In Contempt #25: Texas Hunger Strike Enters Third Week; Repression in Atlanta; Eric King Prepares for Release

  • February 2, 2023 1:38 am

from It’s Going Down

[This post only contains information relevant to Philadelphia and the surrounding area, to read the entire article follow the above link.]

Ongoing Cases

George Floyd Uprising defendant Urooj Rahman has now begun a 15-month sentence at Philadelphia Federal Detention Center, but is not listed on the BOP’s public list of inmates. There are reports that anyone wanting to contact her must pass a background check. Muslims for Just Futures and Urooj’s solidarity committee have put out an important statement discussing her case and the importance of collectively supporting defendants throughout the legal process. You can sign up to get involved in supporting Urooj here, send financial support through Venmo to @Shagufta-Rahman, and Philly-area abolitionists are encouraged to contact community@muslimsforjustfutures.org.

Abolitionist Media Projects and General Prison News

Dwayne “BIM” Staats of the Vaughn 17 has released a new book, Rebellious Hearts, giving a first-hand account of the Vaughn rebellion.

Mongoose Distro continues to publish new prisoner writings regularly, including anarchist prisoner Dan Baker on the killing of Tyre Nichols, a new issue of the Pennsylvania prisoner zine IB64, poetry by Texas prisoner Jesse Mocha Scroggins and reports from David Annarelli in the Virginia prison system.

Uprising Defendants

Everyone should support the defendants facing charges related to their alleged participation in the George Floyd uprising – this list of our imprisoned comrades needs to be getting shorter, not longer. See Uprising Support for more info, and check out the Antirepression PDX site for updates from Portland cases. The status of pre-trial defendants changes frequently, but to the best of our knowledge they currently include:

David Elmakayes 77782-066
FCI McKean
Federal Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 8000
Bradford, PA 16701

Upcoming Birthdays

Luis Sierra (Abdul-Haqq El-Qadeer)

A former Vaughn 17 defendant. While the state has now dropped its attempts to criminalize Luis in relation to the uprising, Vaughn defendants continue to face retaliation. Luis is also a contributor to “Live from the Trenches,” the Vaughn 17 zine.

Delaware appears not to have an inmate email system.

Birthday: February 19

Address:

Luis Sierra
James T. Vaughn Correctional Center
1181 Paddock Rd
Smyrna, DE 19977

 

Fuck A “Cellicon Valley” Zine

  • January 12, 2023 1:14 am

Submission

PDFs of a zine that got put out this month regarding development at Bartrams.

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banner for forest defenders

  • December 18, 2022 1:57 am

Submission

On Saturday the 17th we hung a banners in solidarity with our friends jailed in Atlanta for defending the Weelaunee Forest against developers and cops. We hope that our action although small inspires others to act in solidarity with the arrested and against the system that arrests free life.

The struggle against cop city is not over!

From Philly to Atlanta let’s spread and intensify the struggles against police, gentrification, and the destruction of nature!

Anathema Volume 8 Issue 2

  • October 25, 2022 1:26 am

from Anathema

Volume 8 Issue 2 (PDF for reading 8.5×11)

Volume 8 Issue 2 (PDF for printing 11×17)

In this issue:

  • What Went Down
  • Interviews from the Meadows
  • Alabama Prison Strike
  • The Social and Survival: On Becoming a Threat
  • When One Door Closes….Break It In: Thoughts on the Criminalization of Abortion
  • The Conscious Soldier-Brother: Puerto Rican Struggle
  • Cospito on Hunger Strike
  • Service

Solidarity from the PHL FDR Meadows

  • August 23, 2022 1:24 am

from Scenes from the Atlanta Forest

Banners went up in the trees in South Philly’s FDR Meadows, where nearly 200 acres of wetlands and meadows, which serve as habitat for endangered migrating monarch butterflies and many other species of wildlife, are threatened by the city’s plans to bury the earth in astroturf for more sports fields and other capitalist ventures. Public outcry in Philadelphia has already forced the city to compromise on their original plans, but we will accept no compromise in defense of the meadows and monarchs. Solidarity from Philadelphia to Atlanta. We live here.

A banner in a tree reads "PHL to ATL, WE LIVE HERE" with a monarch butterfly in the middle.

A close-up picture of a banner in a tree reads "PHL to ATL, WE LIVE HERE" with a monarch butterfly in the middle.

Anathema Volume 8 Issue 1

  • August 22, 2022 1:34 am

from Anathema

Volume 8 Issue 1 (PDF for reading 8.5×11)

Volume 8 Issue 1 (PDF for printing (11×17)

In this issue:

  • Land & Freedom
  • Munich Raid
  • The Electrification of the World
  • On Hopelessness
  • Situational Awareness
  • Jane’s Revenge
  • The Facts of Art

Banner for Portland

  • February 22, 2022 1:54 am

from Twitter

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Seen at 30th St station in so called Philadelphia

Introducing: Jersey Counter-Info

  • January 20, 2022 1:58 am

from Jersey Counter-Info

Jersey Counter-Info is a counter-information platform to promote and spread anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist, anti-fascist, abolitionist, and other radical ideas, news, and events in occupied Lenapehoking or so-called “New Jersey” and the surrounding areas.

