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Anarchist Black Cross of South Florida @abc-soflo.bsky.social · 8d

we want to thank Civil Liberties Defense Center for bringing the fight to the U.S. Gov and for defending our rights! The CLDC has always had our backs. Follow the link @cldc.org to learn more about this case. A message from the CLDC: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS IF YOU RECEIVE A SUBPOENA NOTIFICATION

Legality of Exposing ICE
Civil Liberties Defense Center has filed a major new challenge to ICE's authority. On September 3, 2025 our client received a notification from Meta that they had been served by ICE with a subpoena seeking extensive personal information related to ourclient's Facebook and Instagram accounts.ICE, an immigration enforcement agency,does not have the authority to conduct independent criminal investigations, andespecially not of a US citizen suspected ofnon-immigration related crimes. Our clientruns Stopice.net, a website that tracks andmonitors ICE activity and is one of six people named in the subpoena

While constitutionally concerning on its own, what makes this case different is ICE's use of an "administrative subpoena" in an attempt to obtain information way outside ICE's authority. In the world of subpoenas there are two types, those issued by lawyers, judges and courts related to a pending legal action, like a trial or major hearing, and those issued by agencies like the IRS or ICE. An administrative subpoena, sometimes called an "agency subpoena," is ordinarily used by the agency to conduct business. For example, the IRS doesn't need to go to a court and ask a judge for a warrant to conduct a tax investigation, they can just issue a subpoena for information directly because Congress has granted them that authority.
@cldc.org

🐦‍⬛Civil Liberties Defense Center 🐦‍⬛

While constitutionally concerning on its own, what makes this case different is ICE's use of an "administrative subpoena" in an attempt to obtain information way outside ICE's authority. In the world of subpoenas there are two types, those issued by lawyers, judges and courts related to a pending legal action, like a trial or major hearing, and those issued by agencies like the IRS or ICE. An administrative subpoena, sometimes called an "agency subpoena," is ordinarily used by the agency to conduct business. For example, the IRS doesn't need to go to a court and ask a judge for a warrant to conduct a tax investigation, they can just issue a subpoena for information directly because Congress has granted them that authority.

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 9d

www.middleeasteye.net/news/act-sav...

‘Act of savagery’: Israel Knesset panel advances bill to execute Palestinian prisoners

Palestinian groups condemn the move as an attempt to entrench the ongoing killing of prisoners in Israeli custody by turning it into law

www.middleeasteye.net

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Anarchist Black Cross of South Florida @abc-soflo.bsky.social · 9d

ABC SoFLo Will again be tabling at Noisemakers in St. Pete. 2616 Emerson Ave S, St. Petersburg, FL 33712 w/ these great bands on Tues 10/7/25 @ 7pm! Stop by our table, we’ll have Free Zines, Stickers, stamped envelopes for political prisoners or just simply say hello comrade -We’d love to meet you!

Until All Oppressed People are Free!
Human Rights have NO BORDERS!
From the River to the Sea!
Punk is A Resistance!
ABC SoFLo Will be tabling once again at Noisemakers in St. Pete. 2616 Emerson Ave S, St. Petersburg, FL 33712 with these great bands on Tuesday, October 7th, 2025 @ 7pm!!! Stop by our table, we’ll have Free Zines, Stickers, stamped envelopes so you can write to a political prisoner or just simply say “hello Comrade”✊🏼🥰 We’d love to meet you!!! SLIiiiide through! #anarchistblackcross #politicalprisoners #untileverycageisfree #punkrock #punkrockbands #friends #solidarity #love #uplift #support #stickers #zines #stamps #envelopes #wewannameetyou #wekeepussafe #freepalestine #freecongo #freesudan #antifascista #1312

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Anarchist Black Cross of South Florida @abc-soflo.bsky.social · 9d

Today we honor the life & legacy of Assata Shakur - revolutionary, writer, and freedom fighter.

Assata lives on in every struggle for Black liberation, every fight against prisons and police, every act of solidarity with oppressed peoples worldwide. REST in POWER, Assata!

Today we honor the life and legacy of Assata Shakur — revolutionary, writer, and freedom fighter.

