Above Photo: From Itsgoingdown.org
On New Year’s Eve, in over 25 cities across so-called North America, anarchists, abolitionists, and autonomous anti-capitalists took part in noise demonstrations outside of ICE detention facilities, jails, and prisons. Here’s a roundup of all the action we could track down. If we missed something, be sure to message us on Twitter @IGD_News, or send us an action report by email at info [at] itsgoingdown [dot] org.
Seattle, WA:
Noise demo at king county kid jail now. #Seattle pic.twitter.com/fIE2vLmTRV
— WANaziWatch (@WANaziWatch) January 1, 2020
Tumwater, WA:
Noise demo organized.
Rang in the New Year at NWDC noise demo. 🎉🚩🏴✊ pic.twitter.com/wICeMwhZEs
— SodlP🙅♂️ (@deadass_p) January 1, 2020
Sacramento, CA:
people went to the jail in Sacramento (early before the prisoners were locked down) and made a lot of noise and had some big banners and also fire to the prisons set them all free 🔥🔥🔥 happy New Years to everyone locked down you are not forgotten
— Joshua Clover (@joshuaclov3r) January 1, 2020
Fuck All the Years !!! pic.twitter.com/5h3JQvQzjI
— LaCrise (@lacrise_ucd) January 1, 2020
Los Angeles, CA:
Spending New Years Eve honoring those imprisoned by ICE in DTLA. We honor you, love you and we’ll never forget you!! ¡NO PASARÁN! #AbolishICE pic.twitter.com/wKUjshTwfq
— Los Angeles Antifascist Bloc (@LAAB213) January 1, 2020
Austin, TX:
Noise demo organized.
Oklahoma City, OK:
Protestors are making their way across the street onto the jail property now. @OKCFOX @OkCountySheriff pic.twitter.com/QCT7cruzbB
— Erika Stanish (@Erika_Stanish) January 1, 2020
Activists gathered outside Oklahoma County Jail to demand an end to inhumane conditions and ICE presence. #ICEoutofOK #NewYearsDay pic.twitter.com/EWnYvZ5b29
— Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice (@OKRepro) January 1, 2020
Chicago, IL:
Milwaukee, WI:
Noise demo outside Columbia Correctional. We could hear people inside shouting and banging on things. It was too hard to understand most of what they said, but we did pick out someone saying “fuck the police” when local cops showed up. pic.twitter.com/PB3uYhqWRM
— No War With Iran! (@prisoneresistnc) January 2, 2020
Cincinnati, OH:
Noise demo was organized.
Baldwin, MI:
Report from No New Detention Centers in #Michigan, which rallied on #NYE outside of the only migrant detention camp in the midwest. The facility is run by the GEO Group, notorious for running private prisons. #AbolishICE https://t.co/3BRamGsAK3
— It’s Going Down (@IGD_News) January 3, 2020
Omaha, NE:
Noise demo was organized.
Minneapolis, MN:
Lasers and flares lit up the night as fireworks boomed overhead, continuing the tradition of ringing in the new year with rowdy festivities at the juvie in downtown Minneapolis. pic.twitter.com/jzClhsp9GN
— The Minnesota Wild (@lets_go_wild) January 1, 2020
South Bend, IN:
Noise demo organized.
Evansville, IN:
Noise demo was organized.
Norfolk, VA:
Tidewater Solidarity Collective@solidarity757
Alexandria, VA:
Ⓐ #GrumpyCuntSec Ⓐ@brazenqueerPolice just showed up at the NYE noise demo for Chelsea Manning and Jeremy Hammond. Only one for now. Keeping eyes on.
Ⓐ #GrumpyCuntSec Ⓐ@brazenqueerWe out here making noise for @xychelsea and @FreeJeremyNet! Fire to the prisons! #ResistGrandJuries #FreeJeremy #FreeChelsea
Ⓐ #GrumpyCuntSec Ⓐ@brazenqueerSpending my New Year at a jail because what the hell else am I gonna do? #prisonsupport #FreeJeremy #FreeChelsea
Richmond, VA:
Goad Gatsby@GoadGatsby
New Orleans, LA:
Noise demo was organized.
Durham, NC:
Fort Lauderdale, FL:
Noise demo was organized.
Gainesville, FL:
Baltimore, MD:
Noise demo was organized.
Pittsburgh, PA:
Noise demo was organized.
New York, NY:
mirmiration@mirmiration
RevAbolitionNYC@RevAbolitionNYCBeautiful New Years Eve noise demo in #NYC thanks to @nycabc
For those locked up at MCC!
We upheld the martyrs of our movement: Robert Seth Hayes, Tom Manning, and all those who committed to the fight!#UntilAllAreFree#NewYears2020
South Burlington, VT:
Demonstration
Hamilton, ON:
North Shore Counter-Info@nscounterinfo“For the 11th year in a row, anarchists and other rebels gathered on New Year’s eve to march on the Barton Jail. This is an international tradition, rooted in showing our disgust for prisons and their world and our solidarity with all prisoners”https://north-shore.info/2020/01/02/hamilton-for-the-eleventh-year-new-years-noise-demo-at-the-barton-jail/ …
Montreal, QC:
Jon Milton@514jonAnother year, another #NYE noise demonstration outside prisons near Montreal. At a time of year that’s particularly tough to be locked up, 200 people made noise and lit off fireworks outside barbed wire fences to remind those inside they’re not alone.
Until they’re all free
