The water protectors protesting Line 3 are risking their lives while their efforts go underreported by national media. Here is how to support them. The Line 3 pipeline is a controversial oil pipeline expansion currently under construction in Minnesota. The Canadian company, Enbridge, that proposed this expansion was also responsible for the largest inland oil...
Author: Reina Sultan (Reina Sultan)
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Andrew Cuomo’s Sexual Assault Allegations Follow a Long List of Abuses
Long-applauded by establishment democrats and liberals, Andrew Cuomo’s actions were consistently protested by local organizers. As Andrew Cuomo exits his post as New York governor in shame due to multiple sexual harassment allegations, I can’t think of a more perfect time to reflect on some of the horrible things he did in office. While liberals...
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The Biden Administration is Failing Miserably as the Housing Crisis Continues to Surge
As the COVID-19 incidence rises again, the Biden administration, with their alleged immense desire to keep people housed, are nowhere to be found. The Delta variant is surging in much of the United States, sending thousands to the hospital daily, and eviscerating the other COVID-19 variants. More than 90 million eligible people in the country...
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ACAB Means ALL Agents of the State, Regardless of Their Politics or Identity
It’s not just cops in riot gear that we have to fight to win abolition—it’s the whole damn system. Even when bad people are targeted by the state, it increases the state’s legitimacy. ACAB. You’ve likely seen the phrase on buildings or at least in a few Twitter bios. It means “all cops are bastards”...
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Derek Chauvin’s Guilty Verdict Won’t End Police Violence
Individualizing the system by blaming these actions on a single bad cop like Derek Chauvin misses the point entirely. Getting one violent police officer off the streets doesn’t do anything to stop police violence because policing is violent. CW: policing, murder, Black death Yesterday, after about 10 hours of deliberation, the jury found Derek Chauvin...
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Abolition Now: Black and Brown Children Will Never Be Protected By The State
The police don’t need any help demonizing Black and brown children. Society and the state treat them as older than they are, dangerous, irredeemable, and disposable. CW: policing, state violence, murder of Black and brown people, racism On March 29, police chased 13-year-old Adam Toledo into an alley around 2:30 A.M. After a seconds-long interaction,...
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Laïcité: Islamophobia, Policing Muslims and The Myth of French Secularism
Laïcité and its rules have never been about protecting Muslim women and girls, they’re always about French control and justifying police surveillance of Muslim communities. When I lived and worked as an English teacher in France, one of the first rules we learned was not to talk about religion. Laïcité—or secularism—is based on a 1905...
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Cops Actively Prevent Marginalized Communities From Accessing Food and Safety
The existence of cops is integral to keeping poor people from having their basic needs met, whether it is through criminalization or guarding dumpsters full of food. CW: poverty, mentions of police violence On Tuesday, February 16, images of a dozen cops guarding dumpsters went viral on Twitter. People were rightfully horrified—and unsurprised—that cops were...
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The Execution of Brandon Bernard and How The Carceral State Courts Death
Brandon Bernard’s execution was premeditated murder by the carceral state, a killing machine that touches every part of our lives. It has to be eradicated. TW: Black death, executions, prison industrial complex, mentions of violence and police brutality On December 10, 2020, Brandon Bernard was executed after being sentenced to death in 1999 by an...
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Neoliberalism: An Introduction, And A Warning
Neoliberalism breeds apathy in those who are served well by it. When neoliberals are comfortable in their “normal,” they accept the mistreatment and oppression of others. If you’re on Twitter—especially leftist Twitter—you’ve likely heard the term “neoliberalism” before. This ideology is so pervasive in settler colonial/western European society and politics that it’s almost always left...