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Absolutely in awe of this art (by @/dan_nott on IG) inspired by Ruthie Wilson Gilmore’s reminder that abolition is not just about the absence of police and prisons, but also about the presence of life-giving systems of support.

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2020-06-13

. works to amplify the voices of incarcerated LGBTQ+ folks, and had a long talk about prison abolition and zines with founders & Casper https://t.co/VKzJ9I58fB

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2020-06-11

10 juin 1799: mort de Joseph Bologne de Saint-George, « chevalier de Saint-George », escrimeur, musicien français. Militaire pendant la Révolution française. Proche des abolitionnistes. Pour l'émancipation des esclaves.
➡️Joseph de Saint-George, par M. Brown & W. Ward.

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2020-06-10

"Of course I support the peaceful Mutants but calling for Sentinel abolition just isn't reasonable. Who would we call if we needed a Sentinel? We should focus on Sentinel REFORM and not let radical elements distract us from attainable goals."

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2020-06-08

Taking everything in me to not start spamming this person's posts w/ the years and years of abolition literature that exists.

Also... No... Nvm... Their ignorance is not worth any more of my time. https://t.co/yBnQLhmc34

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2020-06-05

you know who else were called "outside agitators" by the "moderates" of the day? john brown and other radical abolitionists, who sought to overthrow slavery and enact a radical reconstruction, an effort thwarted by "moderates" who instead enabled the rise of jim crow

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2020-05-31

Rep. Preston Brooks (D-SC) beat Sen. Charles Sumner (R-MA) with a cane on the floor of the US Senate in 1856. The violent attack is considered a key turning point in the breakdown of discussion between abolitionists and pro-slavery groups in the years before the

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2020-05-22

Besides, the abolition of capitalism does not immediately create the economic prerequisites for such a change. (https://t.co/BqIbDRd1bx)

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2020-05-05

Save the dates for our Contain COVID-19 Not People 💻WEBINAR SERIES✨

🌟Apr 16: Building Communities, Not Cages: https://t.co/vZG7mM33FO

🌟Apr 23: Supporting Those Left Inside: https://t.co/3ADpcJ3xcT

🌟Apr 30: Indigenous Knowledge & Abolition: https://t.co/g6v7mGVKx6

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2020-04-16

-- feminist, campaigner for better education, reforms to child labour law, Italian independence and the abolition of slavery…and also one of the greatest Victorian poets! ✍️📚

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2020-03-06

Pioneering artist Elizabeth Catlett's print of Sojourner Truth, 1947, African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was enslaved from birth in Ulster County, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826

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2020-01-31

January 1, 1804: The Haitian Revolution succeeds. Haiti declares independence, making it the world's first Black republic + first nation to abolish slavery.

This dealt a magnificent blow to the French colonial empire and created hemispheric shifts in the abolition of slavery.

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2020-01-02

“ to October 2019: website is opened “
In October 2019, we opened the website as the information hub of initiatives for the abolition of nuclear weapons and building peace. Check the latest information.
https://t.co/AI5dX9DzL9

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2019-12-29

Benjamin Lay est un végétarien militant, féministe et abolitionniste anglais du 18e s qui kidnappa momentanément l'enfant d'une famille d'esclavagistes pour "leur montrer ce que ressentaient les africains lorsque leur proches étaient vendus à l'étranger".

https://t.co/ExzHDmYHSB

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2019-12-20

OTD in 1859, is hanged for leading an anti-slavery insurrection. Find out how this occasion was marked by one of most outspoken abolitionists and abolitionist churches, and the rest of their amazing work: https://t.co/tyXs1sioRz

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2019-12-03

I hope you’re all enjoying Amazons Abolitionists and Activists so far. Fun fact of the day, I smuggled the excellent , The Man and the Legend into page 165 ;)

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2019-11-19

!!!!!!!!TODAY!!!!!!! Love is a battlefield and so is history. Get ‘Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists’ written by and illustrated by me online or in nationwide now!!

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2019-11-06

(1859) - An armed band of abolitionists led by John Brown, launched an assault on the federal armory located at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now in West Virginia). It was a main precipitating incident to the American

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2019-10-17

Today's Goodle Doodle in Brazil features the abolitionist and famous black female author and educator Maria Firmina dos Reis, who wrote the 1859 abolitionist novel Úrsula. The illustration celebrating her life and work was created by artist Nik Neves.

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2019-10-11