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Call for the Third Annual International Day of Solidarity with Antifascist Prisoners, July 25, 2017
June 19, 2017 2:55 pmAs the third annual July 25th International Day of Solidarity with Antifascist Prisoners approaches, we find ourselves fighting the hydra of fascism... Read Full Article
Abolitionists Rally Outside Home of Prison Director in East Lansing
June 13, 2017 1:02 pmA “solitary is torture” demonstration was held Sunday outside the East Lansing home of Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) Director Heidi Washington... Read Full Article
Pittsburgh, PA: Week of Action Against Prisons and Their World
June 7, 2017 6:00 pmEvery year on June 11th, anarchists and anti-authoritarians from around the world send some love and rage to our comrades who are serving... Read Full Article
June 11: The History of a Day of Solidarity: Strategizing to Support Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners
June 7, 2017 4:37 pmFor 13 years, anarchists and environmentalists have observed June 11 as a day of action to mobilize around our imprisoned comrades. Over... Read Full Article
Still on the Fence About Coming to the Fight Toxic Prisons Convergence?
June 2, 2017 6:08 pmIt’s not too late to stick out your thumb out, jump on a train, catch a bus, or hustle up some funds... Read Full Article
The Unstoppable Spring: Seasonal Newsletter for Womxn, Queer, and Trans Prisoners
June 1, 2017 2:46 pmRead and Print Here The intention of this newsletter is to fracture the divide between prisoners, those who do prison solidarity work, and... Read Full Article
It’s Time to Banish the Police and Burn the Prisons
May 30, 2017 2:08 pmI could write about the newest murder committed by the police, could write about the newest life lost behind bars, but what... Read Full Article
Letter from Anarchist Prisoner, Kara Wild, Imprisoned in Paris
May 15, 2017 4:13 pmLetter from Kara Wild, who has been incarcerated near Paris for one year now, for the burning of a cop car in... Read Full Article
The Battle Continues: An Update on Michigan Prison Strike Repression
May 8, 2017 11:36 amIn a surprising move, the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) released up to 100 prisoners from solitary confinement sooner than anticipated, while... Read Full Article
Mexico: On the Political Prisoners of San Pedro Tlanixco
May 3, 2017 11:32 pmWords from the Movement for the Freedom of the San Pedro Tlanixco Defenders of Water and Life on the First Anniversary of... Read Full Article
Prisoner Led Dialogue: On the Necessity of Destroying Prison and It’s World
March 2, 2017 6:49 pmDownload Zine Here This is the first essay in a series of prisoner writings entitled Prisoner Led Dialogue: On the Necessity of Destroying... Read Full Article
Strike The Clause!: Strategy for Continued Prison Struggle and Update on Joshua Cartrette
December 23, 2016 2:49 pmFrom Portland Anarchist Black Cross (ABC) Thanks to all who have written to Joshua over the last week! Thanks to the communities support,... Read Full Article
IGDCAST: Anarchist Organizing and Solidarity Inside and Outside of Mexican Prisons
December 20, 2016 3:51 pmThis is a special IGDCAST with Sofi, an anarchist compañera from Mexico City who is deeply involved in a variety of solidarity... Read Full Article
Combating Repression Following the Kinross Prison Uprising: New Perspectives, New Efforts
December 1, 2016 12:00 pmSubmitted to It’s Going Down Donate to Support Efforts Here Almost three months ago, prisoners at Kinross Correctional Facility participated in a nationally-coordinated... Read Full Article
The Oregon Prisoner Forum Issue #3
November 25, 2016 4:34 pmFrom Portland Anarchist Black Cross Read and Download Here Announcing the TOPF Issue Number 3! The Oregon Prisoner Forum is written by... Read Full Article
Letter from Revolutionary Prisoner Xinachtli
November 23, 2016 4:55 pmSubmitted to It’s Going Down “[I]t is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must... Read Full Article
Letter From Political Prisoner Miguel Peralta Betanzos, 94 Years After the Assassination of Ricardo Flores Magón
November 22, 2016 10:33 amTranslated and Submitted to It’s Going Down This is a commemoration (not as memorable dates but to a life filled with rebellion) to... Read Full Article
Bloc Party: From Pipelines to Prison Cells
October 31, 2016 4:07 pmOriginally 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
Kinetik Justice of FAM Launches Hunger Strike After Being Transfered to “Bully” Prison
October 29, 2016 6:53 pmOriginally posted to It’s Going Down Kinetik Justice of @FreeAlaMovement, a #PrisonStrike leader, goes on hunger strike as advocate decries human torture https://t.co/NRxsmMg1Mq... Read Full Article
Event in Support of Luke O’Donovan asks the Question, “What Constitutes a Prison?”
