Might spend all day w/ this conversation. 'Structures of captivity & enclosure share a logic...what does one do to have a little more breathing room in the meantime? But the goal is always the abolition of the structure'

This talk tonight between derecka & Kiese Laymon has me so AMPED UP (even more than usual) on abolitionist organizing & futurisms. Their words, minds & gifts overwhelm. Have to rewatch to write down all the lines that had me buzzing the whole time. youtu.be/eWJConW1sn0

NEW: Scenes of Subjection at 25, and the Survival Programs of Black Anarchism with Saidiya Hartman …nnialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/scenes-of-subj…

'Clear through lines between the summer 2020 uprisings and COINTELPRO'

Aarón Cantú and I investigated federal arrests of activists in Little Rock.

Police, FBI, DHS tracked them for months. Then some got charged w/ 30 year minimums.

An epic story:
thenation.com/article/societ…

TIL that as the CO river dries up, AZ is leasing its largest underground aquifer to the Saudis, who are growing water-intensive alfalfa, which is then shipped back to S.A. to feed cattle. Market rate for the lease is $5 million/yr. Saudis pay $86K.

azcentral.com/story/opinion/…

A month ago I joined a Grassroots Leadership delegation to witness Greg Abbott's draconian Operation Lone Star. For Truthout I wrote about the experience & all the ways Abbott is using the carceral state to target and prosecute migrants. He must be stopped.
truthout.org/articles/greg-…

The new Ahmed White book on the repression of the IWW should be of particular interest to historians of criminalization and imprisonment.

ucpress.edu/book/978052038…

“I think we have to deeply interrogate what we mean by 'family,' what it means to 'defend families,' and what needs to change in order for families to be more humane and equitable and caring.”
-Dorothy Roberts interviewed by …

parapraxismagazine.com/articles/to-ab…

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Also, I think there’s a story to be written about leftist states using “security” (military/policing) cooperation w/ the US as a domain to find common ground despite major diffs on economic & social policy. Cuba did it. Brazil. Even Haiti under Aristide in his second presidency.