

More cases dismissed! Earlier this week, we were in court with organizers who were arrested for sitting in at AIPAC's Office over their interference in Illinois' elections. Congrats to the activists on their win!

Nina of Dresden ABC talks about the impacts of Trumps NSPM-7 on anti-repression and prisoner support work in Germany. Hear more at thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/04...

Journalist and NLG member, Kris Hermes, talks about how there may have been jury tampering during the Prairieland Defendants case. https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/why-was-the-prairieland-jury-persuaded-to-convict-given-the-governments-weak-case/

A CSU professor was acquitted facing charges up to 20 years for merely throwing a tear gas canister away from fellow protesters peacefully protesting. He said that "the United States government locked me up for three months for simply standing up for my community"

“The budget seeks funds for the Federal Bureau of Prisons to cover the first-year costs of rebuilding Alcatraz into ‘a state-of-the-art secure prison facility.’”

NEW — Frustrated Chicago residents attended a special meeting Thursday to air their grievances against Chicago police over its conduct during the Trump administration’s so-called “Midway Blitz” operation. Supt. Larry Snelling, however, praised the Chicago police. thetriibe.com/2026/04/its-...

"A police watchdog is hosting a public hearing Thursday with Supt. Larry Snelling to discuss the department’s interactions with immigration agents — but Snelling would only appear if experts weren’t invited"

Support the non-cooperating Prairieland defendants Autumn Hill, Benjamin “Champagne” Song, Daniel “Des” Rolando Sanchez Estrada, Dario Sanchez, Elizabeth Soto, Ines Soto, Janette Goering, Joy “Rowan” Gibson, Lucy Fowlkes, Maricela Rueda, Rebecca Morgan, Savanna Batten, and Zachary Evetts ✊🏻

Apr 4 Day of Solidarity: The Prairieland Defendants been abruptly transferred through multiple jails and placed in solitary confinement, with difficulty maintaining communications with loved ones. Let's break the isolation and show some solidarity by putting pen to paper at two letter writing events

Watch the segment here: www.youtube.com/watch?si=DOT...

Today, prosecutors dismissed another 19 cases against ICE protesters! We held a press conference after court to call on State's Attorney Burke to drop the remaining cases. Read more: nlgchicago.org/2026/04/01/m...

Good morning from Chicago's Daley Plaza. There's a lot going on this morning! One thing going on is a presser hosted here by the Chicago chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, re: the pending state-level criminal cases of people arrested for protesting outside the Broadview, IL ICE facility.

The implications of this verdict will be massive fortworthreport.org/2026/03/13/p...

The government won on most of its charges, including convicting defendants for moving a box of radical zines.

We have a verdict and we are heartbroken at the results. This is only the beginning. We will continue to fight the remaining charges until every defendant is home.

The most immediately notable part of the verdict is that people were convicted material support for terrorism for believing in antifascism and going to a noise demo where people lit off consumer grade fireworks.

"The center itself has been branded a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center..." Anti-Muslim hate group that pushed racist conspiracy theories at center of pushing persecution of anti-ICE activists. www.splcenter.org/resources/ex...

Also, it seems like the secretary of their Fort Worth chapter cooperating with the feds and turning over a roster of members would be a crisis worthy of immediate attention.

Marimar Martinez says says it's "even worse" if Noem truly does not know about her shooting "She's the leader of DHS and one of her agents attempted to kill me, a U.S. citizen on the streets of Chicago. It was reported in every national news outlet for months. Does she not read the newspaper?"

Want to know what’s happening during trial? duh! no
We are releasing court notes and a summary of all the notes everyday on our website.
You can find them here: prairielanddefendants.com/category/court-notes/
free them all!
pittman, open the courts!

They also allege that the box contained six incendiary zines, which you can get here to help pay for Des' defense. detritusbooks.com/des

Phone zap announced, Free all peaceful protestors in #Minneapolis #ICEwatch

An interview with Juan and Fatima about immigration solidarity in El Paso and Minneapolis, a boom in immigration detention, low intensity warfare from the state and social resistance from below thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/03...

"As businesses in immigrant corridors shuttered, families sheltered in place, and ICE activity intensified, organizers, faith groups, mutual aid networks, and everyday residents began building new forms of support in real time." truthout.org/articles/how...

All Eyes on Prairieland: Judge Attacks Right to Fair Trial in First “Antifa” Case! After 7 months in jail, the Prairieland Defendants finally began federal trial on Feb. 17. These cases have shown a coordinated effort under the Trump administration to criminalize anti-ICE dissent.

Every liberal who carried an "I am antifa" sign to a No Kings march or posted a photo on Facebook of their grandpa in uniform with "antifa" in the caption needs to be paying attention RIGHT NOW to the Prairieland Trial.

"Whatever happens, we cannot and will not allow their world to take shape. If our movement must be forged in the crucible of federal occupation, then so be it. Victory belongs to those who fight for a righteous cause." - @crimethinc.com I read this article on my lunch break, I recommend it!

They Escalate, We Escalate A Short History of the Fight against ICE in the Twin Cities One month after the general strike in Minnesota, we chart the course of the movement from 2025 to the present day, exploring why it gained momentum despite escalating repression. crimethinc.com/Escalation2026

A MN protester accused of assaulting ICE officer had case dropped after vids showed no assault. LA protester accused of assaulting ICE w/ “hat” had case dropped; judge said govt acted in “bad faith” In Chicago, 92 ppl were arrested for assault/impeding ICE; 0 convicted DOJ keeps lying and losing:

"IN CONTEMPT returns with the next monthly prison rebel roundup." incontempt.noblogs.org/2026/02/17/i...

“the suspect took the ambulance from the hospital, retrieved gas cans that had been staged in nearby bushes between Portico and St. Luke's, and then rammed the ambulance at a speed of about 25 mph into the St. Luke’s Portico North building, which houses Department of Homeland Security offices” hero

ABC South Florida has been busy and active! 2 weekends ago we posted up outside churchills with skunkapeliberationunion outside the International Noise Conference and hung out with verminsupremeofficial while we distributed our anti-ice whistle code goodie bags to the community.

Elder & former political prisoner Zolo Agona Azania is facing hard economic times. He spent 35 years in prison before beatimg bogus charges & winning his freedom. In prison one can't earn SSI or save money cashapp $ZoloAzania5 or sign up for his patreon; www.patreon.com/ZoloAzania

"The incident occurred as scores of local students walked out of class in protest of the Trump administration's immigration policies. Between 200 and 300 protesters gathered Friday afternoon outside of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement building..." www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Casey Goonan, Palestine Solidarity, and 'Domestic Terrorism' "... in the absence of the ability to manufacture consent, consent is violently enforced with the threat of incarceration and so forth" inkstickmedia.com/casey-goonan...

ICE headquarters in Chicago. 1111 W. 22nd Street, Oakbrook, Illinois. 66 brand new ICE vehicles in the parking garage. I saw them, the parking garage photo is mine. It’s 6 miles from the ICE detention facility in Broadview Illinois.

Pay attention to the Prairieland case. By saddling the defendants with indiscriminate charges, holding them without bail, and isolating them from lawyers and the public, prosecutors are attempting to terrorize them into signing guilty pleas in order to set a precedent criminalizing dissent itself.

Of course, prisons are a very lucrative business. Slavery of Black bodies built this country, then the 13th Amendment was ratified and made Black bodies into enslaved people again. Then the crime bill made more money for very rich white folks off Black and Brown ppl. And now…