Black People Are Demanding Police Abolition—We Could Be Demanding Much More
The white and wealthy are lucky abolition is all we want.
Category Archives: Ethnic Studies
Happening Now: Trans-Led Coalition Shuts Down Chicago Pride Parade
A trans-led coalition of Chicago-based organizations–headed by the Trans Liberation Collective and including the BTGNC Collective, Black Lives Matter Chicago, Jewish Voice for Peace, Assata’s Daughters and Pilsen Alliance–are shutting […]
It’s Time For Us to Rethink ‘The Talk’
Obedience will not protect Black kids from police–resistance will.
You Are Already an Abolitionist
A world without prions and police already exists for the elite. Abolition means demanding that world exist for all.
A Brother Sits Directly Across From Me on the Red Line
and immediately we are performing the arithmetic of aloofness trying to work out which one should be relieved he is not the other […]
Guest Post–Dirty Art Boi Speaks at the Trans Liberation March
On March 3rd, 2017 in Chicago, IL, the Trans Liberation Collective in conjunction with Brave Space Alliance, BTGNC Collective, Black Lives Matter Chicago and the Trans United Fund hosted a historic […]
Let Me Explain
When I told him I am Black I meant I am in a constant state of mourning he thought I meant I am defeated I meant there is always something […]
Holding Our Rage Is Your Political Labor
A white, liberal family member of mine was shocked to learn I despise people referring to the US as “a nation of immigrants.” While discussing the laundry list of current […]
Not All Spell Is Ritual
walk the house at night and the warped floor creaks testimony underfoot a phantom whispered out in the morning cold waiting to get to work or for work to come a […]
Because You Also Survived
I kiss your chest the dead press back against my lips some are yours some are mine their names escape me one raised white babies one killed babies like us and […]
