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Atlanta police have set up secret surveillance cameras outside of Stop Cop City activists' houses and gathering spots––and they refuse to answer any questions about the cameras www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Caleb Freestone of South Florida is a community organizer, peace activist, anarchist, revolutionary, abolitionist, husband, writer & political prisoner serving 366 days at FCI Yazoo City for pro-choice graffiti on 3 “fake clinics” in Florida. after reading this essay, please consider reaching out.

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Mayor Johnson issuing an RFP to purchase a new CPD stop and frisk manufacturing machine, AKA gunshot detection, is such a clear betrayal of his only public safety campaign promise (and of many of the people who supported him), I really don't have words for it yet

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Letter from anarchist prisoner Jorge “Yorch” Esquivel following his recent transfer and the denial of his appeal. itsgoingdown.org/anarchist-pr...

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"This is truly one of the most exciting periods in my career with the company." For more on the terrible impacts of the Laken Riley Act and the criminalization of migrants, read this roundup written by our co-founder @dreanyc123.bsky.social: bit.ly/IC-TMIC1

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Amazing cache of previously unreleased local intel & training documents, full names and email addresses ... a 900 page manual on Cook County Jail ‼️ 👀 🔥

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America offshoring its blacksites was a precursor to offshoring its camps to other nations in return for cash. Fascist globalism is something many people didn’t even consider.

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New: We filed dozens of FOIA requests and combed through hundreds of records to catalog the CPD officers who lost their police powers last year. Some made the news. Some didn't. These are their stories.

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antifascist political prisoner Jesse Cannon is fighting the fires in LA as part of a prisoner fire crew. consider sending him a letter or a post card thanking him. he can get letters while in the fire camp so every letter helps a lot with morale. #FreeThemAll #FreeAllAntifas

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I had a lot of people asking me so I wrote an explainer: Here's how you can help the incarcerated firefighter battling the blazes in Southern California this week: www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Marius Mason is an anarchist, environmental and animal rights activist currently serving nearly 22 years in federal prison for acts of property damage carried out in defense of the planet. READ MORE about his case: supportmariusmason.org/about-marius/

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Update and Joint Statement From Peppy and Krystal

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Taos band IrieBellion releases powerful single advocating clemency for Native political prisoner #LeonardPeltier. “Leonard Peltier’s Song” features flutist Robert Mirabal of Taos Pueblo and a traditional Indigenous drum group. nativenewsonline.net/arts-enterta...

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1000s of US cops have traveled to Israel to learn new repression strategies & surveillance techniques from the IDF who have inflicted violence, crowd control & surveillance on Palestinians. these tactics, battle-tested on Palestinians, are then used by US cops to target Black & Brown communities.

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The reporting coming out about police presence inside right-wing militias is not surprising based on anything past or present. That's the only way the police in the USA have ever been. Reform, diversity, and pretending otherwise have not stopped it.

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If you're wondering who you could write to, we maintain a list of antifascist prisoners around the world who would LOVE to get your letter! supportantifaprisoners.wordpress.com/antifascist-...

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What's truly wild is that the State's Attorney is making these kinds of threats on a case involving Chicago Police Detective Reynaldo Guevara, who has been at the center of many police misconduct cases.

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"Escalate against the state and support the comrades willing to take risks to bring it all down!" itsgoingdown.org/report-back-...

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Don't miss our new installment of #InContempt, a roundup of news, action, and updates on political prisoners, state repression, and abolitionist organizing. This month's column features an interview with the support crew for Malik Muhmmad. itsgoingdown.org/in-contempt-...

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After Biden’s Historic Grants of Clemency, Calls to Commute Leonard Peltier Reignite unicornriot.ninja/2024/after-b...

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The union that represents Chicago police officers has printed a column advising members that their spouse might "sneak into court" to get a restraining order by "presenting enough evidence to convince the judge that the petitioner was abused". web.archive.org/web/20241221... or archive.ph/XpJgY

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Day 37 of #40DaysOfAntifascism: Support imprisoned activists Activists who refuse to testify before grand juries or are convicted of criminal offenses may end up in jail or prison, and this is expensive. Prisoners can easily spend thousands of dollars a year on commissary expenses, (1/ )

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Police lie on you, steal from you, coerce you, kidnap and lock you away, and kill you. There’s nothing good about cops and there never will be. They don’t protect ppl, they don’t solve crimes, they are goons protecting the rich. www.nemannlawoffices.com/blog/law-enf...

