your gentle reminder that the US civil war did not abolish slavery

#abolition #slavery

“I would say that there’s a very strong connection because Black anarchism, as we know it, is born of the prison system…[political prisoners] understand the depths of the rot of the system that rules over our lives and the true function of the monopoly on violence that we know as the state” ~ William C. Anderson, author of ‘The Nation on No Map: Black Anarchism and Abolition’

#BlackAnarchism #abolition

https://scheerpost.com/2026/04/07/black-anarchism-in-the-us-a-rich-radical-tradition/

Amistad Research Center: Center Launches Digital Collection on Amistad Case. “This digital collection is comprised of correspondence, dating from 1839-1841, by abolitionists, pro-slavery advocates, government officials, and the Amistad Africans themselves, related to the development of efforts to provide legal assistance to the Africans.”

Having your van stolen is weird as a #PIC #abolitionist. But it definitely reinforced my belief that we need to build a world without cops.

Spoke to a half dozen of them about this and ALL of them acted like I was a suspect for something. None of their license plate surveillance tech helped them find a van that was being used in the area for 7 weeks. That tech’s not for our benefit.

I’m gonna finish this fiasco by finally reading The Warehouse.

#RPD #Raleigh #abolition #cops

Today in Labor History April 6, 1712: New York City saw its first slave revolt. It occurred just north of Wall Street, in response to the execution of twenty-one blacks for killing nine whites. Conditions were ideal for a revolt, since black slaves and freemen worked in close proximity, making communication and planning easier. In the aftermath of the revolt, the authorities jailed 70 black men. Six “committed suicide” in custody. The authorities executed twenty of the prisoners by burning and one on the “breaking wheel.” They also passed new regulations, prohibiting black men from meeting in groups larger than three or carrying firearms. Free men were also denied the right to own property.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #slavery #abolition #racism #revolt #uprising #newyork #wallstreet #BlackMastodon

from our network:

👉 AI ABOLITION network & strategy meeting
📅 Saturday April 25 at 13:00 - 18:00
📍IT University of Copenhagen, EHK building
🎟️ Free entry, registration required

"There are many of us who object to the fascist logic of the machine, but we are fragmented and isolated. For this reason, we invite all AI critical and AI abolitionist groups/activists/individuals to come to a joint networking + strategy meeting in Copenhagen. Our aims for the meeting: get to know each other; establish a network; find points in common; and start the process of building an action together. Our aims beyond the meeting: conscientiously objecting, rejecting, resisting and dismantling AI. If you are reading this message, you're invited to come!

There will be drinks, snacks, and humans.

Please sign up here to help us organize the event: https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/wuk3tQm0I5KOIXQmUG8sV4DM61oLV2oZEq3PLwI7GJM/ & if you have questions about the event, you can contact us at: [email protected]

Co-organized by: Emancipatory Futures Lab, Extinction Rebellion, Scientist Rebellion & more"

https://dukop.dk/en/event/9647/

#degrowth #abolition #ai #copenhagen #kobenhavn

CA Should Send Prisoners Home Instead of Spending Millions on New Facilities

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/66636196