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On episode 238, welcome Emile DeWeaver to discuss reforming the US criminal justice system, the lack of a systematic understanding of crime in most rehabilitation programs, white supremacy as a version of the human tendency to dominate, the “near enemy” of incremental change, the roots of US policing and the need for a collective mind to replace it, the struggle with assimilation for formerly incarcerated people, the importance of clarity and courage for social justice, and why Emile's book is just the beginning of deeper work which should include strengthening our imaginations. Emile Suotonye DeWeaver is a formerly incarcerated activist, widely published essayist, owner of Re:Frame LLC, and a 2022 Soros Justice Fellow. California's Governor Brown commuted his life sentence after twenty-one years for his community work. He has written for publications including the San Francisco Chronicle, The San Jose Mercury News, Colorlines, The Appeal, The Rumpus, and Seventh Wave. His new book, available May 13, 2025, is called Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine: Reform, White Supremacy, and an Abolitionist Future. | Emile Suotonye DeWeaver | ► Website | https://www.reframeconsults.com/about-emile ► Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/emilesuotonyedeweaver ► Substack | https://emiledeweaver.substack.com ► Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine Book | https://amzn.to/4lUkZm8 Where you can find us: | Seize The Moment Podcast | ► Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/SeizeTheMoment ► Twitter | https://twitter.com/seize_podcast ► Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/seizethemoment
In this episode we speak with Andrew Krinks about his recent book White Property, Black Trespass: Racial Capitalism and the Religious Function of Mass Criminalization. The book is really interesting and I highly recommend it, this is part 1 of a 2 part discussion we recorded on it. You can pick it up from Massive Bookshop the bookstore that uses their revenue from book sales to bail people out of jail. In this discussion Krinks goes into the religious function that the mass criminalization of Black, Brown, and dispossessed peoples serves within the racial capitalist system. Engaging with Marxist and materialist explanations as well as Christian theologians and bourgeois philosophers, we get into how police and prisons are tethered deeply with religious ideology, which also finds quarter within the so-called secular theorists who provided the political philosophical underpinnings of the capitalist system. We also get into dynamics of race making and racialist thinking by way of folks like Cedric Robinson and Ruth Wilson Gilmore to examine the connection between race making and property relations. I'll also note that last year we hosted a video conversation with Melayna Kay Lamb and Tia Trafford about the philosophical underpinnings of police power that has some important areas of overlap with this discussion as well, but focuses a bit more on European secular philosophy and policing. Starting on Monday the 6th we'll be hosting a new live series on our YouTube channel with Mtume Gant who is a filmmaker, media critic, and professor of film, where we will be talking about Cedric Robinson's Forgeries of Memory and Meaning. So if you like this conversation I think you'll find a lot of resonance with those discussions as well as they really go into how and when race-making processes are instrumentalized in the media, using historical examples. And lastly it is a new year, and we have a ton of new content coming this year. Last year we published 115 video episodes, and 38 audio episodes. We hope to be similarly productive again this year, but in order to do that we do need your support to be able to put in the amount of time necessary to get all that work done. You can become a patron of the show for as little as $1 a month. We should have another study group starting up in February and that is open to all of our patrons as well. So head over to Patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism and kick in a $1 a month or more to that effort.
Emma and Chloe talk about the cops! We analyse their role in capitalist society, their origins, and the case for their abolition. A big thanks to our producers: Daniel Kenny and Jack Morris. Further reading: - "Defunding, disarming, defeating and abolishing the police" - Daniel Taylor in Red Flag - "The police serve the system" - Shirley Killen in Red Flag
BrownTown on BrownTown. Join Caullen and David as they celebrate BnB's 100th episode with guest hosts and homies Samantha Grund-Wickramasekera and Camille Williams. Sam is a long-time listener and SoapBox board member while Camille was one of the first podcast guests. As collaborators and friends of BrownTown, they have seen the podcast and SoapBox as a whole grow over the years and detail that as they lead a reflection on where the podcast has been, where it is, and where it's going. Here's to 100 more!GUESTSSamantha Grund-Wickramasekera is a proud Chicago native and Chicago Public School graduate who grew up in West Rogers Park. She graduated summa cum laude from DePaul University with a double major in political science and women and gender studies, with a minor in LGBTQ studies. Samantha became a Double Demon when she attended DePaul's College of Law and graduated with a Juris Doctor and a Healthcare Law certificate in 2017. Since then, she has served as the senior judicial law clerk to the Honorable Franklin U. Valderrama in the Circuit Court of Cook County and as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Illinois. Currently, she serves as an appellate judicial law clerk to the Honorable Cynthia Y. Cobbs in the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, where she reviews and decides state-based criminal and civil appeals. She also serves as an adjunct professor at DePaul's College of Law, focusing on appellate advocacy. Samantha has served as a board member on Soapbox's Board of Directors since 2020 and has authored various editorials for the organization. Finally, Samantha is the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors and the daughter of a Sri Lankan immigrant. She is proudly brown, Jewish and intersectional, loves lifting weights and playing soccer, will judge a restaurant entirely on the quality of its French fries, and is the mother of the best doggo in the world, Hallo Mahalo.Camille Williams is a South Side resident, a community member whose foundation is built on advocacy. Camille is currently studying Health Science at Rush University and is the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility Lead at Chicago Votes.Mentioned Episodes:Ep. 7 - Public Health & The Death Gap ft. Jessica PuriEp. 8.3 - Sexism in Mixed CompanyEp. 14 - Chi DNA: Electoral & Radical Politics ft. Camille WilliamsEp. 19 - Happy Father's Day ft. Larone EllisonEp. 25 - *LIVE AT DEPAUL* Chi DNA: Exile, Refuge, & Displacement ft. Jessica Puri & Heavy CrownzEp. 29 - Code Switching ft. Heavy CrownzEp. 37 - Public Health 2.0 ft. Le Greta HudsonEp. 53 - Police Abolition ft. Ariel AtkinsEp. 95 - HomeThe Collective Freedom Project (2021)Whiskey & Watching (2022-Present) CREDITS: Intro music Celebration by Kool & The Gang and outro instrumental Weakest Link by Woozy & GENTA. Audio engineered by Kiera Battles. Episode photo by Aidan Kranz. Listen to all the episodes on your chosen podcast application and SoapBoxPO.com/Podcast for more information.--Bourbon 'n BrownTownFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Linktree | PatreonSoapBox Productions and Organizing, 501(c)3Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Linktree | Support
This is the conclusion of our discussion with César “che” Rodríguez (part 1 is here), who works as a faculty member of Race & Resistance Studies at San Francisco State University, is a rank-and-file union member of the California Faculty Association, and organized with Change SSF. Here we get into the actual history of the murder of Oscar Grant, trigger or content warning on that discussion for folks. It's not needlessly graphic, but it is descriptive of the events as they took place. Then we get into how various types of citizen journalism, movement journalism, organizing, protest, popular mobilization, and rioting broke the cycle of police impunity for a moment in time. We talk about that, weigh the limitations of the so-called reforms put in place and think about implications for future struggles against the relentless scourge of police terrorism in this country. We're getting closer to our goal for the month of September, with just 5 days left in the month we're 10 patrons away from it. Shout-out to all of our new patrons this month and to the folks who have been contributing for years. You can become a patron of the show at patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism for as little as $1 a month or $10.80 per year. Links: https://www.indybay.org https://sfbayview.com “‘Oscar Did Not Die in Vain' Revelous Citizen Journalism, Righteous/Riotous Work, and the Gains of the Oscar Grant Moment in Oakland, California” - The essay we're discussing in the episode
In this episode we welcome César “che” Rodríguez to the podcast. We had a lengthy conversation about Rodríguez's piece, “‘Oscar Did Not Die in Vain' Revelous Citizen Journalism, Righteous/Riotous Work, and the Gains of the Oscar Grant Moment in Oakland, California,” which we will link in the show notes. César “che” Rodríguez works as a faculty member of Race & Resistance Studies at San Francisco State Univeristy, is a rank-and-file union member of the California Faculty Association, and organized with Change SSF. As we got into discussion with che, we had some questions about his own relationships with Clyde Woods and Cedric Robinson and his use of certain methodological concepts. These questions led to in-depth discussion which offered so many insights into Cedric Robinson's concepts of racial capitalism and racial regimes, and Clyde Woods' concept of the blues epistemology and academic necrophilia. We decided to release that portion of the discussion as part one of the conversation. In particular che spends a good portion of this discussion laying out how he works with Robinson's concept of racial regimes dialectically, providing an example of how he uses tools from Cedric Robinson, Antonio Gramsci, Stuart Hall and others to offer a conjunctural analysis of racial capitalism in Oakland in the lead up to what he calls the Oscar Grant moment. And we get into che's concept of the hyphy corrido ché's concept linking Woods' blues epistemology with Robinson's mandate that ethnic studies scholars “record the noise.” In part two we will get into a more detailed discussion of the movement that came together and protagonized in the wake of the of state murder of Oscar Grant, including a detailed discussion of the citizen journalism, the organizing and rebellion, and some thoughts on what we should take away from the Oscar Grant moment for movements against police impunity and popular struggles more broadly. This is already our 6th episode of September, our 53rd of the year. We are currently 17 patrons away from hitting our goal for the month. That's ambitious, but if a few folks sign up for as little as $1 a month, it is still within reach. Become a patron here. We want to thank all the people who support the podcast through patreon and make the show possible. We also want to give a shout-out to folks who like and share the episodes on social media or write reviews of the podcast wherever they listen to it. Links: “‘Oscar Did Not Die in Vain' Revelous Citizen Journalism, Righteous/Riotous Work, and the Gains of the Oscar Grant Moment in Oakland, California” (the article from the episode) Cedric J. Robinson - Critical Ethnic Studies Conference 2013
BrownTown chops it up with Alderhomies Rossana Rodriguez (33rd) and Jessie Fuentes (26th) in the inaugural recording within the Harambe Studios at the SoapBox office. Chicago City Council is now the most Black and Latine, the most queer, the most politically left, and with the most female leaders in the city's history (and in some cases, currently in the country). With that, the gang discusses Mayor Johnson first 100 days, progressive city policy, the relationship between representation and the co-struggle for liberation, Twitter trolls, and everything in between. GUESTSAlderwoman Rossana Rodriguez (33rd), now in her second term, is the Chair of the Committee on Health and Human Relations for the Chicago City Council. Rossana was born and raised in Puerto Rico and started organizing at six years old when her community had to fight for access to running water. Organizing soon became a fundamental part of her life and remains her main tool within her work in government. Rossana came to Chicago after austerity and budget cuts forced her to leave her job as a drama teacher in Puerto Rico. She originally moved to Albany Park to work as a theatre director with a youth theatre company 14 years ago and chose to stay and organize around housing, education, immigrant rights, and mental health. She is the chief sponsor for the Treatment Not Trauma legislation and continues to organize with grassroots organizations to transform Chicago. Follow Rossana on Facebook, Instagram, (personal, political) and Twitter (personal, ward). Stay up to date with her City Council work and 33rd ward services at Rossanafor33.org.Alderperson Jessie Fuentes (26th) is a queer Latina grassroots organizer, educator, and public policy advocate with over a decade of experience in education, criminal justice reform, affordable housing, community development and sustainability. A lifelong Chicagoan and resident of the Northwest side, Jessie spent most of her formative years growing up and working in Humboldt Park. Through personal resilience, community support and restorative justice, Jessie turned her most traumatic life experiences into tools to uplift others facing similar circumstances. In her previous roles as an educator and Dean of Students at Roberto Clemente Community Academy and as an organizer around issues of violence prevention, housing affordability, and re-entry for returning citizens, she convened and connected community stakeholders to create community-driven solutions to the biggest problems facing Humboldt Park. Jessie recently served as the Director of Policy and Youth Advocacy at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center. She Co-chaired the Violence Prevention program of the Illinois Latino Agenda and is also a Founding Member of the Illinois Latino Agenda 2.0, focusing on community development and Latine equity. Follow Jessie on Facebook (personal, political), Instagram (personal, political), and Twitter (personal, political). Stay up to date with her City Council work and 26th ward at Jessiefor26thward.com.--Mentioned in episode:Ep. 90 - Electoral & Radical Politics 4.0 ft. Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez & Alderperson-elect Jessie FuentesEp. 91 - Narratives in Media & Documenting Movements 2.0 ft. Morgan Elise JohnsonEp. 94 - Police Abolition 2.0 ft. District Councilors David Orlikoff & Ashley VargasSh*t Talks: Studio Sessions - People Power & ElectoralismChicago's Progressive Alderpeople Retain Seats, Look To Expand Influence On City Council — And Even Mayor's Race (Block Club)Chicago Is About To Have The Gayest City Council In The Country (Chicago Magazine)We Have the Most Diverse City Council in Chicago History (Chicago Magazine)Brandon Johnson, LSCs, and police in schools (WBEZ)Treatment Not Truma (1, 2) and the 2022 referendumBring Chicago Home and One Fair WageContentious Co-governance (In These Times) Opinions on this episode only reflect David, Caullen, Rossana, and Jessie as individuals, not their organizations or places of work.--CREDITS: Intro soundbite of Rossana Rodriguez at the 2020 Freedom Square action. Outro song Contra Todo by iLe. Audio engineered by Kiera Battles.--Bourbon 'n BrownTownFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Linktree | PatreonSoapBox Productions and Organizing, 501(c)3Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Linktree | Support
