Abolition Toronto retweeted
Abolition in Our Lifetime. Apply now to a new fund supporting Black + Indigenous led abolition projects across northern Turtle Island + Inuit Nunangat.
Grant up to $4k. Deadline May 22. For application see cutt.ly/Ocq6nqv or email [email protected]
Abolition Toronto retweeted
Visit the TPRP Shop: New items and pre-order options available for a limited time!
torontoprisonersrightsprojec…
All proceeds go to the Prisoner Emergency Support Fund, TPRP Jail Hotline, and our direct-action advocacy tools.
#FreeThemAll
Abolition Toronto retweeted
Public Statement Against Policing the Pandemic
Why we keep us safe, and why the police have/will never provide real safety during and beyond the pandemic.
Also see: choosingrealsafety.com/
Abolition Toronto retweeted
Federal budget drops today: $2.86 billion for police, $2.81 billion for prisons: why aren’t we #ChoosingRealSafety instead? Listen to @NankyRai , MD, MPH, @DrsDefundPolice explain why we need to move toward a defund/dismantle/build framework for the sake of public health
Abolition Toronto retweeted
Cops lie.
Cops do not need more training.
Body cameras do not prevent police violence (police *are* violence).
Police do not keep us safe (police *are* unsafe).
We do not need to diversify police.
Police must be abolished. In our lifetime.
Abolition Toronto retweeted
Why choose massive increases to policing when you could have chosen paid sick days?
Abolition Toronto retweeted
The @AbolitionTO planned to host a preconference to the @NAISA__ gathering in Toronto called Imagining & Decolonizing Abolitionist Futures. It was canceled when the pandemic hit; but the work continued.
#AbolitionNow
#DefundThePolice
#DecolonizeEverything
yellowheadinstitute.org/2020…
Abolition Toronto retweeted
An Indigenous abolitionist study guide for Prisoners Justice Day. Compiled by organizers of the pre-NAISA conference on decolonizing abolition (canceled due to COVID), every source is open access and free to download.
yellowheadinstitute.org/2020…
Abolition Toronto retweeted
“Cancel Canada Day.”
“Indigenous People’s Day is an official holiday.”
“Today celebrates colonialism.”
“We did Truth & Reconciliation.”
“The colonialism?”
“We’ve reconciled!”
“Genocide?”
“Hired you didn’t we.”
“And the colonialism?”
“Haven’t we done enough? You sound ungrateful.”
Abolition Toronto retweeted
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People's History of #CanadaDay .
July 1, 1867 - Dominion establishes Canada within British Empire, legalizing colonial occupation over Indigenous lands & nations.
July 1, 1909 - Canada claims sovereignty over entire Arctic archipelago & Inuit people.
#CANCELCANADADAY
Abolition Toronto retweeted
#AbolishCanada: Take action to support prisoners held in racist, colonial jails and prisons.
Donate: gofundme.com/f/prisoner-emer…
Demand that decision-makers take action: cp-ep.org/email-zap-campaign…
#DefundPrison #AbolishPrisons
#DefundPolice #DefundRCMP #DefundCSC
Abolition Toronto retweeted
A motion to reduce Toronto police budget by 10% was withdrawn in City Council. In the same meeting, discussion turned to modernizing police & increasing the budget by $50mil over 10yrs for things like body cams.
The demand to defund police is being manipulated to fund them more.
Abolition Toronto retweeted
Asked about alternatives to police, in the Toronto City Council meeting, Police Chief @marksaunderstps said they are just “concepts.”
“Police” is also a concept, envisioned through settler militias & slave patrols.
Abolition imagines freedom, without institutions of violence.
Abolition Toronto retweeted
the most consequential item city council will vote on this week is mayor tory's proposal to give the police body-worn cameras
cameras can capture violence but they don't stop it. we must defeat this proposal
this is a thread of councillors we must sway
e-mail them TODAY:
Abolition Toronto retweeted
Today, Toronto City Council votes on Councillor Josh Matlow's motion to partially defund the police. Here, policing expert Robyn Maynard on how defunding would work in practice:
torontolife.com/city/do-i-be…
Abolition Toronto retweeted
#DefundThePolice.
We need decriminalization, disarmament & demilitarization. Our lives depend on it.
#BlackLivesMatter.
Special thx to the 80 artists & activists who helped to create this & to @atribecalledred, @LeonardSumner, @shadkmusic & Northern Voice for the music.