Forwarded from The Black Lives Revolution (BLM)
The Appeal
U.N. to Hold Debate On U.S. Police Violence
After families of people killed by police asked the organization to investigate racist American policing, 54 African nations called for a debate on the treatment of Black Americans. The debate will happen today.
Forwarded from Syndiegram (FiberSinthe says Black Lives Matter)
Today is Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the emancipation of the last (non-penal) slaves in the United States.
Unfortunately, we've fallen far since the civil war. Private ownership of slaves exists in the United States, once again, today. Anyone with sufficient money and connections can privately operate a prison, giving them unadulterated access to the labor of whichever prisoners they house inside.
Private prisons contain around 9% of the prison population of the united states. When you do the math, that's over 190,000 privately owned slaves in the united states.
That said, this also means that the other 91% of slaves are ""publicly owned"", providing free labor for state and municipal governments. For those keeping track at home, that's around 1.8 million people held as slaves.
We can, should, and must abolish policing and prisons.
We must revoke the loophole in the 13th amendment that allows slavery as punishment for a crime. We must disband existing prisons, which operate essentially as slave concentration camps. We must disband police entirely, and compose a new system that values justice over white supremacy. And we should have done all this a long fucking time ago.
Happy Juneteenth. Let's get it done. All power to all the people.
Unfortunately, we've fallen far since the civil war. Private ownership of slaves exists in the United States, once again, today. Anyone with sufficient money and connections can privately operate a prison, giving them unadulterated access to the labor of whichever prisoners they house inside.
Private prisons contain around 9% of the prison population of the united states. When you do the math, that's over 190,000 privately owned slaves in the united states.
That said, this also means that the other 91% of slaves are ""publicly owned"", providing free labor for state and municipal governments. For those keeping track at home, that's around 1.8 million people held as slaves.
We can, should, and must abolish policing and prisons.
We must revoke the loophole in the 13th amendment that allows slavery as punishment for a crime. We must disband existing prisons, which operate essentially as slave concentration camps. We must disband police entirely, and compose a new system that values justice over white supremacy. And we should have done all this a long fucking time ago.
Happy Juneteenth. Let's get it done. All power to all the people.
Forwarded from /r/latestagecapitalism