Illustrated Guide Version 17.3 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.

Illustrated Guide Version 17.1.1 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.

Sekou Odinga, Rest in Power

NYC ABC mourns the death of Sekou Odinga, whom we were honored to count as both our comrade and our friend.

Where to even begin to describe the impact and importance Sekou had on the movement? From the early days of the NYC Black Panther Party (BPP) to the International Section of the BPP, to the Black Liberation Army, to his time as a political prisoner and eventual release, to his subsequent tireless advocacy for the PP’s and POW’s still being held behind walls with the Northeast Political Prisoner Coalition and others, Sekou’s presence in the movement was unmatched. We worked with Sekou on various projects and events over the years, and his consistent warmth, sense of humor, and dedication to his comrades were always inspiring.

We will continue to honor Sekou’s commitment to supporting our political prisoners and POW’s, on both sides of the walls.

Illustrated Guide Version 17 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.

Illustrated Guide Version 16.10.2 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, we are removing Ed Poindexter (deceased, REST IN POWER!). We are also excited to say we are removing Eric King (released to halfway house! Welcome home.).

Rest Easy, Ed Poindexter.

NYC ABC is saddened by the death of Ed Poindexter, and angered that he died behind bars. A long time Black liberation militant, Ed was afforded neither the justice nor the health care he deserved by the truly criminal “justice system.” This is unfortunately what we have to come to expect from the carceral state’s treatment of Black, Brown and Indigenous political prisoners who are locked up for struggling for their communities. Ed’s life and commitment to freedom and dignity for all is an example we will try harder to live by.

Until all are free.
-NYC ABC

Illustrated Guide Version 16.10.1 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, we are removing Ed Poindexter (deceased, REST IN POWER!).

BK/NY – NYE – Noise Demo Against the Prison Industrial Complex, In Solidarity with PPs and POWs

WHAT: Noise Demo
WHEN: 9:00pm, Sunday, 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.

International Call For New Year’s Eve Noise Demonstrations

[CLICK THROUGH FOR INTERNATIONAL TRANSLATIONS]

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 send this call in solidarity with those defying state repression of large scale dissent: from anarchists in Chile to Atlanta to Russia and all of those in the spaces between.

We want a world without walls and borders.

We will fight together until everyone is free!

Illustrated Guide Version 16.9 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.