#casey-goonan — Public Fediverse posts

Update 5/15/26- Casey Goonan Support Committee

Lockdowns and a birthday

After dealing with a tough month or two of extended of unit-wide lockdowns, establishing a reliable program has been difficult, but Casey reports doing very well! Lockdowns still happen sporadically with little explanation so developing a daily rhythm has been a challenge. They have made a lot of friends on the unit though and for Casey’s birthday, all the guys in their car and few others quietly passed around a birthday card to sign. And to cap it off, somebody made a bangin’ spread of nachos for the occasion.

Mail and calls
Snail mail has been extremely slow and sporadic through the mailroom. They only are getting mail at least a month later than its postmark, which is extra frustrating because…

Casey recently received a 6 month revocation of their calling privileges and lost 27 days of good time credits as punishment for a 3-way call with their mom and brother that they didn’t even know was against the rules. So for the time being, email via Corrlinks or snail mail is the only way to talk to them.

To revisit some mail basics:
– Leave big margins on your letters. Casey only receives a black and white hardcopy scan of letters and as of yet the feds haven’t mastered using a scanner or just don’t care. Anything near the edges of the page gets cut off.
– Mail is surveilled and often pieces are outright blocked. Casey has heightened restrictions and scrutiny due to their classification and charges. Write accordingly. Know as well that some mail just doesn’t make it through.

Books
You can see Casey’s booklist for purchase via their bookshop registry here:
https://bookshop.org/wishlists/56b98684a2c55d72748aa7fae7dfa536217a1b5f

At the moment we are asking for people to please stick to the books on this list due to Caseys space concerns. Thank you to everyone who has sent Casey books!

Birthday fundraiser
For Casey’s birthday we were able to raise $840 so far for Lil Nicky, their cellie and friend. Let’s double that!

To support Lil Nicky, funds can be sent by Venmo labeled as “Little Nicky” to @juliepetersonG

Lil Nicky has been a great friend, and lifesaver in the yard on numerous occasions. Slated to go home in 15 months to Philly, he will be reuniting with his 13 year old son. Also, Lil Nicky is deaf and needs immediate support to buy his own hearing aids and batteries  (Yeah, the prison doesn’t supply those!).

With next to no income from a prison job, it is extremely hard to purchase supplies for your disabilities not to mention save for going home. Without support, re-entry is an extension of the isolation of incarceration, leaving just-released people in an extremely vulnerable position and often in harms way.

Lil Nicky has been there for Casey and Casey is looking to repay the favor.

Together they spend hours on lockdowns discussing sports and the state of the world. Lil Nicky is continually motivating Casey to stay focused on their goals as an abolitionist and their prisoner support work, now from the inside.

Again, to kick down, Venmo @juliepetersonG with the note “Lil Nicky.”

Love and struggle,
CSC

email: [email protected]
insta: @freecaseynow
website: https://freecaseynow.noblogs.org/
general fundraiser: https://chuffed.org/project/supportcasey
book wishlist: https://bookshop.org/wishlists/56b98684a2c55d72748aa7fae7dfa536217a1b5f

Source: https://www.abcf.net/blog/update-5-15-26-casey-goonan-support-committee/

Lines in the Sand: Writings on the Gaza Solidarity Encampment & Campus Flood at U.C. Berkeley from an Anarchist Prisoner of War by Casey Goonan

To commemorate Palestinian Prisoners’ Day—April 17, 2026—we are sharing Lines in the Sand: Writings on the Gaza Solidarity Encampment & Campus Flood at U.C. Berkeley from an Anarchist Pris­oner of War, a collection of writing Casey Goo­nan produced while imprisoned at Santa Rita Jail awaiting trial for actions carried out in solidarity with the Palestinian people enduring and resist­ing genocide in Gaza.

As a comrade in many movements—from street uprisings for Black liberation, mass prisoner struggles, and anti-imperialist solidarity in the belly of the beast—Casey’s works (whether in their own name as a guerrilla intellectual or anonymously in uncountable movement contri­butions) have never been bound by barbed-wire barriers or ephemeral abstractions, always seeking to help us to determine what’s possible here and now, especially through their immense efforts in the zine-to-prisoner distro True Leap Press.

Casey’s intellectual curiosity is limitless, and, while what’s collected here is far from the en­tirety of what Casey wrote while at Santa Rita, these are the interventions that Casey drafted, edited, edited again, and sent outside to us in a stack of manila envelopes for us to share widely with those who need them. Writing is a task that never ceases for Casey—they are always reading, reflecting, and sitting down with a pen in hand to poetically untangle not just their context of cap­tivity but the wider stakes of global anti-imperi­alist struggle.

Casey, in their words and in their action, has al­ways sought to intervene directly into the only fight worth intervening in—the struggle for a better world, without walls or cages. Their writ­ings collected here—tactical and strategic assess­ments of possibilities for action, precise analysis of the (material and discursive) political economy of U.S./Zionist settler-colonialism, imperialism, and genocide, as well as personal reflections on the stakes of taking the leap into action—are an invitation for each of us to continue to rigorously interrogate our own sites and scenes of struggle, to hold open concealed possibilities, to break down the walls that divide us from the “we” we could become, and to take the true leap into ac­tion.

This book is the result of inside/outside collabo­ration from a few comrades to the end, lovingly transcribed from hand-written letters, and pre­sented to you as a revolutionary gift and inter­vention in the struggle for Palestinian liberation and abolition of the colonial-imperialist prison world. Casey’s wish to release their writing to the world on Palestinian Prisoners’ Day is also a de­sire to shrink the fabricated distances between our global struggles, which we share with Casey as a serious project for any emancipatory struggle, especially since imprisonment as an institution spreads across the prison world, the prison sky.

It is Casey’s hope that you will read, print, and share this book, reflect on it with those with whom you’re in struggle, and ultimately enter into a broader conversation about what transpired across university campuses in 2024 in solidarity with Gaza as well as what is possible / necessary to do here and now. As a free-to-download, anti-copyright body of work, this collection is an invi­tation to expand our material and collective sup­port for Casey and other comrades behind bars and to also shrink the fabricated distances be­tween “inside” and “outside”—our comrades in­side have much to contribute. Each chapter of this book is also available as a zine for ease of reading and distribution.

For more information on how to write to Casey or to put money on their books, visit: freecaseynow.noblogs.org.

Free Palestine!
Free Casey!
Free Them All!

Love & Rage

To check all the literature and check the link here: WITH WHATEVER WEAPONS

Political Prisoner Casey Goonan Transferred

Update 2/15/26

Finally! As you may have seen elsewhere, Casey is finally out of the holdover unit at FCI Mendota and is in the transfer pipeline to their designated facility.

At 4 am on Tuesday, 2/11, Casey was woken up, told to pack it up, and then put on the bus before the sun rose. They were transported from Mendota to the SF Federal Bldg and then to the county jail in downtown SF. Casey reported that coming over the hills that morning into the Bay as the sun rose, they felt blessed. Casey, sitting in a van still cuffed up, was able to see the horizon, able to see the sun’s light grow and spread over the city and the Bay.
While at the SF jail, Casey was able to walk around the unit freely, talk to others, and enjoy phone access with their friends and loved ones in a way not possible for months in that shithole holdover unit. Casey and a member of our committee were able to have a loving, hour long conversation that didn’t feel like a rushed whisper through a keyhole. ❤️

Casey didn’t spend long in SF before they were put on a plane. On Friday, Casey showed up on the BOP inmate locator at FCI Allenwood – Medium, one facility of three in a prison complex located in northern Pennsylvania.

A few notes about Casey’s current placement:

• This may be an intermediate placement. We have not confirmed with Casey that this is their permanent designated facility and this may well be a temporary location. All prison systems are opaque and move people around at will according to their own fickle bureaucratic criteria. When we confirm this is to be Casey’s designated facility, we will let you know.
• It’s always good to write! Address for the facility is below. But know that in addition to this possibly being a short-lived placement, sometimes Casey’s mail has been held by the mailroom for weeks or months. We have also found that multiple pieces of mail have been blocked or “lost” as well. So independent of Casey being at Allenwood permanently or temporarily, know that comms through the mail are goofy as well as slow and fully surveilled.
• Conditions have changed already. According to Casey, this current spot is more capable of meeting their needs as a diabetic. They are let out of their cell from 8 am to 5 pm, have phone access, and at the time of the last call with fam, Casey was on their way to check out the library (!! of course. If you know Casey…🙂)
• At some point, Casey’s counselor told them that they had been given a “Low” security classification. This has not been formally confirmed. So again, we will let you know when we know more. And yes, a Low can be sent to a Medium level facility – Welcome to the byzantine nature of prison regulations and practices.
• All property is surrendered on transfer out of a holdover unit so Casey has to start over in terms of personal property and nutritional supplements from commissary to deal with their diabetes. To send funds to keep Casey’s commissary account topped up, you can Venmo Casey’s fam – @JuliePetersonG

More on the toll of “holdover life”

Casey spent over 4 months in holdover at Mendota. Holdover – the limbo unit for people being received, moved, etc. – is worse than solitary in many respects. You have no property, no programs, limited access to anything but your tiny cell, and no definite date for getting out. Casey had only minimal access to medical care for their diabetes: insulin only dispensed once per day, insufficient blood sugar checks, mediocre diet, and maximum stress and uncertainty. The poor care had started to permanently damage Casey’s eyesight. If they were to continue much longer in holdover, Casey was anticipating needing a new prescription in order to read or see adequately.

