# Prairieland Zines
#forbidden-knowledge #politics #project 2026-06-15
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**Download all: [[git.gay|https://git.gay/pnppl/pnppl.cc/archive/main:site/prairieland.zip]] · [[Codeberg|https://codeberg.org/pnppl/pnppl.cc/archive/main:site/prairieland.zip]] · [[Github|https://download-directory.github.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fpnppl%2Fpnppl.cc%2Ftree%2Fmain%2Fsite%2Fprairieland%2F]]**
- [[Eight Things You Can Do to Stop ICE (CrimethInc, 2025)|./8-things-you-can-do-to-stop-ice]] [^ice]
- [[print (pamphlet)|./8-things-you-can-do-to-stop-ice/8-things-you-can-do-to-stop-ice_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Absolute Sharing Between Friends (The Imaginary Party)|./absolute-sharing]] [^asbf]
- [[print (tabloid poster)|./absolute-sharing/absolute-sharing_print-tabloid.pdf]]
- Gender [[Subversion|./crimethinc-gender/classic.html]]/[[Self-Determination|./crimethinc-gender/remix.html]] posters (CrimethInc, 2003/2023) [^cwcg]
- [[classic|./crimethinc-gender/crimethinc-gender-classic_print-letter.pdf]] · [[remix|./crimethinc-gender/crimethinc-gender-remix_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Acrid Black Smoke (2021)|./acrid-black-smoke]] [^abs]
- [[screen|./acrid-black-smoke/acrid-black-smoke.pdf]] · [[print|./acrid-black-smoke/acrid-black-smoke_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Against Prisons (Catherine Baker, 1996)|./against-prisons]] [^pris]
- [[screen|./against-prisons/against-prisons.pdf]] · [[print|./against-prisons/against-prisons_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Another Critique of Insurrectionalism (2014)|./another-critique-of-insurrectionalism]] [^crit]
- [[screen|./another-critique-of-insurrectionalism/another-critique-of-insurrectionalism.pdf]] · [[print|./another-critique-of-insurrectionalism/another-critique-of-insurrectionalism_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Be Gay Do Crime (Mary Nardini Gang, 2018)|./be-gay-do-crime]] [^gay]
- [[screen|./be-gay-do-crime/be-gay-do-crime.pdf]] · [[print|./be-gay-do-crime/be-gay-do-crime_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Butterflies, Polyamory and Ideology: Letter on Inconsequence (Aviv Etrebilal, 2013)|./butterflies-polyamory-and-ideology]] [^poly]
- [[screen|./butterflies-polyamory-and-ideology/butterflies-polyamory-and-ideology.pdf]] · [[print|./butterflies-polyamory-and-ideology/butterflies-polyamory-and-ideology_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Call (2004)|./call-ic]] [^call]
- [[screen|./call-ic/call-ic.pdf]] · [[print|./call-ic/call-ic_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Criminal Intimacy (Mary Nardini Gang, 2009)|./criminal-intimacy]] [^crim]
- [[screen|./criminal-intimacy/criminal-intimacy.pdf]] · [[print|./criminal-intimacy/criminal-intimacy_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[De-Arrest Primer (2024)|./de-arrest-primer]] [^da]
- [[screen|./de-arrest-primer/de-arrest-primer.pdf]] · [[print|./de-arrest-primer/de-arrest-primer_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Destroying White Nationalism (Antifa International)|./destroying-white-nationalism]] [^wn]
- [[screen|./destroying-white-nationalism/destroying-white-nationalism.pdf]] · [[print|./destroying-white-nationalism/destroying-white-nationalism_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Follow the Fires: Insurgency Against Identity (Harami, 2024)|./follow-the-fires]] [^fire]
- [[screen|./follow-the-fires/follow-the-fires.pdf]] · [[print|./follow-the-fires/follow-the-fires_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[For the love of winning: An open letter to Extinction Rebellion (John Jordan, 2019)|./for-the-love-of-winning]] [^xr]
- [[screen|./for-the-love-of-winning/for-the-love-of-winning.pdf]] · [[print|./for-the-love-of-winning/for-the-love-of-winning_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[The Gaza Ghetto Uprising (Adi Callai, 2024)|./gaza-ghetto-uprising]] [^gaza]
- [[screen|./gaza-ghetto-uprising/gaza-ghetto-uprising.pdf]] · [[print|./gaza-ghetto-uprising/gaza-ghetto-uprising_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Hacking the Suburbs (David Holmgren, 2022)|./hacking-the-suburbs]] [^hack]
- send me a PDF
- [[The Harvest of Dead Elephants (2007)|./harvest-of-dead-elephants]] [^harv]
- [[screen|./harvest-of-dead-elephants/harvest-of-dead-elephants.pdf]] · [[print|./harvest-of-dead-elephants/harvest-of-dead-elephants_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[I Don't Bash Back, I Shoot First (2012)|./i-dont-bash-back-i-shoot-first]] [^1st]
- [[screen|./i-dont-bash-back-i-shoot-first/i-dont-bash-back-i-shoot-first.pdf]] · [[print|./i-dont-bash-back-i-shoot-first/i-dont-bash-back-i-shoot-first_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[If We Go, We Go On Fire: On Grief and Social War (Ignatius, 2024)|./if-we-go-we-go-on-fire]] [^if]
- [[screen|./if-we-go-we-go-on-fire/if-we-go-we-go-on-fire.pdf]] · [[print|./if-we-go-we-go-on-fire/if-we-go-we-go-on-fire_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Insurrectionary Anarchy: Organizing for Attack! (2003)|./insurrectionary-anarchy-organizing-for-attack]] [^ins]
- [[screen|./insurrectionary-anarchy-organizing-for-attack/insurrectionary-anarchy-organizing-for-attack.pdf]] · [[print|./insurrectionary-anarchy-organizing-for-attack/insurrectionary-anarchy-organizing-for-attack_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[It's Safer in the Front: Taking the Offensive against Tyranny (CrimethInc, 2025)|./its-safer-in-the-front]] [^frnt]
- [[screen|./its-safer-in-the-front/its-safer-in-the-front.pdf]] · [[print|./its-safer-in-the-front/its-safer-in-the-front_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[It's Vacant, Take It! (Homes Not Jails, 2013)|./its-vacant-take-it]] [^take]
