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The photo and song accompanying this post were chosen by Mari’s 13 yr old daughter.

Up until recently, we have been raising money for her needs (clothes, activities, etc.), as well as Mari’s commissary and family travel to jail.

20 days ago Mari’s sister Diana posted a campaign update to let everyone know that we need to raise more money for URGENT legal needs.

Specifically, we must raise $100,000 asap for additional counsel to build a strong legal team for Mari as she awaits her state case.

Since September 26 we have raised $11,112 a little over 11% towards that goal.

Mari’s birthday is October 17th, this Saturday.

Please donate as much as you can, share this link, organize birthday fundraisers, and do what you can to help!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-maricelas-family-while-she-fights-for-justice
(Link in bio) by @ierg4pe

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20 hours ago

As much as the U.S. encourages us to vote and politicians pretend to represent us, many are beholden to Israel, especially when they receive AIPAC funds.

AIPAC: American Israel Public Affairs Committee is a bipartisan lobbying group that advocates for Pro-Israel policies in the U.S. It uses financial incentives and political pressure to get our politicians to do Israel’s bidding. Politicians obey and support the Palestinian genocide.

Most U.S. politicians are approached by AIPAC and pressured to prioritize supporting Israel over the wishes of constituents. Locally, Representative Norma Torres, has received over $430,000 directly from AIPAC. Learn more via trackaipac.com.

It’s election season, let politicians know we want them to stop funding genocide. Free Palestine!

Ontario, CA
Euclid Ave. & Holt Blvd.
Sundays, 5 to 7 PM

Family friendly: come build community with us and learn more.

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Por más que Estados Unidos nos anime a votar y los políticos finjan representarnos, muchos están en deuda con Israel, especialmente cuando reciben fondos de AIPAC. Los políticos obedecen y apoyan el genocidio palestino.

AIPAC: American Israel Public Affairs Committee es un grupo de los dos partidos que presiona y aboga por políticas a favor de Israel en Estados Unidos. Utiliza incentivos económicos y presión política para lograr que nuestros políticos actúen según los intereses de Israel.

La mayoría de los políticos estadounidenses son abordados por AIPAC y presionados para priorizar el apoyo a Israel por encima de los deseos de sus electores. A nivel local, la representante Norma Torres ha recibido más de 430,000 dólares directamente de AIPAC. Obtenga más información en trackaipac.com.

Es temporada de elecciones; hagamos saber a los políticos que queremos que dejen de financiar el genocidio. ¡Palestina libre!

Ontario, CA
Euclid Ave. & Holt Blvd.
domingos, 5 to 7 PM

Apta para toda la familia: ven a construir comunidad y aprender. by @ierg4pe

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12 days ago

Funds are URGENTLY needed for Prairieland defendant Maricela Rueda’s state case!!

Please donate as much as possible to her campaign asap:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-maricelas-family-while-she-fights-for-justice (link in bio)

Please share this campaign!

From an earlier post:

“Back in February of 2024, a dog bit Maricela in the neck when she was delivering packages for UPS. It was a life threatening bite. Despite the severity of the painful injury, she never blamed the dog or even the dog’s owner. I was deeply moved by her equanimity and compassion for the dog. Her love and her strength are amazing.”

Here is a poem Mari wrote shortly before she was sentenced to 70 years in prison at her federal trial in June.

*FREE THE BUNNIES!!!*

5/13/2026 Wichita Co. edit of 3/15/2026 Tarrant Co. writing

I remember the first time I saw
a hanged trophy kill
Driving in a work truck on country roads
in so called Paradise or Springtown
one - or - the other
The coyote hanging by her rear leg
on the fence line
made me slam the brakes
I was so confused and afraid
Telling someone about what I saw
they chose to say “It’s only humane -
to warn the rest of the pack...”
My attorney closed trial with a statement:
Maricela is not a lab rat.
The court room is not a laboratory.
I’m not sure that was ever true
I identify a lot with bunnies
that labs wrongfully test on too
I refuse this - humanity
that does such things to us creatures,
choose to deny nature,
so we will fear our right to freedom

All Power to the Prairieland 19
and ALL the critters on the frontlines!
<3 mari! by @ierg4pe

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13 days ago

Looking for a way to actively undermine the machinations of state repression and the US prison system? Looking to connect with our incarcerated comrades and to support the Prairieland prisoners? Please join us on Sunday, October 11th from 2-4 PM for the third gathering of IE Prisoner Support!