BrownTown breaks down the relationship between police abolition and state-sanctioned police accountability measures with newly elected Police District Councilors David Orlikoff and Ashley Vargas. The guests square their PIC abolitionist organizing roots with the new accountability structure, Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability (CCPSA), for the Chicago Police Department. Three years after the first installment in the midst of the 2020 uprisings, BrownTown and the organizers-turned-electeds re-contextualize the path to abolition with the paradoxes, nuances, benefits, and challenges of this new structure on the foreground of the decades-long demand for community control over the police. Originally recorded June 19, 2023. GUESTSDavid is a grassroots organizer from Chicago who moved to the Northwest side 10 years ago. He was the Defund CPD Outreach Lead for the 35th Ward, where they received over 2,500 petition signatures and 71 group endorsements to reduce CPD's budget by 75% and reinvest in solutions that provide the care our communities need. He became very involved in organizing during college with Occupy Chicago, marching against the banks that stole millions of families' homes and then got huge handouts while people suffered.Ashley was born and raised in Logan Square. She is the daughter of Mexican immigrants and the youngest of 5 children. She ran and won as a write-in candidate for the 14th District Police District Council. She began to get involved in her community during high school, organizing for immigrant rights and affordable housing. Now, she has worked in successful grassroots campaigns and plans to continue her work of liberating marginalized people. Follow David on Ashley on Instagram. Topics Mentioned and GlossaryThe youth are on fire by Jim Daley (Chicago Reader)Progressive primary winner loses Buffalo New York Mayorship to write-in (AP)LAPD Officers' Union Lists 28 Calls for Service That Someone Else Can Handle (Los Angeles Magazine)Abolition resources in the 1.0 descriptionTermsOPS = Office of Professional Standards which turned into IPRA = Independent Police Review Authority which turned into the present-day COPA = Civilian Office of Police AccountabilityCAARPR = Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political RepressionCPAC = Civilian Police Accountability CouncilGAPA = Grassroots Alliance for Police AccountabilityECPS = Empower Communities for Public Safety (which turned into...)CCPSA = Community Commission for Public Safety and AccountabilityBIA = Bureau of Interval AffairsSAFE-T Act--CREDITS: Intro soundbite from Police District Council swearing in and outro music from BnB alum Fiendish. Episode photo by Darius Griffin of The TRiiBE. Audio engineered by Kiera Battles.--Bourbon 'n BrownTownFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | PatreonSoapBox Productions and Organizing, 501(c)3Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Support
A primer on police abolition from veteran organizers. What could it look like to live in a world where, instead of relying on policing and prison to put halt to harm, violence is stopped before it even has a chance to begin? In No More Police, organizer and attorney Andrea J. Ritchie and New York Times bestselling author Mariame Kaba detail why policing doesn't stop violence and instead perpetuates widespread harm. Outlining the many failures of contemporary police reforms, they explore demands to divest from policing and invest in community resources to create greater safety through a Black feminist lens. No More Police centering survivors of state, interpersonal, and community-based violence, and highlights uprisings, campaigns, and community-based projects. Part handbook, part road map, the book calls on readers to turn away from systems that perpetrate violence in the name of ending it, and instead turn toward a world where violence is the exception — a world where safe, well-resourced and thriving communities are the rule. Ritchie joins us at Town Hall to make a case for a world where the tools required to prevent, interrupt, and transform violence in all its forms are abundant. Andrea J. Ritchie is a nationally recognized expert on policing and criminalization and supports organizers across the country working to build safer communities. She is the co-founder of Interrupting Criminalization, the author of Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color, and the co-author (with Mariame Kaba) of No More Police (The New Press). She lives in Detroit. Professor Angélica Cházaro teaches Critical Race Theory, Poverty Law, Professional Responsibility, and courses on Immigration Law. Professor Cházaro earned her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she received the Jane Marks Murphy Prize for Excellence in Clinical Advocacy and was named a Lowenstein Fellow. She was a Kent Scholar, a Stone Scholar, and an editor of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review. Before attending Columbia, Professor Cházaro earned a B.A. in Women's Studies from Harvard University. No More Police Third Place Books
In the wake of George Floyd killing in Minneapolis in May 2020, a group of activists and thinkers articulated a clear 8-step plan to abolish policing.
On January 7, Memphis Police officers pepper sprayed and brutally beat photographer and avid skateboarder Tyre Nichols. Nichols complained of shortness of breath, and waited 22 minutes before an ambulance arrived to transport him – in critical condition – to a local hospital. He died on January 10. Memphis police chief Ceralyn Davis called the beating of Nichols a “failure of basic humanity.” This brutal killing has renewed public discussions of police abolition. We talk with Professor Christian Davenport, professor of political science at The University of Michigan and author of State Repression and the Promise of Democratic Peace.
We start this week following up with workers at Proletariat Studios who have been forced to withdraw their union petition after emotional manipulation from the CEO. Thankfully, the union voted went better for workers at Trader Joe's in Louisville who are now the third union store at the chain. Next we discuss the long struggle by transit workers in Washington DC to beat back exploitative private contracting firms and win a living wage. In another in a seeming unending of similar cases, cops murdered a worker at a meat processing plant in Iowa and the company, Seaboard Farms, tried to cover it up. Another meat monopoly, Tyson Foods, was forced to backtrack recently when its attempts at union busting prompted a strong outcry from workers. We check in on some recent Amazon stories including a strike at a major warehouse in the UK. Via Labor Notes, workers at a Hooters knockoff in Tennessee have united back and front of house against an abusive manager. Finally, we check in on some recent union wins at Starbucks and other coffee shops around the country. Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter, John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee
On January 7, Memphis Police officers pepper sprayed and brutally beat photographer and avid skateboarder Tyre Nichols. Nichols complained of shortness of breath, and waited 22 minutes before an ambulance arrived to transport him – in critical condition – to a local hospital. He died on January 10. Memphis police chief Ceralyn Davis called the beating of Nichols a “failure of basic humanity.” This brutal killing has renewed public discussions of police abolition. We talk with Professor Christian Davenport, professor of political science at The University of Michigan and author of State Repression and the Promise of Democratic Peace.
On Free City Radio today an interview with author, educator and activist Shiri Pasternak who speaks on the collective book "Disarm, Defund, Dismantle- Police Abolition in Canada." The project is described this way: "Canadian laws are just, the police uphold the rule of law and treat everyone equally, and without the police, communities would descend into chaos and disorder. These entrenched myths, rooted in settler-colonial logic, work to obscure a hard truth: the police do not keep us safe. This edited collection brings together writing from a range of activists and scholars, whose words are rooted in experience and solidarity with those putting their lives on the line to fight for police abolition in Canada. Together, they imagine a different world—one in which police power is eroded and dissolved forever, one in which it is possible to respond to distress and harm with assistance and care." Info on the project: https://btlbooks.com/book/disarm-defund-dismantle On this edition you can hear a short excerpt of The Light ft. Lido Pimienta from We Are The Halluci Nation by The Halluci Nation. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Now also broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
Join us for a discussion of the 1971 Don Siegel police action film Dirty Harry, its left and liberal reception at the time, and its reverberations throughout the rest of Clint Eastwood's career. Sorry we mostly forgot to be funny on this one. ACAB, by the way. Topics include: police brutality, fascist aesthetics, cop movies and copaganda, the meaning(s) of San Francisco as a setting, how we think Eastwood and Siegel feel about the cops, the Hunters Point social uprising of 1966, the Zodiac killer, mineral oil, and a conversation about the Scorpio Killer's driving directions. Follow Pod Casty For Me: https://twitter.com/podcastyforme https://www.instagram.com/podcastyforme/ https://www.youtube.com/@podcastyforme
Two years ago in the summer of 2020, the largest racial justice demonstrations in history swept across the globe after Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, murdered George Floyd. In the aftermath, it seemed that Americans were reckoning with whether or not the police are a necessary entity in maintaining public safety, but the issue of police abolition remains contentious for many. In March of this year, President Biden earned a bi-partisan standing ovation for saying: We should all agree, the answer's not to defund the police. It's to fund the police. Fund them. In late August, the President traveled to Pennsylvania, where he gave a speech on crime and offered specifics of his Safer America Plan. The plan includes $13 billion dollars to hire 100,000 officers over the next five years and grants to states and cities to recruit, train, and support police in “effective, accountable community policing.” Hiring more police and sending more policing dollars to states and localities is certainly reminiscent of the 1994 Crime Bill which Biden championed during his Senate years. According to FactCheck.org®, a Project of The Annenberg Public Policy Center at University of Pennsylvania, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported in 2005 that the 1994 crime bill added an additional 88,000 police officers and only contributed to a "modest" drop in crime. The GAO reported that from 1993 to 2000, funds apportioned to hire more police in the crime bill contributed to a "1.3 percent decrease in overall crime" and a "2.5 percent decrease in violent crime rates" from 1993. The report also found that factors other than funds to increase the number of police were much more significant to lower crime rates. Increased employment, better policing methods, an aging of the population, growth in income and inflation are just a few factors the report offers. With the news of Biden's recent announcement, Deep Dive cohosts Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian Warren take a look into the proposal to abolish American police, working together to build a syllabus for their exploration of the issue as "students of abolition." Guests: Judith Browne Dianis, Executive Director of the Advancement Project National Office Professor Treva B. Lindsey, author of "America, Goddam: Violence, Black Women and the Struggle for Justice" Andrea Ritchie, co-founder of Interrupting Criminalization, author of “Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color” and “No More Police: A Case for Abolition with Mariame Kaba" Chuck Wexler, Executive Director of the Police Executive Research Forum offers a defense of police Philip Atiba Goff, co-founder and CEO of the Center for Policing Equity and a Professor of African-American Studies and Psychology at Yale University
Two years ago in the summer of 2020, the largest racial justice demonstrations in history swept across the globe after Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, murdered George Floyd. In the aftermath, it seemed that Americans were reckoning with whether or not the police are a necessary entity in maintaining public safety, but the issue of police abolition remains contentious for many. In March of this year, President Biden earned a bi-partisan standing ovation for saying: We should all agree, the answer's not to defund the police. It's to fund the police. Fund them. In late August, the President traveled to Pennsylvania, where he gave a speech on crime and offered specifics of his Safer America Plan. The plan includes $13 billion dollars to hire 100,000 officers over the next five years and grants to states and cities to recruit, train, and support police in “effective, accountable community policing.” Hiring more police and sending more policing dollars to states and localities is certainly reminiscent of the 1994 Crime Bill which Biden championed during his Senate years. According to FactCheck.org®, a Project of The Annenberg Public Policy Center at University of Pennsylvania, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported in 2005 that the 1994 crime bill added an additional 88,000 police officers and only contributed to a "modest" drop in crime. The GAO reported that from 1993 to 2000, funds apportioned to hire more police in the crime bill contributed to a "1.3 percent decrease in overall crime" and a "2.5 percent decrease in violent crime rates" from 1993. The report also found that factors other than funds to increase the number of police were much more significant to lower crime rates. Increased employment, better policing methods, an aging of the population, growth in income and inflation are just a few factors the report offers. With the news of Biden's recent announcement, Deep Dive cohosts Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian Warren take a look into the proposal to abolish American police, working together to build a syllabus for their exploration of the issue as "students of abolition." Guests: Judith Browne Dianis, Executive Director of the Advancement Project National Office Professor Treva B. Lindsey, author of "America, Goddam: Violence, Black Women and the Struggle for Justice" Andrea Ritchie, co-founder of Interrupting Criminalization, author of “Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color” and “No More Police: A Case for Abolition with Mariame Kaba" Chuck Wexler, Executive Director of the Police Executive Research Forum offers a defense of police Philip Atiba Goff, co-founder and CEO of the Center for Policing Equity and a Professor of African-American Studies and Psychology at Yale University
