🗣 'They thought they could get rid of us, and they can't - this is proof of our existence.'

🇵🇸 Palestine player Charlotte Phillips' gave a powerful interview alongside her grandparents following their 2-1 win over Bohemian Football Club last night.

🎙: Aisling O’Reilly

Tiffany Willoughby-Herard being arrested at UC Irvine::

antipodeonline.org/2024/05/15/pol…
Important & chilling look at the growing authoritarian response in Germany to political organizing & protest; the 'reactionary alliance is crystallized around Palestine solidarity, but it is in no way limited to it.' Vanessa E. Thompson & Pinar Tuzcu

Over 80 organizations from around the world accuse the World Bank of facilitating land grabbing and the financialization of nature.

via IPC Food Sovereignty

viacampesina.org/en/world-bank-…

🧵: Bad analysis justifies bad policy. A great thread on the failure of the 'less police produces more crime' story::

London, LSE::

Spread the word and spread some love! Please join us in raising funds for our organization as we start the journey towards a remarkable second decade. Donate today! #BuildAndFight cooperationjackson.org/announcementsb…

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Oakland::

Two months after Palestine Action took down the painting of Arthur Balfour (famous for the Balfour Declaration) at Trinity College, Cambridge University, the college has divested from all arms companies, including Israel's largest weapons firm, Elbit Systems.

Fun fact: it’s illegal for LA County Sheriffs officers to cover the identifying information on their uniforms.

They’re doing all this turning up on mothers who lost loved ones inside holding a community gathering outside the jail. And shut down visitation at MCJ. On Mother’s Day weekend.

Happy Mothers Day, especially to the kids with moms and moms with kids lost to prison & police violence. #MothersReclaimingOurChildren

Happy Mothers Day, especially to the kids with moms and moms with kids lost to prison & police violence. Mães de Maio

truthout.org/articles/priso…
'..an increasing number of state and federal prisons keep prisoners locked down for most or even all of the year.' Silja J.A. Talvi #FreeThemAll

Johnson oversaw a huge expansion of detention & “baby jails” during Obama’s 2nd term. His predecessor Napolitano become president of the UC system. The revolving door between govt institutions of repression, defense/prison contractors & academia really helps explain this moment

Abolition and Social Work

Join Mimi Kim, Cameron Rasmussen, Durrell Malik Washington Sr., MSW, Ramona Beltran, and Stéphanie Wahab for a book launch and conversation hosted with Network to Advance Abolitionist Social Work.

Tuesday, May 14th at 6:00 pm ET

RSVP to attend: tickettailor.com/events/haymark…

California is cutting essential child care, climate innovation and jobs, while the corrections budget, which is operating at 20+% capacity surplus, is remaining largely intact. #CABudget #MayRevise #ClosePrisonsSaveBillions

Colson Whitehead has withdrawn as a 2024 commencement speaker. Who will be next? lithub.com/colson-whitehe… via Literary Hub