*According to available documents, Meagan Morris* initially cooperated, requesting interviews with law enforcement and providing information on other defendants that led to their subsequent arrests. As a result, NYC ABC does not support her.
by George Floyd Uprising former political prisoner Richard Hunsinger
Support the non-cooperating Prairieland defendants Autumn Hill, Benjamin “Champagne” Song, Daniel “Des” Rolando Sanchez Estrada, Dario Sanchez, Elizabeth Soto, Ines Soto, Janette Goering, Joy “Rowan” Gibson, Lucy Fowlkes, Maricela Rueda, Rebecca Morgan, Savanna Batten, and Zachary Evetts here: https://prairielanddefendants.com/meet-the-defendants/
Meagan Morris is currently supported as well and part of the collective defense effort standing trial, although according to available documents she initially cooperated, requesting interviews with law enforcement and providing information on other defendants that led to their subsequent arrests.
“A ‘rat’ is a traitor, a conceiver, planner or physical participator
He doesn’t sell secrets for power or cash
He betrays the trust of his team or his family hoping to save his own cowardly ass” – from “Snitches & Rats” by 21 Savage
We may say that people cooperate and have the right to, and that we also have the right to exclude them from our supportive efforts. The mutual hostility of right then barely conceals a real antagonism that has not been addressed in practice. When left to the choice of individuals, any ethics of non-cooperation is ultimately left to a matter of moral qualities absent the consideration of the conditions and social relations within which they are cultivated. Without this, the question of whether or not people can withstand the blows of repression has no content beyond their shapeless fears of what is to come.
This then leads the betrayals of cooperators to be excused by any number of factors in the situation, as if anyone would be susceptible to cooperate if they had to endure the experience of the rat. The rat then becomes a tragic figure. Having to face their betrayal tugs on our heartstrings, and the tragedy then merely reflects back a farce upon us. We then cringe from the specter of responsibility that hangs over us. When we flinch before the facts of what must be done, anything becomes excusable, and basic facts of a situation become distorted. What is a typical night in jail for the many people who never talk instead becomes “torture,” because we must feel empathy for the coward who cannot stomach their own discomfort. The actions of the state to compel such equivocations from the captured lead to a horror of any means of coercion at all, yet this is precisely the necessity with which we are confronted. It is then not a matter of abstract individuals possessing more or less intrinsic qualities, but the contention of a balance of forces in struggle.
It cannot be said then that the rat deserves “nothing.” Such actions require responses for our own protection, for our own longevity. The baseline hatred and disgust for the rat is the ambient recognition of this necessity of survival in a struggle against a society of hostile relations. This task cannot be managed by any mutual respect for the rights of individuals. In a political movement, we simply cannot do whatever we want. For any concerns of authoritarianism, there is no greater assertion of the authoritarian personality than the singular and unilateral declaration that one’s own life is worth more than another facing repression and deciding instead to send others to prison to save your own skin. The rat makes a wager: “maybe the state will take less of my life-time if I give them the means of taking the life-time of others.” It is the very logic of competition that emanates from the essence of capitalist social relations. The rat then creates a situation in which a contrary force must match this threat. Authority is then not the problem in itself. It is rather a problem of an antagonistic relation that must be confronted.
There is then the necessity of creating the actual means of developing behavior that successfully reproduces revolutionary movements, and suppressing that which threatens this development. The means of effecting this in a conscious and directed manner in our lives and relations is then a clear necessity. Against the asymmetrical force of the state, there is no room to maneuver if the actions of the cooperator are tolerated to any extent. Even the expression of empathy for their ordeal communicates a weakness that will be exploited either immediately or in the near future and simply wastes time that no one has. We then become enamored with the tragedy and turn away from the reasons of those who never cooperated to remain steadfast as they have, an immensely more enriching source of education than can be found in the motivations of a rat. In this very differentiation we find the foundations for a movement that will be resilient to repression.