- [[screen|./its-vacant-take-it/its-vacant-take-it.pdf]] · [[print|./its-vacant-take-it/its-vacant-take-it_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Lies: Letters to L.: Paranoia and Visions (M. Sandovsky, 2012)|./lies-letters-to-l]] [^lies]
- [[screen|./lies-letters-to-l/lies-letters-to-l.pdf]] · [[print|./lies-letters-to-l/lies-letters-to-l_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[No Selves to Abolish: Afropessimism, Anti-Politics, and the End of the World (K. Aarons, 2016)|./no-selves-to-abolish]] [^no]
- [[screen|./no-selves-to-abolish/no-selves-to-abolish.pdf]] · [[print|./no-selves-to-abolish/no-selves-to-abolish_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Now (The Invisible Committee, 2017)|./now-ic]] [^now]
- [[screen|./now-ic/now-ic.pdf]] · [[print|./now-ic/now-ic_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[On the Black Leadership & Other White Myths (We Still Outside Collective, 2020)|./on-the-black-leadership]] [^lead]
- [[screen|./on-the-black-leadership/on-the-black-leadership.pdf]] · [[print|./on-the-black-leadership/on-the-black-leadership_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Open propositions for a strategic madness (2021)|./open-propositions-for-a-strategic-madness]] [^mad]
- send me a PDF
- [[Our Enemies in Yellow: A Reportback from Dallas (Ramon Byrne, 2025)|./our-enemies-in-yellow]] [^yel]
- [[screen|./our-enemies-in-yellow/our-enemies-in-yellow.pdf]] · [[print|./our-enemies-in-yellow/our-enemies-in-yellow_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[The Satanic Death-Cult is Real (Sophie Lewis, 2019)|./satanic-death-cult]] [^666]
- [[screen|./satanic-death-cult/satanic-death-cult.pdf]] · [[print|./satanic-death-cult/satanic-death-cult_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Shattering Abolition: Against Reformist Counterinsurgency in the Streets of Oakland (2023)|./shattering-abolition]] [^shat]
- [[screen|./shattering-abolition/shattering-abolition.pdf]] · [[print|./shattering-abolition/shattering-abolition_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[To Change Everything: an anarchist appeal (CrimethInc, 2015)|./to-change-everything]] [^tce]
- [[screen|./to-change-everything/to-change-everything.pdf]] · [[print|./to-change-everything/to-change-everything_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Toward the Queerest Insurrection (Mary Nardini Gang, 2014)|./toward-the-queerest-insurrection]] [^twrd]
- [[screen|./toward-the-queerest-insurrection/toward-the-queerest-insurrection.pdf]] · [[print|./toward-the-queerest-insurrection/toward-the-queerest-insurrection_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[War in the Streets: Tactical Lessons from the Global Civil War, Vol. 1|./war-in-the-streets]] [^war]
- [[screen|./war-in-the-streets/war-in-the-streets.pdf]] · [[print|./war-in-the-streets/war-in-the-streets_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[We Don't Need "Safety" — We Need to Escalate! (Fire Ant Movement Defense, 2024)|./we-dont-need-safety]] [^safe]
- send me a PDF
- [[Why Riot? (Phillip Neel, 2014)|./why-riot]] [^riot]
- [[screen|./why-riot/why-riot.pdf]] · [[print|./why-riot/why-riot_print-letter.pdf]]
## About
These zines were presented by the state as evidence in the [[Prairieland trial|https://prairielanddefendants.com/about-the-case/]]. (Visit [[Support Prairieland Defendants|https://prairielanddefendants.com/resources/zines-flyers/]] for zines *about* the case.) [[Des|https://freedes.net/]] was [[sentenced to 30 years in prison|https://prairielanddefendants.com/press-release/eight-federal-prairieland-defendants-sentenced-today-to-prison-terms-ranging-from-30-100-years-for-common-protest-activity/]] just because he moved a box of them from one place to another.
While the entire prosecution is clearly a steaming pile of politically motivated fascist bullshit, the charges against people whose only connection to the inciting incident was association with the participants — and whose only crime was being an anarchist — are particularly galling.
The sentences these political prisoners have received are downright farcical. The fash want to make an example of them; the judge even admitted he sentenced them with the goal of suppressing their political views.
We're in the midst of another [[red and black scare|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Scare]]. The state calls us "terrorists" because projection is the only trick fascists know. They would like us to be scared to read dissident literature, to share our minds, and to stand up to their campaign of senseless violence and cruelty.
They aren't as powerful as they seem. They're afraid of zines.
And if you can spend the rest of your life in prison for reading, you don't have anything to lose by fighting back.
## Sources
You can order a pack of physical zines to support the Prairieland defendants from [[Firestorm Books|https://firestorm.coop/products/25308-the-government-doesnt-wa]]. Their list of fifteen was my starting point. It's difficult to get information about what was presented at the trial since it was held in a secretive kangaroo court.
A few zines are visible in a grainy photo in the [[criminal complaint|https://web.archive.org/web/20260615142105/https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.410501/gov.uscourts.txnd.410501.1.0.pdf]] filed against Des, including one Firestorm didn't list (_Another Critique of Insurrectionalism_). I found a few more by searching [[notes|https://prairielanddefendants.com/category/court-notes/]] taken in court by supporters: _Destroying White Nationalism_, _I Don't Bash Back I Shoot First_ (mentioned *several* times), and _Why Riot?_.