Also, every other person that passed through holdover at Mendota only spent a few weeks there. A month in and Casey became in effect the “OG” of the unit, the prisoner housed there the longest, orienting others to the layout and program of the place. Yet again, to those who been locked up or who have years doing prisoner support, the question at some point becomes “Is this bullshit targeted or is it just random, just industrialized abandonment and they don’t give a shit about anybody?”

Well, Casey is a political prisoner. And while everybody inside gets a number and everybody gets put in the uniform, there is nonetheless a wild card or two in the deck for politicals. Consequences can be heavier. And that’s another thing for people on the outside to remember and take to heart regarding risks, expectations, and communications with our loved ones inside.

Legal update

Casey has been working on a habeas petition with another legal team in order to appeal their conviction and sentencing. The deadline for this filing will be 12 months from their sentencing (Sept. 23, 2026)  so we will report more on this in the coming months as it develops.

Free Palestine,
Fire to the Prisons

In solidarity,
CSC

To donate towards legal fees:
https://chuffed.org/project/supportcasey

Commissary support: Venmo @JuliePetersonG
Instagram: @freecaseynow
Email us: [email protected]

Current mailing address for Casey:

Casey Goonan #24611-511
FCI Allenwood Medium
FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
P.O. BOX 2000
WHITE DEER, PA   17887

Holdover Life at Mendota 12/5/25 by Casey Goonan

The following ideas an opinions reflect the general consensus of the majority prisoners held in the FCI Mendota B2 Building. This is a continuation of my small zine, titled “Holdover Life at Mendota.”

Life in the FCI Mendota “holdover unit” is difficult and often challenging. Even though we are only allowed out of our cell 5 1/2 hours per week — no more than one hour on weekends, no more than 15 minutes (for a phone call) on weekend days — every day brings a new obstacle, a new drama, a new and supremely unnecessary interaction with a petty correctional officer. I honestly can complain for days on end.

There are very few items to choose from on the commissary, with a $50 spending limit. We only order commissary once every two weeks. We run out of food items before the second week most of the time.

Although the kitchen serves us three meals a day and many days do a great job providing quality food, the portions are small and the trays almost always arrive cold. The last part is always due to the CO’s not passing out the food in a timely manner.

We barely have any items or options available to program with and keep busy. I average reading ten hours a day — terrible selection of books. I feel brain rot.

It’s difficult to workout in the small cells, and our so-called “recreation time” is usually 6am or 7am. so, if you decide to workout any time later, you will not be able to shower until the next day. Oh i should probably mention that you only have that single hour in the morning to shower between Mondays and Fridays; we are not permitted shower on the weekends.

Meanwhile, most of the C.O.’s sit around in their office half of the day and barely have to do anything. This is a convenient (although i imagine boring) unit for them to work. Most of them hate it here, and many times daily they project that disdain onto us inmates.

My least favorite aspect of this experience is how we do not get *any* outdoor time. None. Zilch.

Did i mention we receive terrible medical care and treatment for inmates with chronic or emergent health needs? With one phone call a day we are deeply isolated from the outside world. To add to the stressors, the mailroom absolutely sucks!

In the b2 Unit we are essentially treated as if we are in the SHU (“solitary confinement,” aka “the hole” or more properly the “security housing unit”). Yet none of us are facing disciplinary infractions; many of us haven’t even been designated. Some of us have been stuck here for over three months!

Here at FCI Mendota, the administration are *de facto* punishing us inmates in the holdover unit. The policies and living conditions are cruel and unusual. Its freezing cold. We suffer extremely unnecessary immobilization and deprivation of bodily autonomy. As a result, we also suffer long periods of time where we’re held incommunicado from our loved ones on the outside.

Shit, I’ve heard the SHU inmates have certain perks that we are withheld in the holdover unit. For example, the SHU inmates may not be given television nor a phone call home. However they do get a daily hour of *outdoor* time. We in the holdover unit only leave our cells for an hour each weekday morning, with *zero* outdoor time. Those days, our alleged “rec time” only allows for one 15 minutes phone call, because the phone system blocks you from making a follow-up call for a half hour duration. The remainder of the time we use to shower and gather ourselves for the next 23 hours of captivity.

When in cell, most of us have inadequate views of the television, and even when your cell has a better TV shot, we are not provided headphones nor allowed to purchase radios to hear what’s on the silent, muted televisions. Instead, we struggle to read tiny subtitles that move so quick it’s comical. From the cell i’m currently held in, my cellmate and i do not have a view of a TV at all.

In some ways we have it worse than SHU inmates, who at least breathe fresh air daily and have showers *inside* of the *cells.* Some even say they have a better commissary list in the SHU, although i can’t vouch 100% for that claim.

To be a “holdover” inmate, means you are inthe process of becoming designated (or in fact are already designated) by the BOP to be sent to a different, more long-term facility. Most of us, if not all at some point or another, were either just sentenced or brought here on a violation and awaiting release or transfer. Some inmates in this unit are “pretrial” and those inmates receive two hours of “rec time” every day. Even on weekends. I’m not exactly sure why we do not receive the same treatment as the “pretrial” inmates of the unit.

When you arrive as a new holdover inmate, the first thing the compound officers tell us is how we should expect 2 hours of recreation time outside of our cells. Federal law (look it up, i’m not lying) also mandates that inmates without any disciplinary infractions or write-ups must be given *at least* ten hours out of their cells a week. The reality is we spend 163 hours a week locked in cells. The excuse we are most often told, upon filing informal requests and grieving to staff is: “most of you will only be here for two to three weeks, then on a bus… you just gotta deal with it.” I’ve been told that same response from C.O.’s from councilors, and even from certain medical staff. The crude fact is that some of us have been here for three months! I am included in that category of “long-term holdover.”

We are being punished simply because we exist as “undesignated” or newly designated BOP inmates. No other reason.

At the current moment, there is no convincing reason why we are held in cells this long, besides the fact that it is easier this way for the staff. During the time of this writing, there are only 14 inmates in this entire 64 cell building. We are split up into four “rec” groups: Group A, Group B, and two pretrial groups. None of this has to be this way. There are only *four* small groups of people; the largest of which has only six members. It’s absurd. Most of the day there are no inmates on the rec floor at all.

More via https://www.instagram.com/freecaseynow/

Source: https://www.abcf.net/blog/holdover-life-at-mendota-12-5-25-by-casey-goonan/

Oct 7 Call to Action Committee Statement on Principled Prisoner Support

On October 7th we called for a week of solidarity with US-held political prisoners Casey Goonan and Elias Rodriguez who are in state captivity due to their support for the Palestinian Revolution. The call was published on various sites and social media pages, but it was anonymous, autonomous, and was not put out by Workshops4Gaza or any other public formations. We chose the date of the Al-Aqsa Flood operation because, like the fall of Batista’s Havana, or the fleeing of Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan, the uprising represented a new historical juncture that changed the global trajectory of anti-colonial and socialist struggle internationally. In fact, there are very few moments with such significance in history, therefore, the insurgent memory of the action must be defended and unequivocally supported. Our frame of reference, in regards to revolution in settler colonial Amerikkka, must be rooted in solidarity and complicity with the most advanced, and most principled, sectors of the internationalist struggle.

We did not expect to face opposition and sabotage from within the movement about expanding solidarity efforts for political prisoners. The desire to depoliticize political prisoners while minimizing the political context of their detention is not a path for revolutionary struggle, but an attempt to slow walk the movement into its death throes. Furthermore, attributing this call to action to people and organizations who weren’t involved – like the public and private whisper campaign condemning Workshops4Gaza – is malicious and duplicitous; particularly with the associated fedjacketing and doxxing crusade launched by people who should clearly know better.

These problems are part and parcel of a larger schism that will be resolved through internal movement struggle and external revolutionary conflict with the colonial state. The power brokers in the movement have long pushed an imperialist social democratic agenda couched in revolutionary language, but in actuality, their posture is mere defeatism and an ineffectual form of politics that cannot rise to the historical moment. This is why the support for Palestine has been either non-existent, tepid, or contradictory from this milieu. It also explains why, even after the George Floyd uprising and the rise of the Palestinian Revolution, the movement has remained among the whitest arenas in US politics.

