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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…
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…
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…
Join us this Tuesday, December 9 for an in-person anti-repression workshop where we will contextualize the Prairieland cases within a larger pattern of state repression, and build skills and strategies to resist the attack on our communities together. This workshop will be hosted in Dallas-Fort Worth by the National Lawyers Guild’s Director of Mass Defense and co-directors at the People’s Law Collective, which helped beat the Atlanta Cop City RICO cases. Please email us at dfwsupportcommittee@hacari.com for more details.
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…
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…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 3, 2025 CONTACT:DFW Support Committee dfwsupportcommittee@hacari.com 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…
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…
This week, defendants Autumn Hill, Zachary Evetts, Benjamin Song, Meagan Morris, Ines Soto, Liz Soto, Savanna Batten, Maricela Rueda, and Daniel Sanchez Estrada were federally indicted together on the same case. These defendants, except for Sanchez Estrada, were indicted on a range of charges including riot, material support of terrorism, use of explosive, attempted murder, and discharge of a deadly weapon. Sanchez Estrada was indicted on corruptly concealing a document and conspiracy to conceal a document. Defendants Joy Gibson, Nathan Baumann, Lynette Sharp, Susan Kent, and Rebecca Morgan were charged with a single count of material support of terrorism. These…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 17, 2025 CONTACT: DFW Support Committee dfwsupportcommittee@hacari.com dfwdefendants.wordpress.com Twelve More People Federally Charged in the July 4 Prairieland ICE Detention Center Protest Case Majority of Defendants Expected to Enter ‘Not Guilty’ Pleas December 3, Refusing Early Plea Offer of Up To 15 Years in Prison DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX — Twelve people were federally charged late last week in connection with the immigrant solidarity demonstration at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center on July 4, 2025. The new indictment and charges, including rioting, attempted murder, and material support for terrorism, came as a majority of defendants are expected…