The defendants' participation in the Emma Goldman Book Club was [[discussed quite a bit|https://web.archive.org/web/20260626010035/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/24/prairieland-texas-ice-protests-zines]].
> Elizabeth was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison … all because, as she put it: “They didn’t like my book club.” Her laugh doesn’t quite reach her eyes.
Based on the [[photos of "evidence"|./map.html]] in that article, I've added:
- _Eight Things You Can Do to Stop ICE_
- _Absolute Sharing_
- CrimethInc's gender posters
- _Acrid Black Smoke_
- _Be Gay Do Crime_
- _Butterflies, Polyamory and Ideology_
- _Call_
- _Criminal Intimacy_
- _Follow the Fires_
- _Hacking the Suburbs_
- _Harvest of Dead Elephants_
- _Letters to L._
- _No Selves to Abolish_
- _On the Black Leadership_
I've got a bunch more in the pipeline. If you don't want to wait, here's the in-progress directory: [[./new/]] and here are my notes: [[./notes.md]]
You are strongly encouraged to start your own Emma Goldman Book Club and/or Prairieland Zine Library.
## Process
For each zine, I used a pre-existing copy whenever possible. It was easy to find print-ready PDFs, but for some I couldn't find a PDF appropriate for reading onscreen; for these I used [[ZineLibrary.org's zine de-imposer|https://zinelibrary.org/theme/scripts/zine-deimp.js]] to generate a reading copy.
HTML versions were usually not available anywhere except The Anarchist Library, but the quality was acceptable, so these I just tweaked a little so they'll cooperate with cell phones and dark mode. When I couldn't get the HTML from TAL, I made it by hacking up the HTML from a webpage. When all I had was a PDF, I first used `pdftohtml`, but I was unhappy with the results and rebuilt them completely. I've finished manually re-creating _De-Arrest Primer_, _It's Vacant, Take It!_, and _War in the Streets_.
## Help Me Out
I couldn't find any PDF versions of _We Don't Need "Safety"_. Ditto _Hacking the Suburbs_, _Open propositions_. Pandoc's defaults are bad and I don't feel like messing with LaTeX, so those doesn't have a PDF. If you have one, or know of other zines I should add, email me.
There are photos of zines and books I can't identify in [[./sources/unidentified/]]. Filenames starting with "guardian-" are the priority because I know they were presented as evidence.
email: zines@pnppl.cc
## Addendum: Song Did Nothing Wrong
I see a lot of people who are outraged by this sham trial... except for the charges against Champagne Song.
There is *nothing* wrong with shooting your gun to [[defend your friends|https://prairielanddefendants.com/defendant-writings/statement-by-benjamin-champagne-song/]] from a maniac threatening to murder them, *especially* when you point it toward the ground so as to miss and frighten them off, deliver only an accidental ricochet to the shoulder, and fail to kill or seriously injure the assailant.
As horrific as the outcome of this case has been so far, we should be glad Song was there or people might be dead. It's easy to armchair quarterback after the fact, but we should be clear that the real problem is the concentration camp they were protesting and its bloodthirsty guards.
## ACAB
**BE GAY DO CRIME
CHINGA LA MIGRA
ANARCHY MEANS ATTACK**
[^ice]: [[CrimethInc|https://crimethinc.com/zines/8-things-you-can-do-to-stop-ice]]
[^asbf]: [[Friendship as a Form of Life|https://friendship-as-a-form-of-life.tumblr.com/download#:~:text=absolute sharing between friends]]
[^cwcg]: [[CrimethInc|https://crimethinc.com/posters/gender-subversion-kit]] · [[CrimethInc|https://crimethinc.com/posters/gender-self-determination-poster]]
[^abs]: [[Philly Anti-Capitalist|https://phlanticap.noblogs.org/new-zine-acrid-black-smoke/]] · [[haters|https://haters.noblogs.org/zines/#:~:text=acrid black smoke]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-acrid-black-smoke]]
[^pris]: [[AZL|https://azinelibrary.org/zines/Against-Prisons]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/catherine-baker-against-prisons]] · [[Wildcat|http://wildcat.international/againstp.html]]
[^crit]: [[Sprout Distro|https://www.sproutdistro.com/catalog/zines/theory/another-critique-insurrectionalism/]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-another-critique-of-insurrectionalism]] · [[Subversion|https://web.archive.org/web/20151020060007/https://subversionpress.wordpress.com/2015/07/17/another-critique-of-insurrectionalism/]]
[^gay]: [[haters|https://haters.noblogs.org/zines/#:~:text=be gay do crime]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/mary-nardini-gang-be-gay-do-crime]] · [[ZLO|https://zinelibrary.org/be-gay-do-crime.html]]
[^poly]: [[Untorelli|https://web.archive.org/web/20190817110450/https://untorellipress.noblogs.org/post/2018/07/23/butterflies-polyamory-ideology-letter-on-inconsequence/]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/aviv-etrebilal-butterflies-polyamory-and-ideology]] · [[ZLO|https://zinelibrary.org/butterflies-polyamory-ideology.html]] · [[Non-Fides|https://web.archive.org/web/20230117110232/http://www.non-fides.fr/?Butterflies-polyamory-and-ideology]]
[^call]: [[Ill Will|https://ill-will-editions.tumblr.com/post/152254733939/call-2004-updated-covers-in-english-and]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-call]] · [[ZLO|https://zinelibrary.org/the-call.html]]
[^crim]: [[Archive.org|https://archive.org/details/criminal-intimacy-print-zine]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/mary-nardini-gang-criminal-intimacy]] · [[Vermilion|https://vermilionpress.noblogs.org/post/2024/12/30/the-goods-zine-drive/]] · [[Warzone|https://warzonedistro.noblogs.org/post/2017/09/14/criminal-intimacy/]]
