(Important to note that there is one edit in that guide. Brian ‘Peppy’ DiPippa has been released from prison and is in a halfway house! Welcome home, Peppy!)
In celebration of Valentine’s Day, which is always on February the 14th, I understand the meaning of that celebration of love between two individuals to two persons, that part of the love that we had, when we joined unions, when we join marriages and so forth, it could be even of our friendships, that’s okay with me.
But the thing is, what I’m looking at on tomorrow, February the 14th is that there’s also another element to LOVE, in the sense of not being connected to the capitalist markets, not being connected to the capitalist ideology that we have all been indoctrinated with. All liberation movements and oppressed people should look into the revolutionary love that we must nurture between people who love the struggle. People who understand the necessity, especially now in these times of fascism.
Fascism is here, as George Jackson said. People are living butchered lives. Not only that but people are dying for taking the stand in defense of the oppressed, in defense of immigrants, in defense of prisoners, In defense of the poor, in defense of LGBTQ+ community, you know, on and on and on. You know what I’m saying? I mean, you see the brutality, the brutality that’s going on the murderers of innocent people who go into the streets like in Minnesota, like in Los Angeles.
First of all, we must decolonize our mind. Through that process, it’s a dialectical process, because remember the different colonial, neo-colonial system has always defined itself to erase our historical language. To dehumanize, to dehumanize us, first by taking possession of our ancestral lands and then and then conditioning us to be in the mentality of them. To think a certain wait that celebrates capital, and I mean between individual rights. You know this vision of competition, because that’s what that what capitalism is. You compete with individuals. You compete within corporations. The strong will survive. The big fish eats the smaller fish. That’s what capitalism represents.
In my consciousness, it’s freeing myself of that mentality, to embracing that mentality of revolutionary love for our community, for people who are oppressed, for people who are under siege. That’s what I’m talking about. Love for community care for community health, for community unity, for community prosperity for independence from colonialism, capitalism. For establishing a right to autonomy or creating our own spaces. What this campaign is doing here, we are creating our own spaces, which is amazing. I mean, that’s where people power grows. Creating this economy, creating this thing for our own self determination, so we can, so we can, you know, own our own destiny. So we can create our own destiny. We don’t need kings, queens or fascists to tell us how to run our lives. We create our own community. We create our own system of justice. We don’t need the capitalist state, we don’t need the police state to administer justice to our people. We separate ourselves from the capitalist economy. We must create the economy that is helpful to our liberation to our complete liberation from freeing our mind to freeing our labor power.
This is the decolonization we have to go through. And we go through that, realizing our, using the word of Indigenous nations of “right power,” to not only free in our mind, but to create bases—for example, this freedom campaign all of you have created.
This is political re-education—that’s the most important key to our liberation.
That’s why this prison system hates me because they see the revolutionary love that I have for the prisoner class. Those who want to change their life, go through a metamorphosis. Go through a transformation of our souls, of our hearts, of our minds, to stop this state cycle of violence.
☎️⚡️ Join our urgent phone blast for Xinachtli! As Xinachtli continues fighting for his humane treatment following revelations in his medical records detailing multiple life-threatening conditions, the situation has become even more urgent.
Since February 25, Xinachtli has had no access to communication after being transferred from the Carol S. Young Medical Facility to the UTMB hospital in Galveston. He is being held in chains, unable to hold or use his tablet, cutting him off from all communication and all his property. He cannot speak to his lawyer. When one campaign member was briefly able to call, they heard him in a severely distressed and concerning state.
The Carole Young unit is refusing to accept him back, and we currently have no information about where he will be transferred next—all while he continues to be denied the medical treatment he urgently needs for his many serious health conditions.
This ongoing torture and repression must be met with a strong public response. We urge supporters to call throughout the rest of the week to demand answers.
NYC ABC will be hosting this important event on March 5th.
