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Jury Selection Begins Monday After Judge Declared Mistrial Last Week in Widely Watched Federal Prairieland ICE Protest Trial (USA)

Posted on 2026/02/23 by darknights

Concerns Grow Over Whether the Prairieland Defendants Can Receive a Fair Trial, Based on Severe Trial Restrictions, Prejudicial Statements at Highest Levels of Government—Press Conference Monday at 8am

FORT WORTH, TX – Nine defendants will proceed to federal trial on Monday in a widely watched case that stems from a July 4, 2025 noise demonstration in support of detained immigrants at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas. Following a mistrial declared last week by presiding U.S. District Court Judge Mark Pittman for a defense attorney’s attire featuring civil rights leaders, jury selection is scheduled to begin again on Monday, February 23. The trial is expected to last at least three weeks. Defendants Savanna Batten, Zachary Evetts, Autumn Hill, Meagan Morris, Maricela Rueda, Daniel “Des” Rolando Sanchez Estrada, Benjamin “Champagne” Song, Elizabeth Soto, and Ines Soto were indicted in November on a variety of charges including riot, discharging a firearm, attempted murder, material support for terrorism, and conspiracy to conceal documents.

A press conference will be held at the southeast corner of Burke Burnett Park, across the street from the courthouse, on Monday, February 23 at 8am.

Continue reading “Jury Selection Begins Monday After Judge Declared Mistrial Last Week in Widely Watched Federal Prairieland ICE Protest Trial (USA)” →

On the attempted Far-Right attack on an East Bristol pub (UK)

Posted on 2026/02/18 by darknights

From Bristol Antifascists:

Yesterday, 25-30 members of Bristol Patriots attacked our fundraiser at the Red Lion in Easton.

They arrived together in vans and cars and tried to force their way into the pub. Due to the quick thinking of people there, they were shut out. There was a great community response as more people from the surrounding area showed up to protect the pub. Eventually, they were hugely outnumbered and forced out the area by police for their own protection.

The fundraiser gig continued and many of those who mobilised ended up celebrating the strength of our community at the gig, which was a roaring success. Continue reading “On the attempted Far-Right attack on an East Bristol pub (UK)” →

Alerta! – Manchester 21/2/26 – Resist Britain First (UK)

Posted on 2026/02/17 - 2026/02/17 by darknights

All out to resist Britain First!

Organised fascist group Britain First are coming to Manchester to call for the ethnic cleansing of Britain.

Assemble together to confront the fascists!

No pasaran!

Manchester – Sackville Gardens – Saturday 21st February 11:15am

Bring banners, masks, cash and food.

Wear plain clothing, cover tattoos, bring friends and don’t travel alone.

Follow @ResistBritainFirst for more info

https://antifascistinfo.noblogs.org/

ICE agents murder another legal observer (USA)

Posted on 2026/01/25 - 2026/01/26 by darknights

Reports are confirmed that ICE agents shot 37 year old comrade Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse, on the street, who was filming their repression in Minneapolis, USA. This took place in the context of widespread protests and an ongoing general strike. The USA has been rocked by the widespread deployment of a fascist personal army of Trump who are attacking and detaining people of colour. There is a media whiteout on the actual detailed news of what is taking place. The Trump administration has reached its point of no return.

Defrost ICE!

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Oppose Fascism & Racism – Come to Manchester for an Anti-Fascist Demo, Feb 21st, UK

Posted on 2026/01/24 by darknights

February 21st in Manchester we Resist Britain First’s ‘March for Remigration’!

This is a national call to oppose fascism and racism on our streets. From across Greater Manchester and the rest of the country, we must stand together on February 21st and make it clear that these fascists are not welcome in our communities or on our streets.

Britain First have called a ‘March for Remigration’ in February, a racist dog whistle that is calling for a white supremacist ethnic cleansing of the United Kingdom by the forced expulsion of non-white people.