[^da]: [[haters|https://haters.noblogs.org/zines/#:~:text=de-arrest primer]] · [[Sprout Distro|https://www.sproutdistro.com/catalog/zines/direct-action/de-arrest-primer/]]
[^wn]: [[Antifa International|https://deathtofascism.com/resources/#:~:text=destroying white nationalism]]
[^fire]: [[Ruins of Capital|https://ruinsofcapital.noblogs.org/follow-the-fires/]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/haraami-follow-the-fires]] · [[ZLO|https://zinelibrary.org/follow-the-fires-insurgency-against-identity.html]] · [[Living & Fighting|https://web.archive.org/web/20240705045730/https://livingandfighting.net/Follow-the-Fires]]
[^xr]: [[Ill Will|https://illwill.com/print/for-the-love-of-winning]] · [[zad for ever|https://zadforever.blog/2019/05/03/for-the-love-of-winning-an-open-letter-to-extinction-rebellion/]]
[^gaza]: [[haters|https://haters.noblogs.org/zines/#:~:text=the ghetto gaza uprising]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/adi-callai-the-gaza-ghetto-uprising]] · [[Brooklyn Rail|https://brooklynrail.org/2024/05/field-notes/The-Gaza-Ghetto-Uprising/]]
[^hack]: [[Substack|https://territories.substack.com/p/hacking-the-suburbs]]
[^harv]: [[AZL|https://azinelibrary.org/zines/Harvest-of-Dead-Elephants-The-The-False-Opposition-of-Animal-Liberation]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/various-authors-a-murder-of-crows#toc53]]
[^1st]: [[haters|https://haters.noblogs.org/zines/#:~:text=i don't bash back, i shoot first]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-i-don-t-bash-back-i-shoot-first]] · [[ZLO|https://zinelibrary.org/i-dont-bash-back-i-shoot-first.html]]
[^if]: [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/ignatius-if-we-go-we-go-on-fire]]
[^ins]: [[Archive.org|https://archive.org/details/Insurrectionary/]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/insurrectionary-anarchy-organizing-for-attack]]
[^frnt]: [[CrimethInc|https://crimethinc.com/zines/its-safer-in-the-front]]
[^take]: [[Sprout Distro|https://www.sproutdistro.com/catalog/zines/direct-action/its-vacant-take-it/]] · [[ZLO|https://zinelibrary.org/its-vacant-take-it.html]]
[^lies]: [[Lies|https://www.liesjournal.net/#:~:text=letters to l: visions and paranoia]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/m-sandovsky-letters-to-l-paranoia-and-visions]]
[^no]: [[Ill Will|https://illwilleditions.noblogs.org/post/2015/09/19/catalogue/#:~:text=no selves to abolish]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/k-aarons-no-selves-to-abolish-afropessimism-anti-politics-and-the-end-of-the-world]] · [[Hostis|https://incivility.org/2020/06/03/no-selves-to-abolish-afropessimism-anti-politics-and-the-end-of-the-world-by-k-aarons/]] · [[Metamute|https://web.archive.org/web/20160311000846/http://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/no-selves-to-abolish-afropessimism-anti-politics-and-end-world]]
[^now]: [[Ill Will|https://illwilleditions.noblogs.org/files/2018/02/Invisible-Committee-NOW-READ.pdf]] · [[TAL|https://zinelibrary.org/now.html]] · [[ZLO|https://zinelibrary.org/now.html]]
[^lead]: [[Ill Will|https://illwill.com/print/on-the-black-leadership-and-other-white-myths]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/we-still-outside-collective-on-the-black-leadership-and-other-white-myths]] · [[ZLO|https://zinelibrary.org/on-the-black-leadership.html]]
[^mad]: [[Of Unsound Mind|https://web.archive.org/web/20210624090104/https://www.unsoundmind.org/post/open-propositions-for-a-strategic-madness]] · [[Substack|https://ofunsoundmind.substack.com/p/open-propositions-for-a-strategic]]
[^yel]: [[haters|https://haters.noblogs.org/post/2025/06/20/reportback-our-enemies-in-yellow/]] · [[ZLO|https://zinelibrary.org/our-enemies-in-yellow.html]]
[^666]: [[haters|https://haters.noblogs.org/zines/#:~:text=the satanic death cult is real]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/sophie-lewis-the-satanic-death-cult-is-real]] · [[Commune|https://communemag.com/the-satanic-death-cult-is-real/]]
[^shat]: [[haters|https://haters.noblogs.org/zines/#:~:text=shattering abolition]] · [[Black Ink|https://black-ink.info/2023/02/03/shattering-abolition-against-reformist-counterinsurgency-in-the-streets-of-oakland/]]
[^tce]: [[CrimethInc|https://crimethinc.com/tce]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/crimethinc-to-change-everything]]
[^twrd]: [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/mary-nardini-gang-toward-the-queerest-insurrection]] · [[ZLO|https://zinelibrary.org/towards-the-queerest-insurrection.html]]
[^war]: [[Ill Will|https://illwilleditions.noblogs.org/files/2016/12/War-in-the-Streets-revised-READ.pdf]] · [[Ill Will|https://illwilleditions.noblogs.org/files/2016/12/War-in-the-streets-print.pdf]] · [[ZLO|https://zinelibrary.org/war-in-the-streets.html]]
[^safe]: [[IGD|https://itsgoingdown.org/we-dont-need-safety-we-need-to-escalate/]]
[^riot]: [[Oplopanax|https://oplopanaxpublishing.wordpress.com/2014/05/01/why-riot/]] · [[Ultra-Com|https://web.archive.org/web/20140515013650/http://www.ultra-com.org/project/why-riot/]] · [[ZLO|https://zinelibrary.org/why-riot.html]]
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**Download all: [[git.gay|https://git.gay/pnppl/pnppl.cc/archive/main:site/prairieland.zip]] · [[Codeberg|https://codeberg.org/pnppl/pnppl.cc/archive/main:site/prairieland.zip]] · [[Github|https://download-directory.github.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fpnppl%2Fpnppl.cc%2Ftree%2Fmain%2Fsite%2Fprairieland%2F]]**