One essential goal of the IE Prisoner Support community has been to provide the necessary support to our more recently incarcerated comrades, while also introducing participants to the lives, histories, and cases of political prisoners with whom they may not be familiar, with our comrades who the state attempted (and failed) to separate from our movements and communities long ago. In this spirit, we will be writing letters to political prisoners Autumn Hill and Rev. Joy Powell during our October gathering. Join us to learn about their cases, to learn about their interests and who they are as people, and, most importantly, to write them letters of support. Participants will get the opportunity to hear directly from members of Autumn Hill’s support committee and will also get to hear Autumn Hill in her own words 🖤

Much thanks to every person who has joined us for one or both of our first two meetings and to our gracious hosts at @nachoannsfabrics , we look forward to another successful gathering with you all! As space is limited, please book your spot on Nacho Ann’s website or at the link in their bio if you feel comfortable doing so. If not, please let us know if you plan to attend so that we can prepare accordingly. As always, snacks and letter writing supplies will be provided!

Where: Nacho Ann’s Fabrics, 3760 12th Street Riverside, CA

When: Sunday, October 11th from 2-4 PM by @ierg4pe

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13 days ago

Halloween is …
Des’s fav holiday & his birthday!

Let’s fill his big heart with fun, festive, good-scary, pumpkin-joyful, candy-corn-like sweetness by sending him loads of treats: letters, drawings, & books!

We’re encouraging you to do this now, even though October has just begun, because it can take weeks for letters and books to reach Des. So don’t delay. Carve out time soon to help put a big jack-o-lantern smile on Des’s face on his Halloween birthday.

LETTER GUIDELINES:

Write and/or draw pictures only in blue or black ink.

Use white, unlined paper; leave ample margins. Write on one side of each sheet. No stickers, glitter, or whiteout.

Include his first and last name as well as his ID number, page numbers, date, and a return address at the top of each sheet, like this:

Des’s First Name and Last Name
Des’s ID Number
Page Number X/X
Date
A Return Address

ALL correspondence is read, scanned, and catalogued by the facility’s staff.

Don’t say anything you don’t want read on Fox News or in court about you or Des (especially given his appeal ahead), or that might adversely impact Des in prison.

BOOK GUIDELINES:

Have books or magazines mailed directly from an established bookstore, publisher, or online retailer—and/or ask your local books through bars project to send them.

Send ONLY paperback books or magazines.

Include his full name and address as well as his ID number, and make sure there’s a return address, on the outside of the package.

Daniel Rolando Sanchez Estrada
#95099-511
FCI Victorville Medium II
Federal Correctional Institution
PO Box 3850
Adelanto, CA 92301

ALL correspondence is read and scrutinized by the prison facility’s staff.

Don’t send anything that might adversely impact Des in prison or his appeal.

#ZinesAreNotACrime
#FreeDes
#FreeThemAll

freedes.net by @ierg4pe

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14 days ago

In June Maricela Rueda was sentenced to 70 years in prison in her federal trial as a Prairieland defendant. As of today she has been in jail 453 days. Mari is currently locked up in Johnson County (Texas) Jail’s “segregated housing” unit awaiting her state trial. Your donations are *urgently* needed for that upcoming state trial! Please contribute as much as possible and share this link!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-maricelas-family-while-she-fights-for-justice
(link in bio)

Donations so far have gone to supporting her young daughter’s activities and needs (like clothes), jail calls, Mari’s commissary, and transportation expenses, including when Mari was locked up farther away in Wichita Falls.

Now we must raise a lot more asap for the state trial. Together we raised $7,365 over the past 4 days, which is great. We still have a ways to go before we get Mari what she needs so I am posting about her every day. Please do what you can - make your own posts, organize fundraisers, and help spread the word.

Please also listen to and share Mari’s poems and commentaries recorded for @prisonradio!

Mari’s birthday is October 17. Please organize birthday fundraising events if possible!

You can send birthday letters for her here:

Johnson County Jail, TX
Maricela Rueda, 202502018
P.O. Box 247
Phoenix, MD 21131

•Include her first and last name as well as ID number, page numbers, date, and a return address at the top of EACH sheet.

•Include a return address on the envelope too

•You can type and print out letters (no colored ink). Handwritten letters must be written in blue or black ink - no stickers, glitter, etc. by @ierg4pe

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16 days ago

Halloween Costume Drive

We are collecting new or used costumes for families that may be in need. Lots of folks are feeling the pressure of the economy and this is an opportunity to clean out our closets and make people’s day. Costumes are incredibly expensive and families in need may have to cut corners in order to buy gas, food, or pay rent. We figure this is a great way we can help each other through these tough times.

To coordinate donation drop offs:

You can contact me or @rebelalliancemutualaid or @ierg4pe

Donations are due by 10/09. All donations will be available at Riverside People’s Free Market on 10/10. Any remaining donations will be distributed by distros to families in need.

