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About Bloc Party
Bloc Party is an ongoing column that looks at State repression, counter-insurgency, prisons, political prisoners, as well as what people are doing to resist them.
Mar 16, 18
Bloc Party: The Tangled Webs We Weave
It’s been a busy few weeks, from a prison riot in Arizona and hunger strikes at a private prison in Mississippi, to... Read Full Article
Mar 2, 18
Bloc Party: Our Neighbors to the North Part II
Last week we shared an overview of the history of Canadian prisons and the resistance to them. We’re excited to share an... Read Full Article
Feb 21, 18
Bloc Party: Our Neighbors to the North
In an effort to broaden our coverage of prisons across the borders to both the North and South of us, we’ve brought... Read Full Article
Feb 20, 18
Bloc Party: Repression and Political Prisoner Updates
While there’s been a lot going on around the bloc, we wanted to get out these very important political prisoner and repression... Read Full Article
Feb 2, 18
Bloc Party: Interview with Former Vaughn Prisoner Thomas Gordon
“Sadly in an institution that is run solely off of fear and solely off of aggression and solely off of violence, the... Read Full Article
Dec 28, 17
Florida Prisoners Set to Strike January 15th Against Prison Slavery
This January prisoners in Florida will continue to build on the momentum of nearly two years of uprising and rebellion, launching a... Read Full Article
Dec 19, 17
Bloc Party: Prisoner Updates and Beyond
Bloc party here to give you several repression and political prisoner updates. Just a reminder, as New Year’s Eve gets closer, there... Read Full Article
Dec 14, 17
The Rankest Riot: Saskatchewan Prison Uprising One Year Later
“When I talked to this inmate and from letters and Facebook messages I’ve received, they said this was one of the rankest... Read Full Article
Dec 7, 17
Bloc Party: Going in Style
On a blustery late November morning we rolled out of bed, threw on a pair of boots and our balaclavas. One never... Read Full Article
Nov 29, 17
Virginia is for Grand Jury Resisters! What You Need to Know
On November 27th, 2017, federal grand jury subpoenas were received by at least two anti-racist activists and victims of the attack by... Read Full Article
Nov 21, 17
Bloc Party: Vaughn & Building Support for Prison Rebels
“We have patience, a lot of time, and most importantly, nothing to lose.” -A prisoner at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center... Read Full Article
Nov 14, 17
“Like a Wind Blowing Flames”: Prison Rebels Speak From the Cages
Photo from the Miami Herald. The past few months we’ve been closely following the Twitter accounts @JLawSpeak and @SlaveryPrison, which have been... Read Full Article
Nov 10, 17
Bloc Party: Prisoner Updates
We are happy to announce anarchist prisoner Casey Brezik’s brand new support site and post-release fund. As he mentions in his updates below,... Read Full Article
Oct 14, 17
Bloc Party: Behind the Wire
We told you that we had a lot to share this week! Now for all that news from the bloc. Bloomington ABC is... Read Full Article
Oct 14, 17
Rising in the Smoke: Prison Rebellions Across the US
This week we’ve got quite a lot to catch you up on, friends. Because there is just so much to share we’ve... Read Full Article
Oct 7, 17
Letter from Herman Bell: Charges Dropped!
Herman Bell is now in general population! He was told that the charges will be dropped! Visit Free Herman Bell for more... Read Full Article
Oct 6, 17
Bloc Party: Everything You Need to Know About Writing to Prisoners
Not too long ago we hosted a small letter writing night amongst friends. It wasn’t a public event, just friends getting together... Read Full Article
Oct 2, 17
Bloc Party: Interview on Certain Days Political Prisoner Calendar
We’re back. Remember when 2016 ended and we all thought it just couldn’t be any worse? This year. Damn. We don’t have... Read Full Article
Jul 15, 17
North Carolina Resists the Grand Jury!
