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All Eyes on Prairieland: Judge Attacks Right to Fair Trial in First “Antifa” Case!

After 7 months in jail, the Prairieland Defendants finally began federal trial on Feb. 17. These cases have shown a coordinated effort under the Trump administration to criminalize anti-ICE dissent.

9 people charged in the Prairieland ICE shooting go on trial this week. Here’s what’s at stake Nine people accused of participating in a "coordinated attack" that injured a local police officer outside a North Texas ICE detention center July 4 go on trial this week. The government says it's the...

Every liberal who carried an "I am antifa" sign to a No Kings march or posted a photo on Facebook of their grandpa in uniform with "antifa" in the caption needs to be paying attention RIGHT NOW to the Prairieland Trial.

Party to the Conflict: Eugene Fights Back Against the Feds A participant describes the clashes with federal agents and police that took place in Eugene, Oregon in January 2026—a microcosm of the resistance that is spreading ICE increasingly thin.

"Whatever happens, we cannot and will not allow their world to take shape. If our movement must be forged in the crucible of federal occupation, then so be it. Victory belongs to those who fight for a righteous cause."

- @crimethinc.com

I read this article on my lunch break, I recommend it!

They Escalate, We Escalate Participants in the movement resisting ICE in the Twin Cities chart its course from 2025 to today, exploring why it gained momentum despite escalating repression.

They Escalate, We Escalate
A Short History of the Fight against ICE in the Twin Cities

One month after the general strike in Minnesota, we chart the course of the movement from 2025 to the present day, exploring why it gained momentum despite escalating repression.

crimethinc.com/Escalation2026

DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’

A MN protester accused of assaulting ICE officer had case dropped after vids showed no assault.

LA protester accused of assaulting ICE w/ “hat” had case dropped; judge said govt acted in “bad faith”

In Chicago, 92 ppl were arrested for assault/impeding ICE; 0 convicted

DOJ keeps lying and losing:

In Contempt #4: Support the Prairieland Defendants on Trial, Inside-Outside ICE Detention Center Protests, Palestine Action UK Actionists Acquitted, Free Alabama Prison Strike, & More! IN CONTEMPT returns with the next monthly prison rebel roundup. Packed in as always are updates, action and analysis we hope helps build inside-outside networks of resistance. Over 100 copies are sent...

"IN CONTEMPT returns with the next monthly prison rebel roundup." incontempt.noblogs.org/2026/02/17/i...

“the suspect took the ambulance from the hospital, retrieved gas cans that had been staged in nearby bushes between Portico and St. Luke's, and then rammed the ambulance at a speed of about 25 mph into the St. Luke’s Portico North building, which houses Department of Homeland Security offices”

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anarcho-dog marvels at all the zines & community stuff

We mobilized quick to give out over 100 of these over the next week to neighbors in Little Haiti as rumors spread that🧊 was going to be getting little Haiti heavy with TPS for Haitians ending. Thankfully this was blocked for now. Shout out to villaintheater for helping distro these to the neighborhood! 🙏

Inside the bags was a whistle, the whistle code zine from migrawhistle , red cards/know your rights cards in kreyol and Spanish, the free.des.revol zine, a flier explaining what The Anarchist Black Fross Federation is, and rad stickers from the homies cienfuegos.coop and el.monte.sfl to decorate the neighborhood to show authoritarian bullies aren’t welcome.

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ABC South Florida has been busy and active! 2 weekends ago we posted up outside churchills with skunkapeliberationunion outside the International Noise Conference and hung out with verminsupremeofficial while we distributed our anti-ice whistle code goodie bags to the community.

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Elder & former political prisoner Zolo Agona Azania is facing hard economic times. He spent 35 years in prison before beatimg bogus charges & winning his freedom. In prison one can't earn SSI or save money

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Three federal agents injured in clash with protesters in downtown L.A. during student walkout Three federal agents were injured during a clash with protesters in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, authorities said.

"The incident occurred as scores of local students walked out of class in protest of the Trump administration's immigration policies. Between 200 and 300 protesters gathered Friday afternoon outside of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement building..." www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Casey Goonan, Palestine Solidarity, and 'Domestic Terrorism' The sentencing of Casey Goonan, a US student activist under domestic terrorism laws, raises questions about crackdowns on protest.

Casey Goonan, Palestine Solidarity, and 'Domestic Terrorism'

"... in the absence of the ability to manufacture consent, consent is violently enforced with the threat of incarceration and so forth"
inkstickmedia.com/casey-goonan...

ICE headquarters in Chicago.

1111 W. 22nd Street, Oakbrook, Illinois.

66 brand new ICE vehicles in the parking garage.

I saw them, the parking garage photo is mine.

It’s 6 miles from the ICE detention facility in Broadview Illinois.

The Road to Prairieland The crackdown on anti-ICE activists in Texas reflects a pattern of intensifying repression all around the country.

