#Abolitionists

1. Several of you have asked People Over Profit for our position on policing; we want to make clear that we are abolitionists, which is to say we believe that
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This, x1000, about the “defund the police” slogan. If they don’t mean that—even though all the founders have made recent public statements supporting full prison abolition, which means an end
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Found a Harriet bootleg y’all. Watching it now They’re already laying it on thick with the spellbound masterbae thirsty for Harriet. Why did they add this element? This honestly feels
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Conservatives are attacking so called "cancel culture" because they want to normalize racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. by drawing attention to isolated instances where the efforts to undo such bigotries were
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The Public Town Hall with @copsoutofNU and @NorthwesternU admin should be starting shortly. We're expecting to hear from Kathleen Hagerty, Associate ProvostMiriam Sherin, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education, and Julie
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A thread of inspirational black people that make me proud of the colour of my skin: 1 - Isaac Wright Jr was wrongfully convicted for running large drug distribution networks
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This past weekend, I read the full report “Believe Us” from the Community Safety & Well-Being Task Force in Edmonton. This is a long thread with some of my thoughts
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Happy Fathers Day! p.s. I have no idea where this was taken.. My parents broke every Asian parent stereotype. Told me not to study too hard, that there were more
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Now, if you read @WhipClyburn's tweet more closely, he says "burn baby burn" destroyed the student movement. I believe he's really talking about the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) after
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The 1850s were fascinating because there were three different political fears - often expressed as conspiracies - that animated North and South. Southern fear of abolitionists, Northern fear of the
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Voy a dejar en este hilo artĂ­culos e hilos que vayan emergiendo sobre aboliciĂłn de la policĂ­a. 1. Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the police -@prisionculturehttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abolish-defund-police.htm
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An important thread on #sexwork and #COVID-19 in India. On 9/10, an #NHRC advisory recognised #sexworkers as informal economy workers & called for the community, which has been devastated by
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What pisses me off about the fireworks/outside agitator psyop theories is it represents a mindset determined to avoid the stakes of seriously challenging the social order 1/10https://twitter.com/JackKaplanNY/status/1273449121156927488?fbcli
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Q:- If you abolish the police, who would keep people safe? A:- You, me and all our neighbours alongside and those who take on the specialist roles and duties around
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Tentative thesis (drawing on Hauerwas, Stringfellow, evangelical history and various left shitposters): a) American Protestant revivalism is initially a rich, diverse, and bizarre phenomenon with many diametrically opposed variations (parti
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Celebrating five years of Shadowproof (@shadowproofcom) today. There was never guarantee we would succeed and still be here. Fortunately, we have journalists, members, & donors who believe in us, and
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