BK/NY – NYE – Noise Demo Against the Prison Industrial Complex, In Solidarity with PPs and POWs
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.
Illustrated Guide Version 18.11 Uploaded!
We’ve finished the latest version of the NYC ABC “Illustrated Guide to Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War” and it’s available for viewing (and download) by clicking on the tab at the top of this page. This update includes updated mini-bios, photos, and address changes for several prisoners. Sadly, this edition includes the removal of Imam Jamil Al-Amin. Rest easy, Imam Jamil.
BK/NY – Sunday, December 14th – Send Love Through the Walls 2025
WHAT: Send Love Through The Walls: Holiday Card-Writing For Political Prisoners
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.
For more information, contact:
Resistance in Brooklyn– resistanceinbrooklyn.ows at gmail dot com
NYC Anarchist Black Cross– nycabc at riseup dot net
International Call For New Year’s Eve Noise Demonstrations
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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.
We want a world without walls and borders.
We will fight together until everyone is free!
Read more…Illustrated Guide Version 18.10 Uploaded!
We’ve finished the latest version of the NYC ABC “Illustrated Guide to Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War” and it’s available for viewing (and download) by clicking on the tab at the top of this page. This update includes updated mini-bios, photos, and address changes for several prisoners. Thankfully, this edition includes the removal of Jessica Reznicek.
Illustrated Guide Version 18.9 Uploaded!
We’ve finished the latest version of the NYC ABC “Illustrated Guide to Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War” and it’s available for viewing (and download) by clicking on the tab at the top of this page. This update includes updated mini-bios, photos, and address changes for several prisoners. Unfortunately, this edition includes the addition of Casey Goonan.
Running Down the Walls 2025: A Reportback
It turns out NYC ABC has been organizing annual events for Running Down the Walls for over a decade. We’ve been at the same spot in Prospect Park for much of that time and learned early on that if you don’t get there early, the spot will get got. So a few of us turned up to squat our favorite corner and start setting up–information tables, registration, and of course food. That’s when two folks hawking free vegan canned lattes showed up and offered us as many as we wanted (which turned out to be between twenty and thirty!). That made the day fly by for a lot of participants and helped cement us as the most bourgeois anarchist 5k in the country.
Once the crew gathered, it was quick work to finish up and get ready to register any folks who hadn’t done so in advance, and talk with passersby. Free information about political prisoners, alongside a giant banner reading “Running Down the Walls” gets folks from as varied an array of backgrounds as those who frequent the park to stop and check it out. Every year, we reach those who have never thought about the existence of political prisoners in the USA.
Homies from Radix Media showed up with mind-blowingly cool letter press posters made exclusively for this year’s event. Big thanks to them for coming through and adding another layer of greatness to the day.
While we are serious about our politics and getting our people free, we are less so about the mechanics of a 5k run/walk/roll/skate/bike/et al. The part where participants make their way around the course happens, some years it’s taken more seriously and folks train and other years it’s more casual. This year, we split the difference. This only happened after we introduced the event, our collective, and read statements written for the event by imprisoned comrades. And then we heard some inspirational words from Priscilla Grim, whose legal defense received half of the funds we raised this year. For someone facing such intense state repression, Priscilla spoke about others, primarily recipients of the Anarchist Black Cross Federation Warchest program, eloquently and with such passion that everyone in attendance got visibly hyped to complete the 5k.
We are deeply grateful to everyone who turned up, especially those who came to rep their crews and the support committees of locals facing the full weight of the state. Jakhi McCray‘s support committee turned out folks and we were happy to get the opportunity to build with them.
After everyone finished the 5k, we gathered to share food and spent time in community. The food, all vegan by design (as the absolute minimum we can do to to express our resistance to oppression in even the meals we share), was preposterously good–from salads and tamales, to barbecue sandwiches and cookie bars. It isn’t uncommon for folks to show up just to enjoy the end of day meal.
In the end, we counted somewhere north of 60 folks who participated throughout the day and reached the goal we set for ourselves in terms of fundraising. None of that happens without organizing in advance and building relationships that last well after the day is over. Through it all, we center those who couldn’t be there with us, caged by the state. Thanks again to all who helped make the day so incredible.
That’s what’s up and that’s how we get down (the walls).
Illustrated Guide Version 18.8 Uploaded!
We’ve finished the latest version of the NYC ABC “Illustrated Guide to Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War” and it’s available for viewing (and download) by clicking on the tab at the top of this page. This update includes updated mini-bios, photos, and address changes for several prisoners.
