June 2012
2 posts
A Letter from Connor C. Stevens of the Cleveland 5 →
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Don't be an asshole: Support the Cleveland 5 and...
Write to the Cleveland 5! from a recent update, it seems like they’re not getting very much support (most likely due to not having their prisoner info widely available up till now) and when people feel unsupported and isolated, they’re much more likely to snitch on their co-defendants. We don’t want this to happen, obvs, and every letter helps people feel a lot less alone.
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March 2012
1 post
February 2012
6 posts
Desire // Destroy: Reportback From the Valentine's... →
desire4destruction:
On the evening of February 14th, 2012, a group of anarchists, nihilists, and other people who are upset with and infuriated by the conditions of modern existence gathered outside the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Chicago for an anti-prison noise demonstration. People brought bucket drums, pots, pans, and other cookware, and even trombones and...
Man who put pig out of misery refuses to testify →
High school student allegedly bites pig 3 times →
Man robs Roscoe Village bank and gets away →
Teen fights and tasers cop when stopped for curfew... →
January 2012
13 posts
“Recently, Eric and I had something returned to us that was taken 6 years ago. I...”
– Jenny, Eric McDavid’s partner, from a letter on 6 year anniversary of his imprisonment (via sabbatofwolves)
even for those ‘guilty’ of ‘crimes’ who are in prison, how could anyone logically believe that forcefully separating someone from their families, friends, communities, from nature, from...
“…we need to remember that sometimes things do change overnight. Sometimes our...”
– Jenny, Eric McDavid’s partner, from a letter on 6 year anniversary of his imprisonment (via sabbatofwolves)
On the cases of Andrew Mickel and Casey Brezik →
sabbatofwolves:
“When many comrades will speak favorably of the actions of propaganda by the deed committed a century ago, while their lips never speak the names of anarchists who today are accused of assassination or attempts and are condemned to death and indefinite incarceration, this silence is unbearable and inexcusable! We go forward with memory as another weapon in our arsenal...
Snitch's anonymous tip leads to arrest of two... →
Rebel gets two-year probation for punching pig in... →
Pigs murder man on the NW Side of Chicago →
Two accused of killing CPD pig incarcerated,... →
Woman, still free, robs second bank after her... →
Arsonist remains free as they torch the cars of... →
Pigs try to protect pig accused of drunkenly... →
Prison Society Breaks Our Hearts: A Valentine's...
February 14th
7pm
Chicago Metropolitan Correctional Center (71 W Van Buren)
Following up on a very successful noise demo on New Years Eve, the Committee for Illegal Life is excited to announce another noise demo at the MCC this Valentine’s Day. No matter how critical of the holiday we may be, Valentine’s Day remains a time when we are told to celebrate those we love and...
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A Reportback From Chicago's NYE Anti-Prison Noise...
Last night around thirty anarchists, nihilists, and other generally furious people gathered outside Chicago’s Metropolitan Correctional Center for an anti-prison noise demo in solidarity with the international day of action against prisons. The MCC is a prison in the middle of downtown Chicago, infamous for holding non-cooperating Green Scare defendant Justin Solondz after he was...
December 2011
18 posts
“The real damage is done by those millions who want to ‘survive.’ The honest men...”
– Sophie Scholl
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“In the war against all that, we do not perceive criminality as the infringement...”
– Three Positions Against Prison, from Fire to the Prisons #10
Bank robber gets away with robbing Lincoln Park... →
18-year-old allegedly shoots pigs who try to break... →
Chicago woman arrested for attempted murder of a... →
Woman maces conductor who tries to confront her... →
Pigs set up and arrest sex workers in Villa Park... →
Woman caught shoplifting at Old Navy pepper... →
Englewood Man Arrested After Pigs Shoot Him →
Man who was allegedly looting boxcars shot and... →
HIV+ Oak Park Man charged with "criminal... →
Jefferson Park man charged with throwing concrete... →
“Police said Borowiec entered the lobby about 8:15 p.m. Thursday and said, “If the government wrecked my place then I will wreck yours,” before removing the concrete from under his jacket and throwing it at windows at the station, damaging three of them.”
ALKQN Support →
sabbatofwolves:
pussy-strut:
fuck with this yall
badass shit.
Come to Chicago's New Years Eve Anti-Prison Noise...
REBLOG LIKE WHOA
Saturday, December 31st @ 8pm
Chicago Metropolitan Correctional Center (71 W Van Buren)
It’s that time of the year again to make our solidarity count in the struggle against prison society! Last year angry people from cities all over North America participated in New Years Eve noise demos at prisons, jails, and detention facilities that had locked up their...
“The harshest measures of martial law are impotent against outbreaks of the...”
– Rosa Luxembourg, she sucks but lumproletarian sickness is the most awesome imagery ever. (via sabbatofwolves)
“Prisoners of War are not victims of injustice like the “liberals” speak about in...”
– Jock Palfreeman from Sofia Central Prison (via imthefuckingdj)
2 women in Logan Square arrested for armed robbery →
November 2011
4 posts
Support Brian Galaviz →
“Brian was at a party when the cops entered the backyard, and Brian approached them to speak – in a non-confrontational manner. Brian was then choked by police officers as he was dragged to the alley where he was hit and choked again by the arresting officer. He was arrested at the party, processed, and spent the night at 26th and California. Falsely accused of pushing and punching a...
Raleigh: Anarchists, Almighty Latin King and Queen... →
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Gender rebels accused of robbing Lincoln Park... →
“Two men who dressed like women [sic] are in trouble for allegedly threatening people with pepper spray to get them to relinquish their valuables.”
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CPD pigs get sued over shooting unarmed man →
“The lawsuit, filed by the firm Loevy & Loevy on behalf of the suspect’s family, said Pedro Gonzalez III, 21, was unarmed and “presented no threat to the officers” when police shot him multiple times in the back June 15. The suit alleges police pressured witnesses to falsely claim Gonzalez had a gun.”
