Anarchist Black Cross Network: Resistance is Global

MISSION STATEMENT
of the ABCN of the U.S.

The Anarchist Black Cross Network of the United States is committed to prison abolition and prisoner support. The autonomous collectives that comprise the Network operate through horizontal, consensus-based decision making. We define all prisoners as political prisoners and stand in solidarity with those oppressed by the state. We actively seek to abolish the institutionalized slavery of the Prison Industrial Complex.

As anarchists, we are opposed to all systems of oppression and repression and have concluded that prisons serve no function other than protecting the ruling classes who profit off of them. While incarceration rates continue to rise, our will to resist is strengthened. As we support our locked up sisters and brothers, we offer alternatives to prisons in our own communities. This work is driven by solidarity, not charity.

Start an ABC group

The Anarchist Black Cross has sought to bring attention to the plight of all prisoners and to inspire an Anarchist resistance and support movement on the outside. We fund-raise on behalf of prisoners or defense committees in need of funds for legal cases or otherwise, and organize demonstrations of solidarity with imprisoned Anarchists and other prisoners.

ABC Information and Resources guide-zine is now online

A new version of "Anarchist Black Cross Information and Resources," with articles, some new and past pieces on criminalization and updated addresses is now available online. If you've been interested in starting an Anarchist Black Cross group, this guide may prove to be very helpful. Plus, it's free.

2002 North American ABC conference notes

The first Anarchist Black Cross conference in North America since 1994 forms the ABC Network.