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Antirepression group operating in so-called Asheville. Monthly events & more info at BRABC.BlackBlogs.Org
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blueridgeabc.bsky.social
Please read this update regarding the #PrairielandDefendants & the pressure the state has been using on them to accept plea deals

Also visit dfwdefendants.wordpress.com & write to the defendants to give them more support & connections to the outside

Fundraiser: givesendgo.com/supportDFWpr...
light pink graphic with a photo of two grey birds looking to the left. Text says: Important update regarding the Prairieland Defendants Pink background with text that says: The DOJ is currently pressuring all of the defendants who have not yet been indicted federally to take plea deals. These deals vary, but most involve up to 15 years in federal prison. As we recently saw with the Casey Goonen case, we are pessimistic that their sentences will be the short end of the proposed deal. Moreover, it’s not clear how these deals will impact the state cases. These offers come over four months into an unimaginable ordeal of detention by these defendants. They are being told by the state that these deals are their only option to avoid potential life in prison. The defendants are psychologically worn down and are now having false deadlines forced upon them by a DOJ only interested in an easy win that can be used to validate their ridiculous fantasies of “Antifa terrorists.” The majority of defendants have rejected these offers and will continue to fight their charges and to come home to their families and community. Unfortunately a number of defendants may ultimately decide to accept these offers. We have immense sympathy for the difficulty our loved ones are facing. We do not believe accepting these deals will be a confirmation of the state’s narrative, instead it will only be confirmation of the unjust and barbaric actions by the state that we have seen throughout this case. Thank you all for your support so far. We will continue to update you as things progress. dfwdefendants.wordpress.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
blueridgeabc.bsky.social
Monday, 11/3, 9 am- 5 pm
#PHONEZAP !
Transfer Terry Faison from Southern CI
& get him medical care!
PHONE ZAP! TRANSFER TERRY FAISON & GET HIM MEDICAL CARE WHO TO CALL: On 11/3/25 9am-5pm please call: • Marquette Frierson, Clinical Support Director (919) 828-4000 • Valerie Langley, Chief Nursing Officer (252) 916-5645 • Josh Panter, Prison Operations Manager (910) 578-0215 PRISON PRISONER JUSTICE SOLIDARITY SOLIDARITY BEYOND THE WALLS prisonjusticetaskgroup@gmail.com WHAT TO SAY: Here is a script you can read or put into your own words. Feel free to call more than once! "Hello, I am calling on behalf of Terry Faison #0125639 at Southern Cl who broke his back in 2011. He has severe arthritis and was told on 6/27/25 that he needs a double hip replacement. He is in a great deal of pain. He has not received any information about treatment and has not received any of his minimum custody privileges (which he takes great care to maintain. The warden says this is a close custody facility and wants it run that way.) As a concerned citizen, I respectively urge that Terry be transferred to Green Cl to be closer to his family and receive medical treatment. Thank you for your immediate response to this matter." Please make calls 9am-5pm Mon, 11/3/25 PRISON PRISONER JUSTICE SOLIDARITY SOLIDARITY BEYOND THE WALLS prisonjusticetaskgroup@gmail.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
blueridgeabc.bsky.social
#PhoneZap Monday+ to return prisoner attacked during New Mexico prison race riot back to NC where their support base is & away from immediate, racial targetting
DURHAMITE IN NEW MEXICO PRISON NEEDS HELP GETTING BACK TO NC-CALL IN! Kadeem Johnson is one of many prisoners sent away from their home states for no clear reason through the Interstate Compact. He and other Black prisoners sent to New Mexico this way were attacked during a race riot on September 3rd and have been put in solitary, mistreated, and medically neglected since that date. New Mexico corrections has been meeting with the Interstate Compact for the home states of each of the Black prisoners who to was attacked, and according correctional staff, all that has to happen is that the Interstate Compact from the home state accepts the prisoner to come home. Meanwhile, the prisoners' lives are in danger in New Mexico! CALL TO BRING KADEEM BACK TO NORTH CAROLINA! Call Tracy Lee, Commissioner of the Interstate Compact in NC at: 919-324-1112 980-333-1647 Or email her at: tracy.lee@dac.nc.gov interstate.compact@dac.nc.gov SCRIPT: Hello, my name is {name}, and I'm a North Carolinian calling to urgently ask you to accept Kadeem Johnson to come back to North Carolina from New Mexico. His life is in danger in New Mexico, and needs to come back to North Carolina. How soon can Kadeem come back?
November 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
blueridgeabc.bsky.social
Join BRABC for prisoner letter writing tomorrow, Sunday Nov 2nd from 3-5pm at @firestorm.coop

brabc.noblogs.org/prisoner-let...
a photo of a grove in the fall in Appalachia with hills on the horizon, "Prisoner Letter Writing, Sunday November 2nd, 3-5pm @ Firesorm" and the Blue Ridge Anarchist Black Cross logo
November 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social
NLG lawyer Moira Meltzer-Cohen speaks about legal implications of the Trump administrations declarations on "antifa", plus a little chat about mutual aid in Gaza

thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/09...
photo of Trump signing a bunch of orders at his desk in the oval office
September 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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truthout.org
If convicted, people who showed up to a protest could face “decades of prison time,” the National Lawyers Guild says.
These Dallas Residents Are on the Front Lines of Trump’s War Against “Antifa”
If convicted, people who showed up to a protest could face “decades of prison time,” the National Lawyers Guild says.
buff.ly
October 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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thestatebetweenus.bsky.social
Is the Trump admin recruiting for The Order? This looks like the cover of a Bob Matthews slash-fiction novel.
October 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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outlawpod.bsky.social
NEW EPISODE 🚨 ANTI-REPRESSION 101: Tune in to hear @deanspade.bsky.social @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social @azohra.bsky.social discuss why the way we talk about political repression matters and five questions everyone should consider to avoid common anti-solidarity traps.
Cultivating Solidarity When Responding to Political Repression with Dean, Zohra, and Jocelyn
Podcast Episode · Outlaw · 10/29/2025 · 1h 1m
podcasts.apple.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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oldsquida.bsky.social
anti-repression groups from different parts of the world have created a solidarity network, 4 of which have accounts on blsky

@abcbelarus.bsky.social
@blueridgeabc.bsky.social
‪@phillyabc.org‬
‪@solidarityapoth.bsky.social‬

learn more about the network & apply on the website:
About Us – Solidarity International
solidarity.international
August 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social
This week, we share a panel discussion with anarchists from @abcbelarus.bsky.social (Belarus) , Solidarity Apothecary (UK) and Solidarity Zone (Russia) about prisoner support, care work, burnout and sustaining movements

thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/08...
line drawing of prison overgrown by nature with the words "TFSR 8-24-25 | Prisoner Support Panel"
August 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
blueridgeabc.bsky.social
August 24, 4-6pm at @firestorm.coop, we're discussing the introduction & 1st chapter of Orisanmi Burton's "Tip Of The Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt".
Get the book club discount in-store (but only if you ask in person for it)

brabc.noblogs.org/reading-group/
book cover of "Tip Of The Spear" by Orisanmi Burton featuring a black and white photo into ranges at Attica State Prison during the 1971 Uprising
August 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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victorialaw.bsky.social
NYC media focuses on whether Mamdani should live in rent-stabilized apartment ($2300/month!) instead of why 26,310 NYC rent-stabilized apartments were “vacant but unavailable for rent”

www.thecity.nyc/2024/02/14/r...
Tens of Thousands of Rent-Stabilized Apartments Remain Off the Market During Record Housing Shortage
Landlords kept an estimated 26,000 regulated units offline last year — rekindling a debate about the role of New York’s strict rent laws.
www.thecity.nyc
August 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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natanrebelde.bsky.social
Long-running anarchist radio show and podcast @thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social, speaks on international anarchist prisoner solidarity efforts.
Final Straw: International Solidarity and the 2025 Week of Solidarity With Anarchist Prisoners
Long-running anarchist radio show and podcast The Final Straw, speaks on international anarchist prisoner solidarity efforts.  This week, we’re sharing three segments. First up, you’ll hear Yara speak...
itsgoingdown.org
August 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social
here's our recent transcribed interview about the federation of anti-authoritarian, anti-repression groups, @soli-international.bsky.social & the affiliated 2025 Week Of Solidarity With Anarchist Prisoners ( #WOSWAP ). A zine version & much more can be found for free at tfsr.media/zines/#Augus...
zine cover of our interview “International Solidarity and the 2025 Week of Solidarity With Anarchist Prisoners” featuring the poster of the "International Week of Solidarity With Anarchist Prisoners, August 23-30 2025 | https://Solidarity.International" with a collage of cartoons of a prison being attacked by a grandmother with a molotov, a goose, a goat with a hammer, a dog, a cat toppling towers, drones and people dropping banners and leaning out the windows
August 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social
Patreon supporters can hear an early release of our interview with Malik Muhammad, a 2020 uprising prisoner in Oregon speaking about conditions, organizing behind bars, #BlackAugust and what gives them hope. Check it out!

www.patreon.com/posts/2020-u...
Patreon player featuring sketches of Malik, audio waves and "2020 Uprising Prisoner Malik Muhammad Speaks from Snake River DC in Oregon"
August 16, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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ayoub.bsky.social
The Israelis assassinated AJ journalists Anas Al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqa along with their team in Gaza after bombing an AJ tent in front of Al-Shifa hospital