Thank you for all of your support! by @ierg4pe

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17 days ago

Starting Sunday, September 27, we will meet at 5 PM until further notice.

Sundays, 5 to 7 PM
Holt & Euclid, Ontario, CA

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Empezando el 27 de septiembre nos reuniremos a las 5 PM hasta siguiente aviso.

domingos, 5 a 7 PM
Euclid & Holt, Ontario, CA by @ierg4pe

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19 days ago

Funds are URGENTLY needed for legal costs for Prairieland defendant Maricela Rueda’s state case. She needs us now more than ever to show up for her! Please donate as much as possible to her campaign asap!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-maricelas-family-while-she-fights-for-justice

(link in bio)

Please share this link!

Mari has been in seg (solitary confinement) since she was sentenced in June to 70 years in prison at her federal trial as one of the Prairieland Defendants. Johnson County Jail officials deemed her a “threat to staff and other inmates and an escape risk.” Every time she leaves her cell they strip search and shackle her.

Please listen to Mari’s commentaries and poems on Prison Radio:

https://www.prisonradio.org/correspondent/maricela-rueda/

Please help spread the word even if you can’t donate.

Mari’s birthday is October 17. This will be second birthday in jail. You can send birthday letters for her here:

Johnson County Jail, TX
Maricela Rueda, 202502018
P.O. Box 247
Phoenix, MD 21131

•Include her first and last name as well as ID number, page numbers, date, and a return address at the top of EACH sheet.

•Include a return address on the envelope too

•You can type and print out letters (no colored ink). Handwritten letters must be written in blue or black ink - no stickers, glitter, etc.

•ONE side of the sheet only. Leave generous margins so that nothing is cut off when scanned. She will not receive the physical letter. Your letters are scanned and sent to her on a tablet. by @ierg4pe

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20 days ago

Weekend Round Up! On Saturday we joined @laabcf for Running Down the Walls and on Sunday we wrote letters to political prisoners Casey Goonan and Oso Blanco 🏴

Keep an eye out for next month's Letter Writing at @nachoannsfabrics, and please please please support this amazing 3rd space and help them keep their doors open to our community!

Solidarity with all political prisoners, even the innocent ones 🖤 by @ierg4pe

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22 days ago

(READ PINNED COMMENT, SECOND READING HAS CHANGED.) Happy Thursday! Our next meeting will be Thursday the 24th in Redlands at Slow Bloom Coffee Co-op from 6:00-7:00PM! This meeting will be the end of our Native and Indigenous anarchisms unit and the launch of our Asian anarchisms unit, where we’ll be exploring anarchist histories, theories, and movements from continental Asia (Central, West, Southwest, South, Southeast, East). To start us off, we have two readings discussing the relevance of anarchism both with Palestinians and Palestinian liberation 🇵🇸

Our first reading is “10 Anarchist Theses on Palestine Solidarity in the United States,” in which we will have group breakout discussions on each “thesis” followed by a share with the larger group. After that, we’ll go through various communiqués written by FAUDA, an anarchist mutual aid organization based in West Bank. These readings are short, and as always, we do the readings at each meeting to make space for folks who are not able to do so. This meeting will conclude with how you can get in touch with local organizations in the Inland Empire who have supported families in Gaza and continue to do so. If you haven’t had the courage to come to a meeting yet, stop by and check out what we do every meeting, and while you’re here, order some amazing coffee by @slowbloomcoffee!

We will be discussing the role of anarchism in apartheid states and nationalism, mutual aid as survival, (obstructed) freedom of movement, Queer liberation, and more. Links to both of these pieces are in our bio. See you next Thursday!

Note: This is a firm anti-capitalist, anti-authoritarian, and anti-zionist space and meeting. We are not “debating” Palestinian liberation. We will be intellectually engaging with existing anarchist thought as it has manifested in pockets of occupied Palestine, the diaspora, and the Levant region both historically and in the contemporary. This includes explicit thought relating to anarchism as well as learning from (not just about) how the Palestinian people have taken care of each other under occupation/ amidst ġéňoçįďe.

#anarchism #inlandempire #palestine #native by @ierg4pe

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a month ago

POLITICAL PRISONER LETTER WRITING PARTY

SATURDAY 9/26/26 6PM -9PM

IN SUPPORT OF CHAMPAGNE SONG & ALEX

Learn to write letters of support for political prisoners.

Help us uplift our comrades behind bars.

Get the latest info on the Prairieland case and the criminalization of dissent.

Unitarian Universalist Church
511 S. Harbor Blvd, Anaheim Ca 92805

*second slide is a handful of letters from our event last month. Thanks again to everyone who came out and made it such a big success* by @ierg4pe

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