Anarchism is the absolute rejection of every form of hierarchy, repression, and control over human bodies and thought. On the final day of the Week of Global Solidarity, we declare that our struggle for the freedom of all political and anarchist prisoners, without exception, will continue until the machinery of state repression has been completely dismantled. We will tear down the prisons! Long live global, borderless, and nonselective anarchist solidarity!
Statement of the “Anarchist Front” on the Final Day of the Week of Global Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners Global solidarity with anarchist prisoners is borderless and nonselective. Break the silence in the face of religious fascism and the reactionary regime ruling the geography of Iran! We use the term “global solidarity” rather than “international solidarity” because anarchist thought rejects the structures of states and national borders. Last year, by translating and publishing the official statement of this campaign in Persian and Kurdish, we helped carry the voice of this struggle. This year, however, despite the most severe wave of overt repression in the geography of Iran, we have witnessed omission, disregard, and a deeply questionable silence from this global campaign. This selective approach stems from Orientalist analyses or ostensibly “anti imperialist” theories among certain currents of the global left and anarchist movements that have chosen to close their eyes to the crimes of a theocratic government. We ask: How can one speak of rejecting authority and abolishing prisons while excluding imprisoned anarchist comrades and protesters in Iran from the geography of solidarity? The Islamic Republic is a structure founded upon terror and repression. From the repression of Kurdistan and Turkmen Sahra in 1979, the imposition of compulsory hijab, the massacres of the 1980s and the mass executions of the summer of 1988, to the Chain Murders, the suppression of student movements, the uprisings of December 2017 and November 2019, the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement, and the bloody repression of the recent January protests, this regime has preserved its existence through torture and execution. The Scale of State Crimes and Repression in Iran Killings, executions, and mass arrests: The killing of tens of thousands of people, the execution of dozens of protesters, the immediate risk of execution facing more than 100 people, and the arrest of tens of thousands, while arrests continue on a daily basis. Medical terror and raids on healthcare facilities: Organized attacks by security forces on hospitals, the abduction of wounded people from their hospital beds, and their killing. These crimes caused thousands of injured people to avoid seeking hospital treatment out of fear of arrest, resulting in silent deaths or permanent disabilities in their homes. Confiscation of property: The seizure and confiscation of the property and assets of hundreds of protesters inside and outside the country for the benefit of the machinery of repression. The Situation of Anarchist Prisoners Under Torture and Severe Sentences Afshin Heyratian: An anarchist, Kurd, atheist, and member of a family with a Baha’i background, who has been sentenced under a cruel and severe ruling to 31 years in prison and remains imprisoned. Soheil Arabi: A Kurdish anarchist and political prisoner with more than a decade of imprisonment and exile behind him. As a result of brutal torture in detention facilities, he has largely lost the function of his kidneys and testicles. Following multiple recent arrests, Soheil is currently temporarily free on heavy bail and remains at risk of receiving another sentence and being returned to prison. Imprisoned and unnamed comrades: Several other anarchist comrades were arrested before and after the recent uprisings and remain in legal limbo under heavy bail conditions. Severe security repression prevents the accurate documentation of all imprisoned comrades, but this lack of information must never become an excuse for forgetting or excluding them. Our Principles: Universal, Borderless, and Nonselective Solidarity If execution, torture, and imprisonment are instruments of the structures of state repression, opposition to them must not depend on the political orientation of the prisoner. Genuine anarchist solidarity means the unconditional defense of the right to freedom of all people imprisoned because of their political views, whether they are anarchists, leftists, or even liberals.
❤️🔥 Valparaiso, Chile: Solidarity event for Juan Aliste Vega
... This year, upon learning of the delicate state of health of our subversive comrade Juan Aliste Vega, we wanted to dedicate this event to him with affection and defiance. To that end, we invite you to join us for spaces of gathering, exchange, discussion, and solidarity this Saturday, August 29, at noon at Flora Espacio Anarquista.
✊🏽 Saturday, August 29 🕗 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. 📍Flora Espacio Anarquista, Clave 437, Barrio Puerto, Valparaíso
Please bring food to share and donations for the charity collection box. We look forward to seeing you.
❤️🔥 Prisoner List WOSWAP 2026 Friends and comrades, we updated the list of prisoners!
👀 There might be some people missing. We are still in a process to get more information from some places. If you notice that someone is missing please write us to tillallarefree@riseup.net and we will update the list.
💜 Thanks to all of you who helped to put the list together.
✊🏽 You can find the list also as booklet to print it!
❤️🔥 Córdoba Capital: reading circle for Piotr Kropotkin’s Prisons
✊🏽 To kick off this week of solidarity with anarchist prisoners, we are organizing a reading circle for Piotr Kropotkin’s Prisons. The idea is to create a space to read together, share ideas, and reflect on prisons, freedom, and solidarity—which is essential for confronting punitive and repressive systems. 🖤 The event will take place this Sunday, August 23, in Córdoba Capital. Let’s keep up the struggle!
Solidaridad Obrera Libertaria en Córdoba Capital, Argentina
Briefe an politische Gefangene zu schreiben, in diesem Fall Anarchist:innen, ist eine sehr sinnvolle Praxis. Nicht nur macht es die Zeit im Knast erträglicher, es zeigt auch, dass der Zusammenhalt an den Gefängnismauern nicht endet. Das Prinzip der Strafe ist bereits in seinen Grundzügen unterkomplex, es ist Ausdruck von Unfähigkeit, eine gesellschaftliche Bankrott-Erklärung. Mit Machtdemonstration und Abschreckung verschleiert es die eigene Überforderung. Wenn der Staat straft und Personen für etliche Jahre der „Freiheit entzieht“, dann handelt es sich um Rache mit dem Motiv der moralischen Überlegenheit. Aber unsere eingesperrten Genoss:innen müssen nicht alleine damit klarkommen ...
Every letter, every act of care and every expression of solidarity pushes back against that disappearance and says: you are still here, you still matter, and you are never alone.
Nicole Rose
❤️🔥 We are sharing thoughts about solidarity and prison from comrades who are or were in prison.
Events in Dresden during International Week of Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners
📺 MOVIE & FOOD | Tuesday August 25 | 6 pm food | 7 pm movie about repression, surveillance, and spying within the climate justice movement. Movie is in English with Engl. Subs.
🖌 SOLIDARITEA | Friday August 28 | 5 pm letter writing to prisoners
Veranstaltungen in Dresden während der Internationalen Woche der Solidarität mit Anarchistischen Gefangenen
🎬 FILM & ESSEN | Dienstag, 25. August |18:00 veganes Essen | 19:00 Film über Repression, Überwachung und Bespitzelung innerhalb der Klimagerechtigkeitsbewegung. Film in Engl. mit Engl. Untertiteln.
✉️ SOLIDARITEA | Freitag 28. August | 17:00 Briefe schreiben an Gefangene
Although the authoritarian regime unleashed mass repression on the public solidarity movement, it did not disappear. It has largely survived in less visible forms: supporting relatives of political prisoners with words of encouragement, money, legal advice, and other guidance.
Aleksander Kozlyanka
❤️🔥 We are sharing thoughts about solidarity and prison from comrades who are or were in prison.
✉️🖌❤️🔥 Long Beach CA: Prison Pen-Pal Letter Writing Night
Care Culture Collaborative & friends invite you to … Political Prisoners Letter Writing Night International Week of Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners
For me, the many letters I received, as well as the exchange of ideas through correspondence—even though it was strictly monitored by the prison—helped me survive.
Thomas Meyer-Falk
❤️🔥 We are sharing thoughts about solidarity and prison from comrades who are or were in prison.
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