Absolute monsters

www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Israel murders four Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif
Al-Sharif was killed along with Mohammed Qreiqeh two cameramen in an Israeli attack on Gaza City.
www.aljazeera.com
August 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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oaklandabosol.bsky.social
How thoughtful. How urbane.
The New Yorker not only gave a this monster, this brutal stooge and mechanic of empire a platform in 1998 to muse upon his place in history but is now offering it up again to us. because....
newyorker.com The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Aug 9
“I was only an aspirante dictator,” Augusto Pinochet told Jon Lee Anderson in 1998. “I read a lot, especially history. And history teaches you that dictators never end up well.”
The Dictator
Augusto Pinochet is almost eighty-three years old, and justifying his actions, clarifying his place in history, is on his mind.
www.newyorker.com
August 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social
Yara speaks on @soli-international.bsky.social & #WOSWAP, Ausbruch talks with #RoteHilfe on anti-repression in German speaking countries, the Anarchist Assembly of Biobío with Mesa 8 on art, memory & the Chilean Coup, + Sean Swain on Conspiracy Thought

thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/08...
poster of the "International Week of Solidarity With Anarchist Prisoners, August 23-30 2025 | https://Solidarity.International" featuring a prison being attacked by a grandmother with a molotov, a goose, a goat with a hammer, a dog, a cat toppling towers, drones and people dropping banners and leaning out the windows + "International Prisoner Solidarity, Red Help in Germany, art and organizing in so-called Chile + Sean Swain on Conspiracy Thought"
August 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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soli-international.bsky.social
✊🏽 CALL FOR ACTIONS FOR Week of Solidarity With Anarchist Prisoners
👉🏽 23 - 30 August 2025
Join with actions, letter writing, lectures, banner drop, movie screening, ....
Please send us pictures & reports to share.
❤️‍🔥Until all are free no one is free!

🫵🏽 solidarity.international
#woswap2025 #WOSWAP
August 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
blueridgeabc.bsky.social
BRABC will gather Sunday July 27th from 4-6pm at @firestorm.coop to discuss two zines, available now behind the counter at Firestorm for free on request. Texts for online reading or printing at brabc.noblogs.org/reading-group/
Starting in August, we'll start Orisanmi Burton's Tip Of The Spear.
zine covers of "It's Safer in the Front" featuring a crowd of people running, and "A Call for New Lines of Conflict" featuring a photo of a burned lorie
July 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
blueridgeabc.bsky.social
Support the legal defense of the 11 arrested related to the noise demo outside Prairieland ICE prison in DFW around July 4th, some facing state level terrorism charges:
givesendgo.com/SupportDFWPr...
URGENT Funds needed for protestors in TX facing serious repression givesendgo.com/SupportDFWProtestors WHAT WE KNOW On the night of July 4th, local police arrested 10 people outside the ICE Prairieland detention facility in Alvarado, Texas. We don't know all of the circumstances leading to the arrests. We do know that popular outrage and resistance to deportations is growing across the country. The Trump administration has also consistently shown that it lies and distorts facts to advance their political narratives and justify the increase in brutal police action. givesendgo.com/Support DFWProtestors The 10 people arrested on July 4th currently face severe state and federal charges aimed not only at ruining their lives but signaling an authoritarian criminalization of dissent and protest against ICE. Police have continued investigating and harassing defendants' loved ones and friends. Defendants have now been in jail for 5 days putting employment and housing at risk. givesendgo.com/Support DFWProtestors IMMEDIATE ASK The DFW Support Committee needs to urgently raise at least $20,000 to cover legal fees and living expenses for all those arrested. Some defendants are still without legal representation because of the lack of funds. Others have rent that needs to be paid and children that need supporting. Please donate to the GiveSendGo fundraiser. The link is at the bottom of each slide. You can also help by holding fundraisers and sharing this fundraiser with family, friends, coworkers and through social media. Updates will be posted on the GiveSendGo fundraiser. givesendgo.com/SupportDFWProtestors
July 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
blueridgeabc.bsky.social
4 years since the #KillTheBill protests, Bristol Defendant Solidarity continues to support prisoners. Donations help cover defendants’ food, travel & accommodations on court days, access to counselling for trauma endured at the hands of police & other essential support needs.
chuffed.org/project/bds
"Bristol Defendant Solidarity" People holding a banner reading "Free The Prisoners | Drop The Charges"
July 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social
Moira Meltzer-Cohen, a lawyer with the @nlgnews.bsky.social, addresses questions of changes in peoples rights and risks in the USA with the police, searches, borders and other topics

thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/06...
still from an NLG video featuring two lawyers talking over tea with the words "shut the fuck up" in subtitle below
June 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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oaklandabosol.bsky.social
Statement by a New Afrikan political prisoner at CSP-Lancaster, written on April 2, 2025, weeks into CDCr’s previous statewide lockdown.
Reissued and shared by them in solidarity with the current hungerstrike at SVSP against the lockdowns.

oaklandabosol.org/2025/06/21/a...
A Call for Community Support on the Issue of Domestic Torture
Statement by a New Afrikan political prisoner at CSP-Lancaster, written on April 2, 2025 approximately, weeks into CDCr’s previous statewide lockdown. Reissued and shared by them in solidarit…
oaklandabosol.org
June 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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hongpong.bsky.social
what a sleazy bunch of cowards just punching someone's dad in a parking lot while they furtively glance around embarrassed in their stupid gaiter masks
thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 22
“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”

ktla.com/news/local-n...
June 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM