Our latest installment of #InContempt, featuring a roundup of news, action, and updates on political prisoners, repression, and abolitionist organizing.
This installment includes an interview with the support crew for @malikspeaks.
"Unfortunately, Malik is still in solitary. And with no clear timeline about when he’ll be out. This is the outrageous thing about how BHU and other statuses within OSP’s SMH work. You are there as long as they want you there."
#InContempt #47: #Trump Administration Gears Up to Attack #AntiWar Movement
December 1, 2024
"Judging from what has been pushed thus far, there are several legal measures most likely to be used once Trump returns to Washington. One would be deporting foreign college students in the U.S. on a visa after they’re found to have openly advocated for #Hamas or another U.S.-designated terror group, or after they participated in an unauthorized campus protest and were suspended, expelled or jailed.
Another measure would be to pursue federal prosecutions of #demonstrators who block synagogue entrances or disrupt Jewish speakers at events. A third approach is to charge #protest leaders and nonprofits that aid in fundraising for protest groups with failing to register with the U.S. Justice Department as an 'agent of a foreign principal.' And a fourth avenue is to open investigations into protest leaders who are in direct contact with U.S.-designated terror groups while advocating on their behalf.
"…#AmericaFirstLegal has in the past year filed four lawsuits that provide a glimpse into how the Trump administration could differ from its predecessor. America First Legal alleges in the suits that the State Department, the Justice Department, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Education have protected pro-Hamas extremists.
"In court papers and in letters to several federal oversight officials, America First Legal has also said it believes the Justice Department should have forced several leaders of pro-Palestinian groups to report themselves under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, known as #FARA, which requires individuals acting as 'an agent of a foreign principal' to register themselves."
Read more:
https://itsgoingdown.org/in-contempt-47/
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#InContempt #47: #Trump Administration Gears Up to Attack #AntiWar Movement
December 1, 2024, #ItsGoingDown
"In this column, we present our monthly roundup of political prisoner, prison rebel, and repression news, happenings, announcements, action and analysis. Packed in as always are updates, fundraisers, and birthdays. There’s a lot happening, so let’s dive right in!
"On the Future of this Column
"The US/online #anarchist media space is going through a process of change at the moment, and this column is not immune from that. So far, this column has been primarily a one-person effort, but collective projects are always more stable than individual ones, and the more people that get involved, the more chance the project will have of surviving if the main contributor gets hit by a bus, feels like a break or catches a charge.
"If you’re involved in any kind of anti-repression or prisoner support work and there’s any aspect of it that you think people should hear about, please send reports and descriptions into this column. If you don’t have a project that you want to publicize yourself, but you have time and energy to help collect news about other people’s, that’s very welcome too.
"Call for New Year’s Eve Noise Demonstrations
"It’s that time of the year! The #NewYorkAnarchistBlackCross (ABC) has put out a call:
"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 #NewYearsEve 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.
"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.
"Read the full call here! If you’re in Brooklyn, NY on NYE, check out the call here.
"Political Prisoner News
"The support crew for long-term indigenous political prisoner Xinachtli has put out a new statement and call for donations which you can read here.
"Long-term Native political prisoner Leonard Peltier has been released from hospital back into prison, but still needs ongoing medical care, and so there’s an ongoing call for people to pressure politicians and prison staff to provide Leonard with the medical care that he needs. Amnesty International also is pressuring the outgoing Biden administration to grant Peltier a pardon.
"The Rattling the Cages series of talks continues, with the most recent talks including 'Until All Are Free' with Eric King, Jason Hammond and Jeremy Hammond."
Read more (includes story links):
https://itsgoingdown.org/in-contempt-47/
Repression against the movement in solidarity with #Palestine continues to ramp-up. Check out our latest installment of #InContempt here:
Don't miss the latest column of #InContempt, our monthly roundup of political prisoner, prison rebel, and repression news, happenings, announcements, action and analysis. Packed in as always are updates, fundraisers, and birthdays.
With several new political prisoners facing serious charges and repression, we roundup prison rebel news, abolitionist updates, and beyond in our latest installment of #InContempt.
