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“Co-opters most often show up to the fight when the battle has already escalated and it’s a little too late. These entities almost always propose trainings, workshops, action camps, and offer other specialized expertise in acts of patronization. These folks … Continue reading →

Originally posted on INCITE! Blog:
The fantastic Project Nia in Chicago recently organized a panel that considered radical alternative responses to the tragic murder of Trayvon Martin that do not rely on prisons and policing.  We’ve embedded the audio from…

Originally posted on INCITE! Blog:
Black feminist anti-violence activist, professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and INCITE! co-founder, Beth E. Richie, released a powerful new book entitled Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation. Girl Talk…

Originally posted on INCITE! Blog:
South End Press announces a critical and exciting new book on community accountability, The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities, by editors, Ching-In Chen,  Jai Dulani, and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha. Book…

http://countercurrentnews.com/2015/01/media-blackout-when-unarmed-african-american-women/

Mobilization Saturday May 9th, 7pm 3201 Hancock St, San Diego, CA 92110 https://www.facebook.com/events/1424081484576928/

Voice of San Diego Morning Report: Judge Slams Cop Version of Killing By Seth Hall on May 05, 2015 05:00 am In the waking hours of June 4, 2012, Victor Ortega was being urged out of bed by his wife. … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Eater of Trees:
Phobias are real things that impact the lives of many people.  Bigotry and oppressive forces are also a thing that impacts the lives of many people. But they’re not the same thing.  At all.…