BK/NY – Sunday, September 21st, 2025 – Running Down the Walls
WHAT: Running Down the Walls – 5k Run/Walk/Jog/Bike/Hang
WHEN: 2:00-7:00pm, Sunday, September 21st, 2025
WHERE: Prospect Park– Lincoln Road/East Lake Drive, east of the Terrace Bridge (see the below map for exact location)
COST: $20 registration, participants encouraged to get sponsors (includes vegan BBQ afterwards, with COVID precautions for serving!); $30 includes a limited letterpress poster; $50 includes the poster and an exclusive t-shirt. Donate at paypal.me/nycabc or venmo.com/nycabc
NYC Anarchist Black Cross (NYC ABC) is excited to announce Running Down the Walls 2025–the 26th Anniversary of Running Down the Walls since it was started by ABCF-LA. We are looking very forward to gathering as a community. For the last couple of years, we’ve had an amazing time and successful fundraisers. Please stay tuned to our website, sign up for our newsletter, and follow us on instagram (@nycabc) or bluesky (nycabc.bsky.social) for updates.
Every year, prisoners and supporters of political prisoners organize solidarity events with Running Down the Walls. In previous years, we’ve had runs in Albuquerque (NM), Arcata (CA), Ashland (OR), Bellefonte (PA), Boston (MA), Buffalo (NY), Chico (CA), Denver (CO), Elmore (AL), Inez (KY), Los Angeles (CA), Marion (IL), Minneapolis (MN) New York (NY), USP Navosta (TX), Pelican Bay (CA), Phoenix (AZ), Tucson (AZ), Seattle (WA), and Toronto, Ontario. This year we hope to expand the amount of runs in prisons and other cities, as well as increase the amount of funds raised for community projects. NYC ABC‘s goal with this year’s run is $4,500. You can donate online by going to venmo.com/nycabc: @nycabc
This year’s run will take place on Sunday, September 21st, 2025 at 2:00 pm in solidarity and conjunction with runs that will take place in cities and prison yards across the country at the same time. Stay after to enjoy a vegan BBQ, served taking every COVID precaution!
REGISTER AS, OR SPONSOR, A PARTICIPANT
To raise our goal of $4,500 we need your support.
* Promote – print and distribute flyers and posters to friends and local businesses, your doctor’s office, laundromat, food co-op, wealthy benefactor, et cetera.
* Run/walk/bike/roll in the 5k – We need participants who can run/walk/bike/roll the 5k and are able to collect financial pledges–from friends, family, coworkers, to offer as donations to the run. Download the brochure, complete with registration and sponsor form right here.
* Volunteer for the run – We need folks who are willing to promote the run and bike the route as street medics.
* Donate online at venmo @nycabc
* Donate to the run/sponsor a participant – If you are not able to attend, but want to support this fundraising effort, please mail donations to:
NYC ABC
Post Office Box 110034
Brooklyn, New York 11211
Your donation of $20 or more entitles you to the celebratory picnic after the event., $30 or more includes a limited edition, letter-press poster, $50 or more includes the poster and an exclusive t-shirt.
Each year, we split proceeds between the Anarchist Black Cross Federation’s Warchest Program and a local organization. This year, local funds are going to the legal defense for Priscilla Grim.
The Warchest Program:
The Anarchist Black Cross Federation (ABCF) has initiated a program designed to send monthly checks to those Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War who have been receiving insufficient, little, or no financial support during their imprisonment. The Warchest program was initiated in November 1994. Its purpose is to collect monthly funds from groups and individual supporters, and send that money to Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War (PP/POW) via monthly checks. From its inception, the ABCF warchest has dispensed over $235,000 to political prisoners. Currently, there are 13 imprisoned comrades who receive a monthly stipend as part of the program; they are Abdul Azeez, Alex Stokes, Hanif Bey, Jamil Al-Amin, Jessica Reznicek, Joe-Joe Bowen, Kamau Sadiki, Peppy, Malik Smith, Marius Mason, Oso Blanco, Ronald Reed, and Xinachtli (FKA Alvaro Luna Hernandez).
Priscilla Grim Legal Defense:
In August 2023, an unprecedented indictment against 61 individuals involved with Stop Cop City was launched– the largest political RICO trial in U.S. history. This sweep- ing and punitive move targets folks associated with the movement to Stop Cop City—a militarized police training compound planned for Atlanta’s Weelaunee Forest, including Priscilla Grim, a long-time cultural worker and media organizer. supportpriscilla.org
We will be starting here:
From the Q train, get off at the Prospect Park stop. Walk to Lincoln Road and turn right into the park. We’ll be about 700 feet away.
The event will be one lap around what is known as the Main Loop, and will total five kilometers. For the curious, here’s what it looks like:
If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail us at nycabc at riseup dot net.
See you there!
Illustrated Guide Version 18.7 Uploaded!
We’ve finished the latest version of the NYC ABC “Illustrated Guide to Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War” and it’s available for viewing (and download) by clicking on the tab at the top of this page. This update includes updated mini-bios, photos, and address changes for several prisoners. Thankfully, this edition includes the removal of Jesse “Tall Can” Cannon.
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