Months before the U.S. government labeled Alex Pretti and Renee Good “domestic terrorists”, the FBI was celebrating arrests following the July 4th Prairieland noise demo as its first “Antifa” domestic terrorism case. Against the backdrop of an ongoing national movement against ICE, 22 people are now facing decades in prison for protesting at the notorious Prairieland detention facility known for its internment of Palestinian protestor Leqaa Kordia and its brutal conditions faced by over 700 detainees.
The outcome of this case will haunt movements for decades to come. The Trump administration is using what happened on July 4th to test its ability to criminalize dissent and chill all opposition.
Anyone resisting ICE deserves our support. To ensure the best chances at a positive outcome — for them and for us — the Prairieland Defendants need legal, media, and personal support now more than ever to get through trials, appeals, detention, and more. Here is a collection of audio from Prairieland Defendants.
Poem: Old Friend
Poem: I Have Lived
NSPM-7 Union
The Televised Ego
My Family pt. 5
Essay on Lateral Violence
The Global Youth Movement
Data Center Enforcement Agency
Living in the Free
202502018 10 17 1992
100% Columbian, Goodbye
Poem: Plantation
No Prairieland 8
Planting Wishes in the Heart of So Called Texas
Party!
My Family pt. 4
Poem: Can We
White Wolf
Poem: We Protect Us, We Keep Us Safe
Hell Got Fat
My Family pt. 3
My Daily Routine
My Search For A Home
My Family pt. 2
Childhood Ruins
This is Champagne Song. Please visit prairielanddefendants.com. This is a poem called “Childhood Ruins.” In my childhood, there was a forest where I played. It was a dirty suburban strip of leftover land. Trees and… Full Transcript
My Onion, Your Onion
This is Champagne Song from solitary confinement. Please visit prairielanddefendants.com This is a poem I wrote called “My Onion, Your Onion.” My Onion, Your Onion In East Asia, green onion is the original onion,The standard,… Full Transcript
Performative Right Wing Bigotry
My Family pt. 1
US and Canada are Close to War
My Boys pt. 3
More Casualties in the War on Dissent
The Failing Prestige of Fascism
Tonkatsu
Predations of Selfish Men
My Boys pt. 2
The 80 Percent
Excessive Force
Spectre
Message to Comrades and Supporters
100,000 Kids Like Me
Prairieland Vs. January 6th
My Boys
Hawks Leer In
Untitled
Gold Scam
To Know Is Not Enough
Twin Cities and Community Organizing
Judge Pittman’s One Man Show
Budae Jjigae
Heartbreak Syndrome
Disaster
Wildfires
Who’s Threatening Who?
And What Of Me
This is Champagne Song from solitary confinement. Please visit prairwielanddefendants.com. This is a poem called “And What of Me?” And what of me? My heart is fragile. My mind is weak. Tears and frustrations come easy. I’ve… Full Transcript
Europe on Fire
Covid in a Young Family
Rot Starts at the Top
My name is Maricela Rueda; Folks call me Mari, and I am a Prairieland defendant being held in Johnson County Jail in segregated housing. I’m going to do a poem that is most often performed… Full Transcript
Never Forget & Other Poems
This is Champagne Song, one of the Prairie Land defendants currently in solitary confinement. These are some poems that I wrote after being sentenced to 100 years. This first one is called “Never Forget” Never… Full Transcript
Sentenced 100 Years for Anti-Fascism
Hi, this is Champagne Song, and me and my fellow Prairie Land defendants are in solitary confinement in Johnson County Jail, Texas. This is the statement that I read just before being sentenced to 100… Full Transcript