The Palestinian Resistance and their regional comrades confrontation with the US and zionist war machines are the tip of the revolutionary spear and our actions, our deeds and our words should distinctly strengthen their posture and resolve. The student uprising was an attempt at establishing a support front in the imperial core that never quite coalesced into the political force that was requisite to address the genocidal nature of the US/zionist project. But even with the inadequacy of the movement there were notable moments and individuals. Casey and Elias are two of those people. The state has criminalized them, condemning Casey to a remarkably draconian sentence, and threatening Elias with execution. This counter-revolutionary repression is part of a larger strategic push by the state and must not be viewed in isolation. The capitalist class is in acute crisis and the US world-system is in an astonishing, barbaric death spiral. Severe imperialist miscalculations from the NATO war against Russia and the trade war have profoundly upended the system and the Palestinian Revolution accelerated the rapid decline.

It is in this context that the state’s repression has become a significant tool for the self-preservation of the colonial and imperialist project. The proscription of antifascism, the manic drive to deport migrants, the increase in policing, and the draconian sentencing passed down to our comrades all must be recognized in light of the crisis, and like the Palestinian Revolution, the Black Liberation Army, and other revolutionary formations, we have an obligation to support our comrades behind enemy lines, to politicize their cases appropriately, and to expand the field of struggle. Our prisoners are the compass of our movement, and we heed their calls for escalation in the fight to free them all. The nature of the empire’s surveillance regime necessitates that these calls often be made autonomously, without direct or explicit coordination with our prisoners.

Revolutionary organizations must begin to sincerely assess the situation, organize around and through these contradictions, unrepentantly support anti-colonial movements and we must, principally, struggle against imperialist social democracy. If these prisoner support organizations cannot work through these problems then they may need to be discarded. The ongoing conflict between reformist and revolutionary struggle will continue to persist in all political arenas, and in prisoner support specifically, the reformist wing must be defeated.

The Oct 7th Call to Action Committee

https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=22564

#alAqsaFlood #callToAction #CaseyGoonan #eliasRodriguez #palestine #PoliticalPrisoners #Solidarity

Free Casey and Elias Images for Week of Solidarity

In response to the week of action for political prisoners, Elias Rodriguez and Casey Goonan, we were sent images that comrades can use for their activities. Casey and Elias are two US-held prisoners who are in captivity due to their support for the Palestianian Revolution.

Download and please share around:

https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=22306

#CaseyGoonan #eliasRodriguez #northAmerica #palestine #PoliticalPrisoners #repression #resistance #us

Campaña en solidaridad con Elías Rodríguez y Casey Goonan, presos en el sistema carcelario imperialista por luchar contra el genocidio en Gaza.

Por favor, ayuda difundiendo.

@palestine

#Palestina #Gaza #FreeElias #FreeCasey #AccionDirecta #Solidaridad #AboliciónDeLasPrisiones #Anarchism #Socialismo #Inkscape #MadeWithInkscape #EliasRodriguez
#CaseyGoonan #OperationCampusFlood #USpol #presospoliticos

Campaña en solidaridad con Elías Rodríguez y Casey Goonan, presos en el sistema carcelario imperialista por luchar contra el genocidio en Gaza.

Por favor, ayuda difundiendo.

@palestine

#Palestina #Gaza #FreeElias #FreeCasey #AccionDirecta #Solidaridad #AboliciónDeLasPrisiones #Anarchism #Socialismo #Inkscape #MadeWithInkscape #EliasRodriguez
#CaseyGoonan #OperationCampusFlood #USpol #presospoliticos

Campaña en solidaridad con Elías y Casey

Hice este tríptico difundiendo el llamado de solidaridad con los presos politicos Elias Rodriguez y Casey Goonan. Lo realicé en Inkscape, las fuentes que usé fueron Molot y Trueno.

Estoy muy conmovido por las acciones de ambos camaradas. En un mundo de hipocresía y acciones a medias, ellos se atrevieron, sabiendo el precio que podían pagar. Lo que me deja no solo admiración, sino principalmente la urgencia de también hacer más.

Estoy trabajando en una versión en español y haré más diseños a partir de las imágenes que ya trabajé aquí.

#CaseyGoonan #ElíasRodríguez #Gaza #Inkscape #Palestina #Resistencia #Solidaridad

Free the Thunder, Free the Flame.

Call to action in support of Elías Rodríguez and Casey Goonan, from October 25th to November 1st

Please share and take action.

@palestine

#Palestine #Gaza #FreeElias #FreeCasey #DirectAction #Solidarity #PrisonAbolition #Anarchism #Socialism #Inkscape #MadeWithInkscape #EliasRodriguez #CaseyGoonan #OperationCampusFlood #USpol #PoliticalPrisoners

Free the Thunder, Free the Flame.

Call to action in support of Elías Rodríguez and Casey Goonan, from October 25th to November 1st

Please share and take action.

@palestine

#Palestine #Gaza #FreeElias #FreeCasey #DirectAction #Solidarity #PrisonAbolition #Anarchism #Socialism #Inkscape #MadeWithInkscape #EliasRodriguez #CaseyGoonan #OperationCampusFlood #USpol #PoliticalPrisoners

Support Elias Rodriguez and Casey Goonan: Call to Action – Oct 25th – Nov 1st

In commemoration of October 7th, the revolutionary Al-Aqsa Flood Operation, we are calling for a week of action for  pro-Palestinian political prisoners Elias Rodriguez and Casey Goonan.

The Palestinian Revolution, with dignity and pride, changed the course of history two years ago, and on this anniversary we must also stand up for those who took action. Former political prisoner Georges Abdallah said, “it is the duty of every revolutionary to respond with the means at their disposal” in his salute to Elias, noting that it is a duty for revolutionaries in the west to rise in response to genocide and in solidarity with the Resistance. Elias is accused of being such a figure and Casey has been convicted of fulfilling this duty.

Elias is accused of assassinating two zionist pigs in DC in solidarity with anti-colonial Resistance forces in West Asia fighting for a free Palestine. He is currently pre-trial and potentially facing the death penalty.

Casey Goonan is a political prisoner who has been convicted of torching a UC Berkeley pig vehicle in support of the pro-Palestine student movement and in support of the Palestinian Revolution. They were accused of a series of arsons in what was termed Operation Campus Flood. They were recently sentenced to almost 20 years in prison.

From October 25 through November 1st take action in support of our comrades. Direct actions, letter writing, wheat pasting, banner drops, or whatever you may have in your toolkit. Stand up for our comrades in the imperialist dungeons.

Email us any photos or reports of your actions and we will publish them in a later round up.

Email: [email protected]

https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=21796

#alAqsaFlood #callToAction #CaseyGoonan #eliasRodriguez #northAmerica #Solidarity

In Defense of One of Our Own

It’s almost quaint to declare permanent conflict with this society, with a world that sows domination in every corner. As long as it exists, conflict is guaranteed. And this world cannot exist without it’s strongest weapon: prison. The specter of punishment, the instrument of captivity, the ceaseless reformation of slavery. Until that realm is destroyed, freedom is meaningless. In our chosen struggles as anarchists, one of our tasks is to give real depth and content to our antagonisms. Negation should not stop at our refusals but extend into the shattering of every veiled threat that keeps us bound to this life, in word and in deed. That is what our Casey has been made guilty of. Daring to refuse power made flesh. More than the choice of a single judge, the state was forced to make an example of a comrade of immeasurable conviction, clarity and steadfastness in their chosen conflicts, regardless of what awaited them. Such an incongruent sentence compared to charges levied shows us yet again the lengths the state reaches to crush active opposition to war and genocide. This was a message. Though dismayed by the judge’s severity, we know that prison is not the end of struggle but the emergence of new terrain, one which Casey was already an active participant. And we may soon find ourselves participants as well.

Repression doesn’t end with the hammering of the gavel as every aspect of imprisoned life is shaped by it. So then how will our solidarity take shape? If it’s to mean anything at all, anything more than tried and true slogans bellowed from outside the walls on New Years Eve, it needs to expand the destruction of prison society in gesture and action, not just contribute to the survival of our comrades inside. The legion of liberal abolitionists who only five years ago demanded to defund the police have all but reversed their positions and begun advocating for their carceral defenders. This is where the break should be emphasized, against such poor and paltry visions and making destruction our ground floor. Therefore delegitimization of prisons and their necessity in the public imagination has to coincide with their material disruption. Strikes and revolts inside met with blockades and stoppages on the outside, actually. Our activity should correspond with our dispelling of prison’s invincibility and of the myth of it’s usefulness. The two must go hand in hand so there cannot be even a feigned misunderstanding about what we mean when we say “fire to the prisons.”

