Bundle Up With Solidarity and Resist The Chill A Statement From Up Against The Law Legal Collective On Saturday January 28th Philly Antifa held an event at Wooden Shoe Books featuring anti-fascist researcher Matt Lyons of the blog threewayfight. Some people arriving at the event noticed an unusually large police presence outside and across the street, others noticed a car… Read more →

With each passing month, Philadelphia mobilizes against racist police violence in greater and greater numbers. Up Against the Law is committed to providing legal observing for demonstrators and Know Your Rights training for organizers and communities as this movement continues to grow. Here is a brief snapshot of the support UATL has provided over the past few weeks.   In… Read more →

Recently several actions by the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) have targeted local organizers in the movement against police terror. It is clear to us that they are intentionally trying to cultivate an atmosphere of paranoia and create a chilling effect on this growing movement. We have several comments on the matter and intend to take dead aim at these tactics… Read more →

“Can I look at your phone?” We can’t live without our phones- they keep us in touch with the world around us, our friends, family and unfortunately, work. If you consider what your phone knows about you- where you are, where you’ve been, who you’re talking to and what you’re saying. In fact, your phone may know more about you… Read more →

  Please sign this petition and call ICE in support of Sergio, a member of ROC-LA. He has been detained since May in the Santa Ana City Jail. He is living with AIDS, was recently diagnosed with cancer, and has a tumor in his head that needs to be removed ASAP. Doctors have told him that he needs chemotherapy, but ICE… Read more →

Up Against the Law believes that no one, no matter the circumstances, should face the criminal justice system alone.  It is a system based on dehumanization and isolation.  We are fighting for a society based on mutual aid, solidarity, and restorative and transformative justice. Last week Joshua Scott Albert turned himself in to the Philadelphia police, and is currently being held at… Read more →