October 26, 2016 12:38 pmFrom Where the River Frowns “If a prison can take on so many variations in form (i.e. no walls, an executive chef, use of drugs... Read Full Article
“It Is In Losing We Gain”: Reflections on the September 10th Kinross Prison Uprising
October 20, 2016 11:42 amSubmitted to It’s Going Down “Sitting in this 8 x 10 cell, it makes a man wonder if it’s worth it. I’ve heard... Read Full Article
Michigan Prisoners Rise Up! Overcrowded and Underfunded State Prisons Spawn Resistance
October 19, 2016 7:14 pmFrom SF Bay View By Rand W. Goud “The everyday activity of slaves reproduces slavery. Through their daily activities, slaves do not... Read Full Article
Holman C-Dorm Prisoners Call for Hackers’ Support in Address to ABC Conference
October 19, 2016 1:33 pmSubmitted to It’s Going Down The following was sent to and read aloud at the recent North American Anarchist Black Cross. Clinched fist... Read Full Article
Letter from revolutionary prisoner Xinatchli
October 15, 2016 3:39 pmSubmitted to It’s Going Down “It is the duty of us poor people to work and to struggle to break the chains... Read Full Article
Prisoners Tear-gassed, Zip-Tied, Left Out in Rain in Retaliation
October 9, 2016 6:52 pmSubmitted to It’s Going Down More than two weeks after prisoners at Kinross Correctional Facility participated in a nationwide prison workers’ strike, the... Read Full Article
Why Prisons Strikes are Necessary: An Ex-Prisoner’s Experience
October 3, 2016 9:32 pmSubmitted to It’s Going Down By Phillip A. Ruiz At the beginning of 2005 in Corcoran, California, I started my ten year prison... Read Full Article
Gig Harbor, WA: Noise Demo in Solidarity with Prison Strike
September 30, 2016 10:05 pmFrom Puget Sound Anarchists Last Sunday, September 25th, just before 8:00pm about 30-40 people convened in front of the Gig Harbor Women’s Correctional Center,... Read Full Article
From Pipelines to Prisons
September 30, 2016 8:19 amFrom Earth First! Newswire by Panagioti Tsolkas and Nicholas Todd Over the past month, two seemingly disparate issues of prisons and pipelines have... Read Full Article
Defend the Strike: Anti-Prison Action and Support After September 9th
September 24, 2016 12:40 pmOriginally posted to It’s Going Down The thing about making a slave is that it don't always work. Sometimes you end up with... Read Full Article
IGDCAST: Ex-Political Prisoner Luke O’Donovan and Merced Hunger-Strikers Speak
September 18, 2016 5:38 pmOriginally posted to It’s Going Down Listen and Download Here https://itsgoingdown.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/firetotheprisons.mp3 In this special episode of the IGDCAST we bring you an interview with former... Read Full Article
#PrisonStrike Was Huge and It Is Continuing
September 14, 2016 12:40 pmFrom Support Prisoner Resistance Anyone relying on mainstream media wouldn’t know it, but the US prison system is shaking up right now.No one... Read Full Article
Letter of Support from Quebec Prisoners on Strike
September 10, 2016 7:52 pmFrom Support Prisoner Resistance A Letter in Support of Prisoners in the US who are striking against prison slavery First, we want to... Read Full Article
Greece: Solidarity with Prison Rebels Against Slavery & White Supremacy
September 10, 2016 7:20 pmFrom Contra-Info On August 4th 2016, an info event was held at Themistokleous 58 squatin Exarchia (Athens), with the participation of Contra Info... Read Full Article
Denver Prison Strike Rally at Women’s Prison
September 10, 2016 12:27 amSubmitted to It’s Going Down Tonight in a show of solidarity with the National Prison Strike and with local prisoners, around 30 people... Read Full Article
Lansing: Group Blocks Rush Hour Traffic to Support Nationwide Prisoner Strike
September 9, 2016 4:54 pmSubmitted to It’s Going Down Around 5:15pm, during the height of rush hour, a group of about 25 people took to the streets... Read Full Article
#PrisonStrike Resistance to Slavery Across the World
September 8, 2016 5:01 pmOriginally posted to It’s Going Down This week, on the 45th Anniversary of the Attica Prison Uprising, prisoners across the US will go... Read Full Article
Fernando Bárcenas, Mexican Anarchist Prisoner, Calls for Solidarity with Prison Strike
August 26, 2016 9:55 pmFrom Anarchist Black Cross – Mexico Translated by Scott Campbell Open letter to compañerxs. Note: The use of the word prison in... Read Full Article
Breaking with Convention: Remember Where Our Power Lies
August 4, 2016 3:50 pmOriginally posted to It’s Going Down Download and Print Here Both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions have come and gone, and at... Read Full Article
Strike Against White Supremacy: Mobilize for the September 9th Prisoner General Strike
July 23, 2016 3:00 pmOriginally posted to It’s Going Down Across the country freeways are blocked, people take the streets, law enforcement officers are confronted and their... Read Full Article
Quebec: For the End of Prisons
July 22, 2016 4:11 pmFrom Montreal Counter-Info A few individuals crossed the fences surrounding Leclerc penitentiary to make an action in solidarity with the prisoners who had... Read Full Article