After surviving state violence, wrongful conviction, and years of imprisonment, Assata escaped the Clinton Correctional Facility for Women in New Jersey on November 2nd, 1979. She was freed by members of the Black Liberation Army, who posed as visitors, took two guards hostage, and commandeered a prison van. After a period in hiding, Shakur resurfaced in Cuba in 1984 where they embraced her and was granted political asylum and refuge. For over 45 years, despite being placed on the FBI’s “Most Wanted” list they were were never able to capture her. She remains a symbol of freedom, resistance, and defiance against an empire built on prisons and police. She is a testament to liberation and courage against an empire that tried to break her. Assata lives on in every struggle for Black liberation, every fight against prisons and police, every act of solidarity with oppressed peoples worldwide. She will remain in our hearts forever. REST in POWER, Assata!!!
#anarchistblackcross #freedom #struggle #liberation #assatashakur #warrior #legend #solidarity #refuge #politicalprisoners #love #resistance #freedom #defiance #unwavering #courage #mostwanted #blackliberationarmy #freepalestine #freecongo #freesudan #cuba #politicalasylum

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Anarchist Black Cross of South Florida @abc-soflo.bsky.social · 15d

#runningdownthewalls2025 #anarchistblackcrossfederation #freeallpoliticalprisoners #prisonersofwar #untileverycageisempty #solidarity #love #run #walk #jog #roll #thisiswhatcommunitylookslike #wekeepussafe #freepalestine #abolishice #abolishallprisons #acab #freecongo #freesudan

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Anarchist Black Cross of South Florida @abc-soflo.bsky.social · 15d

ABC SoFLo completed their 1st annual RDTWs 2025 event! We raised over $750. We had comrades drive down from Texas, we also had comrades in Arkansas & North FLo complete their runs simultaneously with ours!
In Solidarity with ALL Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War! Until Every Cage is Empty!

Our first Running Down the Walls event was rained out, but that DID NOT STOP US! We spent the day at the park, flags flying high, and sharing zines and food with curious neighbors. These crucial steps build community, helping us spread the word about abolitionist prisoner support and challenge others to question the inhumane prison industrial complex. Friends @cienfuegos.coop provided zines and coffee for the day!

This year we raised a total of $750 for the Anarchist Black Cross War Chest, which distributes funds to political prisoners every month! Next year our goal is to raise over $1000 for those fighting inside.

While nature may have had other plans, some of our members and attendees didn’t let that stop them; they completed the 5k under torrents of rainfall, honoring the commitment they made to those inside who were participating on this same day. Members of our chapter who have moved out of South Florida also participated in their new regions, running down the walls from afar! UNTIL EVERY CAGE IS EMPTY!!! #anarchistblackcross #runningdownthewalls2025 #freeallpoliticalprisoners #anarchistblackcrossfederation #untileverycageisempty #undertherain #run #walk #jog #roll #love #solidarity #antifascista #freepalesti̇ne #freesudan #freecongo #abolishice #1312

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Anarchist Black Cross of South Florida @abc-soflo.bsky.social · 19d

we've got 2 more comrades writing in! Running Down The Walls 2025 #rdtw

Hello, everyone. Thank you for your support. Whatyou all are doing makes a huge difference for
political prisoners and their families. The War Chest
has been an invaluable resource during my
incarceration! These past three years would have
been incredibly difficult without your love. Peace
and respect to you.
'Do not go gentle into that
good night...rage, rage against
the dying of the light'
— Dylan Thomas
— Alex Stokes,
US political prisoner,
2025 Running Down the Walls statement

Salutations and felicitations to all of my Running Down the Walls
Comrades!
Yet again we have travelled another circuit of the seasons and come
to the time and place for another operation of what has become an
institution outside of the barricade: the Running Down the Walls
run/walk/roll in support of fewer walls and cages and greater freedom
and community. The need for our side of the barricade to come
together to do as much as possible is becoming ever more acute.
The forces pillage and plunder are raising an increasingly dark social
storm cloud that segregates the human family into inherently
different and necessarily competitive groups surrounded by both
physical and cultural walls over which only enmity and conquest fly.
The image is hard to avoid. But that just makes it easier to resist!
And so we will when we lace up our
shoes, pull on our gloves, and RUN
DOWN THE WALLS, conscious of our
brethren, sistren, the men all moving
in the same direction with a rhythm
that will push back the storm, erode
the barriers between people, and
move the movement a little farther
down the road to revolution. I'll be
with you if not in person, in presence,
if not as fast more committed, as I
run down walls inside them.
The Future Holds Promise
Bill Dunne, US political prisoner,
2025 Running Down the Walls
statement

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Anarchist Black Cross of South Florida @abc-soflo.bsky.social · 20d

Since 1999, prisoners and supporters throughout North America have participated in the annual event known as Running Down the Walls (RDTW) often running or walking simultaneously in many cities and prisons at once. Many places will be hosting the 25th annual RDTW on Sunday, September 15th, 2025!

Greetings, brothers and sisters,
on this beautiful day. It's time to
push for the limits and run down
the walls. I love this event, and I
hope to be free one day to run
alongside you all. But for now
I'm praying from the inside of
these ugly death camps, sending
you all my energy, prayers, and
words. Be strong at all times
and especially today. Envision in
your mind's eye those walls.
being taken down forever.
Remember East Berlin, Germany, where there is evidence that it can be a manifest reality.
It can be real! I love you all. You all are my heart. I thank you all and
love you very much. We all can make it happen. — Oso Blanco, US
political prisoner, 2025 Running Down the Walls statement

Dearest Comrades,
Greetings from behind the layered walls of imprisonment, where we are
captives in rebellion seeking collective liberation. We are each braving the
forces of fascism, and although we may not know all that confines you,
we hear and meet your calls for freedom. May we all draw strength today from the future we are building, the necessity of the times we are in, andfrom the memories of our fallen.
Our comrades in Athens once declared boldly, "The passion for freedom
is stronger than their cells", and we wholeheartedly profess the same.
Between the rage and sorrow of our forced separation and more
importantly the separation of vecinos all around you, we know
undoubtedly that social media posts, yard signs, and performative
protests are no longer enough. We need revolutionary commitment - a
refusal of debilitating despair and comfortable delusions. We need
examinations of uncomfortable complexities and contradictions to
resolve doubt and cast off the chains of a shallow past.
When you take to the pavement today, know that we are with you. Our
liberation bound together with great love because without it, our dreams
would have no meaning. Today we move with you; in motion, imagination,
and spirit: great strikes against defeat! Although we have yet to abolish
these prisons where pain goes to burrow, multiply, and explode, we
remain hopeful because from the shadows of these margins, humans
brave daring acts of subversion.
We are able to live with our losses
without succumbing to misery because of your unwavering comradeship.
Running Down The Walls creates social and political bonds that make visible our existence and our shared struggle in this threatening world. We are honored to run with you because "a wall is just awall" after all, let's run those shits down!
Juntos, Peppy & Krystal
2025 Running Down the Walls statement

I just wanted to take a quick moment to send my
and respect to everyone participating in this years
Running Down The Walls. As the fascist grip tightens on
the entire planet, we need to remind those already
incarcerated and everyone who may join them that we
will speak their names, honor their sacrifices, and send
whatever aid we can. Remember: despite this rising tide
of war, repression, and ecocide- we are not beaten, our
friends are not forgotten, and the
struggle continues. With all of our
efforts these walls may yet be
brought down.
With gratitude,
Josh Harper, former US political
prisoner, 2025 Running Down the
Walls statement

As a former political prisoner and recipient of mutual aid I
send you greetings from unceded Wabanaki land (aka
"Maine"). When Running Down the Walls first kicked off in
September, 1999 I was fifteen years into 20 years of
imprisonment and stuck in a segregation cell. I was
isolated and lonely but I never felt alone because every
day in those cages I felt the very real support of folks like
you gathered here today.
Solidarity is our greatest weapon. Solidarity in resistance.
Solidarity in the struggle for liberation Solidarity moving
forward. Mutual aid is an essential part of this solidarity.
Mutual aid is about survival pending liberation. And not
just about survival, but surviving with our humanity intact.
Each step you take today for
OUR imprisoned brothers and
sisters is a step in movement
building that values life and
freedom. I have much
appreciation for your
commitment. I will join you
September 21 from 3,000
miles away, doing 5K along the
banks of the Passagassawakeag River (aka "the Passy).
Free Them All - Mumia Abu Jamal, Bill Dunne, Oso Blanco,
Jessica Reznicek, Casey Goonan! Free Hakiym! and Free
Free Palestine! - Ray Luc Levasseur, former US political
prisoner, 2025 Running Down the Walls statement