WHAT: Letter-writing WHEN: Thursday, March 5th, 2026 6:30-8:30pm WHERE: Property Is Theft (P.I.T.) (411 South 5th Street, Brooklyn 11211) Access: Quick ramp setup; bathroom not accessible COST: FREE (Donations to cover the cost of stamps greatly appreciated)
On Thursday, March 5th, Join NYC ABC for a letter-writing & solidarity event for the imprisoned Prairieland (Texas) defendants. Prairieland is a political repression case stemming from a noise demonstration in solidarity with ICE detainees that took place on July 4, 2025, outside the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas. The current defendants are charged as an alleged “Antifa Cell,” including the transport “antifa materials”—a box of commonly available anarchist zines.
The defendants face decades or even life behind bars, and in the case of green card holder Daniel “Des” Sanchez Estrada, also deportation. They are currently being held in a disgusting county jail while awaiting trial, scheduled to begin on February 23rd. Beyond destroying these defendants’ lives, this case could have wide-ranging impacts: making it an act of “domestic terrorism” to resist fascism, whether with organizing, solidarity, or words.
Malik Muhammad has been incarcerated since the Floyd Uprising but is now receiving support from the ABCF.
Malik is a Black/Palestinian pansexual Muslim, anarchist, antifascist and anti-racist abolitionist. They were charged with possession of unregistered destructive devices, engaging in civil disorder and obstructing law enforcement and using explosives to commit a felony. They have a young child. Malik has a long history of protesting and associated actions for Black liberation.
On April 5th, 2021 Malik was arrested in Indiana, and then extradited to Oregon. They were given a $2.1 million bail. Through great struggle, the required 10% of it was met by the Portland Freedom Fund, but revoked the next day. Within 24 hours of their release, Malik was rearrested by federal officers. They were then imprisoned in Multnomah County where they were held in solitary confinement for around 90 days.
On July 29th Malik was moved, pretrial, to the state’s only federal prison, FCI Sheridan. At Sheridan, They participated in a hunger strike that successfully increased prisoners free-time from 30 minutes every other day to four hours per day everyday, and one day per week outside for recreation. In 2022, they were sentenced to 10 years in prison.
My name is Malik Farrad Muhammad. I’m a black/Palestinian pansexual Muslim (yes, hella confusing). I’m an anarchist antifascist, anti-racist abolitionist (yes, both cops and prisons) for my love of freedom! My first protest was in high school: a walkout staged after Treyvon Martin’s murder. From there, I never really got active again until “Bernie or Bust” and then, of course, the George Floyd uprising. I traveled the country and organized and fought and was ultimately kidnapped, ransomed and now held prisoner here at OSP.
I have a beautiful son, a beautiful wife and life partner, Jesse, who moved out here to Portland after my kidnapping by the feds, and a loving family back home in the Midwest. I’m also a veteran, I was a tanker in the army — and no, I’m not proud that I was part of the murder machine, so don’t thank me for my service. I love music more than anything almost, am a guitarist and aspiring pianist, all genres. Not much else to say except that I’m a lover of freedom, equity and equality, and will fight to my last breath for it. Unlike those who may regret a thing they did to get convicted or those who tempered their actions for fear of the consequences, I regret nothing, if only not doing more before I was caught. I will live for the people and I’ll die for the people because I love the people, we who want freedom cannot rest till it comes.”
Write Malik at: Malik Muhammed #23935744 Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution 2500 Westgate Pendleton, OR 97801
Malik can also receive communications electronically, and prefers that method for consistent correspondence. You can find instructions for setting up electronic messages via the GettingOut website at https://www.icscorrections.com/docs/Gettingout_instructions.pdf *Note that you must first send your email address to Malik in writing so that he can add you to his list of approved contacts.
For many of the prisoners NYC ABC supports, we have tri-fold pamphlets. Some are our own design, others taken from the Anarchist Black Cross Federation. Feel free to download and distribute as you see fit– there’s even space on the back to add your local group’s contact information.
