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08/12/2026

Join us tomorrow, Thursday August 13th, for a special class focusing on "punk tactics"!

Fascists and the amerikkan empire hold no qualms about destroying our resources, land, culture, and planet. This means we fight back "by whatever means necessary". Use your surroundings, any tools nearby, and fight dirty because the state won't hesitate to do the same to you.🫵

Class will build upon the foundation of past lessons but emphasize "non-traditional" tactics to make sure we can fight and win.

Always ACAB 🐷
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Chingra la migra 🧊
Gay power 🏳️‍🌈
Free all oppressed people's in the world 🌎✊🏽

08/05/2026

In the heat of August we embrace the radical tradition of Black August and honoring black revolutionaries past and present, such as the Attica Prison Rebellion of 1971 or martyr George Jackson, who have laid the foundations of radical politics we know and use today. We embrace studying, fasting, training, and fighting for liberation in our daily lives.

Join us this month to honor the training ideal, sharpening our body, mind, and spirit to fight back against the genocidal and ecocidal amerikkan empire.

Note: we encourage folks to educate themselves on Black August outside of this post to embrace, honor, and build upon this radical tradition! There are so many amazing resources we will be sharing throughout the month.

TRAINING ASKS👇

This month we have classes on all four Thursdays, with the last class topic TBD!!

Please do not wear baggy clothes, no jewelry, or anything that can get caught in clothes. We will accommodate religious/comfort sensitivities as best we can, but if unsure we recommend bringing a partner to spar with.

Bring water and remember to take care of yourself in the evening heat!

We will try to share the training curriculum the night before or day of lessons so keep a lookout for those!

ACAB
Melt 🧊
Free 🇵🇸
Gay Power 🏳️‍🌈

07/07/2026

🚨Mark you calendars!!!!🚨

The imperial beast is tightening its grip at home and abroad, with escalating abductions of community members, weaponization of the legal system for corporate greed, and genocidal bombings across the globe. Now more than ever we need solidarity with each other!

Join us and Birch & Iron Fitness | San Jose Body Positive Gym on July 25th, noon, at a community BBQ to ground us in this pivotal moment. If you're looking to get more involved in the fight today defend the South Bay, this is the perfect opportunity for it! Or if you were involved but looking to rejoin, come!
Come break bread with us, listen to the organizers speak about the South Bay revolutionary history, meet other South Bay Organizations, and learn how to defend yourself using shields!

More to be shared as we get closer!

Note: shield training will still happen at 2pm on July 25th, you're not obligated to come to the BBQ beforehand but we'd love to see you!

07/01/2026

Summer is underway and July reminds us that "bread and circuses" will not undo our dedication and discipline to protect ourselves and communities from the increasingly violent and genocidal regime in the amerikkkan empire

Join us this month to refine and learn new skills that will help us build a revolutionary foundation to create the world we wish to see!

TRAINING ASKS👇

Please do not wear baggy clothes, no jewelry, or anything that can get caught in clothes. We will accommodate religious/comfort sensitivities as best we can, but if unsure we recommend bringing a partner to spar with.

We will be sharing the training curriculum the night before or day of lessons so keep a lookout for those!

In particular, keep an eye out for the shield training lesson, we have something special planned for July 25th 😏👀✊🏽

ACAB
Melt 🧊
Free 🇵🇸
Gay Power 🏳️‍🌈
Power to all oppressed people across the globe ✊🏽

06/17/2026

Join us this Thursday, 6/18, to learn striking fundamentals! We'll review strikes such as boxing and a variety of kicks to use to protect yourself and others if cornered by fascists. It's equally important to understand how to take a punch of kick, not giving up, and responding to the attack. Many people do not know how to take punches or kicks so we encourage folks to join us to learn some valuable fundamentals!

Cloth recommendations 🥋
- Wear athletic clothing, nothing loose
- no jewelry, watches, or adornments of any kind
- for practical purposes please keep toe and finger nails trimmed
- tie long hair back

Mindset and accommodations 🧠🙏

- We will be sparring with each other so please come with the mindset of getting scrappy and personal with folks.
- If you do need religious/comfort accomodations we encourage you to bring a sparring partner!
- Any other accommodations please let us know. We will work with you to make sure you can train!

Remember, we keep use safe, but we need to train to effectively help ourselves and others!

ACAB 🐽
Free 🇵🇸
Chinga la migra 🧊
Gay power 🏳️‍🌈

06/10/2026

Join us this Thursday, 6/11, to learn grappling fundamentals! We'll teach you how to escape a grapple and what to do once you get up to bring that fight back to the fascists. Many people do not know what to do once they are tackled on the ground so we encourage folks to join us to learn some valuable fundamentals!

Cloth recommendations 🥋
- Wear athletic clothing, nothing loose
- no jewelry, watches, or adornments of any kind
- for practical purposes please keep toe and finger nails trimmed
- tie long hair back

Mindset and accommodations 🧠🙏

- We will be grappling with each other so please come with the mindset of getting scrappy and personal with folks. All training will be done with a partner.
- If you do need religious/comfort accomodations we encourage you to bring a sparring partner!
- Any other accommodations please let us know. We will work with you to make sure you can train!

ACAB 🐽
Free 🇵🇸
Chinga la migra 🧊
Gay power 🏳️‍🌈

06/04/2026

Join us this Thursday, 6/4, to learn throws, how to trip up fascists, and importantly, how to fall safely!!! The pigs and their genocidal masters won't hold back in trying to destroy us, so it's up to us to fight back 💪

Cloth recommendations 🥋
- Wear athletic clothing, nothing loose
- no jewelry, watches, or adornments of any kind
- for practical purposes please keep toe and finger nails trimmed
- tie long hair back

Mindset and accommodations 🧠🙏

- We will be sparring with each other so please come with the mindset of getting scrappy and personal with folks.
- If you do need religious/comfort accomodations we encourage you to bring a sparring partner!
- any other accommodations please let us know. We will work with you to make sure you can train!

ACAB 🐽
Free 🇵🇸
Chinga la migra 🧊
Gay power 🏳️‍🌈

06/02/2026

The start of June and summer is a time to renew our dedication and discipline to protect our communities from the Zionist and capitalistic genocidal regimes that are actively destroying our planet. We hold steady and fight back!

Join us this month to learn new skills that honor revolutionaries who came before us like Marsha P. Johnson, Opal Lee, and others in the q***r and BLM movements, respectively. By community request, we will be teaching throws and grappling, giving you confidence in how to defend yourself and others against the imperialist regime! No experience necessary!

TRAINING ASKS👇

Please do not wear baggy clothes, no jewelry, or anything that can get caught in clothes. We will accommodate religious/comfort sensitivities as best we can, but if unsure we recommend bringing a partner to spar with.

We will be sharing the training curriculum the night before or day of lessons so keep a lookout for those!

ACAB always
Melt 🧊
Free 🇵🇸
Gay Power 🏳️‍🌈

05/15/2026

Four months! Four months of outreach, community presence, and deterrence. Four months of showing the imperialist regime and their ICE cronies the community is not afraid of them and will fight back. We will continue to fight for our abducted community members to return home. We will continue to fight tonight until ICE is out of the Bay and abolished

Read above on how the ISAP office dehumanizes community, what we do as a collective, and why we need you to show, now more than ever! 🫵

Lastly on this Nakba day, we remember and salute our brothers and sisters in the Palestinian resistance, who are still fighting the genocidal zionist hegemony. Fighting, like us, for abducted loved ones to return home and to heal our communities.

Chinga la migra 🧊
Free Palestine 🇵🇸

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