
From The Dallas News
Anarchist Propaganda Linked To Fort Worth ICE Ambush
After a group of militants ambushed an ICE facility near Fort Worth, officials seized anarchist propaganda that could help shed light on their motives.
Assailants in black body armor reportedly surrounded the ICE Prairieland Detention Facility in Alvarado, south of Fort Worth, late on July 4, as The Dallas Express reported. They ambushed law enforcement, shooting an Alvarado police officer in the neck and firing dozens of rounds at ICE corrections officers.
As The Dallas Express reported, Acting U.S. Attorney Nancy Larson called it “a planned ambush with the intent to kill ICE corrections officers.”
Officials charged 10 suspects, each with three counts for attempted murder of federal officers and firing a gun in a violent crime. An eleventh suspect was charged with obstruction of justice and conspiracy for allegedly attempting to destroy evidence.
During the investigation, officials found numerous guns and suits of body armor. They also found anarchist propaganda – including a flag that read “resist fascism, fight oligarchy” and flyers that said “fight ICE terror with class war” and “free all political prisoners.”
After searching a Denton apartment connected to one of the suspects, the FBI found literature titled Organizing for Attack! Insurrectionary Anarchy.
The Dallas Express reviewed this manifesto, published in 2003, and found that it calls for acts of violence against the government.
“The state has to be knocked out of existence by the exploited and excluded, thus anarchists must attack: waiting for the state to disappear is defeat,” it reads. “It is through acting and learning to act, not propaganda, that we will open the path to insurrection.”
Kyle Shideler, director of homeland security and counterterrorism at the Center for Security Policy, told The Dallas Express that the attack apparently aligns with the manifesto’s belief system.
“For insurrectionary anarchists, police in particular are a highly desirable target,” Shideler said.
He cited “Armed Joy,” a 1977 work by Alfredo M. Bonanno, which issued a call to action with the following command: “Hurry comrade, shoot the policeman, the judge, the boss. Now, before a new police prevent you.”
Anarchists have been frustrated with the failure of “widespread protests” for years, according to Shideler. He said tension has been growing between anarchists and Marxist-Leninists, like the Party for Socialism and Liberation.
“While we can’t know for certain what the alleged attackers took from the pamphlet unless we learn more,” he said, “their actions are aligned with the beliefs of insurrectionary anarchists, who emphasize provocative and often violent direct action attacks over protests, organizing, or other forms of politics.”
The Manifesto
Organizing for Attack! Insurrectionary Anarchy says adherents must take actions that become “mass insurrections – that is to say actual revolutions.” They aim to “destroy the capitalist order of the world.”
“The state will not wither away, as it seems many anarchists have come to believe,” it reads. “Waiting only teaches waiting; in acting one learns to act.”
The document cited the uprisings in Paris in May 1968, the armed insurrections in Italy in the 1970s, and the unrest in Albania in the late 1990s. It stated that attacks cannot remain isolated and must spread.
“Small actions – which require unsophisticated means that are available to all and thus are easily reproducible – are by their very simplicity and spontaneity uncontrollable,” it reads. “They make a mockery of even the most advanced technological developments in counter-insurgency.”
Action must remain independent to keep anarchist activity true to its principles, according to the manifesto, which called for “no compromise” in the goal of destroying authority.
“Revolutionary solidarity is always an active attack; it always involves the recovery of our own active powers that multiply in combination – in solidarity – with the active powers of others,” the document reads.
It encourages anarchists to store up anger when they witness perceived injustice, so they can turn it into violence later.
“I again open up this special compartment and put the anger of some new atrocity in it, all in anticipation of the day when I shall need this anger to bring the Empire down.”
“I perceive my anger calling me from inside this compartment, I hear the door unlatching from inside, and this new terrible question approaches me: How shall I know when it’s time for insurrection?”
