“On the night following Marcellus Khalifah Williams’s martyrdom at the hands of the state, we went to the walls of the Orleans Parish Prison along I-10 in New Orleans, under a waning crescent moon, and scrawled a message:
“America is a prison! Abolition now!”
To symbolize the extension of the genocidal, fascist carceral systems that permeate every facet of modern america, we wanted to remind commuters that fascism is not some looming specter on the horizon, but material reality right now for so many occupied communities. The orgy of surveillance, the disappearance of unhoused people in the lead-up to the Super Bowl, the social death of the poor as we struggle to afford basic necessities under an ongoing pandemic, the hollow spectacle of electoral politics.
The cages extend into schools, hospitals, mental health facilities, treatment centers, “low-income” housing, into the way we interact and police each other and ourselves.
We wish to remind people of the infinite possibilities for collective resistance against colonialism, of the world-making that continues ongoing in the face of fascism here in the US, in Palestine, and across the globe.
We remain vigilant in attending to Marcellus Khalifah Williams’s collective remembrance: his spirit lives on in our struggle and resistance.
As the genocide in Palestine rages on, we urge folks to escalate against the Zionist entities, and to reconfirm their commitments to decolonial struggles within their communities, collectives, affinity groups, etc.
Destroying Zionism, white supremacy, and capitalism is the only path toward liberatory modes of living, of being free.”
26 September 2024 – Anonymous communique – New Orleans: