Eric’s lawyers at Civil Liberties Defense Center have released a major update on his case. Please check it out.

As we prepare for key upcoming court dates for our client Eric King, we wanted to provide some insight on what’s happening and why this case is so important. Due to some restrictions around media and upcoming trials, we can’t say nearly as much about it as we’d like. However, you can educate yourself on its substance by visiting the resource page which includes links to all publicly-available court documents.

Please take a look and share it with your networks. You can also follow Eric’s support crew on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and consider making a small contribution to support his legal defense fund by donating to CLDC and designate your contribution for “Eric King.”

Background:
Eric was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2014 for his actions in solidarity with the Black liberation uprisings in Ferguson, Missouri, and is scheduled to be released in 2023. However, he now faces a new federal criminal charge for allegedly “assaulting” a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) officer in self-defense in 2018, and faces up to 20 more years in prison if convicted.

On Thursday, October 14, CLDC’s legal team will represent Eric at an evidentiary hearing in Colorado Federal Court where the Judge will rule on our Motion to Suppress Evidence regarding Eric’s coerced statements in the aftermath — determining whether the statements were involuntary as a result of torture and abuse he suffered at the hands of BOP Florence guards, among other issues. While we have a steep hill to climb, this evidentiary hearing is a monumental step forward in bringing the truth into the light of day. In addition to his upcoming criminal trial, CLDC is also representing Eric in a civil suit against the BOP relating to this incident and a continuing pattern of abuse within the federal carceral system.
In Solidarity,
The CLDC Team

We are happy to announce that PRE-SALES for the 2022 Certain Days calendar (our 21st edition) have begun!
Order now and calendars will ship soon.
In the U.S., order from Burning Books
In Canada, order 1-9 copies from Kersplebedeb/Left Wing Books

Order 10 or more copies (and raise funds for your own organizations and projects!) via certaindays.org

Certain Days 2022: Creating a New World in the Shell of the Old
The Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar is a joint fundraising and educational project between outside organizers in Montreal, Hamilton, New York and Baltimore, with two political prisoners being held in maximum-security prisons: David Gilbert in New York and Xinachtli (s/n Alvaro Luna Hernandez) in Texas. Founding members Herman Bell and Robert Seth Hayes (RIP) were happily welcomed home from prison in 2018. Learn more about them at certaindays.org.

Your group can buy 10 or more for the rate of $10 each and sell them for $15, keeping the difference for your organization. Many campaigns, infoshops and projects do this as a way of raising funds and spreading awareness about political prisoners. Use the discount code “BULK” to get 10 or more calendars for $10 each. In Canada, you can order at our bulk rates at certaindays.org.

This year’s theme is “Creating a New World in the Shell of the Old” and features art and writings by Alanna Kibbe, Comrade Z, David Gilbert, Daniel McGowan, Support Eric King, Hanif Bey, Jesus Barraza, Leila Abdelrazaq, Martha Hennessy, Montclair Mutual Aid, Oso Blanco, Pete Railand, Roger Peet, Shukri Abu-Baker, Tauno Biltsted, Wendy Elisheva Somerson, Windigo Army, Virginia Lee, Xinachtli and Xue.

Your favorite intercontinental, inside/outside collective has produced our SECOND calendar during the COVID-19 pandemic and despite major obstacles, we think you will love it.

Proceeds from the Certain Days 2021 calendar were divided amongst Addameer Prisoner Support & Human Rights Association (Palestine), Release Aging People in Prison – RAPP, Barton Prisoner Solidarity Project, Tucson Anti-Repression Crew, Austin ABC, Prison Health News, Solidarité sans frontière/Solidarity across border/Solidaridad sin frontera, Buffalo Books Through Bars and Mongoose Distro! Proceeds from the 2022 calendar will go to some of the same grassroots groups and more.

Don’t forget – if you buy 10 or more, be sure to use the discount code “BULK” to get 10 or more calendars for $10 each.

Here’s the latest compilation of every other week updates:
https://nycabc.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/updates-5-oct-2021.pdf

NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support
crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners and prisoners of
war we support.

If you consistently mail the latest updates to a specific prisoner,
please let us know so we can insure there’s no overlap. The goal is to
have copies sent to all of the prisoners we list.

We’ve also been told that some prisoners are not receiving the copies
sent in, yet we aren’t getting rejection notices. If you are in steady
contact with a prisoner, please ask them whether or not they are
receiving the updates and let us know.

Free ’em all,
NYC ABC

Pushing Down The Walls. 
Saturday, Nov 20th 2021
 Jurupa Valley Lions Club, 5981 Limonite Avenue, Riverside Ca 92509
Doors open at 10AM. 
A burpee marathon fundraiser for Political Prisoners. All entry donations will benefit the ABCF Warchest. 

How does PDTW work? 
Show up. Give whatever donation you like and then do as many burpees as you can. 
Or…

Your friends and family pledge to give $1 per burpee. However much you fundraise is how many burpees you throw down on Nov 20th. 