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Anarchist Black Cross of South Florida @abc-soflo.bsky.social · 25d

current ABC warchest recipients - support political prisoners ✊🏻 (4/4)

CURRENT
WAR CHEST
Recipient
Brian "Peppy" DiPippa is an anarchist
serving 60 months after accepting a
non-cooperating plea agreement for
conspiracy and obstruction of law
enforcement during a civil disorder. The
case against Peppy arose out of an April
18, 2023, demonstration against a
University of Pittsburgh-sanctioned
event that promoted hatred toward
transgender people and communities.
Support Running Down the Walls 2025 and the
Warchest by donating to venmo.com/nycabc and
leave a note that it's for Peppy

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Anarchist Black Cross of South Florida @abc-soflo.bsky.social · 25d

current ABC warchest recipients - support political prisoners ✊🏻 (3/4)

CURRENT
WAR CHEST
Recipient
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin,
formerly H. Rap Brown, is a Black
liberation leader who became
known serving as the chairman
of the Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee and
late the Justice Minister of the
Black Panther Party.
Support Running Down the Walls 2025 and the
Warchest by donating to venmo.com/nycabc and
leave a note that it's for Jamil

CURRENT
WAR CHEST
Recipient
Marius Mason is a transgender, environmental
and animal rights activist. In 1999, in the name of
the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) he set fire to a lab
at the University of Michigan that was
conducting research on genetically modified
organisms (GMO). After Marius' husband turned
states-evidence, Marius was threatened with a
life sentence for the arson and other acts of
sabotage. With little financial stability and fear of
dragging his family into a costly legal battle,
Marius pled guilty and was given an extreme
sentence of nearly 22 years. No one was ever
harmed in any of his actions.
Support Running Down the Walls 2025 and the
Warchest by donating to venmo.com/inycabc and
leave a note that it's for Marius

CURRENT
WAR CHEST
Recipient
Jessica Reznicek
Jessica is a land and water defender who has
worked with and lived in the Des Moines
Catholic Worker community for 10 years. In
2016, Jessica took a stand against the
construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Jessica and her fellow organizers attended
public comment hearings, gathered
signatures for valid requests for Environmental
Impact Statements, and participated in civil
disobedience, hunger strikes, marches and
rallies, boycotts and encampments.
Support Running Down the Walls 2025 and the
Warchest by donating to venmo.com/nycabc and
leave a note that it's for Jessica

CURRENT
WAR CHEST
Recipient
Alex Stokes Contompasis is a journalist and
artist from Albany, NY. Alex's work documenting
social unrest began in 2014. He was arrested in
2017 in Washington DC during the J20 inaugural
protests and co-represented over 200 counter-
protestors and independent journalists that
were rounded up and falsely charged. He was
in Charlottesville, VA during the summer
protests in 2017. He routinely attended and
recorded Black Lives Matter protests in Albany
in 2020. He also regularly revealed local white
supremacist groups and members.
Support Running Down the Walls 2025 and the
Warchest by donating to venmo.com/nycabc and
leave a note that it's for Alex

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Anarchist Black Cross of South Florida @abc-soflo.bsky.social · 25d

current ABC warchest recipients - support political prisoners ✊🏻 (2/4)

CURRENT
WAR CHEST
Recipient
Hanif Shabazz Bey
Hanif is one of the Virgin Island 3 serving
8 consecutive life sentences after being
tortured into a false confession, then
wrongly imprisoned. He was 22 at the
time of his arrest in 1972. After decades
in prison, he has ongoing health issues
that he is not being adequately treated
for including diagnostic testing on his
liver that was ordered by a physician in
2017 but has yet to be done.
Support Running Down the Walls 2025 and the
Wawrchest by donating to venmo.com/nycabc and
leave a note that it's for Hanif

CURRENT
WAR CHEST
Recipient
Abdul is one of the Virgin Island 3
serving 8 consecutive life sentences
after being tortured into a false
confession then wrongly imprisoned.
He was 23 at the time of his arrest in
1972. Now in his 60s, he has several
chronic health issues that are difficult
to treat inside prison including
advanced cardiac disease.
Support Running Down the Walls 2025 and the
Warchest by donating to venmo.com/nycabc and
leave a note that it's for Abdul

