Leftists Putting All Hands on Deck to Help Trump’s Antifa Prisoners

In this Modernity article, republished from the Daily Caller News Foundation, Hudson Crozier reports that left-wing activist groups are organizing fundraisers, statements of support, and legal-defense efforts for Antifa-linked defendants convicted or charged in connection with a violent July 2025 attack on the ICE Prairieland Detention Center in Texas.

• The article says activist groups in the U.S. and abroad have rallied around defendants tied to the Prairieland case, portraying them as victims of political persecution rather than as participants in a violent attack.
• According to the report, federal and Texas authorities began making arrests after armed, black-clad activists allegedly arrived at the ICE facility, vandalized property, threw fireworks, and one defendant, Benjamin Song, allegedly shot at a local police officer.
• Jurors convicted eight defendants of material support for terrorism, rioting, and explosives offenses, while Song was convicted of attempted murder and another person was convicted of concealing evidence.
• Seven other federal defendants reportedly pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges connected to planning the riot or helping Song evade law enforcement.
• The article highlights fundraising efforts including bake sales, poetry readings, dinners, and other activist events intended to raise money for legal defense and prisoner support.
• A Texas-based group, DFW Support Committee, is described as a central organizer of fundraising, protests, prisoner letter-writing guidance, and support for appeals and pending state trials.
• The article says sympathetic groups in California, New York, Oregon, Michigan, Texas, and elsewhere have encouraged donations or issued statements condemning the prosecutions.
• Some activist statements reportedly described the convictions as “devastating,” “oppression and retaliation,” and part of a broader attempt to criminalize dissent under President Trump.
• The report notes that prosecutors described the defendants as members of a North Texas “Antifa cell,” making the case a landmark terrorism prosecution explicitly targeting the Antifa movement.
• The article also cites international attention, including a Norway-based art-book event that reportedly promoted support for one defendant and framed the case as an example of dissent being labeled domestic terrorism.

Read the full story:
https://modernity.news/2026/06/07/leftists-putting-all-hands-on-deck-to-help-trumps-antifa-prisoners/