Don’t feel like doing burpees? Pledge to do however many reps of whatever you prefer. There will definitely be food, vendors and music for everyone to enjoy. 

IG: @pushingdownthewalls
Email: [email protected]

WHAT: Political Prisoner Letter-Writing
WHEN: 7pm sharp, Tuesday, October 5th, 2021
WHERE: The Base – 1302 Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11221
(directions below)
NOTE: The Base is on the ground floor, is wheelchair accessible, and has
a gender neutral toilet.
COST: Free

Aaaaaand…WE. ARE. BACK. After over 18 months of virtual events in
support of political prisoners and prisoners of war, NYC ABC and Page
One Collective are heading back to The Base, back to in-person events,
and back to serving up some hot information on the folks we support.
Speaking of hot, the world is on fire–figuratively and literally,
largely the result of actions taken by greedy humans in pursuit of
capital expansion and exploiting everything possible in the process. So
it’s fitting that in our return to political prisoner letter-writing
events, we focus on Jessica Reznicek, currently serving an eight year
federal prison sentence for eco-defense.

Jessica Reznicek is a 40 year old land and water defender who has worked
with and lived in the Des Moines Catholic Worker Community for the last
10 years. Jessica grew up in a small town in rural Iowa.

In 2016, Jessica took a stand against the construction of the Dakota
Access Pipeline in Iowa. Jessica attended public comment hearings,
gathered signatures for valid requests for Environmental Impact
Statements, and participated in civil disobedience, hunger strikes,
marches & rallies, boycotts & encampments.

When the process failed, she concluded the system was broken, and it was
up to individuals to take action and protect the water. She and a fellow
Catholic Worker then spent the next couple months disabling construction
machinery along the pipeline route.

In early 2021, Jessica pleaded guilty to one count of Conspiracy to
Damage an Energy Facility and on June 30 was designated a domestic
terrorist by the court and sentenced to 8 years in prison, followed by 3
years supervised probation, and a restitution of $3,198,512.70 paid to
Energy Transfer LLC.

More information at https://supportjessicareznicek.com
Sign the petition at https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/protecting-water-is-never-terrorism-repeal-jessica-rezniceks-terrorist-enhancement

If you can’t make it out, but still want to support Jessica, you can
write to her at:

Jessica Reznicek #19293-030
FCI Waseca
PO Box 1731
Waseca, MN 56093

The deal, as always, is that you come bringing only yourself (and your
friends and comrades), and we provide you with information about the
prisoners as well as all of the letter-writing materials and
prisoner-letter-writing info you could ever want to use in one evening.
In return, you write a thoughtful letter to a political prisoner or
prisoner of war of your choosing or, better yet, keep up a long-term
correspondence. We’ll also provide some brief updates and pass around
birthday cards for the PP/POWs whose birthdays fall in the next two
weeks thanks to the PP/POW Birthday Calendar.

Directions:
Getting to The Base is simple:
From the M Train:
Central Avenue Stop: Walk east on Myrtle Avenue (away from Hart Street,
toward Cedar Street). We’re about two blocks down on the south side of
the street.

Knickerbocker Avenue Stop: Walk west on Myrtle Avenue (away from Harman
Street, toward Himrod Street). We’re about three blocks down on the
south side of the street.

From the L Train:
DeKalb Avenue Stop: Walk south on Stockholm Street (away from Wyckoff
Avenue, toward Irving Avenue). We’re about four blocks down, at the
intersection of Stockholm Street and Myrtle Avenue.

From the J Train:
Myrtle Avenue Stop: Transfer to the M train and follow the above
directions.

Friends at Radix Media in Brooklyn, NY have created an amazing poster with a piece of Eric King’s poetry! It is a fundraiser and proceeds will go to Eric’s support fund. You can order at the link below. with some details about the poster.  

Order at https://radixmedia.org/product/eric-king-support-letterpress-broadside/

On August 09, 2014, a 28-year-old white Ferguson Police officer named Darren Wilson shot and murdered Michael Brown, a young 18-year-old unarmed Black man. Spurred by this event and the continued, relentless cases of police officers across America shooting at unarmed Black people, a wave of protests erupted all over the country, most notably in the city of Ferguson. Protestors held their hands in the air and cried “Don’t Shoot,” to protest the heavy militarization of American police and their use of excessive force in interactions with Black people.

A month later, angered by the inaction and police brutality during the protests, vegan poet and anarchist Eric King flung two incendiary devices into a Kansas City Congressperson’s office, both of which failed to ignite. King was arrested and sentenced to ten years, a statutory minimum and maximum sentence. Despite encountering police harassment, targeting, and extreme isolation from loved ones while incarcerated, King continues to write and champion for racial and social justice.

To support Eric King, we are releasing a limited edition of 35 posters carrying one of his revolutionary poems. All profits generated from the sale of the poster will be sent to Eric’s’s support fund. You can support the campaign fighting for his release by visiting Supportericking.org.

The print is approximately 12.5″ x 20″ and was letterpress printed in multiple passes on our vintage Vandercook proofing press.