- [[Eight Things You Can Do to Stop ICE (CrimethInc, 2025)|./8-things-you-can-do-to-stop-ice]] [^ice]
- [[print (pamphlet)|./8-things-you-can-do-to-stop-ice/8-things-you-can-do-to-stop-ice_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Absolute Sharing Between Friends (The Imaginary Party)|./absolute-sharing]] [^asbf]
- [[print (tabloid poster)|./absolute-sharing/absolute-sharing_print-tabloid.pdf]]
- Gender [[Subversion|./crimethinc-gender/classic.html]]/[[Self-Determination|./crimethinc-gender/remix.html]] posters (CrimethInc, 2003/2023) [^cwcg]
- [[classic|./crimethinc-gender/crimethinc-gender-classic_print-letter.pdf]] · [[remix|./crimethinc-gender/crimethinc-gender-remix_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Acrid Black Smoke (2021)|./acrid-black-smoke]] [^abs]
- [[screen|./acrid-black-smoke/acrid-black-smoke.pdf]] · [[print|./acrid-black-smoke/acrid-black-smoke_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Against Prisons (Catherine Baker, 1996)|./against-prisons]] [^pris]
- [[screen|./against-prisons/against-prisons.pdf]] · [[print|./against-prisons/against-prisons_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Another Critique of Insurrectionalism (2014)|./another-critique-of-insurrectionalism]] [^crit]
- [[screen|./another-critique-of-insurrectionalism/another-critique-of-insurrectionalism.pdf]] · [[print|./another-critique-of-insurrectionalism/another-critique-of-insurrectionalism_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Be Gay Do Crime (Mary Nardini Gang, 2018)|./be-gay-do-crime]] [^gay]
- [[screen|./be-gay-do-crime/be-gay-do-crime.pdf]] · [[print|./be-gay-do-crime/be-gay-do-crime_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Butterflies, Polyamory and Ideology: Letter on Inconsequence (Aviv Etrebilal, 2013)|./butterflies-polyamory-and-ideology]] [^poly]
- [[screen|./butterflies-polyamory-and-ideology/butterflies-polyamory-and-ideology.pdf]] · [[print|./butterflies-polyamory-and-ideology/butterflies-polyamory-and-ideology_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Call (2004)|./call-ic]] [^call]
- [[screen|./call-ic/call-ic.pdf]] · [[print|./call-ic/call-ic_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Criminal Intimacy (Mary Nardini Gang, 2009)|./criminal-intimacy]] [^crim]
- [[screen|./criminal-intimacy/criminal-intimacy.pdf]] · [[print|./criminal-intimacy/criminal-intimacy_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[De-Arrest Primer (2024)|./de-arrest-primer]] [^da]
- [[screen|./de-arrest-primer/de-arrest-primer.pdf]] · [[print|./de-arrest-primer/de-arrest-primer_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Destroying White Nationalism (Antifa International)|./destroying-white-nationalism]] [^wn]
- [[screen|./destroying-white-nationalism/destroying-white-nationalism.pdf]] · [[print|./destroying-white-nationalism/destroying-white-nationalism_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Follow the Fires: Insurgency Against Identity (Harami, 2024)|./follow-the-fires]] [^fire]
- [[screen|./follow-the-fires/follow-the-fires.pdf]] · [[print|./follow-the-fires/follow-the-fires_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[For the love of winning: An open letter to Extinction Rebellion (John Jordan, 2019)|./for-the-love-of-winning]] [^xr]
- [[screen|./for-the-love-of-winning/for-the-love-of-winning.pdf]] · [[print|./for-the-love-of-winning/for-the-love-of-winning_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[The Gaza Ghetto Uprising (Adi Callai, 2024)|./gaza-ghetto-uprising]] [^gaza]
- [[screen|./gaza-ghetto-uprising/gaza-ghetto-uprising.pdf]] · [[print|./gaza-ghetto-uprising/gaza-ghetto-uprising_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Hacking the Suburbs (David Holmgren, 2022)|./hacking-the-suburbs]] [^hack]
- send me a PDF
- [[The Harvest of Dead Elephants (2007)|./harvest-of-dead-elephants]] [^harv]
- [[screen|./harvest-of-dead-elephants/harvest-of-dead-elephants.pdf]] · [[print|./harvest-of-dead-elephants/harvest-of-dead-elephants_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[I Don't Bash Back, I Shoot First (2012)|./i-dont-bash-back-i-shoot-first]] [^1st]
- [[screen|./i-dont-bash-back-i-shoot-first/i-dont-bash-back-i-shoot-first.pdf]] · [[print|./i-dont-bash-back-i-shoot-first/i-dont-bash-back-i-shoot-first_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[If We Go, We Go On Fire: On Grief and Social War (Ignatius, 2024)|./if-we-go-we-go-on-fire]] [^if]
- [[screen|./if-we-go-we-go-on-fire/if-we-go-we-go-on-fire.pdf]] · [[print|./if-we-go-we-go-on-fire/if-we-go-we-go-on-fire_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Insurrectionary Anarchy: Organizing for Attack! (2003)|./insurrectionary-anarchy-organizing-for-attack]] [^ins]
- [[screen|./insurrectionary-anarchy-organizing-for-attack/insurrectionary-anarchy-organizing-for-attack.pdf]] · [[print|./insurrectionary-anarchy-organizing-for-attack/insurrectionary-anarchy-organizing-for-attack_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[It's Safer in the Front: Taking the Offensive against Tyranny (CrimethInc, 2025)|./its-safer-in-the-front]] [^frnt]
- [[screen|./its-safer-in-the-front/its-safer-in-the-front.pdf]] · [[print|./its-safer-in-the-front/its-safer-in-the-front_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[It's Vacant, Take It! (Homes Not Jails, 2013)|./its-vacant-take-it]] [^take]