Pay attention to the Prairieland case.

By saddling the defendants with indiscriminate charges, holding them without bail, and isolating them from lawyers and the public, prosecutors are attempting to terrorize them into signing guilty pleas in order to set a precedent criminalizing dissent itself.

ICE-Cold Cash: Private Prison Companies and Executives Have Donated Millions to Members of Congress Find out if your representatives have taken cash from the companies fueling ICE’s mass deportation efforts.

Of course, prisons are a very lucrative business. Slavery of Black bodies built this country, then the 13th Amendment was ratified and made Black bodies into enslaved people again. Then the crime bill made more money for very rich white folks off Black and Brown ppl. And now…

LA SAYS MELT ICE 🔥🔥🔥

I've asked BOP how many of their tactical guys are inMN as well as whether they have any comment on how or why their officer is standing outside this hotel with a bloody hand and mouth. This was their response.

(They declined to comment and referred me to ICE.)

Reading Margaret's account of the anti-ICE networks in Minneapolis and sobbing at how much we love each other and hard we fight for each other and how a bunch of violent fascist monsters trying to tear it all apart can't

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

A lot more people should know about the bravery Marimar Martinez displayed in the midst of Chicago’s occupation and the murder of two observers in MSP. They tried to kill her, shooting her 5 times, and it’s a miracle she’s alive to push for transparency like this after being persecuted by the DOJ.

Trial of NDN Collective founder for alleged assault on officer to begin - ICT Nick Tilsen is facing up to 26 years for allegedly assaulting an officer in 2022. His trial begins Monday in South Dakota.

The trial of NDN Collective founder Nick Tilsen over his alleged assault of an officer in 2022 will begin Monday in Rapid City, South Dakota. Tilsen faces up to 26 years in prison from these false charges. ictnews.org/news/trial-o...

There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:

Another speaker calls out Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke and the Chicago Police over collaboration with the feds.

The Illegitimacy of Violence, the Violence of Legitimacy What is violence? Who gets to define it? Does it have a place in the pursuit of liberation? This discussion never takes place on a level playing field.

Throwing tear gas canisters back to police protects people from harm.

Denouncing those who throw them back as “violent” gives police a free hand to do worse.

This week, we'll be adding our zine "The Illegitimacy of Violence, the Violence of Legitimacy" to mail orders.

crimethinc.com/violence

Another question I came here with was: how effective are the whistles and honking? Does it stop abductions? And the answer is, surprisingly to my cynical self, yes, and often. I have talked to so many people who have successfully interrupted kidnappings.

Front page of today’s Chicago Sun-Times

We’ve covered lots of losing local teams on the back page of this paper.

But none with a record as bad as the Chicago DOJ during Operation Midway Blitz:

0 convictions

11 charges dropped

3 no-billed cases

1 jury acquittal

‘Blatantly disrespectful’: Lawyer groups push for removal of reinstated judge The Illinois Supreme Court brought Judge James R. Brown back to Cook County to address a judge shortage — but two bar groups say his recent comments in a conservative blog should disqualify him.

Cook County lawyers are speaking out about Judge James R. Brown, who authored a guest column last fall in which he decried U.S. citizens being “senselessly murdered by illegal aliens” and parroted far-right conspiracy theories such as “Fauci lies.”

Anarchist Prisoner Casey Brezik Released
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/27428/

"After 15 years in prison, anarchist political prisoner Casey Brezik has come home! He is adjusting well, and psyched about life, but needs help to get started. Living expenses and…"

A poster with names and faces of 19 right-wing influencers and agitators.

Heads up, Chicagoans, these are right-wing influencers & agitators to watch out for at events. Many of these have recently been to the Broadview anti-ICE protests.

Don't give interviews. Treat as antagonistic. We keep us safe!

#hostilemedia #hostilemediachi

A new "In Contempt" has been posted:

"As we enter another insurrectionary moment, we are reinvigorated by the relentless struggles of political prisoners worldwide who continue to inspire collective action through words and deeds."

Read the full roundup at incontempt.noblogs.org

Rapid Response Networks in the Twin Cities The rapid response networks people organized to defend their communities against federal agents seeking to kidnap, brutalize, and terrorize them have undergone a whirlwind evolution to keep up with...

Rapid response networks have evolved swiftly over the past few months. Besieged by 3000 federal mercenaries, volunteers in the Twin Cities have updated their rapid response model, developing a dynamic and resilient system.

This report explores how you can learn from their model to build your own.

Infiltrators Database | No Trace Project Cases of long-term infiltrators employed by authorities in the 21st century.

the Infiltrators Database is a searchable database of cases of long-term infiltrators in the 21st century, currently referencing 74 cases from 12 countries. each case provides a brief description & sources.

“The goal is to help anarchists and other rebels understand how infiltrators operate”.