Comments
"Assailants in black body…
anon (not verified) Thu, 07/10/2025 - 08:03
"Assailants in black body armor reportedly surrounded the ICE Prairieland Detention Facility in Alvarado, south of Fort Worth, late on July 4, as The Dallas Express reported. They ambushed law enforcement, shooting an Alvarado police officer in the neck and firing dozens of rounds at ICE corrections officers."
this is not true. there was one shooter, apparently acting alone.
Just coz you said so?
anon (not verified) Thu, 07/10/2025 - 20:51
In reply to "Assailants in black body… by anon (not verified)
Just coz you said so?
You could, like, be using…
anon (not verified) Thu, 07/10/2025 - 09:15
You could, like, be using url redirects when linking to a social media platform run by fascists, maybe? This site here is using Javascripts now in order to just view content... so this makes it way easier for 3-letter agencies to track down readers and contributors.
Support DFW Anti ICE Protesters
anon (not verified) Thu, 07/10/2025 - 11:27
Support DFW Anti ICE Protesters
https://www.givesendgo.com/supportdfwprotestors
On the night of July 4th, local police arrested 10 people outside the ICE Prairieland detention facility in Alvarado, Texas. We don’t know all of the circumstances leading to the arrests. We do know that popular outrage and resistance to deportations is growing across the country. Organizers, activists, and affected communities have spent the year organizing rallies and protests outside of detention centers just like the one in Alvarado. The 10 people arrested on July 4th currently face serious charges aimed not only at ruining their lives, but signalling an authoritarian criminalization of dissent and protest against ICE. Local authorities have set bail at $10 million per person.
This is a fundraiser to raise at least $20,000 in legal fees and living expenses for all those facing repression connected to the protest at the Prairieland Detention Center. Due to the serious nature of the charges, the majority of money raised will go towards legal fees. Those arrested have jobs, families, and rent that needs to be paid. As they remain incarcerated due to punitively high bail, some funds may be used to cover expenses like child support, rent, or other basic necessities. In the event that we raise funds beyond what defendants need as they go through the legal process, these excess funds will be used to support other Texans facing arrest and prosecution for organizing and protesting.
The DFW Support Committee is a group of loved ones, friends and comrades of the defendants who are committed to supporting them through the legal process and have experience with legal support and anti-repression organizing. We will post regular updates about the case, the use of funds from this fundraiser and the specific support needs of the co-defendents here. DFW Support Committee can be contacted at dfwsupportcommittee@hacari.com.
Whether or not you're in a position to help monetarily, please share this fundraiser with your community. We encourage people to donate anonymously.
Update 7/9/25 via fundraiser website
anon (not verified) Thu, 07/10/2025 - 13:56
In reply to Support DFW Anti ICE Protesters by anon (not verified)
Update 7/9/25 via https://www.givesendgo.com/supportdfwprotestors update section of page.
July 9th, 2025
As of today all 10 defendants have also received serious federal charges. Another defendant was arrested and has been charged as well. Police have been investigating and harassing defendants' loved ones and friends. Defendants have now been in jail for 5 days putting employment and housing at risk. We are still working on getting every defendant a state criminal defense lawyer and are waiting for all defendants to be assigned federal lawyers on their federal charges. We urgently need at least $20,000 to hire lawyers who can handle cases of this magnitude.
Our community remains resolved to fight these bogus charges and bring everyone home. We need your help to do that. Whether or not you're in a position to help monetarily, please share this fundraiser with your community and continue to counter the lies and false narrative of the increasingly authoritarian government.
Update #2
anon (not verified) Fri, 07/11/2025 - 11:24
In reply to Update 7/9/25 via fundraiser website by anon (not verified)
Update #2 via https://www.givesendgo.com/supportdfwprotestors
July 11th, 2025 - Statement from the DFW Support Committee on the Prairieland Defendants
Texans are facing increasing repression by both the federal and state governments. Those on the frontlines of protecting people targeted by the state are especially being met with this repression in spite of our constitutional right to protest and dissent. Instead of listening to us, the government is arresting protestors, creating false narratives about their actions, and wholly ignoring their own obligation to due process.
