Excellent new video essay from #FDSignifier on #policing, #prisons, and #abolition

https://youtu.be/SyEwOxp_Iyw?si=aRKC68w6MCc-0Z4M

"Capitalism requires inequality. And racism enshrines it." - Ruth Wilson Gilmore

#Capitalism #racism #RacialCapitalism #abolition

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2CS627aKrJI

“Dick found that children were frequently punished w/ the use of restraints & denial of family visits. One teen was maced in his cell, & when the judge visited Angola she saw juveniles eating meals or playing cards while handcuffed” #HumanRights #Abolition https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/11/louisiana-angola-prison-teens-conditions

“Dick listed the violations that had been perpetrated on the children which she said amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. They included solitary confinement, known as “cell restriction”, which could last five or six days, or in one case 14 consecutive days.” #HumanRights #Abolition https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/11/louisiana-angola-prison-teens-conditions

“This decision is long overdue & it’s shameful that it has taken a lawsuit & federal intervention 2 try 2 make the [state] do the right thing for our kids.” —Antonio Travis of Families & Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children #HumanRights #Abolition https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/11/louisiana-angola-prison-teens-conditions

If you want to read the original pamphlet on #abolition #communism, it's always freely available online.

https://haters.noblogs.org/post/2022/03/26/against-carceral-communism-for-abolition-communism-by-simoun-magsalin/

“Of the estimated 70 to 80 children who have been incarcerated at the Angola unit, known as Bridge City Center for Youth at West Feliciana or BCCY-WF, the overwhelming majority are Black…the children imprisoned at Angola report spending days in solitary confinement in windowless cells, losing access to education & disability accommodations, having limited phone calls…” #Abolition #Racism https://www.huffpost.com/entry/angola-prison-louisiana-juvenile-prisoners_n_64dea7d0e4b0f4cf3ed73157

“For almost 10 months, children — nearly all Black boys — have been held in abusive conditions of confinement at the former death row of Angola – the nation’s largest adult maximum security prison,” —lead counsel David Utter. #Abolition #HumanRights
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/angola-prison-louisiana-juvenile-prisoners_n_64dea7d0e4b0f4cf3ed73157

“Chief District Judge Shelly Dick’s Friday ruling…found that the conditions of confinement at the prison — a former slave plantation better known as Angola — amount to cruel and unusual punishment and violate the 14th Amendment, as well as a federal law protecting children with disabilities.” #Abolition #HumanRights https://www.huffpost.com/entry/angola-prison-louisiana-juvenile-prisoners_n_64dea7d0e4b0f4cf3ed73157

“Contrary to the state's promises, the kids were held in solitary confinement for days at a time, punished with pepper spray and denied access to educational & rehabilitative services.” #HumanRights #Abolition
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/angola-prison-louisiana-juvenile-prisoners_n_64dea7d0e4b0f4cf3ed73157

I'm not even sure how to present this. It's hopeful, sort of wholesome, while also being infinitely tragic and upsetting.

It was A Read, most certainly.

"When Wizards and Orcs Came to Death Row"

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/08/31/dungeons-and-dragons-texas-death-row-tdcj

#ttrpg #DnD #abolition #prison

Hello Fedi! We are Michigan Abolition and Prisoner Solidarity (MAPS), a collective of anarchists and prison+PIC abolitionists based on occupied Odawa, Ojibwe and Boodewadomi and Wyandot land. We amplify prisoner voices across the MDOC and cultivate relationships with folks across the prison walls. We publish a quarterly newsletter (free for prisoners!) and navigate repressive MDOC mailroom policies.

#Abolition #PICAbolition #fuckprisons #FTP #FreeThemAll

Adding to my #TBR list. I am also ordering a copy for our library. From #HaymarketBooks @haymarketbooks

>Happy Publication Day, Colin Kaepernick! ✊

Abolition for the People provides a blueprint and vision for creating an abolitionist future where communities can be safe, valued, and truly free

#books #reading #abolition

Frederick Douglass escaped slavery this day (September 3rd) in 1838. He became a best-selling author, national abolitionist leader, statesman, social reformer and one of the great orators of the time.

Do you know where he was born?

https://www.whereintheworldgame.com/?id=12&type=q

#FrederickDouglass #Abolition #education #slavery #history #histodons @histodons #geography

“A 34-year-old man who was being held at a problem-plagued jail in Atlanta died after he was taken to a hospital. He was the fourth person to die in Fulton County custody in the span of a month” #HumanRights #Abolition
https://apnews.com/article/georgia-jail-death-fulton-county-investigation-a33d11aa8d382c0eedf3fafd539e4a81

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Abolition @blackmastodon
Barbados:https://www.npr.org/2023/01/07/1146807623/barbados-reparations-britain-caribbean
And, I’m sure you all saw the story that the colonial pineapple plantation system helped set the conditions for Hawaii’s fires. I encourage all of you to become more knowledgeable about the diasporic effort to bring dignity and justice to our people, no matter where we are located, even if it’s here. 8/8
If @blackmastodon would like me to post more international stuff, let me know.

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The speakers stressed that these are truly global issues caused by colonialism and predatory capitalistic systems. We are not in this fight by ourselves although it may seem so at times. Here’s the link for AdNA is you want to check out their work or learn how you can become part of a Pan African movement. https://adnaubuntu.com/ On Guyana :https://adnaubuntu.com/ 7/8

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State terror against People of African descent, lack of resources devoted to health and safety of our communities, reparations and the GLOBAL movement supporting them. You may have seen recently Guyana, and Barbados said they were due reparations. And the situation of Haiti was discussed in the context of reparations. The need for mental health services to address generational trauma was also raised. 6/8

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Today I attended a meeting entitled “ Rebuilding A Pan African Global Policy Agenda” sponsored by AdNA (Advocacy Network for Africa) where the first part of findings and conclusions from of Forums’ meetings were discussed. There will be two more sessions, one in October and one in November.
Many of the issues I discuss in the abolition thread were discussed as part of the Forum’s preliminary research. 5/8

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But the UN entity I want to bring to your attention today is the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent. It exists to hear about conditions of safety and quality of life for people of African descent. It also serves as an advisory group to the Human Rights Council. You can read about the Permanent Forum here: https://www.ohchr.org/en/permanent-forum-people-african-descent 4/8