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"Free Luigi" Seen in Chicago, Illinois

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This remains one of wildest stories we put out in 2024. Chicago police is required to report all police stops to oversight authorities, & local officials have touted a decrease. But our investigation found they're failing to report a ton of spots. How many exactly...? 200,000 stops just in 2023.

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A Chicago police deputy chief allegedly made "offensive, misogynistic, homophobic and racist" comments after a DNC protest that brought together advocates for LGBTQ+ and Palestinian rights. More on @windycitytimes.com.

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Eileen Burke, racist pig abc7chicago.com/post/decisio...

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The county board held a hearing yesterday into the spike in deaths at the Cook County Jail last year. But the person who is responsible for the jail — Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart — didn't show, sending other top officials in his place. By @cb-312.bsky.social: www.injusticewatch.org/project/jail...

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Luigi Mangione’s fellow prisoners yelled “Luigi’s conditions suck” and “Free Luigi” from their cells in Pennsylvania during an interview: www.newsnationnow.com/banfield/lui...

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gov. jb pritzker used clemency to free people serving long prison sentences. then, a string of reactionary attacks ensnared illinois' clemency & parole board. its work ground to a halt. caught in the middle, incarcerated people + their loved ones wait for years without answers. for @theappeal.org:

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it looks like new Cook County state's attorney Eileen Burke disabled the feed of data between the office and the Cook County #opendata portal there has been 0 new arrest and other data added since her inauguration. @thetriibe.com @bolts.bsky.social

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Absolute must read. "I think it helps us realize that there is something beneath the surface here that people yearn for. There’s a confrontation dying to be taken up by those who refuse to wait for more tragedy and endless pain." Latest via @williamcson.bsky.social. prismreports.org/2024/12/10/p...

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A banner seen hanging in Chicago over Lake Shore Drive.

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Prison telecom providers are shifting strategy by exploiting tablet services, @tatiwm.bsky.social reports. With federal regulations threatening Securus & ViaPath's profits for providing phone & video calls in prisons & jails, the companies are pivoting to tablets. prismreports.org/2024/12/09/p...

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Chicago police are required to document every time they pull someone over. But an investigation by Bolts staff writer Pascal Sabino found that thousands of stops are missing from public records. boltsmag.org/chicago...

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New Years Eve Noise Demo to #FreeThemAll 🏴 🎆 🎉 No cops - No borders - No prisons - No ICE MCC Chicago - 10PM - 71 W Van Buren abcchicago.noblogs.org/mcc-chicago-...

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Anarchist and disabled Army veteran Malik Muhammad, who "received the harshest federal sentence [following the] 2020 protests," launched a hunger-strike in protest of being in solitary confinement for more than 250 days after being beaten by guards. theintercept.com/2024/12/05/b...

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Don't miss the latest installment of In Contempt, our monthly roundup of news, action, and updates on political prisoners, abolitionist media, state repression, and beyond. itsgoingdown.org/in-contempt-...

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In September, the city of Chicago stopped using ShotSpotter, a sensor system designed to detect gunshots & alert police & first responders, @nberlat.bsky.social reports. Activists launched a fact-based campaign & a potential model for organizers in other cities. prismreports.org/2024/12/02/h...

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While pardons are being discussed, Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier has been imprisoned for decades and repeatedly denied parole.

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International Call For New Year’s Eve Noise Demonstrations Outside Jails and Prisons #YouAreNotAlone nycabc.wordpress.com/2024/11/24/n...

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Hybachi LeMar is still in PADOC awaiting a parole board hearing. Be sure to check out his new book "The Ghetto-bred Anarchist", available from PM Press, IWW Store, and throughout Chicago at The Underground Bookstore, Quimbys, Pilsen Community Books, Skunk Cabbage, and Tangible. www.helpacompa.com

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Don't miss the latest installment of In Contempt, our monthly roundup of news, action, and updates on political prisoners, abolitionist media, state repression, and beyond. itsgoingdown.org/in-contempt-...

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A mirror of all True Leap Press zines are now available for download and order at www.southchicagoabc.org/true-leap-pr...

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We are sharing some resources we found helpful in navigating repression and arrest, hoping that by demystifying their legal systems, we may dispel our fears and inhibitions, becoming fully prepared to take smarter and bolder action. abcchicago.noblogs.org/resources-fo...

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