From Disposable Human @haveachattabs

New article on utopia, abolition and science fiction published open access @thesociologicalreview.org! If you want to read the creative writing by the project's (brilliant) participants which I discuss in the paper, the eBook is free to download at abolitionscifi.org

Woody Wisdom

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Eid Mubarak to those celebrating today. Praying for peace, happiness and prosperity for all ✨️

#EidMubarak #EidAlFitr

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As Israel Bombs Gaza, Tlaib, Sanders Plead: “NO MORE MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL” “They will never stop until there are sanctions and an arms embargo,” Rep. Rashida Tlaib warned.

“The Israeli apartheid regime has resumed its genocide, carrying out airstrikes all across Gaza and killing hundreds of Palestinians. This comes after a complete blockade of food, electricity, and aid. They will never stop until there are sanctions and an arms embargo,” Rashida Tlaib warned.

The relentless media campaign behind Victoria’s ‘knee-jerk’ bail crackdown An intense spate of alarmist headlines preceded the Victorian government announcing tough new bail reforms experts say will do 'immeasurable harm' to families and communities.

www.crikey.com.au/2025/03/17/v...

www.crikey.com.au/2025/03/17/v...

Felix Ralph on X: "Regarding the bail laws “It feels like this has been packaged up very quickly in response to commercially driven histrionics by media outlets” @denhamsadler piece in @crikey_news citing @mdstanton @NeritaWaight @ReintegrationAu and myself. The legislation is a political fix." / X Regarding the bail laws “It feels like this has been packaged up very quickly in response to commercially driven histrionics by media outlets” @denhamsadler piece in @crikey_news citing @mdstanton @NeritaWaight @ReintegrationAu and myself. The legislation is a political fix.

Regarding the bail laws “It feels like this has been packaged up very quickly in response to commercially driven histrionics by media outlets” @denhamsadler piece in @crikey_news

The legislation is a political fix. Nothing more.

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“The attempt to turn Zionism into an attribute with protected status is somewhat akin to considering the criticism of China’s colonisation of the nation of Tibet as a type of racial prejudice against Chinese people.”
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We allow #children to be #terrorised by the State on our behalf.

We must confront our complicity in this injustice.

Demand the end of #ChildImprisonment & #YouthDetention #ShutYouthPrisons

#RaiseTheAge Too young to drive = too young to be criminalised

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

From Disposable Human @haveachattabs

Disposable Human on X: "🧵👇🏽 https://t.co/TwpgKIlFrP" / X 🧵👇🏽 https://t.co/TwpgKIlFrP

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Disposable Human on X: "Start developing other ways to mediate your conflict so you can stop calling the cops on your friends and family!! There is no way to be a perfect abolitionist. It is a constant process of becoming, but here’s a few tips on how to get underway…things to do and things to stop https://t.co/bHadLJKT2A" / X Start developing other ways to mediate your conflict so you can stop calling the cops on your friends and family!! There is no way to be a perfect abolitionist. It is a constant process of becoming, but here’s a few tips on how to get underway…things to do and things to stop https://t.co/bHadLJKT2A

From the other app, def worth reading, pondering & acting on…
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BBC: Gaza - How to Survive a Warzone A BBC documentary that the BBC took down shortly after they posted it under threats from the Zionist lobby. Also blocked from YouTube. Reuploaded from here: https://mega.nz/file/YpJngIQR#ElO_TUOUe2lnf

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“I’ll tell you what freedom is to me. No fear.” —Nina Simone was born February 21, 1933

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And "the failure to hear, and listen to the voices of others amounts to ‘testimonial oppression’ (Fricker, 2007). I propose that tackling epistemic injustice in confinement necessitates academic partnering with survivors, to coproduce new ways of knowing."

@IndigoDaya writes: "I bring a lived experience/survivor perspective ...[to] experiences of epistemic confinement, where people's personal truth can be locked up inside the dominance of biogenetic psychiatric narratives which frame distress as ‘mental illness’."

Worth reposting…

And a reassuring call for academics' role to "tell it like it is", to work continuously to expose injustice, "to find the militant middle between riots...and weak and timid supplication for justice", to “be aggressive but nonviolent".

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A nice reminder of #MLK’s call for #CreativeMaladjustment to refuse to normalize inequality: “We must never adjust ourselves to economic conditions that take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few"...

From trauma to justice: Why Palestinians need more than a ceasefire The root causes of Palestinian suffering - occupation, illegal settlements and apartheid policies - must be addressed if there is to be any hope for lasting peace in the region

The root causes of Palestinian suffering - occupation, illegal settlements and apartheid policies - must be addressed if there is to be any hope for lasting peace in the region

This is precisely what genocide looks like, write Israeli historians Amos Goldberg and Daniel Blatman.

► Haaretz : archive.md/WGtkB

Israel destroys neighbourhood in Jenin refugee camp, damaging hospital Local reports said Israeli forces detonated 20 houses in the occupied West Bank camp

Israel has pounded Jenin refugee camp and destroyed residential buildings as part of its ongoing large-scale operations in the occupied West Bank.

As a surgeon in Gaza, I witnessed hell visited on children. It shames me that Britain played a part in it | Nizam Mamode I saw them killed by sniper fire and drones. Why doesn’t Labour condemn it? Why do arms keep flowing in Israel’s direction? asks retired professor of transplant surgery Nizam Mamode

❝ I saw them killed by sniper fire and drones. Why doesn’t UK Labour condemn it? Why do arms keep flowing in Israel’s direction? ❞

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