- [[screen|./its-vacant-take-it/its-vacant-take-it.pdf]] · [[print|./its-vacant-take-it/its-vacant-take-it_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Lies: Letters to L.: Paranoia and Visions (M. Sandovsky, 2012)|./lies-letters-to-l]] [^lies]
- [[screen|./lies-letters-to-l/lies-letters-to-l.pdf]] · [[print|./lies-letters-to-l/lies-letters-to-l_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[No Selves to Abolish: Afropessimism, Anti-Politics, and the End of the World (K. Aarons, 2016)|./no-selves-to-abolish]] [^no]
- [[screen|./no-selves-to-abolish/no-selves-to-abolish.pdf]] · [[print|./no-selves-to-abolish/no-selves-to-abolish_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Now (The Invisible Committee, 2017)|./now-ic]] [^now]
- [[screen|./now-ic/now-ic.pdf]] · [[print|./now-ic/now-ic_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[On the Black Leadership & Other White Myths (We Still Outside Collective, 2020)|./on-the-black-leadership]] [^lead]
- [[screen|./on-the-black-leadership/on-the-black-leadership.pdf]] · [[print|./on-the-black-leadership/on-the-black-leadership_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Open propositions for a strategic madness (2021)|./open-propositions-for-a-strategic-madness]] [^mad]
- send me a PDF
- [[Our Enemies in Yellow: A Reportback from Dallas (Ramon Byrne, 2025)|./our-enemies-in-yellow]] [^yel]
- [[screen|./our-enemies-in-yellow/our-enemies-in-yellow.pdf]] · [[print|./our-enemies-in-yellow/our-enemies-in-yellow_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[The Satanic Death-Cult is Real (Sophie Lewis, 2019)|./satanic-death-cult]] [^666]
- [[screen|./satanic-death-cult/satanic-death-cult.pdf]] · [[print|./satanic-death-cult/satanic-death-cult_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Shattering Abolition: Against Reformist Counterinsurgency in the Streets of Oakland (2023)|./shattering-abolition]] [^shat]
- [[screen|./shattering-abolition/shattering-abolition.pdf]] · [[print|./shattering-abolition/shattering-abolition_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[To Change Everything: an anarchist appeal (CrimethInc, 2015)|./to-change-everything]] [^tce]
- [[screen|./to-change-everything/to-change-everything.pdf]] · [[print|./to-change-everything/to-change-everything_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[Toward the Queerest Insurrection (Mary Nardini Gang, 2014)|./toward-the-queerest-insurrection]] [^twrd]
- [[screen|./toward-the-queerest-insurrection/toward-the-queerest-insurrection.pdf]] · [[print|./toward-the-queerest-insurrection/toward-the-queerest-insurrection_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[War in the Streets: Tactical Lessons from the Global Civil War, Vol. 1|./war-in-the-streets]] [^war]
- [[screen|./war-in-the-streets/war-in-the-streets.pdf]] · [[print|./war-in-the-streets/war-in-the-streets_print-letter.pdf]]
- [[We Don't Need "Safety" — We Need to Escalate! (Fire Ant Movement Defense, 2024)|./we-dont-need-safety]] [^safe]
- send me a PDF
- [[Why Riot? (Phillip Neel, 2014)|./why-riot]] [^riot]
- [[screen|./why-riot/why-riot.pdf]] · [[print|./why-riot/why-riot_print-letter.pdf]]
## About
These zines were presented by the state as evidence in the [[Prairieland trial|https://prairielanddefendants.com/about-the-case/]]. (Visit [[Support Prairieland Defendants|https://prairielanddefendants.com/resources/zines-flyers/]] for zines *about* the case.) [[Des|https://freedes.net/]] was [[sentenced to 30 years in prison|https://prairielanddefendants.com/press-release/eight-federal-prairieland-defendants-sentenced-today-to-prison-terms-ranging-from-30-100-years-for-common-protest-activity/]] just because he moved a box of them from one place to another.
While the entire prosecution is clearly a steaming pile of politically motivated fascist bullshit, the charges against people whose only connection to the inciting incident was association with the participants — and whose only crime was being an anarchist — are particularly galling.
The sentences these political prisoners have received are downright farcical. The fash want to make an example of them; the judge even admitted he sentenced them with the goal of suppressing their political views.
We're in the midst of another [[red and black scare|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Scare]]. The state calls us "terrorists" because projection is the only trick fascists know. They would like us to be scared to read dissident literature, to share our minds, and to stand up to their campaign of senseless violence and cruelty.
They aren't as powerful as they seem. They're afraid of zines.
And if you can spend the rest of your life in prison for reading, you don't have anything to lose by fighting back.
## Sources
You can order a pack of physical zines to support the Prairieland defendants from [[Firestorm Books|https://firestorm.coop/products/25308-the-government-doesnt-wa]]. Their list of fifteen was my starting point. It's difficult to get information about what was presented at the trial since it was held in a secretive kangaroo court.
A few zines are visible in a grainy photo in the [[criminal complaint|https://web.archive.org/web/20260615142105/https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.410501/gov.uscourts.txnd.410501.1.0.pdf]] filed against Des, including one Firestorm didn't list (_Another Critique of Insurrectionalism_). I found a few more by searching [[notes|https://prairielanddefendants.com/category/court-notes/]] taken in court by supporters: _Destroying White Nationalism_, _I Don't Bash Back I Shoot First_ (mentioned *several* times), and _Why Riot?_.
