Philly’s 2025 Running Down the Walls event raised $2610 for political prisoners! Join us for another reportback mailing party this Monday, 6:30pm at Wooden Shoe books so we can tell them all about it! Light refreshments provided; masks are required.
We’ll also be signing cards for political prisoners with winter birthdays: Casey Brezik (December 30th), Fran Thompson (January 4th), Abdul Aziz (January 9th), Joseph “Joe-Joe” Bowen (January 15th), and Marius Mason (January 26th).
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Des Revol’s support crew is trying to get 100 organizations this week to sign onto the support letter for “Free Des” (they currently have between 55 and 60 organizations signed on). Any outreach to liberal, mainstream, normie, nonprofit, progressive, and/or radical/anarchist organizations is greatly appreciated!
Write Des: Daniel Rolando Sanchez Estrada, #95099-511 FMC Fort Worth PO Box 15330 Fort Worth, TX 76119
GUIDELINES: Des is pretrial. DO NOT mention anything about the case or charges. Write only in blue or black ink. No stickers, glitter, or whiteout. Include his first and last name as well as ID number, page numbers, date, and a return address at the top of each sheet. An example for the top of each page could look like this:
First Name, Last Name, ID Number Page Number X/X Date Return Address
ALL correspondence is read, scanned, and cataloged by facility staff. Do not say anything you don’t want read on Fox News or in court about you or Des.
WHEN: Sunday, December 14th, 2025 10:00am-1:30pm WHERE: Principles (139 9th Street, Brooklyn 11215) COST: FREE (Donations to cover the cost of stamps greatly appreciated)
In what many prisoners have told us is their favorite event of the year, Resistance in Brooklyn and NYC Anarchist Black Cross again join forces to bring you the annual holiday card-writing party for U.S. held political prisoners, prisoners of war, and prisoners of conscience. This event is always a lot of fun, the food outstanding, the camaraderie lively, and the handmade cards flat out amazing. This year will be no different, and will be organized both in person and virtually. So plan to tell your friends and bring your creativity. We’ll have updates on the pp/pow campaigns as well as crayons, colored pencils, paper and envelopes.
This is a hybrid event and will have a zoom component for folks unable to make it in person. For the Zoom meeting information, contact Resistance in Brooklyn: resistanceinbrooklyn.ows at gmail dot com
For folks writing at home, here are some guidelines to follow to ensure your holiday card gets to the person you are writing:
GUIDELINES: We recommend using the following guidelines to ensure your holiday card will get through the walls. The best bet for getting a handmade card through the walls is to either: print a design on plain computer paper or create a design on plain computer paper using blue or black pen only. Things have gotten very draconian and many facilities won’t even allow crayon or colored pencil anymore. Card stock or greeting cards are not allowed in most facilities. You cannot use paint of any kind. You cannot enclose glitter or write with glittery gel pens or puff paint pens or stickers.
If you DO use some colorful artsy craftsy things to make a card on cardstock, simply photocopy it onto computer paper and send in the copy only.
You cannot include articles or anything else torn out of a newspaper or magazine. However, you can print that same article from the internet or photocopy it.
ON THE ENVELOPE: Return address labels are no longer permitted in most facilities, nor stickers of any kind (aside from stamps). Write your ‘to’ and ‘from’ address neatly in blue or black pen.
After weeks of medical neglect and declining health, we are calling for local, national and international support to demand that Xinachtli receives the critical medical care immediately!
We have four ways you can support Xinachtli right now: 1. Call to put pressure for his demands on TDCJ and McConnell unit. 2. We are asking organizations to sign our demand letter to TDCJ. Link can be found in our bio or tinyurl.com/xsupportletter 3. Join us on December 13 to protest in Austin, Texas. 4. Donate to the campaign to support legal expenses.
Every day and every moment counts. We refuse to let our revolutionary elder Xinachtli die by incarceration. Please read the full post for more information on his condition and how to take action.
WHAT: Noise Demo WHEN: 9:00pm, Wednesday, December 31st WHERE: Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC, the federal prison in Brooklyn); 29th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, Brooklyn, New York 11232 (D/N/R to 36th Street or R to 25th Street). BRING: Noisemakers, air horns, drums, anything that is loud!
On the noisiest night of the year in New York City, come help us remind folks locked up that they are not alone. NYC Anarchist Black Cross, in response to an international call for noise demonstrations outside of prisons, is asking folks to join us outside of the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Come, not to appeal to authority, speak truth to power, or any other contrivance, but rather to stand with comrades, at a safe distance, and show direct solidarity to those on the other side of the wall.
