There were 12,500 eviction cases in privatized NYCHA developments in the past five years
After NYCHA recently uploaded new data, we can now see there have been 12,500 eviction cases brought against residents in PACT developments. This represents 40% of the 31,000 households that are now in PACT.
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Cornell and the authorities all failed Jane Doe while they protected the rapists. Two years later, public outrage pushed the state to reopen the criminal case, but we can’t stop there.
What happened? Last month, a young woman filed a civil lawsuit against Cornell, the seven men that gang raped her in 2024, and their fraternity Chi Phi. It wasn’t until now, two years later, that the ensuing public outrage has pushed the local district attorney, Matthew Van Houten, to reopen the case and pressured New…
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DON’T TALK TO COPS: Some important reminders on fighting repression
The most important principle in defeating political repression is relying on the people to expose and fight each and every instance of it. With increasing levels of surveillance and repression being directed at people resisting, it is critically important that everyone engaging in political action remembers the basic rule: Don’t talk! Don’t ever talk to…
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Inside and Outside, Repressed and Amplified: A Report Back from the Protest at Pearsall
On Sunday, we pulled up to the Pearsall Detention Center where Wilber Perez is still being held with a fucking bullet in his back to demand his immediate release to a medical facility, and to demand that these torture camps close their doors across the country. We know several people who currently are or have…
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Revolution was felt stronger than any pepper ball or tear gas: Report back from the Attempted murder of Wilber Garces Perez
Within an hour, people started gathering at the scene where Wilber Garces Perez was shot in the back through his car door by ICE. All could see Austin PD and State Troopers stand side by side, putting themselves between the ICE agents involved in Wilber’s attempted murder and the crowd that wanted them charged and…
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VIVOS SE LOS LLEVARON ¡VIVOS LOS QUEREMOS! Free Wilber Rafael Garces Perez
On September 20th in Austin, Texas, ICE agents who currently remain unidentified shot Wilber Garces Perez in the back as he tried to flee from a “targeted immigration operation”. Within hours of being brutalized, he was sent to a torture camp in Pearsall, Texas without surgery or any kind of adequate medical attention, still carrying…
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Justice for Ivy Kelly
For almost 30 years, Ivy Kelly has been trapped inside the mass incarceration machine for a crime he didn’t commit. Pinned for the murder of his friend, Ivy has spent the majority of his adult life captive behind bars, fighting for his innocence. Even after decades inside prison, and eventually having his guilty verdict thrown…
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The Police Do Not Keep Women Safe
Debunking the Myth that Police are the Solution to Domestic Violence On July 20th, the Chicago SWAT team responded to a domestic violence case in Albany Park. That morning, 42-year-old Daniel Aguirre threatened, beat, and held his partner and 14-year-old daughter hostage at gunpoint in their second-floor apartment. When his partner’s 67-year-old mother tried to…
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Drop the Charges on the Rundberg 3!
On the Morning of Monday 8/10, three members of Dare to Struggle, “the Rundberg 3,” were surveilled on their way to court by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). Once they got to court, two of them were wrongfully arrested. On 7/27, Travis County issued warrants for the Rundberg 3. The warrants stemmed from…
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