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.

For more details, see: prairielanddefendants.com | @dfwsupportcommittee | freedes.net | @free.des.revol

We encourage people to wear an N95/KN95 mask * Letter-writing supplies, vegan snacks, and info will be provided

In what many prisoners have told us is their favorite event of the year, Resistance in Brooklyn and NYC Anarchist Black Cross again join forces to bring you the annual holiday card-writing party for U.S. held political prisoners, prisoners of war, and prisoners of conscience. This event is always a lot of fun, the food outstanding, the camaraderie lively, and the handmade cards flat out amazing. This year will be no different, and will be organized both in person and virtually. So plan to tell your friends and bring your creativity. We’ll have updates on the pp/pow campaigns as well as crayons, colored pencils, paper and envelopes.

This is a hybrid event and will have a zoom component for folks unable to make it in person. For the Zoom meeting information, contact Resistance in Brooklyn: resistanceinbrooklyn.ows at gmail dot com

For folks writing at home, here are some guidelines to follow to ensure your holiday card gets to the person you are writing:

GUIDELINES:
We recommend using the following guidelines to ensure your holiday card will get through the walls. The best bet for getting a handmade card through the walls is to either: print a design on plain computer paper or create a design on plain computer paper using blue or black pen only. Things have gotten very draconian and many facilities won’t even allow crayon or colored pencil anymore. Card stock or greeting cards are not allowed in most facilities. You cannot use paint of any kind. You cannot enclose glitter or write with glittery gel pens or puff paint pens or stickers.

If you DO use some colorful artsy craftsy things to make a card on cardstock, simply photocopy it onto computer paper and send in the copy only.

You cannot include articles or anything else torn out of a newspaper or magazine. However, you can print that same article from the internet or photocopy it.

ON THE ENVELOPE:
Return address labels are no longer permitted in most facilities, nor stickers of any kind (aside from stamps). Write your ‘to’ and ‘from’ address neatly in blue or black pen.

For more information, contact:
Resistance in Brooklyn– resistanceinbrooklyn.ows at gmail dot com
NYC Anarchist Black Cross– nycabc at riseup dot net

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.

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 want a world without walls and borders.

We will fight together until everyone is free!

GERMAN

Das ist ein Aufruf zu einer lauten Nacht intensiver Solidarität mit denen, die vom Staat eingesperrt wurden, an einer der lautesten Nächte des Jahres. An Silvester versammle deine Gruppe, dein Kollektiv, deine Gemeinschaft, deine Organisation, oder komme auch nur selbst, triff dich mit anderen, und macht zusammen einen Höllenlärm damit die, die drinnen sind, daran erinnert werden, dass sie nicht alleine sind.

International sind Lärmdemonstrationen vor Gefängnissen eine Gelegenheit sich an die zu erinnern, die vom Staat gefangen gehalten werden, und sind auch eine Gelegenheit Solidarität mit eingekerkerten Genossen und Angehörigen zu zeigen. Wir kommen zusammen, um die Einsamkeit und Isolation zu durchbrechen.

Wir wissen, dass Gefängnisse nicht mehr zu reformieren sind und ganz abgeschafft werden müssen. Sie sind ein Repressionsmechanismus, der vom Staat verwendet wird, um eine soziale Ordnung, die auf weißer Vorherrschaft, Patriarchat und Heteronormativität basiert, aufrecht zu erhalten. Vor den Orten der Repression zusammenzukommen heißt auch, Stellung gegen das, wofür sie stehen, zu beziehen.

Die Logik des Staates and des Kapitals—Bestrafung und Haft— muss durch Ablehnung von Unterdrückung und Ausbeutung ersetzt werden. Der Aufruf ist ein Schritt in diese Richtung.

Egal wo du bist, triff dich an Sylvester bei den Gefängnissen und Haftanstalten, sei laut in Solidarität mit denen, die eingesperrt sind, und damit die Idee einer Welt frei von Domination angetrieben wird.

Wir wollen eine Welt ohne Wände und ohne Grenzen.

Wir werden zusammen kämpfen bis jeder/jede frei ist!

INDONESIAN

Ini adalah seruan untuk malam solidaritas yang kuat dengan mereka yang dipenjara oleh negara di salah satu malam paling berisik sepanjang tahun. Pada Malam Tahun Baru, kumpulkan kru, kolektif, komunitas, organisasi, atau hanya diri Anda sendiri dan berkumpul untuk membuat keributan dan mengingatkan mereka yang ada di dalam bahwa mereka tidak sendirian.

Secara internasional, demonstrasi keributan di luar penjara adalah cara untuk mengenang mereka yang ditahan oleh negara dan cara untuk menunjukkan solidaritas dengan kawan-kawan yang dipenjara dan orang-orang terkasih. Kami datang bersama untuk menghancurkan kesepian dan isolasi.Kita tahu bahwa penjara tidak bisa direformasi dan harus dihapuskan sama sekali. Ini adalah mekanisme represi yang digunakan oleh negara untuk mempertahankan tatanan sosial yang berakar pada supremasi kulit putih, patriarki, dan heteronormativitas. Berkumpul bersama di luar tempat-tempat penindasan juga berarti menentang apa yang mereka wakili.

Logika negara dan kapital—penghukuman dan pemenjaraan, harus diganti dengan penolakan terhadap penindasan dan eksploitasi. Seruan ini adalah salah satu langkah menuju ke arah itu.

Di mana pun Anda berada, berkumpullah pada Malam Tahun Baru di penjara, rumah tahanan, dan pusat-pusat penahanan, nyatakan solidaritas dengan mereka yang dipenjara dan dorong gagasan tentang dunia yang bebas dari dominasi

Kami menginginkan dunia tanpa tembok dan batas-batasan!

Kami akan berjuang bersama sampai semua orang bebas!