Groups from across Greater Manchester are now banding together to call for a huge show of unity in opposing this horrific racism. Britain First and their supporters have been at the forefront of a four month campaign of racism in Fallowfield, and if they are allowed to walk through Manchester unopposed their racism, homophobia, and misogyny will run rampant.

This is a city with a proud Anti-Fascist heritage and it is vital we become the latest generation to stand up and be counted when far-right racists try and claim our streets as their own.

More details will come in time but for now: Save The Date, Get Organised, and Get Ready to Oppose Britain First and show them that racism and fascism will never be welcome on our streets.

¡No pasarán!

Supporters of Prairieland Defendants Release Statement Raising Serious Concerns About Actions of Judge in Upcoming Federal Trial (USA)

Posted on 2026/01/21 - 2026/01/22 by darknights

+ Defendant in Prairieland ICE Detention Center Protest Case Moves to Dismiss State Indictment in Pretrial Hearing

FORT WORTH, TX — A federal judge in the Prairieland ICE Detention Center case fined three defense lawyers five hundred dollars each last week for a mistake in a routine motion to compel discovery. In a Show Cause hearing on January 14, U.S. District Court Judge Mark Pittman admonished lawyers representing Prairieland defendant Zachary Evetts, calling the motion “frivolous.”

In response to this and other actions taken by Judge Pittman in the Prairieland case, the DFW Support Committee—a group of family and loved ones of the defendants—published a statement today. “As the Prairieland defendants’ federal trial approaches, a pattern of concerning activity by the presiding judge, Mark Pittman, has emerged,” reads the statement. “The fate of the defendants—and the result of this trial—will have enormous impacts on the legal terrain for those resisting ICE terror and the course of the rising authoritarianism in the U.S. As such, the fairness of this trial should be an acute concern for all.”

“Judge Pittman is showing a clear disdain for the defendants,” said Irina Popova, who attended the Show Cause hearing. “Zachary’s lawyer was doing his job by asking the court to make sure he gets all the relevant evidence. The judge compared him to a five-year-old child, and bullied him into agreeing that his request was frivolous, which is deeply disturbing, and forebodes an unfair trial.” Continue reading “Supporters of Prairieland Defendants Release Statement Raising Serious Concerns About Actions of Judge in Upcoming Federal Trial (USA)” →

ICE Agent Fatally Shoots Observer Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis (USA)

Posted on 2026/01/08 - 2026/01/10 by darknights

Minneapolis, MN — Around 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning, ICE [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] fatally shot a woman acting as an observer on 33rd St. and Portland Ave. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the FBI are investigating the killing. Hundreds of community members showed up in protest and many were met with chemical weapons deployed by federal agents, including one person who was shot directly in the face. She was later identified as Renee Nicole Good, 37.

Above: Image of the bastard, ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who killed Renee.

Full story on Unicorn Riot.

Nine Defendants in Prairieland ICE Detention Center Protest Case Plead Not Guilty in Federal Arraignments This Week (USA)

Posted on 2025/12/08 by darknights

Nine Defendants in Prairieland ICE Detention Center Protest Case

Plead Not Guilty in Federal Arraignments This Week

Federal Jury Trials Are Scheduled to Start January 5 for Nine Defendants, As Sentencing Hearings Approach in March for Seven Defendants Who Pleaded Guilty Last Month

DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX — Nine defendants in the Prairieland ICE Detention Center protest case pleaded ‘not guilty’ today to federal charges, including riot, discharging a firearm, attempted murder, providing material support to terrorists, and conspiracy to conceal documents. A federal superseding indictment was filed in the Prairieland case on November 13 by Acting US Attorney Nancy Larson, just four days before Trump appointed former federal prosecutor Ryan Raybould as US Attorney on November 17.

