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12 posts in ‘activism’

activism

Back to the Basics

At a time of political realignment, progressive movements need to get back to building relationships, across differences, and growing their base.

Kelly Hayes, Maya Schenwar, Andrew Crespo & Adam McGee

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culture

Survival Art

“Art is not a leisure activity. Art is a redemptive, powerful, meditative, actionable force within a person—within a human being.”

Duane "DJ" Montney, James “Yaya” Hough & etta cetera

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Photo Essay

Resisting Creatively

In Pittsburgh, a collective of incarcerated and non-incarcerated artists is dreaming of a world without mass incarceration.

etta cetera

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Reflections

Growing Up Post-Ferguson

I was the same age as Michael Brown when he was killed. The uprising set me on the path to abolition.

Rachel Rood-Ojalvo

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activism

The World Ferguson Made

Three activists from 'the Michael Brown generation' reflect on what changed in St. Louis after the uprisings—and what didn’t.

Walter Johnson, Derecka Purnell, Tef Poe & Blake Strode

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Essay

The Ferguson Decade

A decade on, Ferguson remains central for those working toward a world free from the harms of policing and prisons.

Adam McGee, Andrew Crespo & Premal Dharia

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activism

Anticipating Repression

The Democratic National Convention will be a testing ground for whether progressive politics can meet political dissent without carceral violence.

Brad Thomson

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Policing

The ‘Bad Guys’

Police academies socialize officers into an us-versus-them mentality—particularly when it comes to activists—and harden them to any attempts at reform.

Samantha J. Simon

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activism

No Killing Revolutionary Hope

The oral histories of political prisoners shed light on their true character—and expose the darkness of the state.

Josh Davidson & Eric King

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activism

Surveil and Conquer

The state spies upon and infiltrates social movements to keep people on guard, afraid, and second-guessing their every move.

Chris Robé

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legal history

A Spirit, Unbroken

How Martin Sostre’s ‘single act of resistance’ stood for a broader struggle for bodily autonomy and collective liberation.

Garrett Felber

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activism

Black Power Meets Police Power

The experiences of Michael and Zoharah Simmons show that the fight against the carceral state is embedded in a larger project of building a just world.

Dan Berger

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