Prairieland Defendant Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Moving a Box of Antifascist Zines

Eight Federal Prairieland Defendants Sentenced Today to Prison Terms Ranging From 30-100 Years for Common Protest Activity - Support the Prairieland Defendants

Family Members, Faith and Community Leaders, Rally in Support of Defendants, Vow to Continue Fight for Freedom, Justice for Loved Ones

Then They Came for the Anarchists: Prairieland Defendants Sentenced to 562 Years - UNICORN RIOT

According to federal prosecutors, the defendants were the members of a murderous “North Texas Antifa Cell.” The Prairieland defendants received over 562 years in federal prison -- the longest sentence a U.S. court has ever given to a group of political anarchist defendants.

The Prairieland Sentences Are a National Emergency

A federal court has punished Texas ICE demonstrators with decades in prison. This is dark news, not just for them but for anyone who may want to register political dissent.

30-Year Sentence for Transporting Zines Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Free Speech

Daniel Sanchez Estrada’s 30-year sentence for moving a box of pamphlets is likely just the start for criminalizing possession of information.

Charlie Kirk’s legacy is a 30-year sentence for moving zines

Judges handed down harsh sentences connected to a shooting at an ICE facility — but some of the defendants weren’t even there.

Unlike The Defendants, One Of The Prairieland Judges Is Part Of An Organized Cell Of Extremists | Defector

Whether you remember his name or not, you’ve probably been reading about Judge Reed O’Connor and his judicial malevolence for years. O’Connor is making headlines again for being one of two judges to sentence 15 ICE protestors to a combined 547 years in prison. As the writer Lauren Fadiman pointed out in The Baffler, the…

‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison

Advocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility

From Haymarket to Prairieland: How dissent has unleashed the long arm of the law

The Prairieland sentencing has dark historical parallels, Kim Kelly writes. But we can change the end of the current story.

The Next Step in Criminalizing ICE Protests Is Here

First came Prairieland. Now an indictment treats mutual aid and road-blocking as a criminal conspiracy

The Prairieland 19 Case Is a Test for Criminalizing Dissent

Nine members of the “Prairieland 19,” anti-ICE protesters in Texas who the Trump administration is dubiously accusing of domestic terrorism, are going on trial this week. The case is a test for how easily Trump might criminalize dissent going forward.

The professor facing prison in ‘antifa’ case: ‘They want to scare all who oppose ICE’

Erik Davis is accused by the government of a ‘conspiracy’ to obstruct ICE – experts say it’s part of a pattern to criminalize lawful organizing and ruin activists’ lives

Amid Trump’s War on Antifa, Activists Face Arrest for Zines and Group Chats

The Trump administration now has zine distributors and jail support efforts in its sights.

8 convicted in Texas immigration center shooting and protest are sentenced to decades in prison

Eight people accused by the Justice Department of having ties to antifa have been sentenced to decades in federal prison over a shooting outside a Texas immigration detention center during a protest.

An ICE facility in the Everglades is under scrutiny for the treatment of detainees

Detainees at an ICE facility in the Florida Everglades referred to Alligator Alcatraz allege harsh punishments from guards.