The defendants' participation in the Emma Goldman Book Club was [[discussed quite a bit|https://web.archive.org/web/20260626010035/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/24/prairieland-texas-ice-protests-zines]].
> Elizabeth was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison … all because, as she put it: “They didn’t like my book club.” Her laugh doesn’t quite reach her eyes.
Based on the [[photos of "evidence"|./map.html]] in that article, I've added:
- _Eight Things You Can Do to Stop ICE_
- _Absolute Sharing_
- CrimethInc's gender posters
- _Acrid Black Smoke_
- _Be Gay Do Crime_
- _Butterflies, Polyamory and Ideology_
- _Call_
- _Criminal Intimacy_
- _Follow the Fires_
- _Hacking the Suburbs_
- _Harvest of Dead Elephants_
- _Letters to L._
- _No Selves to Abolish_
- _On the Black Leadership_
I've got a bunch more in the pipeline. If you don't want to wait, here's the in-progress directory: [[./new/]] and here are my notes: [[./notes.md]]
You are strongly encouraged to start your own Emma Goldman Book Club and/or Prairieland Zine Library.
## Process
For each zine, I used a pre-existing copy whenever possible. It was easy to find print-ready PDFs, but for some I couldn't find a PDF appropriate for reading onscreen; for these I used [[ZineLibrary.org's zine de-imposer|https://zinelibrary.org/theme/scripts/zine-deimp.js]] to generate a reading copy.
HTML versions were usually not available anywhere except The Anarchist Library, but the quality was acceptable, so these I just tweaked a little so they'll cooperate with cell phones and dark mode. When I couldn't get the HTML from TAL, I made it by hacking up the HTML from a webpage. When all I had was a PDF, I first used `pdftohtml`, but I was unhappy with the results and rebuilt them completely. I've finished manually re-creating _De-Arrest Primer_, _It's Vacant, Take It!_, and _War in the Streets_.
## Help Me Out
I couldn't find any PDF versions of _We Don't Need "Safety"_. Ditto _Hacking the Suburbs_, _Open propositions_. Pandoc's defaults are bad and I don't feel like messing with LaTeX, so those doesn't have a PDF. If you have one, or know of other zines I should add, email me.
There are photos of zines and books I can't identify in [[./sources/unidentified/]]. Filenames starting with "guardian-" are the priority because I know they were presented as evidence.
email: zines@pnppl.cc
## Addendum: Song Did Nothing Wrong
I see a lot of people who are outraged by this sham trial... except for the charges against Champagne Song.
There is *nothing* wrong with shooting your gun to [[defend your friends|https://prairielanddefendants.com/defendant-writings/statement-by-benjamin-champagne-song/]] from a maniac threatening to murder them, *especially* when you point it toward the ground so as to miss and frighten them off, deliver only an accidental ricochet to the shoulder, and fail to kill or seriously injure the assailant.
As horrific as the outcome of this case has been so far, we should be glad Song was there or people might be dead. It's easy to armchair quarterback after the fact, but we should be clear that the real problem is the concentration camp they were protesting and its bloodthirsty guards.
## ACAB
**BE GAY DO CRIME
CHINGA LA MIGRA
ANARCHY MEANS ATTACK**
[^ice]: [[CrimethInc|https://crimethinc.com/zines/8-things-you-can-do-to-stop-ice]]
[^asbf]: [[Friendship as a Form of Life|https://friendship-as-a-form-of-life.tumblr.com/download#:~:text=absolute sharing between friends]]
[^cwcg]: [[CrimethInc|https://crimethinc.com/posters/gender-subversion-kit]] · [[CrimethInc|https://crimethinc.com/posters/gender-self-determination-poster]]
[^abs]: [[Philly Anti-Capitalist|https://phlanticap.noblogs.org/new-zine-acrid-black-smoke/]] · [[haters|https://haters.noblogs.org/zines/#:~:text=acrid black smoke]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-acrid-black-smoke]]
[^pris]: [[AZL|https://azinelibrary.org/zines/Against-Prisons]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/catherine-baker-against-prisons]] · [[Wildcat|http://wildcat.international/againstp.html]]
[^crit]: [[Sprout Distro|https://www.sproutdistro.com/catalog/zines/theory/another-critique-insurrectionalism/]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-another-critique-of-insurrectionalism]] · [[Subversion|https://web.archive.org/web/20151020060007/https://subversionpress.wordpress.com/2015/07/17/another-critique-of-insurrectionalism/]]
[^gay]: [[haters|https://haters.noblogs.org/zines/#:~:text=be gay do crime]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/mary-nardini-gang-be-gay-do-crime]] · [[ZLO|https://zinelibrary.org/be-gay-do-crime.html]]
[^poly]: [[Untorelli|https://web.archive.org/web/20190817110450/https://untorellipress.noblogs.org/post/2018/07/23/butterflies-polyamory-ideology-letter-on-inconsequence/]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/aviv-etrebilal-butterflies-polyamory-and-ideology]] · [[ZLO|https://zinelibrary.org/butterflies-polyamory-ideology.html]] · [[Non-Fides|https://web.archive.org/web/20230117110232/http://www.non-fides.fr/?Butterflies-polyamory-and-ideology]]
[^call]: [[Ill Will|https://ill-will-editions.tumblr.com/post/152254733939/call-2004-updated-covers-in-english-and]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-call]] · [[ZLO|https://zinelibrary.org/the-call.html]]