CURRENT
WAR CHEST
Recipient
Kamau Sadiki is a former member
of the Black Panther Party and was
wrongfully convicted of a 30-year
old murder case of a Fulton
County Police Officer found shot to
death in his car outside a service
station. It is believed that he was
targeted for refusing to aid in the
capture of Assata Shakur.
Support Running Down the Walls 2025 and the
Warchest by donating to venmo.com/nycabc and
leave a note that it's for Kamau

CURRENT
WAR CHEST
Recipient
Ron is a former 60s civil rights activist. In
1969, he was among the students at St.
Paul Central High School who demanded
Black history courses and organized
actions against racist teachers. He was
also instrumental in helping to integrate
college campuses in Minnesota. During
this period, he began to look toward
revolutionary theory and engage in
political street theater with other young
Black revolutionaries in the city of St. Paul.
Support Running Down the Walls 2025 and the
Warchest by donating to venmo.com/nycabc and
leave a note that it's for Ronald

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Anarchist Black Cross of South Florida @abc-soflo.bsky.social · 25d

current ABC warchest recipients - support political prisoners ✊🏻 (1/4)

CURRENT
WAR CHEST
Recipient
Xinachtli (Alvaro Hernandez).
Xinachtli is a Chicano-Mexicano,
anarchist political prisoner
sentenced to 50 years in prison
for aggravated assault on an
officer when he disarmed a sheriff
attempting to shoot him. Since in
April 2016, he has been going by
his chosen name Xinachtli, which
is Nahuatl for seed.
Support Running Down the Walls 2025 and the
Warchest by donating to venmo.com/nycabc and
leave a note that it's for Xinachtli

CURRENT
WAR CHEST
Recipient
"Joe-Joe" Bowen is a Black
Liberation Army (BLA) Prisoner of
War, serving two life sentences for
the assassination of a prison
warden and deputy warden, as
well as an attempted prison break
which resulted in a five-day
standoff after his initial arrest.
Support Running Down the Walls 2025 and the
Warchest by donating to venmo.com/nycabc and
leave a note that it's for Joe-Joe

CURRENT
WAR CHEST
Recipient
Oso Blanco is an indigenous activist originally
serving 80 years in prison for a series of bank
expropriations throughout the southwest in 1998-
1999. In 2016, 25 years were taken off his
sentence when he won his Johnson v. U.S.
appeal. He is part of the wolf clan
Cherokee/Choctaw, raised in New Mexico. His
indigenous name is Oso Blanco or Yona Unega in
Cherokee. He was known to the FBI as 'Robin the
Hood' because he informed the bank tellers he
was expropriating funds to assist the poor and
indigenous people fighting for independence in
the southern Mexican state of Chiapas.
Suwpport Running Down the Walls 2025 and the
Warchest by donating to venmo.com/nycabc and
leave a note that it's for Oso

CURRENT
WAR CHEST
Recipient
Malik is one of the Virgin Island 3 serving 8
consecutive life sentences after being
tortured into a false confession, then
wrongly imprisoned. He was 21 at the time
of his arrest in 1972. Now in his 60s, he has
several chronic health issues that are
difficult to treat inside prison including
treatment-resistant cancer. He has support
within the Virgin Islands and mainland U.S.
should he be granted clemency like his former co defendant was in 1994.
Support Running Down the Walls 2025 and the
Warchest by donating to venmo.com/nycabc and
leave a note that it's for Malik

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Abolisyonista @abolisyonista.bsky.social · Sep 5

Anarchism in Indonesia is so interesting because the tired debates of social/lifestylism, especifismo, nihilism, insurrectionary, individualist etc. don't matter. They take what they need and build a functional synthesis. Yeah they're insurrectos, but also especifistas. It works.

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Anarchist Black Cross of South Florida @abc-soflo.bsky.social · Sep 3

In honor of a Week of Solidarity with Anarchist prisoners, our chapter held its first letter writing meetup. Friends from across South FL came together to write to our political prisoners, and discuss how we can support and maintain correspondence with them. Stay tuned for details on the next one!

community members taking part in anarchist prisoner letter writing effort

various zines: "anarchism: what it is and isn't...", "become an anarchist or forever hold your peace"

more dope zines: exercise: what would an anarchist program look like?, field guide to wheatpasting & others

just a slew of really cool stickers: kill the cop in your head, seed bomb your local golf course, defend equality, nazis are stupid: throw rocks at them and other messages for upstanding citizens

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Anarchist Black Cross of South Florida @abc-soflo.bsky.social · Aug 22

This is next Friday!!! Fill out the form in the link provided down below… can’t wait to see you there!!