Acknowledging this, we have formed a committee of loved ones, friends and comrades of defendants who are committed to supporting them through the legal process and have experience with legal support and anti-repression organizing.
We do not know what happened at the Prairieland Detention Center on July 4th, but we do know that 11 people were arrested and still sit in jail without legal representation. The framing of the case by the federal government should be concerning to all of us. The glaring inconsistencies in the official narrative and the alarmist accusations are a clear attempt to bolster the Trump administration’s claims that the United States is on the verge of chaos, warranting a dramatic increase in militarized police action. This, in turn, will almost certainly be used as a justification for broader expansion of repression not only of popular movements but all political activity in opposition to Trump and his regime. As such, what is happening to the 11 people connected to the Prairieland Detention Center protest should be a concern for anyone who does not want to see this country descend further into authoritarianism.
The Trump administration has consistently shown that it lies and distorts facts to advance its political narratives. In particular, they created news and propaganda that seem to confirm the far-right conspiracy theories that have fed Trump’s rise to power. Time and again these narratives have been proven false and dangerous.
These 11 people are some of the first arrested under this unbelievable narrative, but we should expect this sort of repression to spread further and wider. Trump does not distinguish between these defendants, Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialists of America, 50501, or anyone else standing against him. They are coming for undocumented migrants, they are coming for supporters of Palestine, they are coming for those protesting ICE’s violence.
The first months of this administration have been a disaster. People have been kidnapped in broad daylight by masked agents and sent to hellish prison camps in other countries, with detention centers like Prarieland as stopping points along the way. Natural disasters have killed hundreds with little warning or care from the government, and even now we’re still trying to count the losses from flooding in North Texas. Decades of advancement in public health have being eviscerated: measles killed more children in Texas in the last month than in the last 30 years. Transgender people are being erased from our society. US-made bombs are slaughtering millions around the world. The list goes on. People see the nightmare that is unfolding, and the state is furiously looking for ways to distract, confuse, immobilize, and terrify. In this context, it should be clear that these recent criminal charges in Alvarado, Texas, are a dangerous and unconscionable stunt in service of this goal.
We are all affected by these disasters already, but criminalization of protest means that we risk arrest and worse as the state moves to crush everyone under its power.
However, the people of this country will not accept authoritarian rule. From the initial waves of protest, resistance and antagonism have generalized and deepened. It has involved not only elected officials and formal organizations, but more importantly, millions of ordinary people taking bold action to protect their communities and reclaim their autonomy. This spreading resistance has been met with violent state repression such as deployment of active duty military on the streets of Los Angeles and the arrest of sitting judges and US senators. Now the state is attempting to ruin the lives of 11 people and their communities in North Texas. It is clear that no amount of appeasement and capitulation will stop these threats to our freedoms. We must then support those facing repression and not bow to this state terror.
This is a historic moment and what will happen next is not clear. What we do know is that the best chance for all of us to live full and free lives is to join together and be brave. We in the DFW Support Committee have no choice but to push forward and fight for those we care deeply about who are currently sitting in jail. To the rest of you, we call on you to join us in our support. We will be releasing future updates and statements about concrete actions people can take. The first and most important action today is raising funds so that these 11 people have the best legal defense possible. You can contact us at dfwsupportcommittee@hacari.com.
Update #3
anon (not verified) Sat, 07/12/2025 - 16:24
In reply to Update #2 by anon (not verified)
Update #3 via https://www.givesendgo.com/supportdfwprotestors update section
July 12th, 2025
We are so grateful for all the support the Prairieland Defendants have received so far. Due to the state’s obstruction, defendants have not been assigned a state or federal public defender at this point. We are currently prioritizing getting lawyers for every defendant and are beginning to get a clearer picture of the cost of defending our loved ones. So far the estimated costs from good criminal defense lawyers for their services on just the state charges range from $70,000 to $200,000 for a single defendant. This means we could be looking at upwards of a million dollars to ensure that each defendant gets the best chance at defending themselves. We are considering how to bring these costs down but for now we are going to move the goal of the fundraiser up to $50,000. This will allow us to have enough money to put down deposits for the services of several lawyers. We will have some important updates on Monday about the cases so please check back then.
