Sending all y’all lots of warmth and care this holiday season. This time of the year is full of reminders about the need to reflect, rest, and recommit to the struggle(s) ahead. So many of our loved ones are locked up, kept from us…from healing and living life!
We recently received the upsetting news (on 12/24) that friend and comrade, Ángel, has been placed in solitary confinement, where she will spend the holidays. Ángel (she/hir) is a Mapuche butch lesbian, and political prisoner who will fight deportation to Chile from ICE custody in April 2025. Like hir fellow defendants, she rose up for racial justice in 2020 and was subsequently harshly punished. Ángel is currently in federal lockup in Texas. Two days before she was moved to solitary, she shared the following message with friends and supporters:
“Hi, my people! Thank you for supporting me with letters, books, pictures, psychic moon messages, taking care of my family and myself in any ways that you can. Thank you for joining me in this struggle. All your tireless work has made my time here more bearable a thousandfold. Knowing that I’m loved and genuinely cared for is the most strengthening part of our struggle. I miss you all and will return to you soon. If you send me pictures and keep my GFM going, this will be the best way to support me. I can’t wait to share all the stories I’ve lived thru here with y’all. I miss you. I miss you in a way that lives in my bones. I have about 3 more months to go and my next chapter will begin. I love each and every single one of y’all. The work is hard but I’ve been rewarded w undying love. Thank you <3”
Let’s continue to show Ángel that she is loved and cared for, and not alone despite the cruel efforts of the state to isolate hir! Please send letters and share the GFM linked above. If you need resources for writing, check out our guide here.
You can follow “Free All Dykes” on Instagram to stay up to date on efforts to support and free Ángel!