Ben Burgis and the GTAA crew review Ben Shapiro's video "Marxism Can't Work in America" and correct Shapiro's understanding of American history, Marxism, and socialism, and...well...everything? After that, we play a recent friendly debate Ben (Burgis) had with a third Ben, Ben Spielberg, on how the Left approaches criminal justice reform. The main event is William Paris, the only member of the What's Left of Philosophy? podcast never to have appeared on GTAA, who joins us to talk about utopianism. After a quick philosophy segment w/Dr. Jenn, continuing our fallacy series, it's off to the postgame for GTAA patrons w/Dr. Kuba from This is Revolution. Really good stuff all around.Read William in Psyche:https://psyche.co/ideas/utopian-thinking-prompts-us-to-get-real-about-societys-needsFollow him on Twitter: @whitherutopiaFollow Ben on Twitter: @BenBurgisFollow GTAA on Twitter: @Gtaa_ShowBecome a GTAA Patron and receive numerous benefits ranging from patron-exclusive postgames every Monday night to our undying love and gratitude for helping us keep this thing going:patreon.com/benburgisVisit benburgis.com
A second Ben, Ben Spielberg, joins me to talk about the Inflation Reduction Act. After that we get into a polite and good faith debate on criminal justice reform issues. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
BrownTown brings you the "We Are More" campaign series! The podcast extension of SoapBox's micro-doc video series with the Illinois Prison Project centers the experiences of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people, and pushes back against fear-mongering “tough on crime” rhetoric and policies resurging in the 2022 election season. With the support of directly-impacted guests, BrownTown unpacks the revanchist history of these dangerous policies, recent media sensationalism, and the importance of media literacy through an abolitionist lens. Watch the micro-docs, listen to the series, and take action at SoapBoxPO.com/We-Are-More and IllinoisPrisonProject.org. ILLINOIS PRISON PROJECT (IPP)Through advocacy, public education, and direct representation, the Illinois Prison Project brings hope to and fight in community with incarcerated people and their loved ones for a brighter, more humane, more just system for us all. Learn more about the IPP on their site; follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. CREDITS: Intro/outro soundbites from SoapBox "We Are More" micro-docs of Renaldo Hudson (intro) and Anthony Jones (outro), edited by James Edward Murray. Audio engineered by Kiera Battles. Episode photo by Aidan Kranz. This series is sponsored by the Illinois Prison Project.--Bourbon 'n BrownTownFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Linktree | PatreonSoapBox Productions and Organizing, 501(c)3Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Linktree | Support
A new book 'Disarm, Defund, Dismantle: Police Abolition in Canada' makes the case for radical change in policing including eventual abolition, and lays out historical and current reasons for this. So.... really? How realistic is it to consider police abolition as a viable proposition, and if it is realistic, how would that work exactly? In this episode Erika discusses these questions and more, with two of the contributors - Kevin Walby and Ted Rutland.
Support for the police is grounded in a series of beliefs about our society – that Canadian laws are just, that the police treat everyone equally, and that without the police, communities would descend into chaos and disorder. The movement to defund the police says these beliefs are myths and imagines a world where police power is eroded and dissolved forever. Disarm, Defund, Dismantle is a new book about police abolition in Canada. I speak with editor Kevin Walby and contributor Jessica Evans.
Our guest in this episode is Rose — a leftist black radical feminist and activist scholar from Minneapolis. She is a long time activist in Minneapolis and in recent years gotten involved with the struggle to abolish the police. We discussed police abolition, the relationship between abolition and socialism, and the development of the movement … Continue reading The Police Abolition Movement in Minneapolis →
In episode #448 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interview Abby Stadnyk and Ellie Ade Kur. They speak about their own abolitionist politics and organizing, and about *Disarm, Defund, Dismantle: Police Abolition in Canada* (Between the Lines, 2022), a new book collection bringing together pieces by organizers and scholars writing in the context of the constellation of efforts to defund and abolish the police in Canada over the last two years. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: https://talkingradical.ca/2022/04/05/radio-dispatches-from-the-movement-for-police-abolition-in-canada/
Peace to the people! Today Mike is joined by activist, revolutionary, Co-founder of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation, former Black Panther Party member, and widow of Dr. Huey P. Newton, Fredrika Newton! Mike and Fredrika go into the persona and person that Huey was, what drew her to him , and what she misses most about him. Plus she tells a funny story about... Harry Belafonte?Make sure you check out all of the things that the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation have going on by visiting their website and following them on instagram @hueypnewtonfoundation and find out more about the Dr. Huey Newton Memorial Bust Dedication here!As always you can connect with Mike @mikeafricajr or send a message to @onamovepodcast
Peace to the People! This week is the first of a multipart series titled MOVE: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. As you may (or may not) be aware, several former MOVE members including Mike's sister, have publicly left the organization. One request was for Mike to use his platform to share the truth about MOVE. In this series, Mike will share his experiences and as always speak nothing but his truth. In the first part of the series, Mike recounts his first remembered experiences in MOVE. As a child, Mike always saw MOVE members as superheroes; they were strong, they stood up for themselves, and they were family. After a split from the organization in 1983, Mike and his family would move back to West Philly where the crack epidemic had hit the streets. As a child learning to adjust from the structure of MOVE to the streets would take its toll, and as a teenager Mike would make a decision that would change the course of his life from there forward.Head over to MikeAfricaJr.com to connect with Mike and check out his Patreon if you would like to support the pod.=====Make sure you're following the podcast on your favorite platform to never miss a new episode. Be a part of the movement and connect with usInstagram @mikeafricajr @onamovepodcast
On a Move to the People! August 8th, 1978 changed Mike's life forever, and he wasn't even born yet. All of the details and if you want an in-depth look at those events and what led up to the altercation, check out the Tommy Oliver doc 40 Years a Prisoner. As Mike reflects on what August 8th means to him, he can't help but wonder if things have really changed. He discusses what parallels still exist to this day and what he believes needs to happen in order to see some actual change.Missed Pam Africa's first episode on the podcast? Check it out here!Head over to MikeAfricaJr.com to get your copy of the brand new book "50 Years on a Move" and check out his Patreon=====Make sure you're following the podcast on your favorite platform to never miss a new episode. Be a part of the MOVEment and connect with usInstagram @mikeafricajr @onamovepodcast
On a Move to the People! We are back and better than ever! This week Mike is joined by his sister in the movement Pam Africa to discuss whether or not a revolutionary can retire. Are there levels to activism? Are there people who everyday contribute to the movement even though they might not realize it? Listen in as Pam and Mike offer their takes and gives the final answer to the question.Missed Pam Africa's first episode on the podcast? Check it out here!Head over to MikeAfricaJr.com to get your copy of the brand new book "50 Years on a Move"=====Make sure you're following the podcast on your favorite platform to never miss a new episode. Be a part of the MOVEment and connect with usInstagram @mikeafricajr @onamovepodcast
Abolitionist Mariame Kaba is the founder of Project NIA and the author of the New York Times bestseller, We Do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice. Kaba and Dr. Kendi have a profound discussion on why mass surveillance, police, punishment, and incarceration will never create a safe society—and what will. For further reading, resources, and a transcript of this episode visit pushkin.fm/show/be-antiracist-ibram-kendi/ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
This month we are introducing a new series -- Consider the Following. A debate series administered to engage principled disagreements throughout the Black left and the sociopolitical Black world. Typically, our pod is predicated upon debunking quantifiable myths (propaganda) said about Black people. However, this series expands beyond fact and fiction to promote a discourse that works to clarify principled disagreements. This series will air every so often in combination with our normal episode format. The resolution for this month is "Community Control of the Police is Inconsistent with Police Abolition." We were unable to create the debate format we originally had planned due to unforeseen circumstances but we still built a great discussion/debate for our first attempt. For this episode, we invited Max Rameau of Pan African Community Action and Kamau Franklin of Community Movement Builders to answer challenging questions about CCOP and Police Abolition. Show notes https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p0yytrynaRQKyYXy6wd1iIkAjJqgXJaYaFK7k-O6qB4/edit
Welcome to Introduction to Feminist and Social Justice Studies. This is the seventh audio episode of the semester-long course for the Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist, and Social Justice Studies program at McGill University, taking place in the Fall of 2021. The transcript is available at: https://introtofeministstudies.blogspot.com/2020/07/episode-7-race.html Today's episode will discuss: Privilege, through the lens of race Racism and Anti-racist work in Canada and the United States Black feminist thought Asian American feminism and Asian Canadian feminism An introduction to Police Abolition and Defund the Police Movements This podcast is by Dr. Alex Ketchum
On a Move to the people! For Mike, June 16th has always been a bittersweet day and in 2021 that has not changed at all. It was on this day in 2018 that his mother, former political prisoner and one of the MOVE 9 Debbie Africa, was finally freed from prison after 40 years. This year, MOVE sister Consuewella Africa passed on the same day. In this episode, Mike reflects on the dualities of this day and how for the past three years he has found himself mourning even when he should be celebrating. ====Make sure you're following the podcast on your favorite platform to never miss a new episode. Be a part of the MOVEment and support Mike over at his Patreon Connect with us:Instagram @mikeafricajr @onamovepodcast
Full Episode Notes are posted at Patreon.com Available for non-member and member supporters. Show Description: In the wake of the police murder of George Floyd, expectations were high that if systems-change around policing were possible anywhere, it might be in the progressive city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. On the anniversary of Floyd's death, there have been many heartfelt memorials but fewer in-depth investigations into what's happening on the abolition front. So what's the reality? In this episode, Laura takes a look beneath the headlines, to speak with the Minneapolis activists and city council members at the heart of the story. The problem of police racism—and of police at all—has been with us for generations, they say. It'll take more than a year to fix it. Music in the Middle: “Which Side Are You On?” by Rebel Diaz featuring Lah Tere, from their album release, “The 15 year Anniversary Album”, released 20 years ago, courtesy of the artist.Guests: Andrea Jenkins, Council Vice President, and representing Ward 8; Arianna Nason, Anishinaabe healing justice facilitator, abolitionist, and disability activist; Cam Gordon, Council member representing Ward 2; Kandace Montgomery, Co-founder and Co-executive director of Black Visions and Lead organizer Black Lives Matter
On a Move to the People! This week Mike is joined by a core organizer with Black Lives Matter Philly and the Black Philly Radical Collective and a professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the Graduate School of Education Dr. Krystal Strong! Mike and Krystal reflect on the effect George Floyd's murder has had on the world one year post his death and ask "has anything really changed". Plus Krystal shares not only her vision as an activist, but what it's like being an activist that is actively reprimanding her place of employment.Make sure you connect with Krystal over on twitter @MissKStrongHead over to MikeAfricaJr.com to get your copy of the brand new book "50 Years on a Move"=====Make sure you're following the podcast on your favorite platform to never miss a new episode. Be a part of the MOVEment and connect with usInstagram @mikeafricajr @onamovepodcast
The show starts by sneaking in a Did You Know about movies. The Crew then discusses reactions to the Oscars. The brothers attended a “web thing” called White People and Police Abolition earlier in the week, and the main topic of the show is debriefing this. The event brought in Mariame Kaba, whose work the Crew discussed back in episode 6. The topics that the Crew dives more into are digital land acknowledgements, language around defund/abolition, the idea of a million little experiments, police as the one burger stand in town (and not very good burgers). Gut Check Courtney will win season 2 of the Circle (Dave gives a 10. Bob gives a 6) Contact info Podbean app: https://thrivingindystopia.podbean.com/ Deep appreciation to In Heaven by Drake Stafford for our intro song, Stay by Valerie June is the new outro, the prolific and enigmatic Joe Shine for the thumbnail art. Big thank you to Nadir Čajić for editing this week’s show. Finally, we are indebted to the wonderful Chris Sawyer for funding and creating our new website. Thank you, Mix.