The machinery of justice will continue to drag us along, feeding on our corpses in the name of preserving democracy. Bombs will continue dropping, the nation-state will continue to tear the undesirable from within it’s ever-changing borders, and the lie of civilization will be cleansed and recast without blemish. Having already colonized all aspects of our daily activity, capital will continue to coerce every ounce of life from us while presenting just two outcomes, prison or the grave. That is if we accept it, leaving each other alone in the hands of the state. Even if we can’t stop it on our own, we can throw as many wrenches into the gears as possible. The end of prison society through the direct subversion of daily life, one imbued with logics and structures that insure it’s replication. Everything comes to a halt, never again returning to normalcy. Rupture, revolt, and the total evacuation of modern slavery. Only then can any of us truly talk of freedom.

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https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=21605

#CaseyGoonan #palestine #politicalPrisoner #repression #Solidarity

Timeline of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment Wave & Campus Flood at U.C. Berkeley from My Perspective (April to June 2024) by Casey Goonan

Repression works in two ways—with all the violence of the world (massacres, concentration camps, prisons, and police) and with fear and forgetting through which we repress ourselves. Each time the solidarity movement came upon the choice of resistance and chose passivity instead of struggle, each time the solidarity movement came upon the choice of resistance and chose safety, legitimacy, and stability instead of struggle, each time the solidarity movement condemned the resistance to protect themselves—fear took the place of guns and forgetting took the place of cages. So repression prevailed, recuperating struggle in the name of imperial domination.

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Beyond the bare minimum of supporting those facing repression, the call to action continues, “any revolutionary horizons with teeth require long term prisoner support. This practice is key to the current struggle that led to the Al-Aqsa Flood as exhibited by the rich history of organizing within prisons and the ongoing liberation of those being held hostage by israel. Those of us living under a plantation economy already have our own reasons to ensure incarceration is a central site of struggle. But if one does insist upon taking guidance from elsewhere and if one intends to ‘bring the Intifada home’ or ‘escalate for Gaza,’ Palestinians have provided plenty of methods for how carcerality can be attacked.”

Free Casey Now

https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=21569

#anarchism #CaseyGoonan #northAmerica #palestine #politicalPrisoner #repression #Solidarity #us

Statement by Casey Goonan Support Committee and Attorney

https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=21550

#CaseyGoonan #northAmerica #palestine #politicalPrisoner #repression #Solidarity #us

International Hunger Strike Grows, Joined By Palestinian Captive of the George Floyd Rebellion

Take action in support of the hunger strikers here.

Three western political prisoners are now on hunger strike.

As of 6 September 2025, T, one of the Filton 24, is on Day 27 of her hunger strike in protest of HMP Peterborough’s unfair treatment of her as a “terrorist.” Across the ocean in California, captive from the student intifada Casey Goonan is on Day 11 of a strike in solidarity with T, and yesterday, when he learned about the now-international strike, Palestinian captive from the 2020 George Floyd Rebellion Malik Farrad Muhammad declared he was beginning another strike from the state of Oregon:

“Gaza is a prison. It is a living hell. They are starved. And [we as prisoners in the US] are disappeared and invisibilized. But we will not and should not be silent as our siblings suffer. If the international community won’t act, we should. Prisoners everywhere should not eat as long as Gazans starve. While the international community allows for forced apartheid in the West Bank, as they remain unphased by hundreds of thousands of deaths, unshaken by millions of people displaced, then let them witness prisoners all over the world starve with them.”

T’s supporters said she felt “humbled and deeply grateful” for the international support, including protests for her this week in Belgium, New York City, and Kuala Lumpur outside British embassies and consulates — “solidarity in action, not words,” as Casey said. Casey and Malik are joining Hoxha until her last remaining demand, written confirmation of the reinstatement of her job in the prison library, is met. The building pressure on HMP Peterborough and Sodexo, its private operator, has forced them to meet all T’s other demands.

But on Day 26, despite previous verbal confirmation of the reinstatement of her job, T received a letter from Sodexo, refusing her right to work, claiming the library job is “not appropriate” for her due to Palestine Action being illegitimately proscribed as a “terrorist group” by the Home Secretary. Sodexo is retrospectively applying proscription to punish T for a crime she has not yet been convicted of, and a group she has not been proven to be part of, which, at the time of her arrest, was yet not a proscribed group. T’s supporters note that she has previously worked in the library with no issues, but these new measures have been put in place by the prison’s “Joint Terrorism Extremism Unit” called “JEXU,” described by its founders as a unit creating “prisons within prisons.” Sam Gyimah, the former Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation, who launched the unit, spoke proudly of his collaboration with the zionist entity as a strategic priority, and “Israel’s track record,” especially in “disruptive technologies,” as inspiration.

T’s supporters’ latest medical update indicated “T is very fatigued and, yesterday, reported blurry vision. Speaking is even more difficult than before. Her head is spinning, and her ketone levels had hit a record high. The prison has clearly felt the pressure — only now have they offered her a lift pass to move around and a temporary transfer to a downstairs cell to avoid the stairs. They are doing everything but what they should: transfer her to a hospital now.” The prison neglected to give T proper medical check-ups or electrolytes until Day 18 of her strike, dangerously late, and have yet to hospitalize her despite the growing demands.

As a diabetic, Casey has had to stop taking their insulin every day during the strike, which could be especially risky, but Casey’s support team shared they are “staying positive, and as of yet there haven’t been any serious complications with their health. They want to thank everyone for giving their attention to T Hoxha’s situation and taking action.” The ask is now for supporters to call local UK embassies and pressure them to contact the UK Ministry of Justice, in addition to keeping up calls to HMP Peterborough, and spreading the story as far as possible across the world.

Who is Malik Muhammad? The Long Shadow of the George Floyd Rebellion

Malik, the latest political prisoner joining the strike, is a Black Palestinian Muslim anarchist who participated in armed action against the racist Amerikan police during the 2020 uprising. He pled guilty to 14 felonies and received a 10-year prison sentence in 2022, the harshest federal sentence of any 2020 protestor. He is also a veteran of the US Army and “designated 100 percent disabled as a combat veteran because of extreme PTSD,” according to his lawyer. He mentions this openly on his blog: “I was a tanker in the army — and no, I’m not proud that I was part of the murder machine, so don’t thank me for my service.”

Inside Oregon’s Snake River Correctional Institution, Malik is no stranger to targeted political repression, isolation from other inmates, or hunger strikes. He spent all of 2024 and already eight-and-counting months of 2025 in segregation in a solitary cell without fresh air, recreation or socialization. He was “punished” for reasons like refusing water during his Ramadan fast. Guards violently tased him, shot him with firing darts, and kicked and punched him for speaking out against their racism. In November of 2024, Malik went on hunger strike and successfully won demands to have his property returned to him and to be released into general population. Malik wrote:

“I hoped to highlight the brutality of ODOC’s predatory, horrendous hole problems and practices. I have reached out and I have wrote, I filed grievances, sent letters to the Inspector General…They say the hole is where they put the worst of the worst “criminals”, but what they don’t say is that’s where they put the worst of the worst CO’s too. The ones who can’t work elsewhere because of their lack of respect, professionalism, decorum, and constant antagonizing of inmates.”

Despite this torture, Malik has never stopped politicizing his fellow captives, sharing his writing with the outside world (including on his blog and a forthcoming book of poems), and organizing for improved conditions, while never abandoning the ultimate goal of total revolution. He has also written extensively about Palestinian liberation and its ties to the Black prisoners’ movement in Amerika.

Some excerpts of Malik’s writing from April 2024:

“Mujahadeen, “muslim soldier”, that’s what I am, that’s the cloth I’m cut from…Blockade the ports, don’t ship Israel shit we need to shut shit down like we did for Floyd, because like Floyd, these are our brother and our sisters, our sons and our daughters…”

“I envy your opportunity to do those things, there wouldn’t be a soul on earth that could stop me going. I’d spend my last, I’d risk it all, I have an immense love for my homeland, but a more intense love for freedom from oppression and a great disdain for the oppressors. Do anything and everything that can be done to aid the cause, because it’s worthy, and don’t let anyone stop you.”

Last month, in the tradition of the martyrs George Jackson and Jonathan Jackson, Malik “participated in Black August gatherings where Black prisoners would complete their daily exercise challenge together and share meals,” telling the outside that he and his siblings inside “always say it shouldn’t be Black August for just one month, it should be Black August every day of the year.”

In my last piece on this strike, I discussed the abandonment of political prisoners in Amerika compared to Palestine, particularly the prisoners of this latest phase of the Palestine “solidarity” movement in the West, like Casey Goonan, Elias Rodriguez, Tarek Bazrouk, Jakhi McCray, and Mohamed Sabry Soliman. The political prisoners of the George Floyd Rebellion were similarly abandoned, and the historic militancy of that rebellion neutralized and erased through counterinsurgency, co-opted by NGOs and politicians, not unlike the process of internal counterinsurgency that has been taking place within the Palestine “solidarity” movement. “A militant nationwide uprising did in fact occur. The progressive wing of the counter-insurgency seeks the denial and disarticulation of this event,” to quote Idris Robinson in How It Might Should Be Done, one of the best retrospectives of 2020. Most people in our movements have never heard of Malik and he is still one of the best known of the 2020 prisoners, who can all be found and supported at uprisingsupport.org. Glory to our prisoners and glory to the Resistance.