A movement cannot tolerate any hesitation on this matter. We all must take note of who does balk in the face of the necessity of non-cooperation and insulate ourselves from their presence and influence. The means of support in the face of repression have to cohere into a definite political front and be leveraged to deter cooperation. A rat must not only receive no support, but must be subject to actions that demonstrate to all those who bear witness that betrayal has consequences. Anything less than this fails to recognize that the repression that faces individuals is but a single front in a struggle that pervades throughout the whole of social life. Supporting each other against this very repression negates that which separates us through conscious action upon these interdependent relations. As such, support is then never unconditional, for it creates a series of reciprocal obligations between partisans. Solidarity is the cohesion that arises from the recognition of this necessity put into practice.
NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners and prisoners of war we support.
If you consistently mail the latest updates to a specific prisoner, please let us know so we can insure there’s no overlap. The goal is to have copies sent to all of the prisoners we list.
We’ve also been told that some prisoners are not receiving the copies sent in, yet we aren’t getting rejection notices. If you are in steady contact with a prisoner, please ask them whether or not they are receiving the updates and let us know.
ICYMI, here is an article from 2 weeks ago about the recent trial loss for the Prairieland Defendants.
The government won on most of its charges, including convicting defendants for moving a box of radical zines. by Matt Sledge March 13 2026, The Intercept.
A federal jury handed prosecutors a mixed victory in the trial of nine protesters for their roles during or after a chaotic demonstration outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility last July, convicting eight defendants of terrorism charges but sparing some of them on attempted murder counts.
The widely watched trial could serve as a bellwether as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to crack down on left-wing groups — and the convictions could encourage prosecutors to bring more such charges. A top FBI official said in December that the agency is now treating “antifa” as a major domestic terror threat.
“This is a sham trial, built on political persecution and ideological attacks coming from the top.”
In a statement posted online, a support group for the defendants said, “Everything about this trial from beginning to end has proven what we have said all along: this is a sham trial, built on political persecution and ideological attacks coming from the top.”
The Trump administration celebrated the verdict.
“Antifa is a domestic terrorist organization that has been allowed to flourish in Democrat-led cities — not under President Trump,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “Today’s verdict on terrorism charges will not be the last as the Trump administration systematically dismantles Antifa and finally halts their violence on America’s streets.”
The court case centered on a nighttime July 4, 2025, protest outside ICE’s Prairieland Detention Facility that started with demonstrators shooting fireworks and spray-painting cars in the parking lot.
Signal messages obtained by the government showed that the demonstrators believed that less confrontational protests against ICE — such as one that had occurred earlier in the day at the same facility — were ineffective. Some of the protesters had brought guns, which is legal in Texas. A police officer responding to the scene was shot in the neck by one of the protesters, Benjamin Song, who had brought an AR-15 with a trigger modified for a higher rate of fire.
The defendants said the protest was a peaceful demonstration meant to show solidarity, pointing to the megaphone that one member of the group brought to shout slogans to detainees. Prosecutors pointed to the guns, ballistic vests, and trauma first-aid kits they brought as evidence of malicious intent.
Song was convicted of one count of attempted murder for shooting the officer, but acquitted on two other counts of attempting to shoot at two correctional officers. Song was also found guilty of discharging a firearm during a violent crime. Four other people accused of attempted murder counts were acquitted on those charges. Song faces up to life in prison.
In a significant victory for the government, jurors convicted eight defendants on material support for terrorism charges for wearing black clothes to the late-night demonstration. That use of “black bloc” clothing was an antifa tactic that assisted in the shooting of the officer, prosecutors said during their closing arguments.
The defendants convicted of providing material support to terrorists were Song, Autumn Hill, Zachary Evetts, Savanna Batten, Megan Morris [note: cooperating defendant), Maricela Rueda, Elizabeth Soto, and Ines Soto. They face up to 15 years in prison on that count. (Note: Support for non-cooperating defendants’ information is at https://prairielanddefendants.com/meet-the-defendants/ )
The same defendants were also convicted of riot and two explosives charges related to the fireworks. Hill, Evetts, Morris (note: cooperating defendant), and Rueda were acquitted on attempted murder charges that would have carried sentences up to life imprisonment.
