Mastodawn

"Prisons are needed only to provide the illusion that courts and police are effective. They're a kind of job insurance." - Frank Herbert, "God Emperor of Dune"

#Quotes #FrankHerbert #Dune #PrisonAbolition

Wendy May 12

Angela Davis — acquitted 1972 on manufactured charges, spent five decades building the intellectual infrastructure of the abolition movement. More than a dozen books. Four decades of teaching. Sylvester — Oakland, 1947. Disco titan. Gender-nonconforming, publicly, completely, from the start. Performed in gowns on national television and never explained himself once. Left his entire estate — over $2 million — to two San Francisco AIDS organizations. Barbara Jordan — first Black woman elected to Congress from the Deep South, 1972. 285 bills sponsored in the Texas legislature before she reached Washington. What these three share: none of them asked if the room was ready.

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#AngelaDavis #Sylvester #BarbaraJordan #Blackhistory #queerhistory #prisonabolition #civilrights #resistance #herstory #activism #disco #legacy

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wendythedruid May 12

Angela Davis acquitted 1972 — spent five decades building abolition's intellectual infrastructure. Sylvester in gowns on national TV 1979 — never explained himself once, left his estate to AIDS organizations. Barbara Jordan before the Judiciary Committee 1974 — 285 bills before she reached Washington. None of them asked if the room was ready.

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#AngelaDavis #Sylvester #BarbaraJordan #Blackhistory #queerhistory #prisonabolition #civilrights #resistance #activism

What Survives the Morning: $4 Gas, Cancer Air, and the Trans Politician JK Rowling Got Elected

What survives soaring gas prices, toxic air, and a trans politician JK Rowling helped elect? Wendy's unflinching analysis of economy, climate, and queer survival in crisis times.

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Free as Folk May 4

Social Revolutions of my Life – Police and Prison Abolition

This post is Part 2 of a series on social revolutions of the past 30 years — where public consciousness has massively shifted in favor of liberation. My aim is to create space to pause and acknowledge how things have changed in ways that once felt impossible, remind us that things can always be otherwise. It is inspired in part by Rebecca Solnit’s 2016 edition of Hope in the Dark and David Graeber’s 2007 essay “The Shock of Victory.” Feel free to check out part 1. [...]

https://write.as/free-as-folk/social-revolutions-of-my-life-police-and-prison-abolition

Sheena, Joey & Eric May 1

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/dean-spade-common-question-about-police-and-prison-abolition-and-responses

#prisonabolition #abolition #defundtghepolice #policeabolition #acab #prisonreform

Common Question about Police and Prison Abolition and Responses

Dean Spade Common Question about Police and Prison Abolition and Responses 2017 Draft by Dean Spade, 2017. Many thanks to Mariame Kaba for giving feedback...

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