Anarchist Black Cross of South Florida @abc-soflo.bsky.social · Aug 15

ABC SFL Will be hosting a
Prisoner letter writing event
August 29th, 2025
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 pm
honoring the International Week of Solidarity with Anarchist prisoners!
All supplies will be provided!
UNTIL EVERY CAGE IS EMPTY!
Follow this link:
cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...

ABC SFL Will be hosting a
Prisoner letter writing event
August 29th, 2025
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 pm
honoring the week of solidarity with Anarchist prisoners!
All supplies will be provided!
Follow this link:

https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/HXw4HNwX4JaLWT4Htfy1Z7G0inNMkRLSGsMQxFkG+B4/

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Anarchist Black Cross of South Florida @abc-soflo.bsky.social · Aug 15

ABC SFL Will be hosting a
Prisoner letter writing event
August 29th, 2025
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 pm
honoring the International Week of Solidarity with Anarchist prisoners!
All supplies will be provided!
UNTIL EVERY CAGE IS EMPTY!
Follow this link:
cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · Aug 7

Protesters in Chicago are bravely interrupting a hiring fair at the Congress Hotel right now, where US Customs and Border protection is recruiting today.

They are distributing these trifolds that we published.

You can print them out yourself here:

crimethinc.com/zines/8-thin...

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · Aug 7

Some of the people in line to apply for other companies are being handed these pamphlets.

Hotel security here less than thrilled.

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Anarchist Black Cross of South Florida @abc-soflo.bsky.social · Aug 7

Wants to welcome home Jesse “Tall Can” Cannon!!!!
After years of unjust incarceration, our comrade, brother, and freedom fighter Jesse “Tall Can” Cannon is finally FREE!

Welcome home, Tall Can!! You were never forgotten. Until EVERY CAGE is EMPTY! Until ALL our Comrades are FREE!!!

Welcome home, Tall Can!

Post release solidarity drive!

Venmo: @pushingdownthewalls
cashapp: $pushingdownthewalls
Include “TC” in the note.

Jesse “Tall Can” Cannon is free!

Jesse was an antifascist political prisoner who was incarcerated for allegedly participated in a militant community defense against American Guard, Proud Boys and assorted right-wingers who descended upon the Pacific Beach area of San Diego, Kumeyaay Land, for a day-long fascist rally on January 9, 2021.

Along with being an unapologetic defender of his community TC is a nature enthusiast, father and artist who needs our support after spending nearly two years risking his life fighting the fires in so-called LA and throughout so called California.

Despite the SD DA’s efforts to keep him caged for his convictions and refusal to cooperate, TC has been released! Support for our comrades inside doesn’t end once they’re out- and he needs our solidarity now more than ever as he settles back into his city, finds work and helps raise his kid. Let’s show him some love and remind him how much he means to us!

Please donate and share widely.

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Edward O'Keefe @edopan-82.bsky.social · Aug 7

Antifascist prisoner Jesse (Tall Can) Cannon is free.

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Anarchist Black Cross of South Florida @abc-soflo.bsky.social · Aug 3

Support political prisoners. Learn your history. Resist. Organize. Build.
This month, let’s move with intention.
BlackAugust is about study, struggle, and solidarity — past, present, and future. Until EVERY cage is empty! (3/3)

Nat Turner – Led a slave rebellion in Virginia on August 21, 1831. He was executed for it but remains a powerful symbol of Black resistance.

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Anarchist Black Cross of South Florida @abc-soflo.bsky.social · Aug 3

Black August is a month of reflection, education, and action dedicated to honoring Black freedom fighters, political prisoners, and resistance movements-especially those connected to the prison abolition and Black liberation struggles.Below are more slides on Black freedom fighters w/ alt text (2/3)

Angela Davis – Scholar and revolutionary who was charged in connection with Jonathan Jackson’s courthouse rebellion. She was later acquitted and continues to speak out about prison abolition.

Assata Shakur – Former Black Panther and member of the Black Liberation Army. After being convicted under questionable circumstances, she escaped prison and is belived she lives in exile in Cuba.

