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Marius Mason Present

“My body is trapped in here, but my heart is with you still fighting out there.”

Marius Mason present!

Marius Mason is a trans man & an anarchist, environmental, and animal rights prisoner. In March 2008, he was arrested by federal authorities for charges related to two acts of property destruction that occurred in 1999 and 2000 – damaging an office connected to GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) research, and destroying a piece of logging equipment. No one was injured in either act. He faced a life sentence before accepting a plea bargain in September 2008.

Mason was sentenced on February 5, 2009 in federal court in Lansing, Michigan. He received almost 22 years – the longest sentence of any Green Scare prisoner. An appeal for a reduction in his sentence was denied in 2010.
The Green Scare is the name given to the arrests of animal rights and environmental activists who have been charged with acts of economic sabotage. Federal authorities have sought outrageous sentences (often life in prison) and have publicly and legally labeled the activists as “terrorists” – despite the fact that no one has been killed or injured in any of the acts.

Support Marius Mason blog: https://supportmariusmason.org/

June 11, International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason & all long-term Anarchist Prisoners
https://june11.noblogs.org/

PDF poster download: Free Marius Mason

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Fundraiser for the International Anarchist Defence Fund

The International Anarchist Defence Fund is a model of providing solidarity based on a similar structure to the International Anti-fascist Defence Fund. With repression of anarchists worldwide increasing, it’s important we organize to support comrades targeted by the state.

A group of anarcho-queers from so-called Australia have put together some beautiful pieces of original art with accompanying texts from various Anarchist essays & letters, printed as full color glossy postcards. The small postcards come as a set of 5, large postcards sold individually, intended as a hybrid art/agit-prop/zine project, for sale internationally for just a few dollars with 100% proceeds donated to A-fund.

Along with a short print run of large posters, for sale within so-called Australia only.

Check out the distro here, and if you’re able to share amongst your networks that’d be lovely!
https://aqab.bigcartel.com

For transparency, view donation receipts here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5hm88rje8ooxahm/AACk4zoxUJawvFmhZL59l_N4a?dl=0

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A nod to the fire-lighting night owls

‘Without waiting for the masses, without waiting for ritual rendezvous, without waiting for any movement or specific struggle. What drives us is our individual asocial tension.
We are aware that we are only small thorns in the foot of power. But we have on our side the dignity of those who do not surrender, despite everything.

On the night of May 6th, a diplomatic car was torched on rue du Bois de Boulogne, in the 16th arrondissement of Paname.
In solidarity with the anarchists sentenced in Italy for the Scripta Manent trial and al the others, all over the world, from Russia to Latin America.
A nod to the fire-lighting night owls.
Long Live Anarchy!’

Paris, France: Diplomatic Vehicle Torched in Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners
https://mpalothia.net/paris-france-diplomatic-vehicle-torched-in-solidarity-with-anarchist-prisoners-2/

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Abolish Prisons poster

Destroy prison society

“My body is trapped in here, but my heart is with you still fighting out there…”

Marius Mason, Earth Liberation front, currently held hostage at FCI DANBURY, Conneticut

“Finally I have something to say to all those planning our physical, ethical and political annihilation, once and for all: no matter what dirty and unethical means they use, no matter how much they hunt us down and imprison us, they will never crush us and tame us. Because those who are just are those who revolt, not those who snitch and bow their heads down.”

Giannis Dimitrakis, Koridallos Prison 2006

“I will not live as the law tells me. I will advance on that path that other unruly people have already covered… that of action! Together with my comrades, together with my loved ones and those who give themselves faithfully and constant to the fight against the prevailing ideology, because I will not live in the shadows of resignation and indifference, I will experience the intensity of a life fully lived… authentic and free life… life without restrictions. I will boldly defend the possibility of developing myself without obeying.

Let’s give life to something, something strong that inflames and destroys everything that is at the service of power and its bourgeoisie… something that avenges and removes the dominant face with all our rage, seeking continuity, that the roar of chaos destroys the eardrums of all the powerful… we break his laws and we put an end to centuries of silence!!!

WE ATTACK AND DESTROY THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPRESSION AND EXPLOITATION!!! WE ATTACK AND DESTROY YOUR JAILS, POLICE STATIONS AND COURTS!!!”

Juan Flores, hostage at Maximum Security Prison, Chile 2019

Read more about Marius Mason here: https://supportmariusmason.org

Read full letter from Koridallos Prison by Giannis Dimitrakis here:
https://fotiastakelia.blogspot.com/…/letter-from-anarchist-…

Read full statement by Juan Flores here: https://amwenglish.com/…/communique-from-anarchist-prisone…/

Image note: Justice for TJ Hickey, Redfern riots fireworks, so-called-Australia, 2004 #StopBlackDeathsinCustody

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Victory to the Haiti Rebels

12.02.19 ‘All 78 prisoners have escaped from Aquin Prison in southern Haiti, as the countrywide insurrection has left Haiti’s police force unable to respond.
The prisoners were able to escape while the police were distracted by nearby protesters, demanding the overthrow of the corrupt right wing regime of Jovenel Moïse. The prisoners had initially left their cells for a scheduled shower, and escaped in the midst of a demonstration outside the prison and its adjoining police station. Barricades made by protesters had blocked police reinforcements sent from Les Cayes, a town nearly 34 miles (55km) away.
The rebellion against IMF-imposed austerity and the misappropriation of PetroCaribe funds from Venezuela is now in its sixth day. Earlier today in Port-au-Prince, revolutionaries responded to the murder of a protester by police by throwing rocks and molotov cocktails. Militants have set up flaming barricades to block roads around the country, and attacks against the police have been increasing.
As revolutionary activity continues in Haiti, militancy will provide more openings for prisoners to escape captivity and gain freedom.’
https://www.amwenglish.com/articles/all-78-prisoners-escape-from-aquin-prison-in-haiti/