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  • Amid Trump’s War on Antifa, Activists Face Arrest for Zines and Group Chats

    Reproduced below is a January 10, 2026 publication from Truthout, authored by Brit “Red” Schulte. This article was originally published by Truthout I’ve been making zines since I was 14 years young. I’ve been distributing them since I was 16. I’m now 37 years old and pursuing a doctorate in art history studying communities of zine makers. In recent years I’ve seen a notable increase in people talking about zines, making them, and attending zine fests — it’s been heartening and wild to witness! I’ve watched what felt at times like this niche and nerdy part of my life blossom…

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  • Inside DoJ’s controversial prosecution of a Texas ‘antifa cell’ charged with terrorism

    Reproduced below is a December 18, 2025 publication from The Guardian, authored by Sam Levine. DoJ says a group of protesters at an ICE detention center was part of a terror cell; legal experts say case is an effort to crack down on leftwing groups and deter protesters After the assassination of Charlie Kirk in September, Donald Trump and others pledged a no-holds barred crackdown on leftwing activists. “We have radical left lunatics out there and we just have to beat the hell out of them,” Trump said after Kirk’s shooting. Top White House officials, including JD Vance and Stephen…

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  • From “In Contempt”: December updates on the Prairieland case

    Reproduced below is a section from the December 10, 2025 publication of In Contempt, which is a monthly report on prison rebels, State repression, and news from an abolitionist perspective. There have been minor factual corrections to the number of defendants who pled guilty. Prairieland Defendants The state has seriously escalated repression over the now 18 people facing charges from the immigrant solidarity demonstration at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center on July 4, 2025. Under the new “domestic terrorism” orders targeting “antifa.” The DFW Support Committee has reported that after 12 more defendants were federally indicted under new charges, including…

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  • “I’m Not Fleeing” — Alleged Antifa Cell Member Says He Was Accidentally Released From Jail

    Reproduced below is a piece from a December 4, 2025 publication from The Intercept. It has been minorly edited for a typographical error. Daniel Sanchez Estrada, who was arrested for transporting anarchist zines after an ICE protest, turned himself in to the feds. For five months, Daniel Sanchez Estrada was the prisoner of a government that has branded him an “Antifa Cell operative.” He was accused of moving a box of anarchist zines from one suburb of Dallas to another after a protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. On the day before Thanksgiving, he was released without warning or…

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  • The War on Terror Turns Left

    Reproduced below is a December 4, 2025 publication from Unicorn Riot, authored by L. Cam Anderson. Prairieland, TX – A sprawling court case from a protest at an immigration detention center could determine how the United States government deals with dissent. The charges originated from a protest at the Prairieland Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, where a police officer was shot. In a superseding indictment filed in the U.S. District Court of Northern Texas on Nov. 13, prosecutors charged eight defendants with providing material support to terrorists, an increase from the two who had such charges…

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  • The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine

    Reproduced below is a piece from a November 23, 2025 publication from The Intercept. Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment. Federal prosecutors have filed a new indictment in response to a July 4 noise demonstration outside the Prairieland ICE detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, during which a police officer was shot. There are numerous problems with the indictment, but perhaps the most glaring is its inclusion of charges against a Dallas artist who wasn’t even at the protest. Daniel “Des” Sanchez is accused of transporting a…

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  • Interview with Solidarity Activist Supporting Prairieland Anti-ICE Political Prisoners

    Reproduced below is a piece from a November 17, 2025 publication from The Worker. The Worker conducted an interview with a supporter of the Dallas/Fort Worth Support Committee (unaffiliated with The Worker), which has been organizing in defense of the anti-ICE activists in connection with a protest outside the Prairieland Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Alvarado, Texas. The demonstrators face trumped up domestic terrorism charges, with the case serving as a testing grounds for the Trump administration’s new “Antifa” executive order targeting anti-imperialist activism with terrorism charges. The interview has been edited for publication. 1. Tell us about…

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  • From “In Contempt”: November updates on the Prairieland case

    Reproduced below is a section from the November 8, 2025 publication of In Contempt, which is a monthly report on prison rebels, State repression, and news from an abolitionist perspective. In an early morning raid on October 21, federal agents arrested another person in connection with a July 4 protest at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center. In a press release, the DFW Support Committee writes: Goering’s arrest continues a trend of escalation by police and prosecutors in a case that now involves 18 defendants. The government is using exorbitant bonds of up to $15 million to imprison all but one…

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  • These Dallas Residents Are on the Front Lines of Trump’s War Against “Antifa”

    Reproduced below is a Truth Out article authored by Andrew Lee, published on October 25, 2025. Truth Out describes itself as a nonprofit news organization dedicated to providing independent reporting and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues. If convicted, people who showed up to a protest could face “decades of prison time,” the National Lawyers Guild says. On the night of July 4, 2025, Meagan Morris and Autumn Hill departed the Dallas home they shared with several others to go to an immigrant solidarity protest. This was no small thing for either of the two housemates. A…

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  • Help Prairieland Defendants

    Reproduced below is a Slingshot Collective article authored by DFW Support Committee, published online on October 25, 2025. There is also a print version in the Slingshot Collective publication! Slingshot describes itself as a nonprofit news organization dedicated to providing independent reporting and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues. After a July 4 noise demonstration at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center in Alvarado, TX, to show solidarity with ICE detainees and protest ongoing deportations, there was an officer-involved shooting. Trump’s Department of Justice skewed the shooting as a terrorist ambush and 17 people were arrested on ruinous…

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