Earlier this week, Katie Yow of North Carolina received a subpoena to testify before a grand jury. The subject of the grand... Read Full Article
Jul 7, 17
Dane Powell, J20 Prisoner: Interview
Dane Powell, a J20 defendant, was sentenced in D.C. Superior Court this morning to serve 4 months of two 36 month sentences,... Read Full Article
Jun 25, 17
Repression, Resiliency, & Movement Support: An Interview
When we started writing this column almost two years ago, we wanted the focus of it to be on repression, prisons, and... Read Full Article
Jun 3, 17
Bloc Party: When They Knock on Your Front Door
The last few months have had all of us who do anti-repression work on a strict regime of too much coffee, not... Read Full Article
Mar 30, 17
Bloc Party: Learning as We Go, an Interview with a J20 Defendant
As we are sure our readers are aware, the inauguration of Donald Trump was marred by protests, blockades, and plenty of other... Read Full Article
Mar 6, 17
Red Fawn Fallis Moved Again
#NoDAPL prisoner, Red Fawn Fallis, was moved to a new facility once again. From Red Fawn’s family: Once AGAIN…my sister was suddenly... Read Full Article
Mar 1, 17
Bloc Party: Private Prisons and False Promises
This last week the Attorney General Jeff Sessions, issued a one paragraph memo that undoes the previous recommendation by former Deputy Attorney... Read Full Article
Feb 25, 17
Support Imprisoned Water Protectors
The Freshet Collective works in close partnership with the Water Protector Legal Collective, the Water Protector Anti-Repression Crew, and other allied groups and... Read Full Article
Feb 4, 17
Bloc Party: How to Join the Resistance Interview & Zine
Print PDF and Read Here Since the polls started rolling in on November 8th we have had countless conversations, received endless text messages... Read Full Article
Feb 3, 17
#NoDAPL Prisoner Support Updates
Rattler is a Water Protector who is currently being held pre-trial on federal felony charges produced through a grand jury indictment. Rattler’s... Read Full Article
Jan 29, 17
Bloc Party: May All Your Punches Hit Nazis
There is no denying that we are in perilous times. The reality that is developing around us looks much more like a... Read Full Article
Jan 10, 17
Prisoner Updates, From Eric King to Red Fawn Fallis
Originally published to It’s Going Down There’s been a lot of prisoner updates this week! Joshua “Zero” Cartrette Moved Again Please consider writing... Read Full Article
Jan 6, 17
Bloc Party: We’re Going to Need Our Ghosts
This last year was just long. We lost friends, lovers and comrades. We saw how beautifully connected and interdependent our relationships to... Read Full Article
Dec 2, 16
Bloc Party: Out in the Cold
Originally published to It’s Going Down As the cold weather rolls in, we are left this week thinking of folks up in North... Read Full Article
Nov 23, 16
Bloc Party: The Road Ahead
Originally published to It’s Going Down Well friends, it finally fucking happened right? That same thing so many have been saying was impossible.... Read Full Article
Oct 31, 16
Bloc Party: From Pipelines to Prison Cells
Originally published to It’s Going Down Last week things greatly intensified in North Dakota at the #NoDAPL encampments at Standing Rock, with state... Read Full Article
Oct 29, 16
Bloc Party: Interview with Feminist Skate Crew BRUJAS
Originally posted to It’s Going Down We have been dropping not so subtle hints in our column over the last couple of months... Read Full Article
Oct 21, 16
Bloc Party: Whether Together or Alone
Originally published to It’s Going Down This past weekend we had the opportunity to sit in the woods with about 50 folks, mostly... Read Full Article
Oct 8, 16
Bloc Party: Interview with Firehawk of Unstoppable
Originally posted to It’s Going Down We’ve been busy, as it seems many of you have. At the end of the Summer we... Read Full Article
Sep 18, 16
Bloc Party: From All Sides
Originally posted to It’s Going Down As of tonight, the prison strike has entered into its second week. All of the news is... Read Full Article
Sep 10, 16
Bloc Party: Riots, Strikes, and Occupations
Originally posted to It’s Going Down Word is starting to trickle in as the nationally coordinated prison strike kicked off on Friday. From... Read Full Article
Aug 25, 16
Bloc Party: Claim No Easy Victories
Originally posted to It’s Going Down We’re certain that if you use social media and have any friends on the social justice spectrum... Read Full Article