Over the past twelve months, new waves of revolt have swept over this continent and the
entire world. Against the terror of the Mexican state and its bloody cronies,
demonstrations, riots, and attacks have radiated outwards from Ayotzinapa. Triggered by
the racist violence of U.S. cops, rebels across the middle of the continent have achieved
a new level of intensity and coordination. Blockades and occupations continue to simmer
and spread in the Canadian state, with burning barricades built by Mi?kmaq warriors in
2013 finally finding echoes in the Bay Area. It?s vital that we link our practice of New
Year?s Eve noise demos to this eruption of social conflict. ---- Globally, these eruptions
immediately find themselves in desperate conflict with the system, sometimes leading to
the arrest and imprisonment of rebels and anarchists. For others, it has led to torture
and death. The beginning of the year saw the arrest of Amelie, Carlos, and Fallon. As the
year comes to a close, there are hundreds facing charges across the U.S. after months of
wild anti-police demos. We have lost not only Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Mike Brown, and the
Normalistas but also Remi Fraisse and, last year, Omar Aziz. Dozens of comrades remain in
clandestinity, while others continue their struggles behind prison walls. These struggles
range from the protests of rebel prisoners and immigrant detainees in California and
Indiana, Tacoma and Houston, to the victorious hunger strike waged by Nikos Romanos and
thousands of comrades across Europe.
Faced with this repression, our response is always revolutionary solidarity. Our support
is not passive and charitable, but based on continually expanding the terrain of struggle
against authority and capitalism. We not only continue the subversive projects that the
state sought to interrupt with an indictment or subpoena, but find new ways to undermine
the existing order. For us, prisoners are not idols and heroes, but comrades with whom we
maintain dialogue and a critical perspective. We not only support them, but we count on
prisoners for their support and ideas. Contact and knowledge of each other are the
prerequisites for this relationship of solidarity.
From letters to actions, we practice solidarity with prisoners throughout the year in
order to maintain this contact. Additionally, though, we organize noise demonstrations
every New Year?s Eve outside the walls of prisons, jails, and immigrant detention centers.
Sometimes these are the facilities where specific comrades are held and sometimes these
are facilities in which social prisoners and rebels unknown to us have been left to rot.
Either way, we use our voices, banners, sound systems, instruments, and fireworks to
remind prisoners that they are never alone. Communication and coordination of our
rebellious intentions and actions are possible no matter how high the walls. As new
revolts extend against police, white supremacy, the state and capitalism, it?s more
possible than ever to spread solidarity with those confined in prison, the place where
these forms of power meet most violently.
Organize a noise demo in your town or city this New Year?s Eve. Link it to the struggles
of prisoners but also to your own conditions and struggles. Let?s be sure that those
detained and charged in the recent uprisings hear our voices, without forgetting those
who?ve struggled with dignity for long years inside the prisons.
For the spread of revolt that could put an end to domination and exploitation inside and
out of the prisons,
Some West Coast Anarchists
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