Update #4
anon (not verified) Wed, 07/16/2025 - 09:47
In reply to Update #3 by anon (not verified)
Update #4 via https://www.givesendgo.com/supportdfwprotestors
July 16th, 2025
Thank you to everyone that took part in calling Johnson County about the constitutional rights violations the Prairieland Defendants are experiencing. Here is more information on what is happening.
A week after the arrest of 10 protestors at a demonstration at Prairieland ICE Detention Center and the subsequent arrest of the spouse of an arrestee, Johnson County Jail is obstructing the defendants’ access to legal representation and retaliating against them for exercising their 5th and 6th amendment rights pursuant to the U.S. Constitution. These constitutional violations have occurred in conjunction with a far-reaching investigation that has included numerous instances of excessive force and intimidation by various police agencies, friends and family of the defendants reveal.
A majority of defendants remain without legal counsel in violation of the 6th amendment. At least three defendants have been denied their requests for a public defender on the grounds of alleged “incomplete paperwork.” The DFW Support Committee, a group of family and friends of the defendants, said that, “this delay or denial of the right to counsel appears to be in retaliation to the defendants’ lawful right to refuse to speak to law enforcement without their lawyer present and is an egregious violation of their constitutional rights.”
In response to one of the defendants exercising their constitutional rights, Johnson County Jail has transferred this person to a solitary medical unit, despite the fact this person has no medical issues or needs. “I am completely appalled at the way their constitutional rights have been ignored,” this defendants mother said, “I grow increasingly concerned for their safety and well-being with each passing day.”
Johnson County’s use of segregation and isolation of pretrial detainees — presumed innocent until or unless convicted at trial — amounts to torture and excessive force used to punish and coerce these defendants in contravention of federal and state law.
Johnson County Jail has also refused to house transgender defendants in the housing unit appropriate for their gender raising serious safety and welfare concerns. To avoid further harassment from jail staff and other prisoners, one defendant has been forced to remain in solitary confinement, citing safety concerns in the general population.
Defendants’ friends and family report raids of their homes where agents deployed flashbang grenades, caused extensive damage, and detained spouses, family members and housemates without cause. In one instance, federal agents tackled the adult child of a defendant and put a bag over their head before arresting them and transporting them to jail. “I was terrified, I had no idea what was going on,” the child later said. During this interrogation, agents offered this person monetary bribes in exchange for information, which of course were refused. Police also attempted to extort them by offering to “get rid of a warrant” if they cooperated with the law enforcement investigation.
Johnson County Jail has also harassed and intimidated those wishing to visit defendants while in pre-trial detention. Some defendants’ visitors have been denied entry, detained and interrogated, and had their personal electronics confiscated.
Legal experts consulted by the support committee believe that these tactics constitute a campaign of fear and harassment against the defendants and their loved ones, and calls into question the veracity of any statements that law enforcement has compelled under these conditions of confinement, particularly when the defendants have no access to legal representation as the law requires. The state has violated the constitutional guarantees against unreasonable search and seizure and cruel and unusual punishment which will negatively taint any further state prosecutions.
These violations have occurred while the legal proceedings have not progressed on either the state or federal charges. Local legal experts explained that normally in this district, a defendant facing federal charges will receive a first court appearance within one to three days, whereupon appointment of court appointed counsel, release or bail conditions, and next court dates are all addressed. There has been no explanation why these normal practices are not being followed regarding these defendants.