On a Move good people! The verdict is in! Derek Chauvin has been convicted on all three counts in the murder of George Floyd. Mike has brought his pops, former political prisoner and one of the MOVE 9 Mike Africa Sr, to discuss what this means. Is this justice? What exactly does police reform look like? Is abolition the only solution? Mike and Big Mike get into what the future looks like with this form of accountability. ====If you liked what you hear, make sure you go give us a review and tell us how we're doin. Be a part of the MOVEment and connect with usInstagram @mikeafricajr @onamovepodcastTwitter @onamovepodcast
Ithaca Takes Up Police Reform, Police Abolition Proposal Included by WSKG News
Time to ENVISION...In this episode, I am imagining a world with stronger aligned communities involved in de-escalation with Gregory Barker. He is a community member and facilitator who is invested in building a world without police and prisons. He is currently involved with the People's School of Conflict, a community group of neighbors helping neighbors stay safe and solve problems without the police. Also, with McCarren Gathering in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, a 100% community-led nightly gathering in support of our Black neighbors and the Black Lives Matter movement. He is one of the members involved in the de-escalation team providing training for the community. He is actively trying to avoid defining himself by work or education. IG @peopleschoolofconflict @McCarrenGathering
Essay can be read here https://theanarchistlibrary.org/libra... Hawzhin Azeez outlines and describes the attempts to replace the police in Rojava and its connections with the other aspects of the ongoing revolutionary process.
GUESTBorn and raised in Denver, Colorado, Genta Tamashiro is a creative devotee of the artistic community. He attended the specialized magnet school Denver School of the Arts for middle and high school, which gave him a solid foundation in musical performance and theory as well as an introduction into audio engineering. After spending some time at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Genta moved to Chicago to pursue a career in audio engineering where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Audio Design and Production from Columbia College in 2015. Through his freelance audio work, he has traveled around the country and the world with notable artists such as the Becca Kaufman Orchestra, The Way Down Wanderers, and Masego. When he is not running the sound for a band somewhere, you can find him producing his own music or editing podcasts for SoapBox and other creative organizations. Listen to more about this life, work, and perspectives on hip-hop in Episode 5 - Hip-Hop in the Age of Spin (2017) and all of Bourbon 'n BrownTown's previous New Years episodes.OVERVIEWBrownTown on BrownTown. The gang reflects on 2020, unpacking the episodes that helped us get through a truly unprecedented year. From coronavirus to George Floyd uprisings to national elections to our everyday mental health, BrownTown and audio engineer Genta Tamashiro discuss creating the podcast against the backdrop of a tragic yet powerful year.BrownTown and Genta methodically and chronologically detail the year's episodes with regard to COVID-19, quarantine, and transitioning from in-person to virtual recording. As the behind-the-scenes production changed, so did the episodes themselves, each leaning into how the pandemic and/or uprisings implicated the episode's topic. Even before COVID/quarantine in the early months of 2020, the episodes were packed with deeply relevant topics such as the Chicago city budget, the prison-industrial complex, and Black-centered, Black-owned media that were all heavily revisited in mass in the latter part of the year.With 19 total episodes, the most in one year since Bourbon 'n BrownTown's inception, 2020 also brought 7 sequel episodes (1 third installment), only 1 with no guests, and 5 episodes with two guests at the same time. In addition to breaking down each episode, the team chops it out about SoapBox projects Chi DNA, Census 2020, and Obama CBA; the 8-week Instagram Lives during quarantine; and much more.For better or worse, here's to 2021!Listen to all the episodes on your chosen podcast application or right here! For more information on the podcast, check out Bourbon 'n BrownTown on the SoapBox website.--CREDITS: Intro/outro song Karen by Yvie Oddly. Audio engineered by Genta Tamashiro.with assistance from Kiera Battles. Episode photo by Sean Kelly.--Bourbon ’n BrownTownFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | PatreonSoapBox Productions and Organizing, 501(c)3Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Support
Sociologist and native Chicagoan Robert Vargas sat down with UC3P to discuss the evolution of his views on policing, the origins of the CPD as we know it today, and why he’s become an advocate of police abolition.
In this episode of Radical Imagination we follow up on our coverage of police abolition. Host Angela Glover Blackwell speaks with human rights lawyer and organizer Derecka Purnell, whose advocacy has led to the dismissal of thousands of cases based on unconstitutional policing practices. We first explored the abolition movement a year ago — before the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Black people, spurred nationwide protests. Now we look at the changing political and cultural landscape that has transformed what seemed like an impossible idea — defunding and dismantling police — into a feasible solution now being considered by state and local officials.
Writer, educator, and author of Policing Black Lives: State violence in Canada from slavery to the present, Robyn Maynard joins me to discuss policing, state violence, and prisons in Canada, as well as the connections between Indigenous and Black struggles against state violence. We also talk about the 'post-racial' mythmaking which is synonymous to Canada, despite its centuries-long history of enacting structural and systemic violence on colonized communities globally.
This is Season 4 Episode 3 of MK on the Mic, a podcast dedicated to having conversations relevant to POC communities. I am joined by Prof. Christian Davenport, Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan as well as a Faculty Associate at the Center for Political Studies and Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo. In this episode we dissect police abolition. Find timestamped topics below: 1:16 Why were the police set up in the USA? 3:16 The type of people who join the police force 4:50 Why are states finding violent people and bringing them into the fold? 7:30 Can we just sack all of the police officers? 8:42 If we take weapons away from the police, what’s stopping people from being violent for the sake of being violent? 11:06 What keeps society from being violent? Most communities have no interaction with the police. 15:34 The history of over-policing of the black community. 18:50 Funding and reallocation of resources. 20:00 The inequality gap and violent crime. 25:00 When white cops kill white citizens, why is there no footage or protests? 29:00 Accountability and justifying shootings. 37:00 What can we learn from Norway? Please share this episode on your IG stories, Twitter etc, and tag me so I can say thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode please leave a review on the Apple Podcasts app, link: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mk-o…ic/id1247260719 Meera's socials: Insta: www.instagram.com/meerakumar Twitter: www.twitter.com/meeerakumar Podcast: Insta: www.instagram.com/mkonthemic Twitter: www.twitter.com/emkayonthemic Christian’s info: Twitter: https://twitter.com/engagedscholar Website: christiandavenport.com
In this episode of Organize Strike Repeat, we talk to Kristian Hernandez, a co-chair of DSA North Texas, member of the National Political Committee, and member of the Socialist Majority Caucus Steering Committee. She talks about abolitionist organizing and transformative justice.@kksteffanydsantx.orgorganizestrikerepeat.com0:00 - Intro0:50 - Kristian’s anti-racist organizing background5:45 - DSA campaigns11:40 - DSA-NTX Racial Justice Working Group17:05 - Police Oversight Initiative 28:50 - Transformative Justice38:53 - Takeaways
In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Nate Wallace, co-host of the Red Spin Sports podcast, for another edition of our new weekly segment “The Red Spin Report." They discuss the reaction of the sports world to the refusal of the state to indict the Louisville police who killed Breonna Taylor, Colin Kaepernick's call for police abolition, and why the athletic sphere has such elevated importance in terms of public discourse.
In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi, Director and Senior Scholar for the Arab & Muslim Ethnicity & Diasporas Studies program at San Francisco State University, to talk about how the Israel lobby coordinated with Facebook, Zoom, and Youtube to censor her program's roundtable discussion with Leila Khaled, why the extensive campaign to suppress Palestinian resistance appears increasingly unsuccessful, and why the timing of such tactics is seemingly tied to the international attempts to normalize Israeli apartheid.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dhoruba al-Mujahid bin Wahad, a former political prisoner, Black Panther Party leader, and co-founder of the Black Liberation Army, to discuss the news that political prisoner Jalil Muntaqim is set to be released after 49 years of incarceration, the role of the police in a capitalist state, and why a united front against fascism is "the only way to deal with a neo-fascist moment."In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Nate Wallace, co-host of the Red Spin Sports podcast, for another edition of our new weekly segment “The Red Spin Report." They discuss the reaction of the sports world to the refusal of the state to indict the Louisville police who killed Breonna Taylor, Colin Kaepernick's call for police abolition, and why the athletic sphere has such elevated importance in terms of public discourse.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Edward Onaci, Associate Professor of History and African American & Africana Studies at Ursinus Collegeand author of "Free the Land: The Republic of New Afrika and the Pursuit of a Black Nation-State," to discuss the irony of police demanding justice in the case of recently-released Jalil Muntaqim while violently suppressing those demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, attempts by police and prosecutors across the country to throw the book at those protesting them, and why Black-led "intentional communities" are unlikely to lead to full Black liberation.
Tech companies cave to Israel lobby, shut down Palestine event; Jalil Muntaqim released after 49 years; Kaepernick calls for police abolition
Welcome to the debut episode of You Don't Need Permission, a podcast about community organizing and not waiting for permission to build the kind of world you want to see. --- This episode Joshua interviews Jasmine of Black Spring CLE about building community, police abolition, and doomscrolling. --- Theme music is "You Can (Mass Trespass 1932)" by Chumbawamba (used by permission).
