#Abolitionist

tea, policy school dropout (they/them)

ColonizedLocal

Being a survivor + investing time in healing/werq with survivors is very much what got me to this “abolition because policy won’t ever be enough” spaceWhen I say “abolish rent/utilities/landlords”

David W. Peters

dvdpeters

In the past couple years I’ve read the bios of a number of founding fathers—who enslaved people. All of them expressed their distaste of slavery and how it would eventually

Sacha Forstner

sachaforstner

To be more precise (and this distinction matters, I think), Simcoe didn’t abolish slavery (although he wanted to, the guy was a lifelong abolitionist). There were too many slave owners

emma

emmatranter_

i would like to read things/see more discussion about having children & child-raising that doesn't just focus on it as an individual choice shaping the life of the potential parent,

homo-stasis

CandyCornball

The problem with Christianity is that it tries to make death worthwhile. It’s an evil obsession. George Floyd did not sacrifice. He was murdered. But Pelosi needs the first sentence

Berneta L. Haynes 🏳️‍🌈🦺

BernetaWrites

Since Uncle Tom is trending, let me just say something I've always wanted to say (former Ph.D in literature speaking now): stopping besmirching the name of Uncle Tom by comparing

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gemzgerms

I’ve been seeing discourse about biracial people and how they shouldn’t identify as black but as mixed/ biracial so imma create a thread of prominent biracial people throughout history you

Jonathan Burdick

JonathanBurdick

It’s John Brown’s birthday & he’s trending, so a reminder that he is very often misunderstood in popular historical memory. He was a deeply serious & committed abolitionist who was

SURJ Columbus

SURJColumbusOH

#JusticeForDonnaDalton Rally & Court Watch: Friday 6/19 9-11am Corner of S High & Mound, 345 S High St, Columbus, OhioJoin #DonnaDalton's family & friends & @SURJColumbusOH for a rally Friday.

Bachata in the mosh pit

brujacontumbao

I hear a lot of reformers/liberals/carceralists say “Abolitionists are overly idealistic and think everyone’s just gonna get along if we got rid of prisons and police, they have no plan

It's Going Down

IGD_News

Needs to also be pointed out that like Occupy, the Ferguson and Baltimore Rebellions, and the West Virginia teachers strikes - the current revolts aren't being led by activists, non-profits,

Che

Chesaysthings

Safety planning is an abolitionist practice that will make us infinitely safer. They connect us and help us get support in emergencies faster. Getting with a small crew of 2

Jac Archer is doing their best

JacDArcher

I'm going to express a viewpoint I have long kept to myself. A viewpoint I believed, if made public, would kneecap my dreams of public service. But my silence was

Free Mumia Abu-Jamal

_Rawilcox

It’s helpful to communicate abolition through lived experiences so that people can work through their abolition phobias. This is how I explain aspects of abolition to my cousins:“Remember if some

Kate Levine

klevine02

I just posted a draft of my paper, Police Prosecutions and Punitive Instincts, to @ssrn. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3719408 It is an abolitionist take on police prosecutions. I understand that it is a

WAARU

theWAARU

We felt like reflecting on what it means to be anti-racist this Sunday. Treat this as the first part of a conversation that won’t end anytime soon, and allow yourself