Vol. 2 of The Abolition Suite is with abolitionist organizer Mariame Kaba in Ep.253 of

talks through what we all need to remember in this time of uprising, how we can unweave the police from our hearts and minds, and much more.

🔊: https://t.co/GNjrczDQ9W

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Vous y trouverez aussi 6 pages sur l'abolition de la police aux 🇺🇸 (dont un excellent papier de ), un décorticage du discours fascisant de 📻, le colonialisme qui perdure en Kanaky ou encore les derniers ouvrages photos de luttes 📸 de !

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Thank you for your donation and support for the BLM Movement! $50 was donated to The Bail Project ❤️

Also, watch this for an important discussion on abolitionist teaching and antiracist education!
https://t.co/21uvtYTRS0

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Ok so I am making this official for those who want to learn about abolition, and may be overwhelmed or don't know where to start. Reach out to me to join, I am learning just like everyone else is and we will make it a loving experience together.

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in 1888, statesman & abolitionist Frederick Douglass received a vote in nomination for the US Presidency. Here, Charles White depicts Douglass—who was born into slavery c. 1817 & lived until 1895—guiding 20th-century Black men.
"Frederick Douglass Lives Again" 1949

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Sarah Mapps Douglass was an abolitionist + educator + painter, as writes in her book "Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box." I love these pieces, especially b/c a lot of historical botanical illo reading I've done highlights white artists

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hi friends! we’re working on an anthology for bipoc creatives to memorialize our histories and experiences on Black liberation, mutual aid, abolition, collective care, intersectionality, and imagination. please share!

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In 30 min on our IG (3 pm est), we'll be going live with to discuss how you can get involved in strategies for building abolition now!

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Harriet Beecher Stowe, author and abolitionist, born June 14, 1811.

"In the old times, women did not get their lives written, though I don't doubt many of them were much better worth writing than the men's."

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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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. 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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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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Every grand prize winner is gonna get a copy of 1 2 or 3! ABO is a comix anthology done entirely by queer prisoners raising money for their commissaries. The collective has been blowing the mighty horn of abolition in the comix/art community since 2017!

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"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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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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This is Benjamin Lay. He was a hunchbacked quaker fruit farmer who lived in a cave, and was also a strident abolitionist of slavery, prisons and capital punishment. Be like Benjamin.

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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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