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Jan 1, 20
Filed under: Action, Anarchist Movement, Canada, Featured, Immigration, Incarceration, Political Prisoners, US
On New Year’s Eve, in over 25 cities across so-called North America, anarchists, abolitionists, and autonomous anti-capitalists took part in noise demonstrations outside of ICE detention facilities, jails, and prisons. Here’s a roundup of all the action we could track down. If we missed something, be sure to message us on Twitter @IGD_News, or send us an action report by email at info [at] itsgoingdown [dot] org.
Seattle, WA:
Noise demo at king county kid jail now. #Seattle pic.twitter.com/fIE2vLmTRV
— WANaziWatch (@WANaziWatch) January 1, 2020
Tumwater, WA:
Noise demo organized.
Tacoma, WA:
Rang in the New Year at NWDC noise demo. ???✊ pic.twitter.com/wICeMwhZEs
— SodlP?♂️ (@deadass_p) January 1, 2020
Sacramento, CA:
people went to the jail in Sacramento (early before the prisoners were locked down) and made a lot of noise and had some big banners and also fire to the prisons set them all free ??? happy New Years to everyone locked down you are not forgotten
— Joshua Clover (@joshuaclov3r) January 1, 2020
Fuck All the Years !!! pic.twitter.com/5h3JQvQzjI
— LaCrise (@lacrise_ucd) January 1, 2020
Los Angeles, CA:
Spending New Years Eve honoring those imprisoned by ICE in DTLA. We honor you, love you and we’ll never forget you!! ¡NO PASARÁN! #AbolishICE pic.twitter.com/wKUjshTwfq
— Los Angeles Antifascist Bloc (@LAAB213) January 1, 2020
Austin, TX:
Noise demo organized.
Oklahoma City, OK:
Protestors are making their way across the street onto the jail property now. @OKCFOX @OkCountySheriff pic.twitter.com/QCT7cruzbB
— Erika Stanish (@Erika_Stanish) January 1, 2020
Activists gathered outside Oklahoma County Jail to demand an end to inhumane conditions and ICE presence. #ICEoutofOK #NewYearsDay pic.twitter.com/EWnYvZ5b29
— Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice (@OKRepro) January 1, 2020
Chicago, IL:
Milwaukee, WI:
Noise demo outside Columbia Correctional. We could hear people inside shouting and banging on things. It was too hard to understand most of what they said, but we did pick out someone saying “fuck the police” when local cops showed up. pic.twitter.com/PB3uYhqWRM
— Burn Biden's Bill! (@prisoneresistnc) January 2, 2020
Cincinnati, OH:
Noise demo was organized.
Baldwin, MI:
Report from No New Detention Centers in #Michigan, which rallied on #NYE outside of the only migrant detention camp in the midwest. The facility is run by the GEO Group, notorious for running private prisons. #AbolishICE https://t.co/3BRamGsAK3
— It's Going Down (@IGD_News) January 3, 2020
Omaha, NE:
Noise demo was organized.
Minneapolis, MN:
Lasers and flares lit up the night as fireworks boomed overhead, continuing the tradition of ringing in the new year with rowdy festivities at the juvie in downtown Minneapolis. pic.twitter.com/jzClhsp9GN
— The Minnesota Wild (@lets_go_wild) January 1, 2020
South Bend, IN:
Noise demo organized.
Evansville, IN:
Noise demo was organized.
Norfolk, VA:
WE SEE YOU!!
WE LOVE YOU!!#NYENoiseDemo pic.twitter.com/8MDoWkrqCo
— Tidewater Solidarity Collective (@solidarity757) January 1, 2020
Alexandria, VA:
We out here making noise for @xychelsea and @FreeJeremyNet! Fire to the prisons! #ResistGrandJuries #FreeJeremy #FreeChelsea pic.twitter.com/R0LUgQhBFf
— Ⓐ #GrumpyCuntSec Ⓐ (@brazenqueer) January 1, 2020
Spending my New Year at a jail because what the hell else am I gonna do? #prisonsupport #FreeJeremy #FreeChelsea pic.twitter.com/huo5CcCQgM
— Ⓐ #GrumpyCuntSec Ⓐ (@brazenqueer) January 1, 2020
Richmond, VA:
Noice Demo outside of the Richmond jail. pic.twitter.com/SCFfgGUitS
— Goad Gatsby (@GoadGatsby) January 1, 2020
New Orleans, LA:
Noise demo was organized.
Durham, NC:
Fireworks explode outside of the local jail during the annual #NYE noise demonstration in #Durham, NC. pic.twitter.com/0aX5QKzmZU
— It's Going Down (@IGD_News) January 2, 2020
Fort Lauderdale, FL:
Noise demo was organized.
Gainesville, FL:
#NYENOISE demo organized by @iwoc_gnv lights up the night outside a prison in #Florida. pic.twitter.com/LHUl8pF0yj
— It's Going Down (@IGD_News) January 2, 2020
Baltimore, MD:
Noise demo was organized.
Pittsburgh, PA:
Noise demo was organized.
New York, NY:
Noise demo outside MCC.
Free them all. pic.twitter.com/CkxJKUiKLM— mirmiration (@mirmiration) January 1, 2020
Beautiful New Years Eve noise demo in #NYC thanks to @nycabc
For those locked up at MCC!
We upheld the martyrs of our movement: Robert Seth Hayes, Tom Manning, and all those who committed to the fight!#UntilAllAreFree#NewYears2020 pic.twitter.com/sBuiUjihnU— RevAbolitionNYC (@RevAbolitionNYC) January 1, 2020
South Burlington, VT:
Hamilton, ON:
"For the 11th year in a row, anarchists and other rebels gathered on New Year’s eve to march on the Barton Jail. This is an international tradition, rooted in showing our disgust for prisons and their world and our solidarity with all prisoners"https://t.co/tobg3P7wm8 pic.twitter.com/UTFVk5nnaz
— North Shore Counter-Info (@nscounterinfo) January 2, 2020
Montreal, QC:
Another year, another #NYE noise demonstration outside prisons near Montreal. At a time of year that's particularly tough to be locked up, 200 people made noise and lit off fireworks outside barbed wire fences to remind those inside they're not alone.
Until they're all free ✊ pic.twitter.com/66m8Nq9WPv
— Jon Milton (@514jon) January 1, 2020