Many of our public libraries, at least the buildings, have been closed for the last few months which has made us mindful of just how much we love them. What might our libraries have to do with defunding the police? Full shownotes: http://kindredspodcast.com/2020/07/27/episode-48-what-do-libraries-have-to-do-with-police-abolition/
I talk about BLM being overtaken by commies and this dank meme page coming from the most boring school in America
On today's podcast my guest is, once again, Georgetown Law Professor, MSNBC Legal Anylyst and Crime Story Consulting Editor, Paul Butler. In our conversation, Paul and I discuss the idea of prison abolition, its historical roots in the movement for black lives, and why he has chosen to study it as a scholar, and promote it as an advocate.
Hey Podulters, in this episode I speak to journalist, presenter and soon to be author Chanté Joseph. We discuss her recent appearance on ITV's 'Has Britain Changed', what cancel culture really is and why police abolition isn't that radical. I hope you enjoy, as always please do rate, review and subscribe! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Hey Podulters, in this episode I speak to journalist, presenter and soon to be author Chanté Joseph. We discuss her recent appearance on ITV's 'Has Britain Changed', what cancel culture really is and why police abolition isn't that radical. I hope you enjoy, as always please do rate, review and subscribe! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Aw geez. Ya better get bundled up 'cause this week we're making our way through the snow-filled landscape that is the opening credits to Fargo. Okay there? Real good, then. -- Click Here To Get Started With Just A Few Of The Ways You Can Help The Black Lives Matter Movement Podcast episodes about racism in America to help fuel unlearning the things you've been taught: "Seeing White" by Scene On Radio "Police Abolition" by Call Your Girlfriend "A Black Man's Experience in America with Marcus Stricklin" by Unapologetically Sensitive "Disney's Most Controversial Film: Six Degrees of 'Song of the South'" by You Must Remember This -- We recorded this episode using Squadcast which allows you to record studio-quality remote interviews for your podcast. First 7 days are free. Check it out here. Follow Max: Instagram|Twitter Follow Gary: Instagram|Twitter Links, as promised in the episode: Fargo Opening Credits Piano cover of Fargo, North Dakota by Keith McCabe Fingerstyle guitar cover of Fargo, North Dakota by Andrey Basalay How to Speak Fargo Supercut by Fandor And, for no reason whatsoever, a movie accent expert critiquing Jon Voight's awful accent in "Anaconda" -- We hate to be those guys, but if you enjoyed the episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you can. And more importantly, spread the word. The more action the show gets the better. We want to continue to make these, and building an audience is the best way to make sure we'll be able to.
More people are beginning to declare “abolish the police”. It’s not a new position, but it’s still largely misunderstood. We’re joined by Bilphena Yahwon, a dedicated abolitionist, who explains why she thinks we shouldn’t dismiss the concept.
What is necessary to reimagine civil rights in America? Center for Constitutional Rights' Executive Director Vince Warren and PolicyLinks' Founder in Residence Angela Glover Blackwell are in conversation about what equity looks like in this moment in a special joint, cross-promoted edition of “The Activist Files” and “Radical Imagination,” the organization's respective podcasts. Using the pandemic within a pandemic framework, Vince and Angela discuss COVID-19 and the need for police reform. They offer deep reasoning for a call for radical ideas and solutions because to reimagine civil rights requires a fundamental disruption of our nation's foundation, from the Black/white paradigm and anti-Blackness to the colonial-based power grab of social control and the extermination killing of our country's establishment. Their analysis leads to a push for solidarity that is not afraid of the issues, solidarity that allows space to talk about and eliminate the problems, solidarity that is transformative. Resources: PolicyLinkRadical Imagination, Episode 2: Police Abolition. Host Angela Glover Blackwell in conversation with Jessica Disu aka FM Supreme and Rachel HerzingThe 1619 ProjectCharlene Carruthers, PBS, The Future of American PolicingSearching for the Uncommon Ground
Hi friends! Although this podcast has been on hiatus, we wanted to take a moment to chat a little about the Black Lives Matter movement, and the importance of supporting and sustaining these calls for radical change in our systems of policing, justice, and care. We hope you'll take the time to listen to our statement and to explore the resources we have listed below for education and other actions you can take to support the BLM movement:The Leeza Rants Podcast episodes 103 & 104Small Doses with Amanda Seales episodes from June 4th and June 11thGettin’ Grown episode from June 2nd Bobo and Flex episodes from June 10th and June 14thAround the Way Curls episodes 83 & 84Cases of Color episode 20 (and all of them) Call Your Girlfriend episodes 252 and 254BLM: https://blacklivesmatter.comBlack mental health resources: https://blackmentalhealthmatters.carrd.coPolicing the Black Man by Angela J. Davis, Bryan Stevenson, Marc Mauer, Bruce Western, and Jeremy Travis: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/537978/policing-the-black-man-by-edited-and-with-an-introduction-by-angela-j-davis/The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale (free right now as an ebook!): https://www.versobooks.com/books/2817-the-end-of-policing)BLM carrd: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.coCommunity bail funds and mutual aid: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floydHow to donate without money: https://twitter.com/kookpics/status/1268534687112335361?s=21Tips for recording police misconduct: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-film-police-safelyHow to be an ally: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H-Vxs6jEUByXylMS2BjGH1kQ7mEuZnHpPSs1Bpaqmw0/mobilebasicWhat is systemic racism?:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrHIQIO_bdQ&feature=youtu.beThese resources are just a starting point and this list is very incomplete! If you have other resources you think would be helpful to share among our listening community please pass them along at arewedating@gmail.com or @arewedating on Instagram.
Transcription of this episode available here.In this episode we talk about how A.C.A.B. - all cops are bad. We breakdown the history of policing in Canada, outrageous police budgets, and actions we need to take and demand to defund the police and support vulnerable communities.Episode Resources: Policing black lives - https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/policing-black-livesIntersectionality TEDtalk - https://www.ted.com/talk/kimberle_crenshaw_the_urgency_of_intersectionality?language=enCrystal Valentine “Black Privilege” - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7rYL83kHQ8YCanadian police budget - https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2019001/article/00015-eng.htmRCMP budget - https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/reports-publications/proactive-disclosure/vac-estimates-budget/rcmp-estimates-budget.html#8toabolition - https://www.8toabolition.com/Abolition Can't Wait: A Teach in with #8toabolition - https://www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/182-abolition-can-t-wait-a-teach-in-with-8toabolitionDo The Kids Know? is a series of conversations between friends, Prakash and Kristen, where we challenge our understanding of contemporary media, popular culture, and what it means to live as racialized millennials in KKKanada (That's Canada spelled with three K's) Our goal for this series is to have frank discussions about the stories and nuances missed by sensationalist media as well as to uncover the ways in which white supremacy, capitalism, and colonialism is shaping our movements and behaviours. Keep tuning in to be a part of the conversation… don't be a kid who doesn't know!Find us: @dothekidsknowEmail us: dothekidsknow@gmail.comSupport us: https://patreon.com/dothekidsknowArtwork by Daniela Silva (https://instagram.com/danielasilvatrujillo)Music by Steve Travale (https://stevetravale.com)Until next time. Stay in the know~!Support the show (http://patreon.com/dothekidsknow)
[ INTERNAL VOICE LOG : ANGEL-CLASS SHIP A456-J7N “CATACLYSM” :: CAPTAIN’S LOG : CAPTAIN AYAT AYER :: TIMESTAMP : 68 YEARS AGO ] System check. … All system’s nominal. This is Captain Ayat Ayer of the A456 Cataclysm. Beginning asynchronous gate-independent transit from Homily to unidentified exoplanet Zeta orbiting star 948-Endymion. Distance 4.98 light years. Bearing 283.6, all systems nominal. Clearances: 89427, 673-gold, Y-351. Transit is estimated at 46 hours from Homily to Zeta. Distortion estimated at 0.004%. Asynchronous gate drive running at 99.887% power, 27% capacity. Margin of error, 0.17%. Initiating asynchronous gate drive in 5… 4… 3… 2… Wish me luck. This week, on Tango Sector: After their falling out with the crew of Pelagian, Cash Black sets out on their own path to set things right, and picks up a well-paying job for Synchronicity with a new acquaintance along the way. BLACK LIVES MATTER AND POLICE/PRISON ABOLITION RESOURCES: Listen: Radical Imagination, on Police Abolition - https://radicalimagination.us/episodes/police-abolition The Appeal, What Abolitionists Mean When They Talk About Abolition (with William C. Anderson) - https://theappeal.org/the-appeal-podcast-episode-7-what-abolitionists-mean-when-they-talk-about-abolition/ The Beyond Prisons Podcast, hosted by Kim Wilson and Brian Sonenstein - https://shadowproof.com/beyond-prisons/ Read: Starer resources - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wdmTPwiZkiPZnwKauzmcZLqUTdUe00WrCIwj7r4A7Zk/edit?usp=sharing Prisons, Police & Abolition syllabus - https://becauseweveread.com/index.php/book/prisons-police-abolition/ Twitter thread of resources - https://twitter.com/time2ryot/status/1265707093509566469?s=20 The End of Policing by Alex S Vitale (free Ebook) - https://www.versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing Against Police Violence collection (free Ebook) - https://sevenstories.com/books/4260-against-police-violence A World Without Police - http://aworldwithoutpolice.org/ Donate & Support: Ways to Support Black Lives Matter - https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Ways to support Black Trans People - https://www.thecut.com/2020/06/ways-you-can-support-the-black-lgbtq-community.html Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unexploredcast Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/unexploredcast Art by Julianne Stone: https://twitter.com/Juli_Aria Music by Andrew: https://andrewperricone.bandcamp.com/
Amanda Knox interviews Emily Bazelon, New York Times Magazine journalist, Yale lecturer, and author of the book Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration. Charged was a major influence on us as we developed Crime Story.
THE CONVOWelcome back to Ineffable Goodness. I took some time off to reflect on my goals for the podcast and the platform I want it to be. It felt and in part still feel like it is trivial posting episodes given the numerous pandemics we are swimming in. Not knowing where to begin, I gave the mic to my 9-year-old brother—because he always has something to say. Today's episode alternates between my brother and I, concluding with his 'hard to dig out' ineffable goodness. Support this podcast by rating and reviewing Ineffable Goodness on iTunes & spreading the word to your family and friends! Thank you all SO much for listening. _________________________________________________________________________________________~Brilliance mentioned in the ep~ ➭ Movie: 13th➭ Ta-Nehisi Coates➭ Angela Davis; Are Prisons Obsolete?➭ Rachel RickettsWanna tell me what you think? Have questions? Ideas for other episodes? Guest suggestions? Think of something ineffably good to share? ➭ Let me know by emailing me—ineffablegoodness@gmail.com!➭ Follow Ineffable Goodness on Instagram @ineffablegoodnessSupport the show (http://ineffablegoodness.com)
Youth leaders Jeremy Cajigas and Jamila Washington of the Citywide Youth Coalition in New Haven, CT share their perspectives on organizing protests for liberation and black lives; their groups demands for removing police and security guards from schools; divestment from police and investment in Black and Brown lives and communities; Bomba music and dance for resistance and celebrating #BlackJoy, and much more. Editing and Engineering by Jon Oliver Music.