Take action in support of the hunger strikers here. Follow instagram.com/prisoners4palestine and x.com/Workshops4Gaza for updates.

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Write to Malik and send him a book from his wish list:

Malik Muhammad
#23935744
Snake River Correctional Institution
777 Stanton Blvd.
Ontario, OR 97914-8335

Source: Calla Walsh Substack

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Call to Action! Political Prisoners for Palestine on Hunger Strike From Britain to the U.S.

T. Hoxha is a Palestine activist who has been imprisoned for 9 months without trial in connection with the so-called Filton 24 case. This case is part of the targeting of Palestine Action — including its recent proscription in Britain — the activist group accused of participating in an action against the site of leading Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems in Filton in April 2024. Palestine Action has been playing a leading role globally in directly confronting the producers of arms fueling the ongoing Zionist-imperialist genocide against the Palestinian people, particularly in Gaza.

She has been on hunger strike at Peterborough Prison since August 11. Her demands are that she be able to return to her job at the library and receive all the mail she has not yet received.

Casey Goonan, political prisoner of the student intifada in the United States, is charged with firebombing a cop car at UC Berkeley in response to the police’s brutal and violent treatment of students, who were protesting to demand an end to university complicity in the ongoing genocide. Upon hearing of T. Hoxha’s hunger strike, Casey Goonan and their cellmate have decided to join her in solidarity declaring:

Today I learned about T Hoxha, a Pal Action prisoner in the UK who is on day 16 of their hunger strike at HMP Peterborough. As of 4pm eastern time, August 26, 2025, 2 out of 3 of her demands have been met, but she is still on strike to demand that the prison release the mail they have been withholding from her.

As captives imprisoned for our participation in the Palestinian liberation movement in the west, we have a responsibility to each other across borders to pursue our lives in prison with the same steadfastness as the Palestinian Prisoners movement held captive in ‘Israeli’ prisons.

The states we have been captured by are the enablers of the Zionist entity’s accelerated genocide of Palestinians, as well as the ongoing genocides of black and indigenous people who’s lands they continue to occupy.

As the Western left continues to move from crisis to crisis, avoiding their responsibilities to Palestine, we are all that we have. By we I am referring to people facing repression for their support for Palestine, the people who are truly sacrificing. Such as T Hoxha, who has suffered through 16 days of starvation just to get her mail.

The Palestine solidarity movement in the west cannot abandon people like her who have risked their lives and continue to do so in resistance to the intolerable condition of genocide.

As of today one of my cellmates and I are on hunger strike at Santa Rita jail until her demands are met.

Solidarity with T Hoxha and all prisoners of the Palestine Solidarity movement!

Raze the walls!
Liberate all prisoners of the settler empire!
Casey Goonan

Hoxha’s and Goonan’s hunger strikes must not go unheard. We must make clear as a movement that our prisoners will not be left behind! They are incarcerated for their participation on the front lines of the Palestinian solidarity and liberation movements, because they heard the Palestinian people’s call to escalate, and responded by attacking the structures that enable the Zionist Entity within the imperial core.

Free T. Hoxha, Casey Goonan, The Filton 24, Anan Yaeesh, Elias Rodriguez, Jakhi McCray, Tarek Bazrouk, Ghassan Elashi and Shukri Abu Baker of the Holy Land 5;

Free the Black prisoners resisting the U.S Empire from its interior, free Mumia Abu Jamal, Imam Jamil al-Amin, Joseph Bowen, Fred Burton, Veronza Bowers, Kojo Bomani Sababu, Kamau Sadiki, and all of the prisoners of the Black Liberation Movement;

Free the 16 Lebanese and dozens of Syrian prisoners in Zionist jails, abducted and held hostage to impose Zionist-Imperialist control over Lebanon and Syria;

Free the over 10,800 Palestinian Prisoners who are routinely subjected to physical and sexual assault, psychological torture and abuse, sleep deprivation, starvation and denial of access to food and medical care, who continue to lead, inspire and guide Palestinian, Arab and international Resistance.

FREE THEM ALL!

CALLS TO ACTION TO SUPPORT T. HOXHA

• Email the Prison Governor: [email protected]
• Call HMP Peterborough at +44173217500

Toolkit for T. Hoxha and Casey Goonan

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yxIYqU-ql7mJ-veozApe-aS2fqZtPcnWgycgNeM1U3o/edit?tab=t.0

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Pro-Palestine Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike from the US to the UK

Political prisoner T. Hoxha is dying.

She is on her 18th day of hunger strike in HMP Peterborough in protest of the prison’s politically-targeted abuses. One of the Filton 24 detained indefinitely under the UK’s “Terrorism Act” while awaiting trial next spring, Hoxha is alleged to have participated in the heroic dismantling of an Elbit Systems weapons factory, causing €1 million in damages.

Over two weeks into her strike, Hoxha’s loved ones report that her physical and mental health is deteriorating fast, her hair is falling out, her jaw is in pain, and her brain fog is worsening, while the prison neglects her medical care. Supporters on the outside are organizing a call-in campaign to demand the prison administration give her electrolyte sachets and meet her demands: the reinstatement of her job in the prison library and the delivery of her mail that the prison administration is withholding from her. On 27 August, she developed a fever, experienced a persistent headache, vomited after taking vitamins, and noticed skin discoloration, and a nurse practitioner announced Hoxha is in the “danger zone.” As of 28 August, supporters are calling for her to urgently be admitted to a hospital.

Now more lives are on the line. When Casey Goonan, the only political prisoner in the US from the 2024 student intifada, heard about Hoxha’s hunger strike on 26 August, they and their cellmate at Santa Rita jail immediately declared a hunger strike in solidarity with Hoxha until her demands are met, internationalizing the strike. Refusing to intake food is especially risky for Casey as a diabetic, but they have organized successful collective hunger strikes in the past.

Similarly to the Pal Action UK prisoners, Casey has been repeatedly targeted for the political nature of their alleged crime, and deliberately isolated from other inmates, a classic tactic used by the state against political prisoners to prevent prisoner organizing. Just this summer, they were retaliated against for filing a grievance against a threatening deputy, and had their phone calls, visitations, and commissary revoked for over a month. Several times, the state has pushed back Casey’s sentencing hearing, supposed to be in April but now set for 23 September 2025. They are facing up to 20 years in federal prison with “terrorism enhancement” for allegedly burning police vehicles at the University of California, Berkeley. Also similar to the weaponization of counter-terrorism lawfare in the UK cases, this “terrorism enhancement” addition to Casey’s charges gives the federal government far more room for abuse and draconian overreach in their sentencing and treatment of Casey.

To announce the strike’s expansion, Casey published the following statement:

Today I learned about T Hoxha, a Pal Action prisoner in the UK who is on Day 16 of her hunger strike at HMP Peterborough. As of 4pm EST on August 26, 2025, 2 out of 3 of her demands have been met, and she is still on strike to demand that the prison release the mail they have been withholding from her.

As captives imprisoned for our participation in the Palestinian liberation movement in the west, we have a responsibly to each other across borders to pursue our lives in prison with the same steadfastness as the Palestinian prisoner movement held captive in Israeli prisons.

The states that we have been captured by are the enablers of the Zionist entity’s accelerated genocide and the extermination of Palestinians in Gaza, as well as the ongoing genocides of Black and Indigenous people whose lands they continue to occupy.

As the western left continues to move from crisis to crisis and avoid their responsibilities to Palestine, we are all that we have. By we I am referring to people facing repression for their support of Palestine, who are sacrificing, truly sacrificing. People such as T Hoxha, who has suffered through 16 days of starvation just to get her mail.

The Palestine solidarity movement in the west cannot abandon people like her who have risked their lives and continue to do so in resistance to this intolerable condition of genocide.

Solidarity is actions, not words. As of today, my cellmate and I are on hunger strike at Santa Rita jail until her demands are met. Solidarity with T. Hoxha and all prisoners of the Palestine solidarity movement!

RAZE THE WALLS! LIBERATE ALL PRISONERS OF SETTLER EMPIRE!

As Hoxha and Casey’s bodies shrink and weaken and start eating themselves alive, it begs the question, why do we not hear their names chanted in the streets at pro-Palestine protests, their faces raised on signs and murals, their demands echoed in conferences and pamphlets? Where are the cash-rich NGOs that could be using their huge platforms to speak out for Casey and the Filton 24, if not donating to their legal funds, at least acknowledging their existence? What about Elias Rodriguez, Jakhi McCray, Tarek Bazrouk, the countless other political prisoners in the so-called United States? There are too many to name. How dare anyone here express defeatism from their warm homes or complain about how none of us will sacrifice, while doing nothing to escalate, and ignoring the people who have made sacrifices and are now stuck in cold cells? How many people will get to the end of this article but fail to make a call for the hunger strikers?

