Last July 4, defendants Savanna Batten, Zachary Evetts, Autumn Hill, Meagan Morris, Maricela Rueda, Daniel Rolando Sanchez Estrada, Benjamin Hanil Song, and Elizabeth Soto were arrested following their involvement with a noise demonstration at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center. Last week, they were sentenced to prison for terms ranging from 30 to 100 years for crimes including rioting, providing material support to terrorists – as the nebulous antifascist movement “antifa” is considered a terrorism group by the Trump admin – and concealing a document, aka Sanchez Estrada moving a box of anarchist zines. In the spirit of those offending zines and the spirit of support which brought the defendants out to protest in the first place, Monkeywrench holds a letter-writing event to show solidarity. Materials provided. – James Scott