This project is intended to fill a need for anarchist groups and collectives in the region who may not encounter each other to share their analyses and reportbacks securely and anonymously.

The project will also act as a news aggregator from various individuals, groups, and projects in the region who otherwise may not identify as anarchists but still have informative materials worth sharing.

We would love to post your analysis, reportbacks, communiques, art, upcoming events, call-to-actions, and etc.

– Jersey Counter-Info Collective

Fragments Against Reparation

  • January 20, 2022 1:44 am

Submission

“Most of the criticisms of reparations that have been circulating have come from an anti-Black and often pro business as usual perspective. This text, instead, aims to criticize reparations as a way of moving towards Black liberation.”

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Anathema Volume 7 Issue 6

  • October 13, 2021 1:48 am

from Anathema

Volume 7 Issue 6 (PDF for reading 8.5×11)

Volume 7 Issue 6 (PDF for printing 11×17)

In this issue:

  • What Went Down
  • By The Numbers
  • Outlaws Rising
  • Destroy 5G
  • On Sabotage
  • Return To Normal?
  • Eviction Defense
  • The Great Flood
  • It Could Happen Here Review
  • Krishna O Les Deseos

Monday October 4th: Reportback Mailing and Card-writing

  • October 4, 2021 1:33 am

from Philly ABC

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In lieu of our usual monthly letter-writing event, we will be mailing printed copies of our 2021 Running Down the Walls reportback to over 30 political prisoners. This is one way to share and celebrate the energy garnered at the event as over 200 people gathered in Philly alone to move our bodies in solidarity with those on the other side of prison walls.

Join us this Monday at 6:30pm, at the northwest side of the dog bowl in Clark Park as we package and mail the reportbacks. Snacks and supplies are provided. We encourage people who want to discuss ideas on how to support political prisoners and prisoners of war to come hang out, and sign cards for political prisoners with birthdays in October: Jamil Al-Amin (October 4th), David Gilbert (October 6th), and Malik Bey (October 8th).

This Is America #147: Anti-Frat Action Goes Wild; Daryle Lamont Jenkins on Current Terrain; Philly ABC; Organizing Offline

  • September 3, 2021 1:14 am

from It’s Going Down

[This post only contains information relevant to Philadelphia and the surrounding area, to read the entire article follow the above link.]

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Welcome, to This is America, September 1st, 2021.

On today’s episode, first we speak with Daryle Lamont Jenkins about his recent travels to New York for an antifascist film festival and Portland for a mass convergence against the Proud Boys. We talk about fighting the far-Right in a post-J6 world, the need to build alternatives to the State, and the growing threat of the anti-vaxx/mask movement. We then talk with someone from Philadelphia Anarchist Black Cross about the history of the group and the importance of upcoming ‘Running Down the Walls’ events.

We then switch to our discussion, where we talk about the need for people to re-hone their organizing skills as posts on social media are often leading to diminishing returns.

  • September 11th – 12th: Running Down the Walls. Events to raise money and awareness for political prisoners. See list here.

Revolutionary Letters Marathon Reading Signup!

  • August 23, 2021 1:07 am

from Google Forms

Thank you for your interest in the marathon reading of the expanded 50th anniversary edition of Diane di Prima’s Revolutionary Letters, which will be released by City Lights Books in October 2021! We’ll be hosting the reading at Wooden Shoe Books in Philadelphia on October 16, 2021 from 6-9PM.

To help us plan the lineup, please fill in your name & contact info, availability, & the poem you would prefer to read. (Please feel free to add a 2nd or 3rd choice; we’ll be assigning poems on a first-come basis.)

If you don’t have a preference, we’ll assign you a poem within your available time slot(s). Some of the poems in here are previously unpublished & will be new to all of us!

We’ll be reading in order of the TOC, so please keep this in mind if you have any time constraints: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-06JUJzKcFZ5XBpHNxaA4TvUI0cno4HjzAAHe3tDbsw/edit?usp=sharing

We can’t wait to see you there!

[Form Here]

Community Alert Flyer About Patriot Front and NJEHA

  • August 14, 2021 1:29 am

from Philly Antifa

Patriot Front Alert

Click the link above for a .pdf of our new community alert in response to recent activities by Patriot Front/New Jersey European Heritage Association in and around Philly.

 

Anathema Volume 7 Issue 5

  • August 11, 2021 1:22 am

from Anathema

Volume 7 Issue 5 (PDF for reading 8.5×11)

Volume 7 Issue 5 (PDF for printing 11×17)

In the issue:

  • What Went Down
  • Hunger Strikes
  • Chilean Models
  • On Noise Demos
  • Brooklyn Center Riot Interview
  • Ecodefense Roundup
  • Everything Will Go
  • Progressives Refund Police
  • Fires At Ford For Floyd Uprising