abolition is necessary
Welcome, welcome to another week of The Internet of Literal Things (Week 65, June 17, 2020).
The title of my newsletter speaks for itself, as does the list of links below. The links are what I’m thinking about this week, as I hope you will do the same.
I’m Reading, Watching, and Listening To:
“Crisis distorts our senses, our sense of time, and maybe our sense of self too.” Could we please give the police departments to the grandmothers? Why I wear purple. Your bookshelf may be part of the problem. The new sounds of protest and hope. The grief that white Americans can’t share. Carceral Capitalism. Toward the horizon of abolition. State violence in Canada from slavery to present. The history and politics of the Black Panther Party and the fight against medical discrimination. What we get wrong about “people of color.” What kind of country do we want? How apples go bad. Organizations working to advance Black food sovereignty. “Many Black communities lack access to fresh, healthy, affordable food as the result of the structural inequalities.” This city disbanded its police department, here’s what happened. Mariame Kaba: everything worthwhile is done with other people. Ruth Wilson Gilmore makes the case for abolition. ‘Defund the Police’ actually means defunding the police. Police have been spying on black reporters and activists for years. DONATE TO G.L.I.T.S. We need to talk about the NY Times Bestseller List. Police Abolition by Call Your Girlfriend. We must get it right this time or risk losing our democracy forever.
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