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Get those "woo-oohs" ready. This week, we're realizing just how much life is like a hurricane as we make our way through the opening credits to Disney's "DuckTales." -- Click Here To Get Started With Just A Few Of The Ways You Can Help The Black Lives Matter Movement Podcast episodes about racism in America to help fuel unlearning the things you've been taught: "Seeing White" by Scene On Radio "Police Abolition" by Call Your Girlfriend "A Black Man's Experience in America with Marcus Stricklin" by Unapologetically Sensitive "Disney's Most Controversial Film: Six Degrees of 'Song of the South'" by You Must Remember This -- We recorded this episode using Squadcast which allows you to record studio-quality remote interviews for your podcast. First 7 days are free. Check it out here. Follow Max: Instagram|Twitter Follow Gary: Instagram|Twitter Links, as promised in the episode: Disney's DuckTales Opening Credits The "Woo-Oohs" in Different Languages Disney's DuckTales Theme (Korean Version) The 28 Guitars cover of the DuckTales Theme Ukulele cover of the DuckTales Theme performed by Al Wood Brass Quintet cover of the DuckTales Theme performed by Seb Skelly Fingerstyle Guitar cover of the DuckTales Theme performed by Metallicatease Viral Internet Animals cover of the DuckTales Theme put together by DaftTheEdgyGuy -- We hate to be those guys, but if you enjoyed the episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you can. And more importantly, spread the word. The more action the show gets the better. We want to continue to make these, and building an audience is the best way to make sure we'll be able to.
Recent protests over police brutality have raised the volume on calls to defund the police. But while police abolition may be new to some, it's a concept that has been studied and discussed for decades. In his 2017 book, The End of Policing, Alex S. Vitale explains the troubling origins of modern policing, why commonly suggested reforms like training and increased diversity have not been successful, and how slashing social services has placed police officers in situations they are unequipped to deal with. In this episode, Vitale also shares with the ABA Journal's Lee Rawles how he explains the issue to sceptics, and ways that lawyers can help rethink the ways that the criminal justice system re-enforces inequality. Special thanks to our sponsor, Headnote.
Recent protests over police brutality have raised the volume on calls to defund the police. But while police abolition may be new to some, it's a concept that has been studied and discussed for decades. In his 2017 book, The End of Policing, Alex S. Vitale explains the troubling origins of modern policing, why commonly suggested reforms like training and increased diversity have not been successful, and how slashing social services has placed police officers in situations they are unequipped to deal with. In this episode, Vitale also shares with the ABA Journal's Lee Rawles how he explains the issue to sceptics, and ways that lawyers can help rethink the ways that the criminal justice system re-enforces inequality. Special thanks to our sponsor, Headnote.
Recent protests over police brutality have raised the volume on calls to defund the police. But while police abolition may be new to some, it's a concept that has been studied and discussed for decades. In his 2017 book, The End of Policing, Alex S. Vitale explains the troubling origins of modern policing, why commonly suggested reforms like training and increased diversity have not been successful, and how slashing social services has placed police officers in situations they are unequipped to deal with. In this episode, Vitale also shares with the ABA Journal's Lee Rawles how he explains the issue to sceptics, and ways that lawyers can help rethink the ways that the criminal justice system re-enforces inequality. Special thanks to our sponsor, Headnote.
From 1983 to 2008, Steve Moore served as a Special Agent for the FBI. After retiring, he chronicled his experiences in his memoir, Special Agent Man: My Life in the FBI as a Terrorist Hunter, Helicopter Pilot, and Certified Sniper (Chicago Review Press, 2012). He's now a law enforcement contributor for CNN, and a professional pilot. Amanda Knox reached out to Moore to better understand how law enforcement officers are responding to calls to defund and abolish the police and replace law enforcement with more robust, community-based, social safety nets.
We discuss the COVID death cult, how police lie, progressive grifters, and debate what police abolition means as a slogan and a movement.
GUESTAriel Atkins is a lead organizer of Black Lives Matter Chicago and was very active in the #NoCopAcademy campaign. She is also a hardcore anime and comic book nerd.OVERVIEWBrownTown finally tackles a much discussed topic on this podcast as well as in recent weeks, police abolition. Ariel begins by sharing how she came up in the movement and her transition from activist to organizer. BrownTown chimes in comparing the politicization process of the unpoliticized from the 2016 election to now (see Episode 11). All three share their thoughts and experiences since the global uprising against police brutality and white supremacy following the police killing of George Floyd. In explaining the current resurgence for the Black Lives Matter movement, Caullen sets the stage theorizing on coronavirus/quarantine breaking the trust privileged people had in the system (paraphrased from Heather McGhee) while Ariel explains the snowball of international uprisings in 2019 (shoutout Hong Kong, Chile, Venezuela).Ariel and BrownTown soon bring it home to Chicago, breaking down riots/rebellions as "language of the unheard" (MLK), critiquing Mayor Lori Lightfoot's draconian measures to quell Chicago protests and unwillingness to budge on getting police out of schools, Latinx and Black communities coming together after police manipulation of Latinx gangs, and more. Social media has been a firestorm of information, performative allyship, and a spark for real conversations and politicization. With this, the gang shares their on and offline interactions, explain #8CantWait vs. #8toAbolition, and what everyone can do to unapologetically show up for Black lives, fight white supremacy and anti-Blackness in all their insidious and invisible forms so that we all get free. Originally recorded June 15, 2020.--On Abolition: We would not be where we are in this moment if not for the centuries of work from our ancestors and decades of work from living legends such as Black Feminists Angela Y. Davis, Mariame Kaba, and Ruth Wilson Gilmore. In short, abolition is "about presence, not absence. It's about building life-affirming institutions" (Gilmore). We want to abolish these harmful systems in their current form and radically reshape our social and political structures to equitably meet our needs with respect to our natural environment. More than a political vision, abolition is a way of life that replaces carceral logics in virtually every aspect of our lives with restorative practices and ideologies.Abolition Resources and Topics MentionedAbolition 101 Guide (article) - MPD150Yes, We Literally Mean Abolish the Police (article) - Mariame KabaIs Prison Necessary? (article) - Ruth Wilson GilmoreMaking Meaning in this Moment (video town hall) - Rising MajorityA Community Compilation on Police Abolition (zine) - Sarah-Ji and Monica Trinidad of For the People Artists CollectiveConfessions of a Bastard Cop (article) - AnonymousAre Prisons Obsolete? (book) - Angela Y. DavisCarceral Capitalism (book) - Jackie WangThe End of Policing (book) - Alex VitaleWho do you Serve, Who do you Protect? (book) - Maya SchenwarFumbling Towards Repair (workbook) - Mariame Kaba and Shira HassanWhite Supremacist Infiltration of US Polices Forces (article) - Danielle SchulkinCompiled Read, Watch, Listen SpreadsheetTransformharm.org8toAbolition.comCriticalResistance.orgSurvivedandPunished.org-- Follow Ariel on Instagram and Black Lives Matter Chicago on their site, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.--CREDITS: Intro music and engineering by Genta Tamashiro with audio snippets of Ariel, recorded by Caullen Hudson. Outro song Proll'ems by two-time Bourbon 'n BrownTown alum and Chi DNA subject Tweak'G. Podcast audio engineering by Genta Tamashiro.--Bourbon ’n BrownTownSite | Become a Patron on Patreon!SoapBox Productions and Organizing, 501(c)3Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Support
Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Soundcloud, Stitcher, Castbox, PocketCasts Ya Gay Aunties: IG & Twitter - @YaGayAunties Listen to them on Soundcloud, Apple Podcast, Spotify Previous convo btwn QueerWOC & YaGayAunties - https://soundcloud.com/yagayaunties/episode-28-guests-nikeeta-and-monie-from-queer-woc-pod The New York Times feature: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/13/arts/5-pride-BLM-podcasts.html Mariame Kaba's op ed on Police Abolition: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/opinion/letters/police-race-unrest.html Mariame Kaba's twitter: @prisonculture
On this episode of Tamarindo, we discuss ways we can talk about anti-Blackness in our community, and we catch up with Julio Ricardo Varela about what Latino Rebels has been covering on Latinx solidarity with Black Lives Matters and Defunding the police. Julio is a journalist and the founder of LatinoRebels.com (http://latinorebels.com/) , one of the top U.S. Latino media sites in the world. Julio is the cohost of In the Thick with Maria Hinojosa and is a frequent contributor to Latino USA. Keep up with Julio on twitter @julito77 (https://twitter.com/julito77) Julio's calma is his awesome playlist, take a listen on Spotify. (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6BExxBFnxJ0sGfR2JkgUcJ) We mention this episode (https://www.callyourgirlfriend.com/episodes/2020/06/05/police-abolition-mariame-kaba) of Call Your Girlfriend about Police Abolition with Miriame Kaba as well as her essay (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abolish-defund-police.html) in the New York Times “Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police Because Reform Won’t Happen.” We also reference this conversation (https://youtu.be/O5Qkdk_qL3c) on anti-Blackness facilitated by Paper Planes, LLC. Here are some helpful terms to talk about anti-racism in Spanish https://www.instagram.com/p/CBe821agQpn/ Lastly, we highlight our special event in honor of Pride. Join Tamarindo virtually on June 28 at 11am PST for: Queerentena & Soul: Reclaiming Collective Joy and Authenticity, a virtual pride program centered around healing and connecting with self: our authenticity, our power, and our innate joy featuring sessions by Harry Lopez (https://www.instagram.com/theharrylopez/) , Jose Richard Aviles (https://www.instagram.com/soynalgona/) , and Sterling Victorian (https://www.instagram.com/sterlingvictorian/?hl=en) . Register for Free Here. (https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tOfUwoSrQ-yTaN9pKidrwg) Tamarindo podcast is the Latinx show where hosts discuss politics, pop culture, and how to balance it all con calma, hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Ana Sheila Victorino. Join us as we delve into discussions on culture, politics, identity, representation, and life! Find us at https://www.tamarindopodcast.com/. Producer Jeff provides original music and sound engineering. Michelle Andrade edits the show. If you want to support our work, please rate and review our show here. (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tamarindo/id1102882792?mt=2) Follow Tamarindo on twitter @tamarindocast (https://twitter.com/TamarindoCast) or on Instagram @Tamarindopodcast (https://www.instagram.com/tamarindopodcast/) Follow Brenda on instagram @SweetPixNaranja (https://www.instagram.com/sweetpixnaranja/) and on twitter @BrendaRicards (https://twitter.com/BrendaRicards) Follow AnaSheila on instagram @la_anasheila (https://www.instagram.com/la_anasheila/) and twitter@Shelli1228 (https://twitter.com/shelli1228)
On today's podcast we present an exclusive interview between Amanda Knox and John Rappaport, a law professor at the University of Chicago and a leading scholar on the causes and effects of policing practices and police behavior.
Thanks to Uhuru Productions (https://uhuruproductions.co.za/) for the use of their video #BlackLivesMatter Protests - Police Killings Then And Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C6Lzc-xUHU
In this episode Trent reflects on the growing discourse surrounding “police abolition” and looks at what reason and scripture tell us about the need for law enforcement.
