A class-struggle, non-sectarian defense organization, championing causes in the interest of the whole working people, associated with the Spartacist League/U.S.

New York City
Joined October 2023
Today's Brooklyn united front rally against government repression was a big success. It drew around 120 to hear from 4 imprisoned Prairieland Defendants (2 live by phone), a Minnesota 15 defendant, 2 LA anti-ICE protesters who beat federal charges, and a number of endorsers. Very leftwing, positive, and left everyone motivated to renew and broaden the fight against government repression of the left. An injury to one is an injury to all! Thanks to everyone who made it happen! More to come...
Free the Prairieland Defendants! Defend Anti-ICE Protesters! Fight Government Repression of the Left! United Front Rally - New York City, Saturday, October 24 Endorsers as of Oct. 17
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Join the RSC in condemning the violent assault on comrade Trevor Seiko! (Read the whole thread below.)
Replying to @RevolutionCPM
in the students strike Comrade Trevor Seiko was violently assaulted by armed assailants wielding crude weapons, including stones, rungus and pangas. The attack left him with a broken hand, injuries to his head, and injuries to his leg.
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Rally today! New endorsers - Labor for Palestine National Network @Labor4Palestine Hospital Workers Building Union Power @hwbup_nyc Refuse Fascism NYC @RefuseFascism Red October
Today at 3pm! NYC rally against government repression!
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New endorser (Oct. 24): Labor for Palestine National Network
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Justice for Aneeb Hafeez! No deportation! The PDC has donated to this fund and we urge you to do so too. whydonate.com/fundraising/co…
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TODAY! Join us at a united front rally in NYC–Free the Prairieland defendants! We'll be at Brooklyn Friends Meeting House, 110 Schermerhorn Street at 3pm. Let's show the Trump regime we won't be cowed by government repression and take a stand in defense of anti-ICE protesters!
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The NYPD killed another unarmed black man, Koran Irvine, on Tuesday. That the killer cop was retired doesn’t matter. The bottom line is: just being black and driving home from a hard day of work makes the racist pigs think they have a free license to snuff out your life with no consequence. The former cop, Victor Romero, shot Irvine and then fled. He let Irvine bleed out because he knew he could get away with it. Indeed, Mamdani’s courts just released the killer to go home. Meanwhile, Irvine’s family and coworkers are left in anguish and wanting justice. Irvine was just 46 years old, a 20-year veteran ConEd worker and father of two. This shows exactly why the fight against black oppression is a working-class fight. We can’t let them get away with this! ConEd and other workers should mobilize to protest this atrocity. OPA now!
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Today at 3pm! NYC rally against government repression!
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Victims & Fighters Against Police Violence Speak Out! Join us for a panel discussion on Police Accountability and the Fight for Justice at the Chicago Teachers Center. Panelists will include: Brian Mendis – OPA organizer and Midwest PDC representative Elizabeth Toledo – Mother of Adam Toledo. Adam was 13 years old in 2021 when Chicago cops gunned him down in cold blood as he faced the cop with empty hands raised in the air. Chantell Brooks – Mother of Michael Westley. 15-year-old Michael was shot down by Chicago cops in 2013. Michael was gunned down as he was running down the street in gym shorts. Cops claimed he had two guns, but no gun is visible in the video moments before he was murdered. In response to the video, Brooks noted, “Anybody in their right mind know you can barely hold keys or a phone or anything in gym shorts and run that fast.” Cara Wilson – Cara is the mother of Alexis Wilson. 19-year-old Alexis went to a fast-food drive thru weeks before entering college. The police were called when Alexis became upset and had a verbal exchange with a restaurant employee. She refused to get out of the vehicle because she was improperly dressed. One cop punched her through the open driver side window while another jumped into the passenger side and shot her seven times. No gun was found on the scene but that didn’t stop cops from lying, claiming that she had one to justify this brutal execution. Jasmine Smith – Co-chair of Campaign to Free Incarcerated Survivors of Torture and Co-chair of Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression Clayborn Smith – on leadership team of We The Survivors. As a young man, Clayborn was arrested for allegedly killing his grandparents and beaten into giving a false confession by one of Jon Burge’s crew. Burge became infamous for his brutal team of cops known for beating and torturing their “suspects” to obtain confessions. Clayborn was one of those victims. Framed up for a crime he did not commit, he spent nearly 30 years in prison. He now dedicates his life to helping others in his situation. Join us on October 27, 5:30pm, Room 126 at the CTU Center, 1901 W. Carroll Ave., Chicago
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Tomorrow at 3pm! All out to fight government repression of the left! United front rally
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October 22, Inglewood, CA—Justice for Bryan Bostic! Justice for All Stolen Lives! "No Good Cop in a Racist System!!" ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 Shin, Bryan Bostic's cousin instagram.com/reel/De2D1PrSA…
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Outrage isn’t enough! We need labor/black action! Justice for Kohen Wiley! Not even black babies are exempt from the racist terror of the Mississippi police. This should be a wake-up call for activists, militant workers and everyone who wants to fight Trump reaction. The protest that has happened pales in comparison to the level of the atrocities committed by cops who brutalize and blow away black people all the time. Whose child will they be “justified” in killing next? Ever since the liberals and Democrats turned their backs on the black struggle, much of the left has done the same. The left must get it together to put the fight against racist cop terror at the center of a wider pushback against Trump’s attacks. Kill-crazy cops getting away with murder just emboldens kill-crazy ICE agents to get away with murder and encourages witch-hunts against the left. These are the same racist thugs in blue who will be unleashed on workers if they get out of line. Beating back these attacks will take a real mobilization in the streets, one with the social power to make the cops think twice. The Mississippi police are notorious for their crimes. Recall the sadistic torture of Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker at the hands of the “goon squad.” These heinous crimes are not isolated to red states either. Just last week, NYC Democratic Mayor Mamdani protected the cop who killed Win Rozario and the ICE agents who shot Oscar Belgal. The killing of Kohen Wiley doesn’t show why we need Democrats in office—it shows why we need to fight for labor/black power in this country. The evidence is so damning that the state won’t even release the video of the shooting! Why? Because it would risk sparking mass revolt to see Kohen killed in the arms of his mother and expose the kinds of crimes cops get away with all the time. Release the Footage! Open All Police Archives! instagram.com/p/DezBmvdltaF/…
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New endorser: Red October magazine (on substack)
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New endorser: Hospital Workers Building Union Power
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Tomorrow at 3pm! All out to fight government repression of the left! United front rally
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Partisan Defense Committee retweeted
An excellent and moving new podcast episode on fighting state repression that everyone should listen to. It features a supporter of Prairieland defence effort, a defendant from the Minnesota 15 case and a speaker from our sister organisation @PartisanDefense. The episode is from the DSA @cleanbreaknow caucus. @DFWSupCommittee gimmeabreak.buzzsprout.com/2…
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Mamdani’s NYPD targeted NYAARPR activists for protesting the crimes of his killer cops! They want to intimidate all those fighting for justice for Eudes Pierre and countless other victims of racist police terror. Let them know we won’t be silenced! All out for Eudes Pierre next Thursday, Oct. 29 at 6pm at the 71st precinct in Brooklyn. Hands off Jamie Kowalski and Daniel Koh! Justice for Eudes Pierre! Open Police Archives! instagram.com/reel/Devk2j0gD…
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Rally Saturday, Oct 24 3pm in Brooklyn!
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