NOTE: When two-sided/duplex printing, select “print on short edge.” This way you avoid one side being printed upside down.
3/3/26 — As Xinachtli continues fighting for his humane treatment following revelations in his medical records detailing multiple life-threatening conditions, the situation has become even more urgent.
Since February 25, Xinachtli has had no access to communication after being transferred from the Carol S. Young Medical Facility to the UTMB hospital in Galveston. He is being held in chains, unable to hold or use his tablet, cutting him off from all communication and all his property. He cannot speak to his lawyer. When one campaign member was briefly able to call, they heard him in a severely distressed and concerning state.
The Carole Young unit is refusing to accept him back, and we currently have no information about where he will be transferred next — all while he continues to be denied the medical treatment he urgently needs for his many serious health conditions.
This ongoing torture and repression must be met with a strong public response. We urge supporters to call throughout the rest of the week to demand answers.
March is here and calendar season is officially over. Last year at this time we’d already sold out. Don’t go the rest of the year disorganized! Grab what’s left of these 2026 Certain Days calendars, or grab some for prisoners, for only $5 each.
This Friday, March 6, 2026, 13 people, including Priscilla, who are facing charges in DeKalb County, are scheduled to appear for motions hearings.
Nine of them are arguing for the dismissal of their unindicted charges.
After years of little to no activity, these defendants are finally getting a day in court. Notably, no pending felonies have been indicted in these cases, preventing people from fighting the allegations in open court. In the meantime, defendants have endured years of uncertainty, stigma, and financial strain brought on by the state of Georgia charging outrageous felonies and publicizing arrests on major media, like Fox News, weaponizing the media with the promise that simple Google searches on a defendant’s name are more damaging than any formal background check.
A bundled-up protester stands with their back to the camera holding a hand-painted sign reading “DEFEND THE ATLANTA FOREST,” decorated with small green pine trees; other winter-clad demonstrators are blurred in the background. “These are old cases, and, in some instances, people have been left unindicted for close to three years. The punishment has been the process: uncertainty, stigma, financial strain, and years of life organized around a looming prosecution.” — Xavier T. de Janon, People’s Law Collective
Priscilla’s lawyer, Xavier, will be arguing on her motions for dismissal at the March 6 hearing.
Join us on Zoom: Time: March 6, 2026, 09:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Zoom Meeting: https://dekalbcountyga.zoom.us/j/87914354433 Meeting ID: 879 1435 4433 Passcode: 476240
Meanwhile, the Georgia Attorney General’s Office continues its attempted prosecution of 61 individuals in its unprecedented racketeering conspiracy indictment. That case is now headed to the Georgia Court of Appeals after the Fulton County Superior Court dismissed the racketeering count.
If you are in the Atlanta area, you are welcome to join the crew for inperson court support!
Some years ago, Krystal and I departed downtown Pittsburgh with a farewell kiss. We know love when free is liberating and when held in defiance of oppression is revolutionary.
We left with an unwavering faith in the collective power accompanying us through the hardship of an all-too-common journey, in the clutches of the carceral state.
Now I return to the point of departure, having fared well with your hands at my back every step of the way. I return to my comrades’ arms for a moment to pause and breathe; we are still not free until all are free.
I took a ride along the contours left by the wounds of a system fixated on war. What these 971 days behind the walls have gifted is attunement to the shadowed sorrow that state, capital, and alienation are so committed to.
I exited the closed prison today for the open prison of “community confinement”, a half-way house. From within and against these prisons, it is clear that abolition is only rational if we seek war’s end. Beyond idealism is the practical matter of placing hurt people with other hurt people in battle royale ghettos. AI will not resolve social inequities.
My eyes saw ingenuity and cleverness, hallmarks of determined people to find a way. Your letters and shared stories, from Minneapolis to Gaza, upheld this heart in which our new world is carried.
