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after 20 yrs of fighting white supremacy incl white supremacist orgs, trust me there is no joy in being a killjoy on a day when I am supposed to be celebrating dismantling of white supremacy. been around long enough to know difference btwn generative vs counterproductive reforms.
Also going to drop thread of writings, for folks on the fence, please read them:
"To see the injustices in “counterterrorism” law enforcement is to see how racialized fear works to validate amplified policing and incarceration more broadly." https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/11/war-on-terror-domestic-terrorism-act-racism-muslims
"To see the injustices in “counterterrorism” law enforcement is to see how racialized fear works to validate amplified policing and incarceration more broadly." https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/11/war-on-terror-domestic-terrorism-act-racism-muslims
"In both conservative and liberal readings, it is not possible to conceive of abolishing the concept and infrastructure of counterterrorism." http://bostonreview.net/race/atiya-husain-terror-and-abolition
"If you think white supremacist violence should be regarded as “domestic terrorism,” here are a few things to consider" https://www.afsc.org/blogs/news-and-commentary/problem-labeling-violence-domestic-terrorism
"rather than getting to bottom of why law enforcement agencies have failed to address white supremacist violence, some are rushing to give law enforcement agencies additional powers. That approach ignores way power, racism, national security laws work" https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/discriminatory-profiling/white-supremacist-violence-rise-expanding-fbis
"A terrorism double standard exists. And the double standard is deeply entrenched both in our laws and in our broader culture. Left unexamined, this same double standard feeds off of its own bigoted limitations and assumptions." https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/capitol-domestic-terrorism/
Calling white supremacists terrorists will not change the epistemological realities of the terrorism label — it will only further fuel the militarized practices of the War on Terror apparatus. https://medium.com/qalam/the-white-supremacist-agenda-of-the-war-on-terror-545f14799e91
"We strongly believe government’s decision today to expand and entrench the use of laws like the Terrorist Entities List is wrong approach and could ultimately cause more harm to the pursuit of safety and security, and ending hate and violence in Canada" https://iclmg.ca/terrorist-list-wrong-approach/
And finally important interview with @yavar_hameed who has defended org on Canadas terrorist list.
"The more that we laud and sabre-rattle about the necessity of listing entities under the Criminal Code, the more that the regime becomes strengthened.” https://www.timescolonist.com/terror-list-a-problematic-way-to-fight-white-supremacists-civil-society-groups-say-1.24274940
"The more that we laud and sabre-rattle about the necessity of listing entities under the Criminal Code, the more that the regime becomes strengthened.” https://www.timescolonist.com/terror-list-a-problematic-way-to-fight-white-supremacists-civil-society-groups-say-1.24274940