Hoxha, the Filton 24, Casey, Elias, Jakhi, and longterm political prisoners like Mumia and Imam Jamil al-Amin do not get the kind of support they deserve from the movement, especially not from NGOs who identify themselves as the movement’s leadership, because they are not “perfect victims.” They are not accused of being peaceful, they are accused of resisting, and for that, they are unapologetic.

As one of Casey’s comrades wrote in the piece On Casey Goonan and the Abandonment of Political Prisoners in the Pro-Palestine Movement, “Despite vague assertions of the interconnectedness of repression and struggles between the American policing and prison apparatuses to that of Israel, there has been little material manifestation from that understanding within the US pro-Palestine movement. Meanwhile, coordinated struggle between prisoners and outside militants has been a key point of success for Palestinian liberation.” They point to the petit bourgeois class character and NGOization of the “movement” in the US, and its reformist attitude toward US imperialism and settler colonialism, as likely explanations for its isolation of militants and failure to escalate in general. As D. Musa Springer put it in Mondoweiss, this tendency is opportunistic and suicidal — “to not see ourselves reflected in the faces of our political prisoners and organize accordingly…We have allowed our political prisoners to become ghosts, within a movement claiming to want radical exorcism of oppressive systems.”

“Our prisoners are our compass” is not an empty slogan in Palestine, it is the material reality of struggle. When Lebanese revolutionary communist Georges Abdallah was released in July after decades in French prison, he explained this axiom in the clearest terms: “The one who resists is the one who has the final say and determines what should and should not be done. The ultimate decision-maker is the one who sacrifices himself to the resistance. All spectators have no right to discuss any topic.” Prisoners of the Palestinian revolution are not forgotten, or only paid lip service, they are bled for. We cannot forget, after all, that the Al-Aqsa Flood was itself a prison break and it birthed the Toufan al-Ahrar, the Flood of the Free. But until the honoring of political prisoners is actually put into practice here in the west, it will be just that, just a slogan, and an increasingly hollow one at that.

There is not much more to say here that is not already referenced above about this tendency to abandon militants facing repression, but the stakes feel imminently higher when it is not just life in prison on the line, but physical life itself. I remember when I was in jail last year for taking direct action with Pal Action US, for a relatively very short bid (40 days), and at the time, Casey was the only other political prisoner from this iteration of the Palestine movement, as well as the Pal Action UK prisoners. I felt like we were all breathing together, our spirits soaring across metal bars, concrete, mountains, and seas, never alone. We wrote happy birthday messages from our jail tablets to be passed on to prisoners in the UK. We asked our supporters to stop writing letters to us and instead to write to people inside for much longer, like Casey. It is like Casey said — “we are all that we have. By we I am referring to people facing repression for their support of Palestine, who are sacrificing, truly sacrificing.” Since I was released I fear sometimes that I have slipped back into my comforts or my numbness, that I have lost touch with the raw clarity and urgency (not despair) that I felt while inside, that we should all feel, all the time, everywhere. But Casey’s words jolt me right back into that clarity. They remind us that Casey and Hoxha are actually freer than us all, because they are resisting.

To save Hoxha and Casey’s lives, call and email HMP Petersborough to demand they meet all of Hoxha’s demands. For the latest updates, instructions, and set of demands, go to instagram.com/prisoners4palestine and x.com/Workshops4Gaza.

By Calla Mairead Walsh

https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=21139

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US Political Prisoner Casey Goonan on Hunger Strike in Solidarity With Pal Action Prisoner T. Hoxha

Today I learned about T Hoxha, a Pal Action prisoner in the UK who is on day 16 of their hunger strike at HMP Peterborough. As of 4pm eastern time, August 26, 2025, 2 out of 3 of her demands have been met, but she is still on strike to demand that the prison release the mail they have been withholding from her.

As captives imprisoned for our participation in the Palestinian liberation movement in the west, we have a responsibility to each other across borders to pursue our lives in prison with the same steadfastness as the Palestinian Prisoners movement held captive in ‘Israeli’ prisons.

The states we have been captured by are the enablers of the Zionist entity’s accelerated genocide of Palestinians, as well as the ongoing genocides of black and indigenous people who’s lands they continue to occupy.

As the Western left continues to move from crisis to crisis, avoiding their responsibilities to Palestine, we are all that we have. By we I am referring to people facing repression for their support for Palestine, the people who are truly sacrificing. Such as T Hoxha, who has suffered through 16 days of starvation just to get her mail.

The Palestine solidarity movement in the west cannot abandon people like her who have risked
their lives and continue to do so in resistance to the intolerable condition of genocide.

As of today one of my cellmates and I are on hunger strike at Santa Rita jail until her demands are met.

Solidarity with T Hoxha and all prisoners of the Palestine Solidarity movement!

Raze the walls!
Liberate all prisoners of the settler empire!
Casey Goonan

https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=21116

#CaseyGoonan #hungerStrike #palestine #palestineAction #politicalPrisoner #Solidarity #tHoxha

Casey Goonan Support Committee Update

Casey’s sentencing hearing has once again been postponed until July 22nd at 1pm at the Oakland Federal Court house. We will be mobilizing court support again for this hearing so stay tuned for confirmation and guidelines a few weeks before that date.

Support letters
There is now even more time to people who know Casey personally to send the lawyers letters of character to file with the judge. If you want the guidelines and details, hit us up at [email protected].

More evidence entered into discovery
As a reminder: the US Attorney has entered substantial new material into the discovery that can be used against the Casey at sentencing. This new evidence includes large amount of recordings of phone call audio and copies of correspondence between Casey and supporters obtained via the jail’s monitoring of communications. This is concerning, but let it serve as a reminder that all comms into jails and prisons are actively monitored and that it is incumbent upon everyone to maintain responsible communication habits.

Letters 
Letters are always appreciated but note that correspondence is also challenging due to 2-4 week delays in receiving mail.

To write:
Casey Goonan #UMF227 Santa Rita Jail 5325 Broder Blvd. Dublin, CA 94568

Visits Visits are very appreciated by Casey! They can be in person at the jail or by video. For all the details for scheduling in person or video visits:   https://www.alamedasheriff.gov/community/santa-rita-jail-visiting

Support the Casey Goonan Legal Defense Fund
Casey is still in need of ongoing support to cover legal costs, restitution and fines. Though they’ve had some great support, we have a ways to go. In addition to the cost of legal defense, sentencing will definitely mandate substantial restitution and fines. Thank you so much to all those who have already contributed and organized support! Link below.

Some ways to support: – Throw fundraising events and raffles
– Spread the word, share posts, and directly contact large donors.
– Print up a QR code for the Chuffed account, share the details of the case and the legal defense fund while tabling at events
– Send funds directly to the Chuffed account at https://chuffed.org/project/SupportCasey

You can reach out to us at [email protected] or the freecaseynow Instagram for any questions about collaboration, promotion, or guidance on fundraising.

Love and struggle,
CSC

source: Anarchist Black Cross

https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=19564

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Update on Casey Goonan’s Case

Update from the Casey Support Committee as of 4/8/25

Sentencing hearing postponed and more evidence entered into discovery

Casey’s sentencing has been rescheduled to June 10th, 1 pm, at the Oakland federal courthouse. We will be mobilizing court support again for this hearing so stay tuned for confirmation and guidelines a few weeks before that date. We hope it won’t be rescheduled yet again but know that is a possibility. Also of note is that since the plea deal the US Attorney has entered substantial new material into evidence consisting of a large amount of phone call audio and copies of correspondence between Casey and supporters obtained via the jail’s monitoring of communications. This is concerning, but let it serve as a reminder that all comms into jails and prisons are actively monitored and that it is incumbent upon everyone to maintain responsible communication habits.

Rescheduling the sentencing hearing also means there is more time to people who know Casey personally to send the lawyers letters of character to file with the judge. If you want the guidelines and details, hit us up at [email protected].

Health and well being

As you probably know Casey has had a very difficult year health wise, but has been doing better physically in the last month even though they have repeatedly gotten sick from their food. As a result they have been spending a lot of time in bed, and haven’t been up for doing much letter writing lately. Letters are always appreciated but correspondence is also challenging due to 2-4 week delays in receiving mail. The emotional toll of the sentencing date being moved and continuing to be in the limbo of Santa Rita is taking a toll on their sleep and mental health. But they are doing their best to stay on top of their program and keep their energy and spirits up.

Visits

Visits are very appreciated by Casey! They can be in person at the jail or by video.
For all the details for scheduling in person or video visits:
https://www.alamedasheriff.gov/…/santa-rita-jail-visiting

To write:
Casey Goonan #UMF227
Santa Rita Jail
5325 Broder Blvd.
Dublin, CA 94568

Support the Casey Goonan Legal Defense Fund

Casey is still in need of ongoing support to cover legal costs, restitution and fines. Though they’ve had some great support, we have a ways to go. In addition to the cost of legal defense, sentencing will definitely mandate substantial restitution and fines. Thank you so much to all those who have already contributed and organized support!