[^crim]: [[Archive.org|https://archive.org/details/criminal-intimacy-print-zine]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/mary-nardini-gang-criminal-intimacy]] · [[Vermilion|https://vermilionpress.noblogs.org/post/2024/12/30/the-goods-zine-drive/]] · [[Warzone|https://warzonedistro.noblogs.org/post/2017/09/14/criminal-intimacy/]]
[^da]: [[haters|https://haters.noblogs.org/zines/#:~:text=de-arrest primer]] · [[Sprout Distro|https://www.sproutdistro.com/catalog/zines/direct-action/de-arrest-primer/]]
[^wn]: [[Antifa International|https://deathtofascism.com/resources/#:~:text=destroying white nationalism]]
[^fire]: [[Ruins of Capital|https://ruinsofcapital.noblogs.org/follow-the-fires/]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/haraami-follow-the-fires]] · [[ZLO|https://zinelibrary.org/follow-the-fires-insurgency-against-identity.html]] · [[Living & Fighting|https://web.archive.org/web/20240705045730/https://livingandfighting.net/Follow-the-Fires]]
[^xr]: [[Ill Will|https://illwill.com/print/for-the-love-of-winning]] · [[zad for ever|https://zadforever.blog/2019/05/03/for-the-love-of-winning-an-open-letter-to-extinction-rebellion/]]
[^gaza]: [[haters|https://haters.noblogs.org/zines/#:~:text=the ghetto gaza uprising]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/adi-callai-the-gaza-ghetto-uprising]] · [[Brooklyn Rail|https://brooklynrail.org/2024/05/field-notes/The-Gaza-Ghetto-Uprising/]]
[^hack]: [[Substack|https://territories.substack.com/p/hacking-the-suburbs]]
[^harv]: [[AZL|https://azinelibrary.org/zines/Harvest-of-Dead-Elephants-The-The-False-Opposition-of-Animal-Liberation]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/various-authors-a-murder-of-crows#toc53]]
[^1st]: [[haters|https://haters.noblogs.org/zines/#:~:text=i don't bash back, i shoot first]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-i-don-t-bash-back-i-shoot-first]] · [[ZLO|https://zinelibrary.org/i-dont-bash-back-i-shoot-first.html]]
[^if]: [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/ignatius-if-we-go-we-go-on-fire]]
[^ins]: [[Archive.org|https://archive.org/details/Insurrectionary/]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/insurrectionary-anarchy-organizing-for-attack]]
[^frnt]: [[CrimethInc|https://crimethinc.com/zines/its-safer-in-the-front]]
[^take]: [[Sprout Distro|https://www.sproutdistro.com/catalog/zines/direct-action/its-vacant-take-it/]] · [[ZLO|https://zinelibrary.org/its-vacant-take-it.html]]
[^lies]: [[Lies|https://www.liesjournal.net/#:~:text=letters to l: visions and paranoia]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/m-sandovsky-letters-to-l-paranoia-and-visions]]
[^no]: [[Ill Will|https://illwilleditions.noblogs.org/post/2015/09/19/catalogue/#:~:text=no selves to abolish]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/k-aarons-no-selves-to-abolish-afropessimism-anti-politics-and-the-end-of-the-world]] · [[Hostis|https://incivility.org/2020/06/03/no-selves-to-abolish-afropessimism-anti-politics-and-the-end-of-the-world-by-k-aarons/]] · [[Metamute|https://web.archive.org/web/20160311000846/http://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/no-selves-to-abolish-afropessimism-anti-politics-and-end-world]]
[^now]: [[Ill Will|https://illwilleditions.noblogs.org/files/2018/02/Invisible-Committee-NOW-READ.pdf]] · [[TAL|https://zinelibrary.org/now.html]] · [[ZLO|https://zinelibrary.org/now.html]]
[^lead]: [[Ill Will|https://illwill.com/print/on-the-black-leadership-and-other-white-myths]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/we-still-outside-collective-on-the-black-leadership-and-other-white-myths]] · [[ZLO|https://zinelibrary.org/on-the-black-leadership.html]]
[^mad]: [[Of Unsound Mind|https://web.archive.org/web/20210624090104/https://www.unsoundmind.org/post/open-propositions-for-a-strategic-madness]] · [[Substack|https://ofunsoundmind.substack.com/p/open-propositions-for-a-strategic]]
[^yel]: [[haters|https://haters.noblogs.org/post/2025/06/20/reportback-our-enemies-in-yellow/]] · [[ZLO|https://zinelibrary.org/our-enemies-in-yellow.html]]
[^666]: [[haters|https://haters.noblogs.org/zines/#:~:text=the satanic death cult is real]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/sophie-lewis-the-satanic-death-cult-is-real]] · [[Commune|https://communemag.com/the-satanic-death-cult-is-real/]]
[^shat]: [[haters|https://haters.noblogs.org/zines/#:~:text=shattering abolition]] · [[Black Ink|https://black-ink.info/2023/02/03/shattering-abolition-against-reformist-counterinsurgency-in-the-streets-of-oakland/]]
[^tce]: [[CrimethInc|https://crimethinc.com/tce]] · [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/crimethinc-to-change-everything]]
[^twrd]: [[TAL|https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/mary-nardini-gang-toward-the-queerest-insurrection]] · [[ZLO|https://zinelibrary.org/towards-the-queerest-insurrection.html]]
[^war]: [[Ill Will|https://illwilleditions.noblogs.org/files/2016/12/War-in-the-Streets-revised-READ.pdf]] · [[Ill Will|https://illwilleditions.noblogs.org/files/2016/12/War-in-the-streets-print.pdf]] · [[ZLO|https://zinelibrary.org/war-in-the-streets.html]]
[^safe]: [[IGD|https://itsgoingdown.org/we-dont-need-safety-we-need-to-escalate/]]
[^riot]: [[Oplopanax|https://oplopanaxpublishing.wordpress.com/2014/05/01/why-riot/]] · [[Ultra-Com|https://web.archive.org/web/20140515013650/http://www.ultra-com.org/project/why-riot/]] · [[ZLO|https://zinelibrary.org/why-riot.html]]