Mumia Abu-Jamal – Former Black Panther and journalist, known for his critiques of police brutality. He has been imprisoned since 1981 and is still considered a political prisoner.

Fred Hampton – Chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party. Assassinated by Chicago police and the FBI in 1969 at the age of 21.

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Oakland Abolition & Solidarity @oaklandabosol.bsky.social · Aug 2

Funny how all the guards that bring in the fentanyl don't get high or die by just handling it.

'Crime panics' are engineered campaigns and copaganda.

Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · Aug 2

Wow, I completely missed the results of this autopsy when that came out www.themarshallproject.org/2025/08/02/n...

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Anarchist Black Cross of South Florida @abc-soflo.bsky.social · Aug 3

Black August is a month of reflection, education, and action dedicated to honoring Black freedom fighters, political prisoners, and resistance movements—especially those connected to the prison abolition and Black liberation struggles. (1/3)

It began in California’s San Quentin State Prison, started by incarcerated members of the Black Guerrilla Family, including activists like George Jackson, who was a revolutionary and political prisoner killed by prison guards on August 21, 1971. The month also commemorates the deaths and resistance of other figures such as:

George Jackson – Member of
the Black Panther Party and
co-founder of the Black Guerrilla Family. Author of Soledad Brother and Blood in My Eye. He was assassinated in San Quentin on August 21, 1971

Jonathan Jackson – George’s younger brother who tried to free the Soledad Brothers in a Marin County courthouse on August 7, 1970. He was only 17 when he was killed.

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Anarchist Black Cross of South Florida @abc-soflo.bsky.social · Jul 28

Drop the charges for Alejandro Orellana
#freethemall #untileverycageisempty

Drop the Charges!
for- Alejandro Orellana

On July 10, a trial date was set for immigrant rights activist Alejandro Orellana: August 26.

Alejandro was arrested by the FBI on June 12 for protesting against ICE in Los Angeles. He now faces up to 5 years in prison on two bogus federal charges:
– Conspiracy to commit civil disorder
– Aiding and abetting civil disorder

This is pure political repression!

His so-called “crime”? Allegedly driving a truck carrying face shields to a protest—while police prepared to shoot rubber bullets at the crowd.

Alejandro has spent years fighting for justice!

*Against police killings of Chicano and Latino youth like 14-year-old Jesse Romero
*Against deportations and ICE
*Against U.S. wars and political repression
*As a committed member of Centro CSO in East LA

Now the US government, led by Trump-aligned prosecutor Bilal Essayli, is targeting him to send a message to all of us:
sit down, stay silent, and accept injustice!

WE SAY NO!

On August 26, we are calling for a National Day of Protest to demand that all charges be dropped.

Last month, on June 27, “National Day of Action for Alejandro Orellana”, at
least 16 cities held protests or press conferences in front of their federal courthouses.

Let’s make sure there
are even more on August 26. In addition to planning local protests, we ask that organizations submit
statements of support and to join in the call to DROP THE CHARGES!

DEMAND JUSTICE for ALEJANDRO ORELLANA!

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Anarchist Black Cross of South Florida @abc-soflo.bsky.social · Jul 27

Running Down The Walls - September 21st, 2025

26th Annual 5-K non-competitive
Run/walk/jog/bike/roll to raise funds and Support Political Prisoners

Until Every Cage is Empty

Running Down The Walls 2025

September 21st, 2025

Anarchist Black Cross Federation

26th Annual 5-K non-competitive
Run/walk/jog/bike/roll to raise funds and Support Political Prisoners

RDTW was established in 1999 by the Anarchist Black Cross Federation, held simultaneously in cities and inside prisons across North America & more recently, parts of the UK.

All proceeds collected will be donated to ABCF warchest. Money raised is sent directly into commissaries; and other forms of prisoner solidarity & care. ABCF has distributed well over $200,000 since the founding of the Warchest.

Running Down the Walls is more than a 5K—it’s a symbol of solidarity with political prisoners, a physical demonstration of collective care, and a key fundraising pillar for support services through the Warchest.

Anarchist Black Cross SoFLo
will be holding multiple Running Down The Walls event fundraisers across Florida & the nation to kick off our first Annual participation with ABCF. Stay tuned for locations and ways you can donate and or even become a sponsor.

Until Every Cage is Empty

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