The prosecution of the Prairieland defendants represented the federal government’s first use of the material support charge against alleged antifa members accused of domestic terrorism.
The prosecution was the government’s first material support for terror charges against alleged antifa members.
The verdict came after 10 days of testimony inside a Fort Worth courtroom packed with family members of the defendants, law enforcement officials, and journalists.
Prosecutors called the wounded police officer and detention center guards to describe what it was like on the receiving end of a barrage of bullets, as well as four cooperating defendants who pleaded guilty before trial.
Another significant witness was a researcher at a right-wing think tank who said the tactics used by the demonstrators that night, including “black bloc” clothing and the encrypted messaging app Signal — the latter of which the witness said he also used — were typical of antifa.
We are concerned community members from the Oregon area, asking for calls to Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution (EOCI). The prison has:
Thrown Malik Muhammad, a political prisoner from the 2020 uprising in solitary confinement.
It’s been days since they should have been released back to general population (Gen Pop)
Restricted Malik’s communication access
Including access to their lawyer
Mail has slowed drastically
This comes after Malik was in solitary confinement at Snake River Correctional Facility for over year, before suddenly transferring them to EOCI.
Demands:
Release Malik back to Gen Pop immediately
Fully Restore Malik’s access to communication
Release all withheld mail
Restore access to the tablet/calls
Restore reliable access to Malik’s legal team.
Instructions:
You likely already know that the prison is not a place of justice, but a site of oppression, and struggles against it. Prison guards and officials may sound hostile or annoyed, lie, try to intimidate you, or ask you for information about yourself or prisoners. You do not need to give them any information about you.
Don’t believe their lies! “They aren’t in solitary they’re in ABC.” “I can’t take information without a name.” “If you stop calling, we’ll do [x]!”
Remember that these tactics are a small fraction of what people inside face daily. Remain firm and polite in your demands.
Hide your name and number from the Prison’s Caller-ID, press *67 before the number you want to call.
For example: *67-555-555-5555. You can test this by calling a friend using this method.
Using a VPN can conceal your location, but using one is not necessary.
Proton VPN is free; free VPNs don’t have to store your payment information.
VPNs won’t conceal GPS data from your device.
Do not answer personal questions or questions on behalf of anyone.
You do not need to offer further comment. You can hang up when they are done talking, or say “Thank you for your response.”
Information:
Weekdays work best for phone zaps. CALL AT: 12PM, 2PM, 4PM
David Pedro, EOCI Superintendent: *67-541-276-0700
Jeana Jeffries, ODOC Recruitment Officer: *67-458-251-9137
Michael Reese, Director of Oregon Department of Corrections: *67-503-945-0927
Jessica Hale (Executive Assistant): *67-503-945-0978
Ryan Dwyer (Acting Inspector General): *67-503-945-0988
Sample Script:
“Hello, I am a concerned community member of calling to express support for Malik Muhammad #23935744. We have recently learned that it has been days since they should have been released back to general population from solitary confinement. Not only that, that they were denied access to communication, including contact with their lawyer. This is abuse and it won’t be tolerated. The community demands that Malik is released back to general population immediately, and their access to communication is fully restored. This includes releasing all withheld mail, restoring access to the tablet, and reliable access to legal counsel.”
NYCABC has finished the latest version of the “Illustrated Guide to Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War” and it’s available for download by clicking on the link below.
This update includes updated mini-bios, illustrations, and address changes for several prisoners. Amazingly, this edition includes the removal of Peppy. Welcome home, Peppy!
We are also adding Malik Muhammad, who has been incarcerated since the Floyd Uprising but is now receiving support from the ABCF.
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 basic needs can be difficult to meet without a job, connections and experience moving through this technology-driven, end-stage-capitalist reality.
Anything you give will help ease the labor and anxiety that anyone would be dealing with after nearly two decades in a highly-controlled, hyperviolent carceral system.
More about the case and defendants https://prairielanddefendants.com/ (We share this with the caveat that this support committee continues to support a defendant who cooperated against others. We do not support this stance and share this link with this reservation.)
