Tag: ICE
Community Defense Against ICE: An Interview with a Member of the Tucson Rapid Response Network
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.
Read More…“Support DFW Anti ICE Protestors” Zine
originally posted to Unity of Fields
Prisoners of war are being detained on $10 million bail each in Texas, accused of trying to liberate an ICE concentration camp.
Support their fundraiser and follow along updates on their case here: givesendgo.com/supportdfwprotestors
Contact their support committee here: dfwsupportcommittee@hacari.com
Download a zine with this information, how to write to the prisoners, and further updates from the support committee!
text of the zine below
Read MorePhoenix, AZ: Report Back on Autonomous Demonstration Against ICE
This reportback was originally posted anonymously to It’s Going Down
Report back from Phoenix, AZ on recent autonomous demonstration against ICE.
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.
Read More“What If We All Got Hammers?” A Report Back From an Autonomous Action in Phoenix
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.
“Claim No False Victories: a Report Back From a (Failed) Deportation Defense” Zine
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
Read MoreWar Criminals, Prison and Surveillance Profiteers Courted by Law Enforcement at Dystopian Phoenix Trade Show
article in zine format
By 7 A.M on April 8th, the Phoenix Convention Center ballroom was beginning to fill up. Attendees included local law enforcement and top officials from an alphabet soup of agencies: the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP), U.S. Customs and Border Protections (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
Read MoreTwo for Two
from Living & Fighting
By Anonymous
This week, Tucson saw two successive wins in the fight against state violence. Two demonstrations, organized in earnest but with cautious and liberal strategies, didn’t go quite as planned.
Read More“Who Called ICE?”: A Reportback from the Struggle Against State Terror
from Living & Fighting
By Anonymous
In the late afternoon of May 12th, a small crowd convened along the street at North Wilmot Road in Tucson, Arizona just outside of St. Joseph’s Hospital. The crowd numbered somewhere in the range of 50-100 people: an eclectic mix of local anarchists, subculturally-affiliated 20-or-30-somethings, boomer activists, petition circulators, journalists, at least one priest, and representatives of various activist organizations, including Derechos Humanos and the local Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) chapter—each clad in their usual bright red shirts.
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