Some ways to support:
– Throw fundraising events and raffles
– Spread the word, share posts, and directly contact large donors.
– Print up a QR code for the Chuffed account, share the details of the case and the legal defense fund while tabling at events
– Send funds directly to the Chuffed account at https://chuffed.org/project/SupportCasey

You can reach out to us at [email protected] or the freecaseynow Instagram for any questions about collaboration, promotion, or guidance on fundraising.

Love and struggle,

CSC

Update on Casey Goonan’s case

https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=18229

#california #CaseyGoonan #northAmerica #oakland #PoliticalPrisoners #UMF227

Irish Comrades Gather for Political Prisoner Casey Goonan and Gaza

Comrades in Ireland have been holding marches for Palestine on Saturdays since the genocide began, everywhere from Dublin to small villages. In Connemara, western Ireland, we gathered on the Saturday of Bríd or St Brigit’s day.

Bríd is a protector of things that begin in darkness: like spring, and like justice. We read two letters out loud: A letter sent to us from an Irish aid worker currently in Gaza, where families are trying to uncover daughters and sons from beneath rubble.

And a letter from Casey Goonan, describing dehumanizing conditions in the Santa Rita jail in the US. Bríd reminds us what it means to bear witness from the darkness, and, like Palestinian prisoners, our obligation to dig tunnels through stone, to freedom. By the water of Pollacappul lake, under Binn Bhán and Mweelrea mountains, we say: Saoirse don Phalaistín!

Free Casey, and all the prisoners!

https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=16901

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#FreeCaseyNow: On Casey Goonan and the Abandonment of Political Prisoners in the Pro-Palestine Movement

Casey Goonan is the only US political prisoner from the 2024 pro-Palestine student encampments. They are an abolitionist and anarchist who has dedicated themselves to multiple forms of prisoner support work and directly engaging with incarcerated comrades. The impact they’ve made inside is prevalent, as indicated by statements from their comrades Stevie Wilson and Hybachi Lemar. They’ve always pushed to ensure an understanding of Black struggle and revolt as central to their abolitionist work, and through understanding the totality of anti-Blackness the importance of an anti-police and anti-prison perspective was brought into any and all of their efforts towards liberation.

In June of 2024, they were arrested by a task force comprised of the FBI and other law enforcement agencies in connection with an alleged direct action which took place in solidarity with the UC Berkeley encampments which had been brutalized by police and zionists earlier in the year* . If convicted, they could face up to 20 years in prison with a minimum sentence of 5. The investigation and court proceedings are currently ongoing but a non cooperative plea deal is pending in which Casey will plea guilty to one charge to allow additional charges to be dropped. This plea deal does not include information or testimony against anyone else.

While Casey has received a great amount of support from decentralized community in New York, Chicago, California, and elsewhere, the pro-Palestine movement needs to be publicly and actively supporting them. Right now, their primary accomplices are those who personally know them, those who prioritize prisoner support, and fellow anarchists. Despite vague assertions of the interconnectedness of repression and struggles between the American policing and prison apparatuses to that of Israel, there has been little material manifestation from that understanding within the US pro-Palestine movement. Meanwhile, coordinated struggle between prisoners and outside militants has been a key point of success for Palestinian liberation.

We must recognize the necessity of attacking the infrastructure of occupation domestically. Amidst calls for escalation, it is of vital importance to defend those experiencing repression from the legal system. To not do so is to allow one of the state’s most well-funded and structured counterinsurgency tactics to take complete hold of movements. If people are abandoned to incarceration, the fear of repression will throw everyone towards inactivity. This need for defense is especially true for those facing charges beyond the more palatable ways of dissent, like marches and encampments.

State repression must be met with expanding our community resources to reach those inside. Bravery must be met with support.

It’s not surprising that, despite the large presence of the Palestinian diaspora in the American pro-Palestine movement, tactics focus primarily on vocalizing dissent through marches and making demands of the state, which are a far cry from the struggle within Palestine itself. This is partially attributed to the class character of the diaspora — a petty bourgeois group would have no investment in attacking infrastructure they partially benefit from even if that same infrastructure perpetuates the genocide of indigenous groups including Black people and Palestinians both domestically and globally. Equally, the motivations and interests of the community organizations and student groups that are largely in control of the movement not only harbor that class character but also rely on funding from the infrastructure they refuse to attack. Despite the student movement being referred to as an intifada, it’s activity is incomparable to what has occurred during the numerous intifadas leading up to the Al-Aqsa Flood.

Considering pro-Palestinian community groups and political organizations like USPCN, CJP/SJP, Dissenters, NAARPR, JVP and PSL are supplied with enough funds to bus people in for marches, plan conferences, and campaign for local policy, certainly donating money towards legal fees for those facing repression would be no issue.

Even with all the attention and credibility being given to the pro-Palestinian student movement and despite the numerous pro-Palestine student groups on university campuses, there have been no publicly circulated student-led support efforts for Casey. Outside of participants of the Columbia University encampment, there has been no mention of them from any other university space, most likely attributed to groups aligning themselves with certain tactics, a hesitancy towards anarchists, and the fear of repression.

Beyond the bare minimum of ensuring people are supported in obtaining adequate legal counsel, any revolutionary horizons with teeth require long term prisoner support. This practice is key to the current struggle that led to the Al-Aqsa Flood as exhibited by the rich history of organizing within prisons and the ongoing liberation of those being held hostage by Israel. In Khalida Jarrar’s words, “[t]he ongoing conquest to liberate prisoners is in tandem with the Palestinians’ constant and multifaceted struggle against colonialism. Hence, the slogan “emptying the prisons” is derived from and a core component in the Palestinian struggle through various stages in its history.”.

Those of us living under a plantation economy already have our own reasons to ensure incarceration is a central site of struggle. But if one does insist upon taking guidance from elsewhere and if one intends to “bring the Intifada home” or “escalate for Gaza”, Palestinians have provided plenty of methods for how carcerality can be attacked.

Casey understood this prior to their incarceration and there’s no doubt this knowledge influenced their own political horizons. If the pro-Palestine movement wants to also tote itself as an intifada they should take note of the militant organizing and support infrastructure within and between prison walls that occurs in Palestine. Abandonment of prisoners is where revolutionary ideals die.

Empty The Prisons Free Casey Goonan

For More Info and Updates on Casey
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Ways to Support Casey
– Organize a fundraiser for legal fees, commissary, or a nutritional package

– Host a letter writing night

– Form a defense committee

– Make + put up some propaganda

– Write to Casey

Readings Recs
A Practical Guide to Prisoner Support

Practical Abolition From The Inside Out

More Effective Prisoner Support

The Soledad Brothers Defense Committee: A Brief Consideration

San Quentin Six Defense Committee

A Spirit, Unbroken (Discusses the Martin Sostre Defense Committee)

Received by email.

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Update from the Casey Goonan Support Committee- 12/9/24

Thanks again to all of you in Casey’s extended support network! On every phone call we have with Casey they send their love to all! We have a few updates for you.

Big legal news
On Tuesday, Dec. 3, Casey’s lawyers and the prosecuting US Attorney filed a joint status report stating that they had reached a plea deal agreement. Casey will plead guilty on the one charge of “damaging property used in or affecting interstate commerce by fire” (18 U.S.C. § 844(f)) and the other two charges will be dropped.

Some important points concerning this agreement and plea deals in general:

• This is preliminary. Discussions are still in progress between defense and prosecution regarding the details. Correspondingly, after the joint filing, last week’s court date to hear status reports was rescheduled to Jan. 14 when we imagine we will be provided more information.
• This is a “non-cooperation” plea deal. No information or testimony is being offered against anyone else.
• Once the plea deal is finalized, it will still need to be accepted by the judge.
• No information is available yet on possible sentencing. By statute the minimum sentence is 5 years and the maximum is 20.

We of course will forward shareable details from the legal defense team as they become available.

Health is a struggle inside
Casey maintaining their blood sugars and well-being inside continues to be a struggle and that has recently entailed stretches in the jail infirmary unit. Jail food and conditions are horrible across the board for everyone, but to be a diabetic trying to maintain one’s body and mind inside is especially hard. The special diabetic supplemental food packages from vendors are now flowing regularly and helping a lot! Thanks to all who contributed to the fund.

To donate to the food support fund and keep the packages flowing: Venmo @juliepetersonG

Writing Casey letters matters so much!
The mailroom at Santa Rita Jail seems to work in spurts though, no mail for a week then a big ol’ batch comes through to Casey. So in addition to the ups and downs of jail life, the mail service being wildly uneven contributes to the time lag of you getting a response from C. But Casey values every piece! News from the outside is still very important to them – imagine being locked up with only the mainstream tv news being your lifeline. WTF.