There is a lot of news out…
anon (not verified) Thu, 07/10/2025 - 12:42
There is a lot of news out there about this.
According to comment on Reddit Anarchism thread:
"Here in Texas we got a state wide alert on our phone because they're initiating a state-wide manhunt for the alleged shooter. "
https://www.reddit.com/r/Anarchism/comments/1lvzye4/support_for_the_tex…
Related news story about top 10 most wanted Texas fugitive currently:
https://www.fox4news.com/news/alvarado-ice-facility-attack-suspect-texa…
Be careful out there friends.
other sources
anon (not verified) Thu, 07/10/2025 - 14:52
Alvarado ICE facility attack suspect on Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list
https://www.fox4news.com/news/alvarado-ice-facility-attack-suspect-texa…
Who Is Benjamin Song, The Left-Wing Antifa Member Linked To The ICE Ambush In Texas?
https://dallasexpress.com/crime/who-is-benjamin-song-the-left-wing-anti…
Blue Alert issued for man accused of shooting Texas police officer amid attack at ICE detention facility
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2025/07/10/blue-alert-issued-for-man-ac…
Ten charged with attempted murder after allegedly ambushing Texas Ice agents
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/08/texas-ice-agents-ambush
Suspects used graffiti, firearms, body armor in Fourth of July ambush outside North Texas ICE facility, officials say
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/officials-update-north-texas-police-…
10 arrested in connection with Texas detention center shooting that was ‘planned ambush,’ U.S. attorney says
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/10-arrested-in-connection-with-te…
Whose idea was crowdfunding…
anon (not verified) Tue, 07/15/2025 - 08:10
Whose idea was crowdfunding for these people on givesendgo, of all platforms?
WTF indeed.... this reads…
anon (not verified) Tue, 07/15/2025 - 09:57
In reply to Whose idea was crowdfunding… by anon (not verified)
WTF indeed.... this reads like some "anarchist" support group is using Truth Social. There's such a thing as a Reverse Hanlon's Razor... where what's assumed to be negligence/stupidity/poor choices can be straight up malevolence coming from 100% hostile people.
from wiki...
anon (not verified) Tue, 07/15/2025 - 10:09
In reply to Whose idea was crowdfunding… by anon (not verified)
"In April 2021, internal company data was leaked to Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets), which made donor information from GiveSendGo available to journalists and researchers. The information identified previously anonymous high-dollar donors to far-right actors including members of the Proud Boys, many of whose fundraising efforts were directly related to the 2021 United States Capitol attack.[7][29] The platform had previously been criticized for its refusal to restrict use by far-right extremists.[30][5] The leaks also revealed that police officers and public officials in the United States had donated to Kyle Rittenhouse.[31][32] In May 2021, USA Today used the GiveSendGo data to report that nearly $100,000 was raised for the Proud Boys on GiveSendGo from people of Chinese descent in the days before the 2021 Capitol attack.[33] The following month, they used the data to report that a member of the Koch family had anonymously donated to a crowdfunding campaign supporting 2020 election fraud conspiracy theories.[34]"
Neonazis fuck off, lol. They think anarchists and the rest of the world are as stupid as they are... it's more the other way around.
I can imagine the reason is…
anon (not verified) Tue, 07/15/2025 - 13:29
In reply to Whose idea was crowdfunding… by anon (not verified)
I can imagine the reason is that anarchists/leftists/whatever haven't built a platform themselves that is ethically pure, and all the mainstream fundraising websites regularly delete legal fundraisers for anarchists/leftists/whatever.
Is that the case tho? I can…
anon (not verified) Tue, 07/15/2025 - 14:33
In reply to I can imagine the reason is… by anon (not verified)
Is that the case tho? I can get that some major platforms wanna stay out of politics... tho I seen plenty of Leftie activism on.GoFundMe and a few others.
