Counter-Info for the Valley of the Sun
Anarchist Anti border, Anti ICE and Repression section at the March 28th No Kings Protest
Organization in our neighborhoods against ICE attacks! Free the non-cooperating Prairieland defendants!
4th ave and Washington Street, Downtown Phoenix 2PM
Find the black flags!
the following reportback was originally posted anonymously to Living & Fighting
An anonymous partisan dispatched from the Southwest gives an account of a week spent battling ICE in the streets of the Twin Cities while navigating trauma, exhaustion, and the sublimity of a popular uprising. These notebooks were emailed to L&F anonymously.
Things have been relatively quiet so far, we spent most of yesterday preparing logistics for the influx of out-of-towners. The people who have already been going hard here are stretched thin and very tired, many of them have been arrested and/or beaten by police and are trying to recover while also orienting new arrivals. It’s created a fertile ground for miscommunication and conflict but so far we’ve mostly been able to work through it and being here feels really good. I would caution anyone still planning to come to lock down your logistical needs and communicate them in great detail as far in advance as possible, and consider renting a car/sleeping space of your own if you can afford it.
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This interview was originally posted to Living & Fighting
Over the last seven months, the Trump administration has taken sweeping measures to further detain, deport, and destroy the lives of immigrants. It’s an effort that has resulted not just in the bombastic cruelty of sending hundreds of detainees to a notorious El Salvador prison or building a detention center in the alligator-and python-infested swamplands of Florida, but also in a steep increase in immigrations arrests across the country (in Arizona, they’re up 113% since the inauguration). In June, in response to a government call for and subsequent spike in Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and kidnappings, the people of Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Austin, Tucson, and other cities across the country protested and rioted on behalf of themselves and their families, friends, and neighbors. Despite the fierce commitment and bravery of those in the streets, the government’s mass deportation efforts are likely to only accelerate. As we seek ways to respond to these ongoing threats, we can look to—among other examples—rapid response networks, which have long existed in cities across the country, including Tucson.
What follows is an interview conducted by Living & Fighting with a member of the Tucson Community Rapid Response Network. In this interview, they discuss the history the network, what it’s accomplished and the challenges it’s faced, and what principled community response to deportations could look like in the coming months and years.
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New zine from Sunspots Distro on the topic of Mobile Distroism.
text form of the zine below
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This reportback was originally posted anonymously to It’s Going Down
There was a call for an autonomous action in downtown Phoenix this past Saturday. In contrast to the usual events sponsored by the PSL and other do nothing boring-ass orgs, this one appeared more promising. That evening, my friends and I headed to Roosevelt street to see what the night would be.
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New zine from our own Sunspots Distro on the topic of Anarchist Calisthenics.
text form of the zine below
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A short piece by iggy from Long Leaf Distro containing some loose thoughts on waiting, acting, and insurrection. text of the zine below.
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The following reportback was submitted to us anonymously for publication:
“On the evening of June 14th, 2025, a mostly-Anarchist “demonstration” was planned on Phoenix’s Roosevelt Row. While details of the events were left sparse, the location and a time of 8PM were disseminated widely on social media as well as at other local protests earlier that same day.
This is a report-back of someone on the ground and in observance of this action.
from MBTA Distro
This zine and reportback was originally posted to the MBTA Distro website, discussing a failed action that took place on occupied Wampanoag and Narragansett land, so-called “providence, rhode island”.
Its analysis of the failures of the PSL (Party for Socialism and Liberation), and how it chooses to portray these failures to its own benefit are pertinent to the struggles of anarchists across Turtle Island, and so we have chosen to repost it here.
original article text below
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By G
On May 7th, 2025, the city of Tempe put its new Vision Zero plan into action, partnering with Mesa-based traffic and surveillance company Verra Mobility to erect 14 new red light cameras across the city. This comes 14 years after Tempe’s first traffic photo enforcement system, forced upon us courtesy of surveillance company Redflex, was deactivated in 2011. They claim that these new cameras, and the ‘enforcement’ that will come with them, are the solution to our dangerous roads. Rather than redesigning for pedestrian and driver safety, expanding public transit, or creating car free zones, city council has predictably seized upon the opportunity to expand the reach of policing and the surveillance state even further into our lives.
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