Remember if you send zines and newsletters, no staples!

Casey Goonan #UMF227
Santa Rita Jail
5325 Broder Blvd.
Dublin, CA 94568

Keep those support events poppin! 
Fundraisers, letter writing events and shout outs across the country keep rolling! Much love to all those making them happen. Hit up our insta or email box if you want collaboration or promotion. (Or even guidance on how to organize a support event if you haven’t done it before.)

We got a lot of funds to raise to cover the costs of legal defense
A concerted fundraising push is in the works and we will be contacting people directly with asks on spreading the pitch and soliciting donors. To contribute right now, hit us on Chuffed. https://chuffed.org/project/SupportCasey 

Love and Struggle,
CSC

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Anarchist Black Cross Federation

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On July 23rd Casey was indicted by a federal grand jury on three charges all relating to the same incident. Two of the charges allege destruction of property by fire/explosives and carry a 5-20 year sentence each if convicted. The third charge alleges possession of an unregistered firearm and carries a maximum of 10 years (note: “firearm” here is referring to the alleged destructive device, not a gun). Casey’s lawyers have officially agreed to represent them in federal court.

Casey is back in Santa Rita in federal custody and expects to remain where they are for the time being. All the transfers and changes in custody were jarring and Casey will hopefully be able to finally settle into a routine. Alongside their already rigorous usual studies they have been pursuing their own legal self-education in preparation for their ongoing case.

In observance of Black August, Casey will be participating in FLEA days along with one other person from their pod- 24 hour fasts in commemoration of New Afrikan revolutionaries on the days they were assassinated. Here is more information about the history of Black August for those wanting to learn more!

People across the country have been putting out beautiful statements of support! These are so important as they demonstrate the incredible love people have for Casey for their years of commitment to community, solidarity, and mutual aid.

Statement of Solidarity with Casey Goonan by Stevie Wilson
https://www.bellyzine.net/…/statement-of-solidarity…

Message of Support to Free Casey Goonan: Free Them All! by Hybachi LeMar of Black Autonomy Federation – Chicago
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/…/message-of…

The support team has also been working on launching a crowdfunding campaign for Casey, so please stay tuned and start thinking about how to mobilize your networks or throw a fundraiser yourself! Updates will come soon. We can currently already accept large donations from individual donors in the form of checks, please reach out for more information to make this happen.

If you would like to write Casey, you can do so at:

Casey Goonan #UMF227
Santa Rita Jail
5325 Broder Blvd
Dublin, CA 94568

Casey is still excited to receive mail including updates on news and current affairs as they have been feeling cut off from the world.

As a reminder:

– Do not discuss the case. Casey is still pre-trial and receiving mail concerning their case can seriously endanger them.

– Do not valorize Casey. They are a person and a member of our community, not a symbol or martyr. Casey isn’t looking for praise, but rather to maintain correspondence.

– Do not write anything you wouldn’t want Fox News, a cop, or a judge to see. Assume that intelligence and law enforcement agencies are reading your letter.

– As you correspond with Casey, they may send requests aside from books or commissary. Please coordinate directly with Casey’s Support Committee regarding additional asks.

If you wish to help keep money on Casey’s books, there are several ways to do this:

– At the jail via the TouchPay kiosk in the lobby.

– Sending a money order in the mail. The money order must be made payable to “Casey Goonan #UMF227” and there must be no other material in the envelope. No cash or personal checks will be accepted.

– Online with a credit card via one of the vendor platforms run by GlobalTel such as accesscorrections.com or connectnetwork.com. You will have to create an account. If the platform offers different fund options, the fund you want to get Casey money for commissary is called the “Trust Fund”.

Your ongoing support is so needed and appreciated. To receive these updates by email, message [email protected]

Stay strong! Stay tuned!

Love & Struggle from the Casey Support Committee

source: Anarchist Black Cross

https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/post/2024/08/15/update-on-us-political-prisoner-casey-goonans-legal-case/

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Statement of Solidarity with Casey Goonan by Stevie Wilson
#CaseyGoonan #FreeCasey

https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/post/2024/08/01/statement-of-solidarity-with-casey-goonan-by-stevie-wilson/

Many years ago, while imprisoned at SCI-Smithfield, and struggling to keep our study groups afloat, I received an e-mesage from Casey Goonan. I had no clue whom he was. He said he reached out because he heard about the work I was doing inside and wanted to offer any assistance he could. He did, and he continued to do so. Casey has been one of the most consistent and ready allies/accomplices of imprisoned people. Whether producing zines that center imprisoned voices, mailing zines to imprisoned people at no cost, coordinating phone zaps to combat repression by prison officials, raising funds for mutual aid, building social media presence for imprisoned folx or just lending an attentive ear to the concerns of imprisoned people, Casey has been unstinting in his support of anyone, anywhere, who is being oppressed.

My friend, my comrade, my brother, is currently being held in a county jail in CA. I wish I were out there to do more for him, to manifest by love and solidarity for him. What I want everyone to know is that Casey Goonan is an amazing ally/accomplice of oppressed people everyone. In this, his time of need, he should be supported and cared for. I ask people to keep close tabs on the situation, show up for Casey and make sure that while he is inside, jail officials do not harm him or exacerbate his condition. I don’t ever claim to speak for all imprisoned people, but I feel confident in saying that thousands of imprisoned people across this land have benefited from Casey’s efforts. We ask you support our comrade and care for him.

Always,

Stevie

In the Belly

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“Revolutionary Greetings.

My name is Hybachi LeMar and I’m a member of the Black Autonomy Federation Chicago Local Organizing Committee. I’m sending this message to support the release of scholar activist dedicated community organizer and friend Casey Goonan.

When I was houseless, he let me eat and sleep in his home. Each morning we asked each other, “What’s your positive affirmation for the day?” We take a meaningful moment before sharing a positive truth, both of us knowing it’s significance in our lives when we internalize it as an instrument of our liberation. More often than not, for the years I’ve known Casey, he’s neglecting his own needs to prioritize those of others, has led me to ask him instinctively, if he’s taken his meds yet. And I’ve lost count how many times he thanked me for reminding him before asking if I remembered to take mine too.

With barely anything in his pocket, I watched him fill a perfect stranger’s diabetic medication prescription. He’s loved, and I don’t mean by me, but by street walkers and other commoners throughout Chicago.

He’s organized fundraisers in one particular area of the city on several occasions. We’d pass out $20 bills he prefilled in envelopes, for every single houseless person on the street, or asking for change. From one corner to the next, up one gentrified block and up another, not letting him know the contents, or lingering around for thanks; often with the clenched fist of unity and a solidarity smile.

It was heartwarming to hand out gloves, masks, hygiene supplies like cases of hand sanitizer, chips, and other community needs for free, under the el train one blistering winter amidst the pandemic from a makeshift warming center he’d open each weekend. A smile on people’s faces glow from appreciation, from those of us who know him, to the newcomers asking ‘And this is for free?’ when glancing at the fold-out tables, not far from the turnstile.

“Mm-hmm! Yep! Help yourself,” Casey responds, wishing them a good day and to take care, which is substantial to folks rendered socio-economically invisible in the city.

Free, the root word in freedom, has been top priority as an agenda item for Casey from dusk til dawn every day of every year that I’ve known him.

He likes to remind everyone how special we are in this world, by showing how easy and necessary it is to care for each other, and to help a world that could certainly use it, offering a space and a table of togetherness, and free education.

As a publisher, he provides an invaluable resource for writers. With freedom inspired by billions of us, it speaks not only to our conscious, but to our collective benefit to know we’re substantially freer in this world with him inside it. We, particularly poor folk throughout the city, appreciate him.

The socio-economically engineered gentrification spiraling genocide by poverty in Chicago’s northside has been as politically protracted as an alienated southside housing he helped me leaflet. His spirit of spending his last to buy insulin for the diabetic outside the electric doors at Walgreens is the same one alive in the Holy Land 5 that sends medicine and food supplies to orphans in Palestine.

Casey Goonan is a walking model of our aspired-after ideals as Human Beings. A genuine listener, whose aura is evident in the integrity of compassion. His ideals against genocide are shared by me and each of us around the globe who envision a world released from it’s grip.

Free Casey Goonan! Free Jack Mazurek! Free the Cop City 61! Drop the charges against the Merrimack 4 and the Mountain Valley pipeline defenders! Free the Holy Land Foundation 5! Free Leonard Peltier! Free Mumia Abu-Jamal! Free Cletus C Rivera! Free them all!

In solidarity with the Columbia University Hinds Hall demonstrators and the CUNY 22.

Love and soli,

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An Update on Casey Goonan’s Recent Hunger Strike

#CaseyGoonan #PoliticalPrisoner

https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/post/2024/07/12/an-update-on-casey-goonans-recent-hunger-strike/