Trump’s first ‘antifa’ prosecution is a warning to the left - The case against the Prairieland Nine is an attempt to put a face on Maga’s mythical enemy, even as masked ICE agents terrorise communities with impunity
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That’s when I found the T-shirt with two flags – one black, one red – inspired by a German communist group from the Weimar era called Antifaschistiche Aktion. If Trump or his proxies wanted to brand me a terrorist, I thought, they’d have to contend with the history of the people who resisted the Nazis. By being against anti-fascism, the Maga movement made it clear what it stood for.

Perhaps I was being naive. On 13 March, a jury in north Texas convicted nine people of a range of federal charges, including providing material support to terrorists, for an incident outside an ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) detention facility in Prairieland, near Fort Worth. The government prosecutor alleged that the defendants were members of an antifa cell on the basis that they were dressed all in black, wearing surgical masks and in possession of leftist zines. One of them had a sticker that depicted a stick figure throwing a swastika in a bin. On these grounds, my T-shirt would have landed me in Guantánamo.
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https://observer.co.uk/news/opinion-and-ideas/article/trump-first-antifa-prosecution-is-a-warning-to-the-left

#uspol #USA #trump #antifa #Prairieland

“When you resist the death machines, no matter how tall the shadows around you and how far from others you feel, you may be alone, but you are also with all of us who resist.

When you raise a brick against the police at the riot or barricade or alone in an alley, you do so with all those who know the taste of state violence and who refuse to accept its assumed permanence.

When you strike against the commodity form, through theft or sabotage or a refusal to work, you do so with all those who refused to be lubricant for the gears of that ecocidal and genocidal project.

Every action you take to articulate, and fight for, the world you desire is taken in concert with all who desire something similar. You are alone, and you are together.”

source: From “If We Go, We Go On Fire”, a #zine presented as evidence during the #Prairieland Trial

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/ignatius-if-we-go-we-go-on-fire

Random question about the #Prairieland "Antifa" convictions: Did ICE/cops ever produce physical evidence that one of their guys was shot? I assume they must have or the judge wouldn't have allowed the attempted murder charge; however, I also remember that, a week or two ago, ICE had a wild, shifting path of claims: multiple officers shot, just one shot, shot multiple times, dead (I think that was claimed at one point), nobody shot (pretty sure someone said that very briefly), then one guy shot in the neck.

I recall reading a couple of weeks ago that, when ICE supervisors were asked for evidence that someone was shot--a body, a hospital report, etc.--they refused and basically said "take our word for it."

So what kind of evidence did they finally produce for the shooting? How serious was it? I know attempted murder is attempted murder; I'm not contesting that, if it happened. I'm curious about what the reality was, underneath the allegation shuffle #ICE was doing for a while there.

#PrairielandDefendants #trial #legal #question #uspol

Prairieland Defendants Found Guilty by Illegitimate Texas Court System

The eight defendants being charged in the fascist court system in Texas were found guilty of providing material support to terrorism in a landmark antifa case in the US.

The verdicts came as nine defendants stood accused of terrorism charges due to a demonstration on July 4th, 2025. The state accused the defendants of shooting a pig at the noise demo and launched a huge manhunt, targeting people who werent even present at the demonstration.

The state accused the activists of launching a premeditated attack.

The nine defendants faced a total of 65 charges that included attempted murder, aiding terrorists, and weapons charges.

The states drive to push these outrageous charges is part of their national effort to quash antifascist organizing and anti-ICE efforts.

The convictions represent a setback in terms of national resistance efforts. The convicted will require a lot of support and the future efforts to combat the draconian US regime will continue.

After weeks of a sham trial — featuring prosecution experts tied to organizations widely criticized as hate groups and a case built partly on political literature and association — a federal jury has found all nine #Prairieland defendants guilty on multiple charges.
The case stems from the July 4, 2025 noise demonstration outside the Prairieland ICE detention center in Alvarado, Texas.
One of the people found guilty is my Marciela, a mother whose daughter is now going to need real support in the months ahead.
If you can, please consider donating to help her family. They’re going to need it.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-maricelas-family-while-she-fights-for-justice?attribution_id=sl:d34b0192-622e-4e4d-b1ab-093fc745742b&lang=en_US&ts=1773440968