Savanna Batten, Zachary Evetts, Autumn Hill, Meagan Morris, Maricela Rueda, Daniel “Des” Rolando Sanchez Estrada, Benjamin Song, Elizabeth Soto, and Ines Soto pleaded ‘not guilty’ at their federal arraignments on December 3. All nine defendants are fighting their charges by taking their cases to trial. Federal jury trials are scheduled to begin January 5, 2026, in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Fort Worth. Continue reading “Nine Defendants in Prairieland ICE Detention Center Protest Case Plead Not Guilty in Federal Arraignments This Week (USA)” →

UK: Further attacks planned by fascists across the island

Posted on 2024/08/05 - 2024/08/05 by darknights

Trusted comrades have handed to us details of new planned attacks across the country organised by fascist/far right groups. After the attacks upon the Rotherham and Tamworth hotels yesterday, where asylum seekers are housed, both had side entrances set on fire by fascists. We cannot let the blatant attempts by fascists to lead pogroms around the island, to terrorise everyone that doesn’t agree with them.

For anyone who is still under the illusion that this is about children being murdered or some kind of rebellion, revolution or insurrection of the people, that its not to do with the far right, fascists, neo-nazis, racism and Islamophobia, we advise you to sort out your head, not listen to social media influencers or the manistream media, we have seen with our own two eyes well known fascists and neo-nazis on the streets, organising online through social media and telegram.

Fascism and racism doesn’t exist in a void, successive governments not only here on this island but also around the world have been using racist, Islamophobic, anti-immigration propaganda to serve their own power games, from Trump to Bolsonaro and Suella Braverman to Priti Patel, even the cops and armed forces being infiltrated by neo-nazi groups proscribed by the state as terrorists, the whole liberal democracy is corrupted to the core. If they don’t tell you that the refugees are the problem, they will tell you not to fight back, to rely on the cops, the very system that also brought this about.

The only way to fight back against racism and fascism is to physcially fight it off the streets.

Keep safe, organise with trusted comrades, keep commucation off phones and internet, mask up.

“Adolf Hitler himself said that the only way the rise of the German Nazi Party could have been prevented was if its enemies had recognised it for what it was right at the start and had smashed it in its infancy with utmost force.” – Oi Polloi, ‘Bash the Fash’

Berlin, Germany: Free Sonnenallee from SPD & Greens – smash!

Posted on 2023/12/03 by darknights

On the night of Monday, November 20, we simultaneously attacked the SPD office in Hermannstraße in Berlin Neukölln and a Green Party office in Wrangelstraße in Kreuzberg as an action against the genocidal war in Gaza. With our small group action, we are participating in the weeks of resistance on the streets, a resistance that has fought for its rights through riots. You gave us “rights” because we gave you riots!

The resistance in Germany against the war is far from being symbolic. The German state and German capital have staked a lot on the outcome of the war. And not because of their alleged task of combating anti-Semitism. The two governing parties, the SPD and the Greens, have played a prominent role in this. They have also played a role in creating the racist narrative that has meant massive repression against the residents of Neukölln for many years and has led to a general de-“legalization” in recent weeks. Demonstrations were violently broken up, migrant political organizing was confronted with bans, skin color and certain clothing and colors became even more reason for brutal attacks in schools and on the streets.

On a global level, the SPD and the Greens stand for Western imperialism and despite their repeated attempts to interpret it otherwise, a capitalist offensive by Israel and its Western allies is taking place. German involvement, interests and investment in this war and in Israel’s occupation is obvious. The US Rammstein Air Base in Rhineland-Palatinate, for example, is essential for the deployment of US drones in the Middle East and in August of this year, Israel sealed the largest ever arms deal (3.5 billion US dollars) with Germany with the approval of the US. There is much more than guilt behind the German state’s “special responsibility” for Israel.

Against the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the police occupation of Neukoelln.
Free Sonnenallee from SPD and Greens.

PS: We were pleased to find our two targets already damaged. That didn’t stop us from adding even more visible damage with hammers, spray paint and paint bottles.

A few anarchists

Source: Kontrapolis