The state, writ large, is targeting anarchists all across the United States and abroad. This will be both protest and celebration.
Throughout 2025, the Anarchist Black Cross Federation (ABCF) has continued to strengthen and build capacity. ABC chapters and allied organizations across the US and Canada put together 10 Running Down The Walls 5K events this fall raising a combined $17,572 for the ABCF Warchest Program. These events, along with the support of contributors like you, enabled us to once again consistently provide bimonthly disbursements to over a dozen Warchest Program recipients. Since its inception in 1994, the ABCF Warchest has raised almost $275,000 and at times has been the primary financial support for several political prisoners. As we head into the new year, we plan for 2026 to be chock full of solidarity, mutual aid, and freedom for political prisoners– we’d love it if you could join us in building capacity for these efforts.
Notably, just this year we added 6 recipients to the Warchest (Brian DiPippa, Agustin Pérez Domínguez, Agustin Pérez Velasco, Juan Velasco Aguilar, Martín Pérez Domínguez, and Hridindu Roychowdhury) increasing the volume of disbursements by about 1/3 and bringing the current recipient total to 17 comrades! As usual, we are actively involved in supporting defendants and ready to offer support in new cases as they unfold. In the spirit of giving to those who have sacrificed their freedom for liberation movements, please consider making a contribution to sustain the work of the ABCF Warchest and spread the word.
We can accept contributions of any amount through:
*We may be able to provide tax deductions for donations over $500. Please contact us first if you’d like to make a deductible donation.
Of course, funds aren’t the only way to contribute to prisoner solidarity efforts– follow chapters and connect with one in your area to support their work. You can also gift the 2026 Certain Days calendar or merch from Philly ABC or NYC ABC to friends and loved ones.
This is a call for a raucous night of strong solidarity with those imprisoned by the state on one of the noisiest nights of the year. On New Year’s Eve gather your crew, collective, community, organization, or just yourself and come together to raise a racket and remind those on the inside that they are not alone.
Internationally, noise demonstrations outside of prisons are a way to remember those who are held captive by the state and a way to show solidarity with imprisoned comrades and loved ones. We come together to break the loneliness and isolation.
We know that prison is beyond reform and must be completely abolished. It is a mechanism of repression used by the state to maintain a social order rooted in white supremacy, patriarchy, and heteronormativity. To come together outside of the sites of repression is to also stand in defiance of what they represent.
The logic of the state and capital—of punishment and imprisonment, must be replaced by a rejection of oppression and exploitation. This call is one step in that direction.
Wherever you are, meet on New Year’s Eve at the prisons, jails, and detention centers, be loud in solidarity with those imprisoned and to push forward the idea of a world free from domination.
Priscilla is dealing with a serious dental emergency. A dangerous infection has spread in one of her teeth, and she urgently needs a root canal. She doesn’t have dental insurance, and despite years of trying, hasn’t been able to secure a job that provides benefits or pays enough to cover major medical care.
Although the judge in the Stop Cop City case has indicated the RICO charge will be dropped, the written decision has not yet been submitted, and the domestic terrorism charge is still active. These unresolved charges continue to block her from being hired in jobs that offer insurance or a living wage, leaving her without access to basic healthcare.
She’s trying to raise $3,000 this week to get the procedure before the infection spreads further. Without treatment, she risks losing more teeth—and untreated dental infections can lead to life-threatening complications, including heart issues. The only alternative is a full extraction, which could destabilize the rest of her teeth and require additional costly procedures.
This is a Code Red situation. She needs support, community care, and big ideas right now. 💔
One part of NYC ABC‘s every-other-week Political Prisoner Letter-Writing Dinners is presenting updates and announcements. These typically relate to PPs, POWs, or are especially relevant to folks in NYC. Since February 2011, we’ve been printing and mailing hard copies of the updates and announcements to about a dozen imprisoned comrades.
In April 2013, along with Denver Anarchist Black Cross and Sacramento Prisoner Support, we expanded printing and mailing to include all U.S. held political prisoners and prisoners of war. As of September, 2014, that work has diffused over several support crews, collectives, and individuals.
On this page you will find an archive of what we’ve compiled since mid-March 2011. Please download and mail the current edition to prisoners with whom you correspond and share links with those who might be interested in doing the same.