[ an excerpt from a public access pamphlet entitled UNINCORPORATION TODAY: A MANIFESTO FOR MOVEMENT, pseudonymously attributed to Professor Emeritus ] “Union” used to be a word that meant something: solidarity, collectivity, cooperation, unity. It used to be a word which stood for something, against the hegemonic control of capitalist interest and the fungibility of worker. It may seem like ancient history now, but at one point a “union” meant a collective of workers. Our Union is a lie, a corruption of the very idea of what a union should be. Our Union calls itself a union while mechanics and engineers on Torus Station die of dehydration because the rich on Themis withhold their water. Our Union calls itself a union while factory workers on Thistle develop lung infections from the pollution levels because the rich on Themis refuse to share their air filters and purifiers. Our Union calls itself a union while miners on Snowmelt freeze to death trying to meet their quotas because Blackford & Desai needs to mass-produce engines for luxury ships that sit in dock to let the rich flaunt their wealth. What we need is not a Union: what we need is a unity. What we need is to spread the word, far and wide, that the Union does not have our best interests at heart, and that when we stand together we are more numerous, more powerful, more valuable than the Union is. What we need is to spread the word that they know we are more numerous, more powerful, more valuable than the Union is. What we need is movement: together, as one, against those who would see us starve to put food on their table, to see us suffocate so that their air is clean. What we need is to move beyond the reaches of the Sector as the Union has defined them and understand that there are better, more possible ways of living beyond their narrow constraints, and all we need to find those is each other. This week, on Tango Sector: After a smooth entrance breaking into the Martinet prison on Rho, the crew of Pelagian comes across an unexpected complication in their attempt to break out Emeritus Na. Claus plants a disruptor. Liam does what he does best. Flux gets showy. Baz gets explosive. BLACK LIVES MATTER AND POLICE/PRISON ABOLITION RESOURCES: Listen: Radical Imagination, on Police Abolition - https://radicalimagination.us/episodes/police-abolition The Appeal, What Abolitionists Mean When They Talk About Abolition (with William C. Anderson) - https://theappeal.org/the-appeal-podcast-episode-7-what-abolitionists-mean-when-they-talk-about-abolition/ The Beyond Prisons Podcast, hosted by Kim Wilson and Brian Sonenstein - https://shadowproof.com/beyond-prisons/ Read: Starer resources - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wdmTPwiZkiPZnwKauzmcZLqUTdUe00WrCIwj7r4A7Zk/edit?usp=sharing Prisons, Police & Abolition syllabus - https://becauseweveread.com/index.php/book/prisons-police-abolition/ Twitter thread of resources - https://twitter.com/time2ryot/status/1265707093509566469?s=20 The End of Policing by Alex S Vitale (free Ebook) - https://www.versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing Against Police Violence collection (free Ebook) - https://sevenstories.com/books/4260-against-police-violence A World Without Police - http://aworldwithoutpolice.org/ Donate & Support: Ways to Support Black Lives Matter - https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Ways to support Black Trans People - https://www.thecut.com/2020/06/ways-you-can-support-the-black-lgbtq-community.html Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unexploredcast Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/unexploredcast Art by Julianne Stone: https://twitter.com/Juli_Aria Music by Andrew: https://andrewperricone.bandcamp.com/
During this interlude episode, I share my perspectives on the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests and the movement to defund policing in America. Love & GratitudeMusic: "It Was Me" by Kris BowersMusic Curator: Leigh TurnerShow Notes + Love & SupportRate & Review the ShowWebsite Email: dr.sundiata@gmail.comSupport the show Support the show (http://Patreon.com/LiveIndivisible)
In episode 647, Jack and guest host Jamie Loftus are joined comedian Sara June to discuss Minneapolis city council members vowing to disband their police department, how things would work with a police department, #8toAbolition versus 8 Can't Wait, Fox News' racist stock market infographic, and more! FOOTNOTES: Minneapolis lawmakers vow to disband police department in historic move Do you or somebody you know think that #AbolishThePolice is unrealistic? It might be because you haven’t taken the time to understand what it means, the reasons for it, and why it actually makes a lot of sense. [Thread] #8toAbolition Fox News Apologizes For Infographic That Showed Stock Market Gains After Martin Luther King Assassination, Other Moments Racial Unrest The End of Policing Are Prisons Obsolete? Donation Resources WATCH: Doomtree - Slow Burn Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
[[ COMMUNICATIONS ARCHIVE OF SLEEPER-CLASS SHIP S-7680 “THE ARENDT” // LAST RECEIVED TRANSMISSION // COMMUNICATION SIGNATURE: EMERITUS NA ]] Monument— I think we’re really getting close, finally, to putting this plan into action. Keep on track and let Baz know I’ll be needing a favor from them in a few days. Might want to get your bags packed and have Glitch keep his ear to the ground, so to speak, for anything coming out of the Court. More coming tomorrow. —Na This week, on Tango Sector: Working alongside the Unity Anti-Union Unincorporation, the crew of Pelagian scopes out a hidden black site prison on the surface of the abandoned planet Rho in order to break out Unity’s incarcerated leader. Claus does some tinkering. Liam gathers some invaluable intel. Flux looks for options. Baz takes control. BLACK LIVES MATTER AND POLICE/PRISON ABOLITION RESOURCES: Listen: Radical Imagination, on Police Abolition - https://radicalimagination.us/episodes/police-abolition The Appeal, What Abolitionists Mean When They Talk About Abolition (with William C. Anderson) - https://theappeal.org/the-appeal-podcast-episode-7-what-abolitionists-mean-when-they-talk-about-abolition/ The Beyond Prisons Podcast, hosted by Kim Wilson and Brian Sonenstein - https://shadowproof.com/beyond-prisons/ Read: Starer resources - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wdmTPwiZkiPZnwKauzmcZLqUTdUe00WrCIwj7r4A7Zk/edit?usp=sharing Prisons, Police & Abolition syllabus - https://becauseweveread.com/index.php/book/prisons-police-abolition/ Twitter thread of resources - https://twitter.com/time2ryot/status/1265707093509566469?s=20 The End of Policing by Alex S Vitale (free Ebook) - https://www.versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing Against Police Violence collection (free Ebook) - https://sevenstories.com/books/4260-against-police-violence A World Without Police - http://aworldwithoutpolice.org/ Donate & Support: Ways to Support Black Lives Matter - https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Ways to support Black Trans People - https://www.thecut.com/2020/06/ways-you-can-support-the-black-lgbtq-community.html Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unexploredcast Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/unexploredcast Art by Julianne Stone: https://twitter.com/Juli_Aria Music by Andrew: https://andrewperricone.bandcamp.com/
On today's podcast we have another in our series of conversations with Paul Butler, Georgetown Law Professor, former US Department of Justice Prosecutor and MSNBC Commentator. Paul also serves as a Consulting Editor to us at Crime Story Media. In our conversation we revisit the themes and ideas in Paul's 2016 book Chokehold: Policing Black Men and it's relevance to the wave of protest, backlash and discussions of reform and revolution in our national approach to law-enforcement in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Nicole Lewis, staff writer at The Marshall Project, explains the case of activists for police abolition and what some of those policies might look like in practice.
"THE STRUGGLE OF MAN AGAINST POWER IS THE STRUGGLE OF MEMORY AGAINST FORGETTING." The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, 1979 Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian, born 1929. Islam and the Black American: a free course by Dr. Sherman Jackson Islam and the Black American: Book by Dr. Sherman JacksonStamped From the Beginning by Dr. Ibram X. KendiBrother Ali on Instagram/FacebookMuslim Anti-Racist CollectiveIslamic Perspectives on Police Abolition with Ustd. Ubaydallah Evans and Shaykh Azhar NasserSapelo SquareWasat Bilal WareCentering Black Narrative by Imam Dawud AliThe Walking Qur’an by Bilal WareWritten by Imran Ali Malik, Farooq Chaudhry, and Zahra Parekh. Music by Mikhail Latif. Support us by becoming a Submitter patron. patreon.com/submitter
It's been a week. Amid uprisings and violent police suppression, we turn to Mariame Kaba. Mariame is a longtime police and prison abolitionist, educator, and organizer who has been doing the day-in, day-out work of activism and opposing state-sponsored violence since the early 2000s. If you've been wondering: what's police abolition? what's prison abolition? why not simply reform or defund police departments? how do I commit myself to racial justice? what does a post-police future look like? is there room for hope? ...this episode is for you.
Sean and Cass plunging the depths of America's shadow. Talking about Police Abolition, white guilt, true allyship, spiritual genocide, the gift of pain, learning from discomfort, the collective awakening, reconnecting to spirit, the future and more. Hope ya dig it. Peace and Love! Peep this show and all our films on www.youtube.com/veryape Follow us @veryapetv on Insta and Twitter Follow Sean on Insta and Twtter @SeanVeryApe Recorded 6/5/20 Brooklyn, NY
For our first segment, we talk with Jacob Aronowitz about Texas politics. We discuss the coalitions that have formed on either side of the political battle lines around homelessness in Austin.Later, we speak with Chris Harris, an organizer around police accountability issues, about alternative models to policing. This discussion comes in the wake of yet another Austin Police Department scandal around disparaging and racist texts sent by an assistant police chief.
For our first segment, we talk with Jacob Aronowitz about Texas politics. We discuss the coalitions that have formed on either side of the political battle lines around homelessness in Austin.Later, we speak with Chris Harris, an organizer around police accountability issues, about alternative models to policing. This discussion comes in the wake of yet another Austin Police Department scandal around disparaging and racist texts sent by an assistant police chief.
As cases of police abuse and misconduct gain attention, activists have moved beyond calls for reform to advocate for the abolition of police. It's a controversial and widely misunderstood idea. How would police abolition work, exactly? How would we protect public safety?Radical Imagination host Angela Glover Blackwell explores these questions with humanitarian hip-hop artist Jessica Disu, a.k.a. FM Supreme, who has publicly called for police abolition. And we hear from Rachel Herzing, co-director of the Center for Political Education in Oakland, California, about the racialized history of policing and innovative community-driven alternatives for public safety.
Kassandra Frederique, managing director of policy, advocacy and campaigns at Drug Policy Alliance, joins Chevon and Hiba to talk about her work in advancing policy and community solutions to reduce the harms associated with drug use and the carceral system. They also touch on the importance of language as an organizing tool, and provide a framework that demonstrates racial justice work and marijuana policy reform are inextricably linked. Leave a 5-star review, and subscribe for more episodes of Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast! Resources (by order of mention) Drug Policy Alliance www.drugpolicy.org Facebook www.facebook.com/drugpolicy Twitter www.twitter.com/DrugPolicyOrg Instagram www.instagram.com/drugpolicyalliance Vocal New York www.vocal-ny.org Follow Kassandra Frederique on Twitter www.twitter.com/Kassandra_Fred About Race Forward: Race Forward catalyzes movement building for racial justice. In partnership with communities, organizations, and sectors, we build strategies to advance racial justice in our policies, institutions, and culture. Race Forward imagines a just, multiracial, democratic society, free from oppression and exploitation, in which people of color thrive with power and purpose. Follow Race Forward on social media Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/raceforward Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/raceforward Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/raceforward Subscribe to our newsletter: www.raceforward.org/subscribe Save The Date for Facing Race 2020: http://bit.ly/FR2020-SaveTheDate Executive Producers: Hendel Leiva and Melissa Franqui
As cases of police abuse and misconduct gain attention, activists have moved beyond calls for reform to advocate for the abolition of police. It’s a controversial and widely misunderstood idea. How would police abolition work, exactly? How would we protect public safety? Radical Imagination host Angela Glover Blackwell explores these questions with humanitarian hip-hop artist Jessica Disu, a.k.a. FM Supreme, who has publicly called for police abolition. And we hear from Rachel Herzing, co-director of the Center for Political Education in Oakland, California, about the racialized history of policing and innovative community-driven alternatives for public safety.
