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"The façade of neoliberal, post-racial harmony is fracturing.Tracing the fault lines under HK & the US takes us to their shared foundation: racial capitalism. When we recognize this, we begin to see glimpses of the path forward: the urgent need for a global abolitionist movement"
So good: this piece by Matthew Tran via @Lausanhk on building a global abolitionist movement. https://lausan.hk/2021/from-heartland-to-hong-kong/
"Taken together, the modern ethos of American policing emerges frm a confluence of Northern and Southern traditions: From Lantern Laws under colonial mercantilism to plantation patrols under chattel slave codes, the police has enforced capital accumulation along racial lines."
@lausanhk "Abolition is a vision: when we begin to see our systems as interconnected and interdependent, we also see why our people must be as well. To this end, activist and scholar Ruth Wilson Gilmore suggests an invaluable framework of taking power versus making power"
"As we connect these overarching systems, we connect and grow our mutual capacity for liberation from policing, prisons, and all state violence. Our task now is to build power and presence out of the absence of what we need: abolition is the future we cultivate together."
