update

From Anarchist Black Cross Federation

SENTENCING STATEMENT

On Monday, January 6, with roughly 40 supporters of Pep and Krystal packing the room, Judge Nicholas Ranjan heard arguments from the prosecution and the defense, and a Victim Impact Statement read by a University of Pittsburgh police officer. Ranjan then agreed to the non-cooperating stipulated plea and sentenced the two.

Welcome to the 2025 iteration of Anarchist News (ANews). ANews is sailing strong into the new year with a brand new necessary update to the content management system behind the website. You will probably notice some visual updates to the website and behind the scenes there have been some upgrades that we are excited about. The migration was successful, but if you notice anything that appears to be problematic, leave a comment here and the technological wizards and witches of thecollective just might be able to respond.

Youtube

Spotify up later

Artxmis and Gavin get together to ramble about the state of the project. New episode this weekend!

Note: To my non-Americans, yes, we used American date notation.

From Dark Nights

Some things don’t surprise us and for sure the recourse to judicial options I find distasteful but expedient. Anarchism is either illegal or it is not anarchism as our dear comrade Gustavo Rodriguez reminds us. Nevertheless, over the past few months my lawyers were able to obtain a Security Intelligence Report (SIR) produced by the prison’s anti-terror bureaucrats. This disclosure occurred in the course of a parole motion, which was denied in any event. The Secretary of State opposed my release and used a non-disclosure application to prevent me from seeing or being able to respond to “evidence” used against me on grounds of “national security”.

From La Namesi

Postponement to January 15 in Perugia (Italy)

The preliminary hearing of October 10th in the so-called Sibilla repressive operation, which involves twelve anarchists, including Alfredo Cospito, who is detained under 41 bis prison regime in Bancali prison (Sassari) and connected through videoconference (obligatory under 41 bis), ended with a postponement due to lack of notification.

From La Nemesi

All precautionary measures revoked, on October 8 the next hearing of the trial in Massa (Italy)

Via Dark Nights

UK: Prisoner Support Now A Threat To National Security + Update On Toby Shone’s Situation

Toby was issued with an administrative sanction as a direct result of his “bad attitude” and conveying open letters and audio interventions outside of the prison.

From Informativo Anarquista, Via Abolition Media

Statement on Health of Anarchist Prisoner Amadeu Casellas

At the beginning of this month they sent us a very disturbing alert that caught us all by surprise. Amadeu Casellas was in a coma in the ICU. Fifteen days earlier, Amadeu made a call to tell us that he had felt ill and that, from prison, he left to go to the hospital, being admitted until the weekend.

From IGD

Call for solidarity for the unconditional freedom of Indigenous anarchist Miguel Peralta.

Via Abolition Media by Mónica Caballero

Almost a month ago I was transferred to the prison where I will have to serve my sentence, the CPF in Santiago. This prison has a rather atypical structure compared to other prisons in this territory since in some areas it maintains the foundations of the old convent that fulfilled the “correctional work for bad women”, from there different modules and sections have been built.