How does “anarchists…
anon (not verified) Tue, 07/15/2025 - 19:49
In reply to I can imagine the reason is… by anon (not verified)
How does “anarchists/leftists/whatever haven't built a platform themselves that is ethically pure, and all the mainstream fundraising websites regularly delete legal fundraisers for anarchists/leftists/whatever.” lead to "let's just use givesendgo"? Is it somehow better than the other mainstream sites, as well as the ideologically aligned ones like FIREFUND?
well, i don't know of any…
anon (not verified) Wed, 07/16/2025 - 14:46
In reply to How does “anarchists… by anon (not verified)
well, i don't know of any other platform that allows a person to click a button to let them know that they are praying for them. so there's that.
doesn't say who you're…
anon (not verified) Wed, 07/16/2025 - 17:54
In reply to well, i don't know of any… by anon (not verified)
doesn't say who you're praying to, tho
3 new ppl arrested
anon (not verified) Wed, 07/16/2025 - 10:28
Copy/paste of a Franklin Lopez comment via https://kolektiva.social/@franklinlopez/114863865805510212 - July 16, 2025
"🚨 3 more comrades have been snatched up in connection to the DFW ICE protests at Prairieland Detention Center. The state is ramping up repression—because apparently opposing concentration camps is now a crime.
📬 You can write to them at:
Johnson County Detention Center
1800 Ridgemar Drive
Cleburne, TX 76031
Include their full name + ID #:
Lynette Sharp – 202502085
John Thomas – 202502059
Benjamin Song – 202502108
✍️ Follow the fascist-ass rules:
Only write in blue/black ink on white 8.5×11 paper
No political talk, case details, or spicy stickers
Add your name, return address, ID#, date, page # on each sheet
Tell a story. Share a joke. Send a damn poem. Just don’t let the carceral state isolate these rebels."
As per criminal complaints,…
anon (not verified) Sun, 07/20/2025 - 12:29
In reply to 3 new ppl arrested by anon (not verified)
As per criminal complaints, John Thomas, along with Meagan Morris of the earlier group of arrestees, have been talking in interviews with the FBI. Strong suggestion that support be pulled from both.
update 7/28/25phone zap:…
thecollective Mon, 07/28/2025 - 12:12
update 7/28/25
phone zap: retaliation against Prairieland Defendents at Johnson County Jail
The 16 people being held at the Johnson County Jail have continually had their Constitutional rights violated and denied.
The Jail is is conducting unnecessary and degrading strip searches of defendants multiple times a day even though they are being held in solitary confinement away from others. The jail is blocking defendants' communication access then lying to defendants and deflecting the blame.
None of these defendants have been formally charged with any crimes, but are being subjected to cruel and unusual punishment.
Statement from one of the defendants:
"Usually awoken by yelling of my name, I am ordered to strip completely naked. Bleary eyed i am ordered to hand my shirt, pants, underwear, socks, and shoes through the single dirty metal mail slot that passes all of my food, books, trash, broom, toilet plunger I am ordered to hold my mouth open with my fingers. I am ordered ot lift and move my genitals with my hands. Turn around, squat, and cough three times, make sure it's forceful and loud.
Then I quickly dress and am handcuffed and taken out of my cell. So all my belongings can be tossed and picked through. Leaving random piles with no declaration or explanation. I can stress and search to find out if anything is taken. Sometimes it's all my food. Sometimes it's my legally-protected questions and notes from my attorney. Sometimes it's a random poem or doodle. Sometimes nothing is taken. This happens at any time, at all hours, without warning. Multiple times a day. Every day. Without reason or ever finding anything like contraband. "
Call and email
johnson county judge boedeker (817) 556-6360
judgeboedeker@johnsoncountytx.org
what to say--
"hello, my name is (name). I am calling in response to the violation of the Prairieland Defendants' constitutional rights. They are being subjected to unnecessary and degrading treatment such as strip searches. they are having their communication blocked by the jail. This violates their 8th amendment rights. People across the united states are watching how johnson county handles this case."
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