070 - Haha Larry is still pissed off about the police abolition stuff by Crunch Dog and Larry
Co-host of Millennials Are Killing Capitalism Jared Ware joins me for a conversation on the material practice of prison abolition. Prison abolition is such an imaginative theory, but beyond simply discussing Abolition as an idea, we target the question of what does abolitionist organizing look like, and what are we doing to work towards abolition? More than just this, we discuss what abolition means on a global scale, especially given the colonial and imperialist roots of the global prison-industrial-complex. Then Jared discusses prison strikes, both the ways they come about and how incarcerated revolutionaries sustain them. Finally, Jared gives us the context of the upcoming nationwide #August21 prison strike. Then, Jared gives context to the #August21 nationwide prison strike and how folks can find ways to get involved. This episode is in collaboration with and cross-posted between the #GroundingsPodcast (which you can support here) and Millennials Are Killing Capitalism (which you can support here).
Iris is joined in the studio by Emma Russell and Miranda Gibson to talk police and prison abolition. Emma has written extensively on criticisms of the police in criminology. Miranda is a part of the LGBTIQ+ prisoner support newsletter, Inside Out. They both are part of the Abolitionist and Transformative Justice Centre (ATJC).Here's some links to things mentioned in the podcast. You can find more information and a petition to change the Penpal ban in Victoria here. You can support CJ Palmer here. You can find out about about Sisters Inside's Imagining Abolition conference here. You can find Flat Out here.
The Rebel Girl goes over the last week of anti-colonial, anti-#ThingsTaken actions across Turtle Island. The anti-fracking blockade in Olympia is going strong, opening up space for struggle and churning out innumerable demands. Anarchists in Chile demonstrate what anti-electoral action looks like, and decentralized mutual aid is spreading across Puerto Rico. Stay tuned until the end for updates on the first J20 trial and a new guide to supporting the defendants. We also have announcements for anarchist book fairs, marches, and other calls to action. {November 29th, 2017} -------SHOW NOTES------ Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {2:15} No thanks given for #ThingsTaken {9:45} Olympia Blockade {13:30} Repression Roundup {20:45} Next Week's News {26:15} The New Orleans Anarchist Bookfair Saturday, December 9 from 11 AM to 5 PM at Clouet Gardens, near the corner of Clouet Street and Royal, New Orleans J20 support resources: Seven Things You Can Do to Support the J20 Defendants As the Trials Get Underway J20 Legal Defense Fund Sub.media's Defend J20 Resistance info video Twitter Fed book Agency: The J20 Case, What You Need to Know [Call-in campaign to #DropJ20]: Call Mayor Bowser's Office at 202–727–6263. Find a sample script to use here. January 20, 2018: Build the Base, Take the Initiative. A Call to Expand Our Capacity Antifa: The Anti-fascist Handbook book tour: Bowdoin College on November 29 The University of Southern Maine on November 30 The Harvard Coop in Cambridge, MA on December 1 7 PM 1400 Mass Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138 Phoenix Books in Burlington, VT on December 5 7 PM 191 Bank St, Burlington, VT 05401 Here are our favorite communiqués from the Olympia blockade so far: 20 demands from the Olympia Commune Commune Against Civilization: Dispatches from Olympia Blockade Commune Against Civilization: Dispatch #2 from Olympia Blockade How do We turn Olympia Stand into the Olympia Commune? Donate to the Olympia Stand here. Puerto Rico's DIY Disaster Relief by Molly Crabapple Check out the support poster for the Vaughn Correctional prison rebels, and write them an uplifting letter while you're at it. Use this prisoner letter writing guide. Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement's new Support Through the Walls prison literature distribution campaign. Support Peike from Amsterdam, one of the prisoners from the G20 resistance in Germany. The Cascadia Forest Defenders are fighting against the Goose Timber Sale of 2,500 acres of the Willamette National Forest in Oregon. Go here to donate to their struggle or find out how to get involved. Black Snake Killaz, Unicorn Riot's brand new documentary about the indigenous-led resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016. Anti-Rape and Police Abolition march in New York City November 30 6:30 PM, Washington Square Park, New York City The Transgender Day of Remembrance website Hudson Valley Earth First! is hosting an action camp from December 1–4. RSVP or ask questions by emailing hudsonvalleyearthfirst[at]riseup[dot]net or by going to hudsonvalleyearthfirst.org. Other anarchist podcast episodes mentioned in this Hotwire: Trouble #7: No Permission Needed covers the autonomous, mutual aid relief efforts in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Trouble #8: Hack the World Hotwire #12 has our anarchist argument against standardized time. The Ex-Worker #57: Reports from the G20 in Hamburg This episode of The Final Straw has interviews with Cascadia Forest Defenders about their anti-logging occupation in the Willamette National Forest. CrimethInc. texts mentioned in this Hotwire: Scout Schultz: Remembering Means Fighting; Mourning a Queer Activist and Anarchist Murdered by the Police Why We Don't Make Demands DON'T TRY TO BREAK US–WE'LL EXPLODE. The 2017 G20 and the Battle of Hamburg: A Full Account and Analysis The 2018 Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners calendar is now available! Your group can buy 10 or more at the rate of $10 each. Single issues are available from LeftWingBooks.net and AK Press. This year's theme is “Awakening Resistance,” and features art and writings by Jesus Barraza, Fight Toxic Prisons, Serena Tang, Andrea Ritchie, Roger Peet, Sophia Dawson, Rasmea Support Committee, EE Vera, Herman Bell, Fernando Marti, Alexandra Valiente, Billie Belo, Arlene Gallone Support Committee, Marius Mason, David Gilbert, UB Topia, April Rosenblum, Design Action Collective, Sundiata Acoli, CrimethInc, Annie Banks, Mutope Duguma, Xinachtli, Zola and more. You can sponsor copies for prisoners for only $8, postage included! Just be sure to specify their full legal name and prisoner number. Any questions can be sent to info@certaindays.org. Ongoing grassroots disaster relief efforts: Florida: Mutual Aid Disaster Relief Texas: Bayou Action Street Health, Greater Houston Grassroots Relief, World on My Shoulders, Austin Common Ground, the Black Women's Defense League, Redneck Revolt Houston, West Street Response Team, Houston Food Not Bombs California: Sonoma County IWW wildfire rebuilding fund Puerto Rico: Submedia's grassroots disaster relief support, Hurricane Maria Community Recovery Fund, Mutual Aid Disaster Relief: here and here. Also, check out Mutual Aid Disaster Relief's website for on-the-ground reports from Puerto Rico. Mexico: Oaxaca Earthquake Autonomous Solidarity Campaign
This week's episode is packed with resistance news from across Turtle Island and beyond. Struggles led by water protectors against gas and oil infrastructure are happening, seemingly, everywhere. This past week, students have been busy, while prisoners have not. We have a brief update on the work stoppage and Holman Prison. We also have interviews with a comrade at the anti-fracking blockade in Olympia, WA, and with a J20 supporter about the trials that have just begun. Stay tuned until the end for CrimethInc.'s call for January 20, 2018: “Build the Base, Take the Initiative. A Call to Expand Our Capacity.” {November 22nd, 2017} -------SHOW NOTES------ Table of Contents: Introduction {0:00} Headlines {1:55} Pipeline Resistance {7:20} Olympia Blockade Interview {12:20} Repression Roundup {17:45} Next Week's News {23:10} J20 support resources: J20 Legal Defense Fund Sub.media's Defend J20 Resistance info video Twitter Fed book How to Support the First Round of J20 Trials Agency: The J20 Case, What You Need to Know Call-in campaign to #DropJ20: Call Mayor Bowser's Office at 202–727–6263. Find a sample script to use here. Supporters have called for a rally to support J20 defendants outside the courthouse in DC for the morning of November 27. Keep up with @DefendJ20 on Twitter for more info. January 20, 2018: Build the Base, Take the Initiative. A Call to Expand Our Capacity The Cascadia Forest Defenders are fighting against the Goose Timber Sale of 2,500 acres of the Willamette National Forest in Oregon. Go here to donate to their struggle or find out how to get involved. Call Burgerville corporate at (360) 694–1521 to demand they call off the use of private security against picketing workers. The full communiqué from the occupation of the Cathedral of Learning in Pittsburgh, PA. An introduction to the Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement – Inland Empire, California. Black Snake Killaz, Unicorn Riot's brand new documentary about the indigenous-led resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016. Anti-Rape and Police Abolition march in New York City November 30 6:30 PM, Washington Square Park, New York City Hudson Valley Earth First! is hosting an action camp from December 1–4. RSVP or ask questions by emailing hudsonvalleyearthfirst[at]riseup[dot]net or by going to hudsonvalleyearthfirst.org. The RojiNegro infoshop in Bogotá, Colombia needs your help to establish a permanent space. Other anarchist podcast episodes mentioned in this Hotwire: An audio report about the anti-Klan rally held Monday at the University of North Florida. This episode of The Final Straw has interviews with Cascadia Forest Defenders about their anti-logging occupation in the Willamette National Forest. Videos & Pictures Camp Makwa water protectors locking down to disrupt Line 3 construction in so-called Minnesota. The 2018 Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners calendar is now available! Your group can buy 10 or more at the rate of $10 each. Single issues are available from LeftWingBooks.net and AK Press. This year's theme is “Awakening Resistance,” and features art and writings by Jesus Barraza, Fight Toxic Prisons, Serena Tang, Andrea Ritchie, Roger Peet, Sophia Dawson, Rasmea Support Committee, EE Vera, Herman Bell, Fernando Marti, Alexandra Valiente, Billie Belo, Arlene Gallone Support Committee, Marius Mason, David Gilbert, UB Topia, April Rosenblum, Design Action Collective, Sundiata Acoli, CrimethInc, Annie Banks, Mutope Duguma, Xinachtli, Zola and more. You can sponsor copies for prisoners for only $8, postage included! Just be sure to specify their full legal name and prisoner number. Any questions can be sent to info@certaindays.org. Ongoing grassroots disaster relief efforts: Florida: Mutual Aid Disaster Relief Texas: Bayou Action Street Health, Greater Houston Grassroots Relief, World on My Shoulders, Austin Common Ground, the Black Women's Defense League, Redneck Revolt Houston, West Street Response Team, Houston Food Not Bombs California: Sonoma County IWW wildfire rebuilding fund Puerto Rico: Submedia's grassroots disaster relief support, Hurricane Maria Community Recovery Fund, Mutual Aid Disaster Relief: here and here. Also, check out Mutual Aid Disaster Relief's website for on-the-ground reports from Puerto Rico. Mexico: Oaxaca Earthquake Autonomous Solidarity Campaign Political prisoner birthdays: Check out this guide from New York City Anarchist Black Cross. Josh Williams #1292002 Jefferson City Correctional Center 8200 No More Victims Jefferson City, MO 65101 {November 25} Corrections & clarifications: Last Hotwire we reported that anti-fascists had driven a professor out of his job at Virginia Tech University. He wrote directly to It's Going Down to state that he still has his job and position at the university. Check out what he had to say here.
At the beginning of August we went down to the protests to Shut Down City Hall that were being organized in lower Manhattan. We talked to Vienna Rye of Millions March NYC about what the protests were all about and about the Police Abolition movement!! Then we caught up with organizer John Fletcher at the protests and chatted about the state of radical resistance in 2016.
@LeslieMac & Ricky from @AUADOTORG are joined by Jonathan Newton from NAAPB about #NatashaMcKenna, #IAmAhmed and the discourse surrounding the those of us working toward Prison Reform vs those of us working toward Prison Abolition. Subscribe to the Ferguson Response Network Podcast via: iTunes Stitcher Radio Join the Movement: fergusonresponse.org for tools & resources fergusonresponse.tumblr.com Find Your City. … Continue reading Ferguson Response Network Podcast Ep 24 – Police Reform vs Police Abolition →
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