Robyn Maynard
@policingblack.bsky.social
New on here. Author of Policing Black Lives (Fernwood/Duke University Press, 2025) and co-author of Rehearsals for Living (Haymarket 2023). More at www.robynmaynard.com
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Robyn Maynard
@policingblack.bsky.social
· May 21
excited to announce a revised, expanded version of Policing Black Lives (@fernpub.bsky.social /Duke University Press) now available for pre-order, out October 15. ft. two new chapters, a new preface & an expanded conclusion. US version now offering 30% off with author code E26MYRD.
Feeling great after taking part in Toronto’s Run for Sudan today despite the freezing wind. Huge thanks to the organizers.
November 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Feeling great after taking part in Toronto’s Run for Sudan today despite the freezing wind. Huge thanks to the organizers.
Can’t wait to read .
Pub day 👑 Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore is officially here! @pantheonbooks.bsky.social
A decade-long labor of love, of unearthing an archive said to be lost, building relationships with her family, interviewing those who knew her, and
A decade-long labor of love, of unearthing an archive said to be lost, building relationships with her family, interviewing those who knew her, and
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Can’t wait to read .
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if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
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According to the withdrawal maps in the ceasefire agreement, Israeli forces still control 58 percent of the Gaza Strip, labeling these regions as “areas within the Yellow Line.” This includes Rafah; parts of eastern Gaza City; Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun; and certain areas in Khan Yunis.
Israel Still Controls Over Half of Gaza — Including the Rubble of My Home
For thousands of Palestinians, the war hasn’t ended; it will only truly end when we can return to our lands.
truthout.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
According to the withdrawal maps in the ceasefire agreement, Israeli forces still control 58 percent of the Gaza Strip, labeling these regions as “areas within the Yellow Line.” This includes Rafah; parts of eastern Gaza City; Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun; and certain areas in Khan Yunis.
Huge thanks to @palumboliu.bsky.social for this interview on the revised expanded edition of Policing Black Lives
Maynard details the numerous failures of police reform, and her vision for abolition is bold, and expansive, reaching beyond Canada to examine both transnational apparatuses of surveillance, policing, and punishment, and vital global forms of resistance and solidarity.
October 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Huge thanks to @palumboliu.bsky.social for this interview on the revised expanded edition of Policing Black Lives
The strikes were, "one of the bloodiest attacks in the 2-year war"... "These are massacres,” said Haneen Mteir, who lost her sister and nephews and was attending a funeral “They burned children while they were asleep, www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 96 overnight as ceasefire looks increasingly fragile
Netanyahu ordered strikes on Tuesday evening after firefight between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The strikes were, "one of the bloodiest attacks in the 2-year war"... "These are massacres,” said Haneen Mteir, who lost her sister and nephews and was attending a funeral “They burned children while they were asleep, www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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The Sudan Solidarity Collective is doing a big fundraising push to support our partners in El Fashir to support food distribution, evacuation and medications.
Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
sudansolidarity.com
Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
sudansolidarity.com
Home - Sudan Solidarity Collective
Solidarity with Sudan! Support the Emergency Response Rooms doing life saving work in Sudan by donating to the Sudan Solidarity Fund. Workshops4Sudan is a new fundraising initiative of the Sudan Solid...
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October 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The Sudan Solidarity Collective is doing a big fundraising push to support our partners in El Fashir to support food distribution, evacuation and medications.
Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
sudansolidarity.com
Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
sudansolidarity.com
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In the midst of forced famine and war, we find the efforts of mutual aid groups and resistance organizations in civil society that have made life possible. We talk about the Sudanese Solidarity Collective, which provides a vital conduit of aid to Sudan from its diasporic communities and others.
October 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In the midst of forced famine and war, we find the efforts of mutual aid groups and resistance organizations in civil society that have made life possible. We talk about the Sudanese Solidarity Collective, which provides a vital conduit of aid to Sudan from its diasporic communities and others.
Incredible win for the people of Toronto against the ON governments attempted assault on renters, who make up half the city’s residents. Kudos to tenant organizers for this turnaround. www.thestar.com/politics/ont...
Ontario backs off idea to consult on changing security of tenure renting rules
TORONTO - Ontario is backing off a proposal to consider changes to rules that prevent landlords from evicting tenants without a legal reason and allow renters to stay in their
www.thestar.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Incredible win for the people of Toronto against the ON governments attempted assault on renters, who make up half the city’s residents. Kudos to tenant organizers for this turnaround. www.thestar.com/politics/ont...
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@policingblack.bsky.social was recently interviewed by 1919 Radio on the expanded and revised edition of Policing Black Lives.
Just published - I did a form interview on PBL2, policing, the crisis of the present, fascism, and the struggle against carcerality with the brilliant folks at 1919! 1919mag.com/1919-radio/t...
Tell No Lies … Claim No Easy Victories — 1919
Today, our guest host Caleb is joined by Robyn Maynard, author of Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present . First published in 2017, this book stands as a seminal t...
1919mag.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
@policingblack.bsky.social was recently interviewed by 1919 Radio on the expanded and revised edition of Policing Black Lives.
www.leannesimpson.bandcamp.com out by @biidaasamose.bsky.social today!
Live Like The Sky, by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
11 track album
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October 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
www.leannesimpson.bandcamp.com out by @biidaasamose.bsky.social today!
Doug Ford is waging an attack on working class people on behalf of landlords, and is accelerating the homelessness crisis. Relentlessly transferring wealth from the poor to the rich. Cruel.
October 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Doug Ford is waging an attack on working class people on behalf of landlords, and is accelerating the homelessness crisis. Relentlessly transferring wealth from the poor to the rich. Cruel.
Just published - I did a form interview on PBL2, policing, the crisis of the present, fascism, and the struggle against carcerality with the brilliant folks at 1919! 1919mag.com/1919-radio/t...
Tell No Lies … Claim No Easy Victories — 1919
Today, our guest host Caleb is joined by Robyn Maynard, author of Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present . First published in 2017, this book stands as a seminal t...
1919mag.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Just published - I did a form interview on PBL2, policing, the crisis of the present, fascism, and the struggle against carcerality with the brilliant folks at 1919! 1919mag.com/1919-radio/t...
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My friend told me that her 14 year old son started doing laundry on Sundays for some of his elderly neighbors. He doesn't charge for the labor. And now he is the most popular person in the building and has non stop pies, cookies, and cake. The 14 year old should be our model of modern masculinity.
October 23, 2025 at 2:27 AM
My friend told me that her 14 year old son started doing laundry on Sundays for some of his elderly neighbors. He doesn't charge for the labor. And now he is the most popular person in the building and has non stop pies, cookies, and cake. The 14 year old should be our model of modern masculinity.
A few more tickets have become available for sold out Book Relaunch of Policing Black Lives with brilliant co-thinkers David Chariandy, @dreanyc123.bsky.social , and @desmondcole.bsky.social . Come join us at the fab Black-run spot It's OK* Studios this evening! www.eventbrite.com/e/book-relau...
Book Relaunch | Policing Black Lives: Revised & Expanded Edition
Celebrate the launch of the extended and revised edition of Policing Black Lives by Robyn Maynard.
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October 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A few more tickets have become available for sold out Book Relaunch of Policing Black Lives with brilliant co-thinkers David Chariandy, @dreanyc123.bsky.social , and @desmondcole.bsky.social . Come join us at the fab Black-run spot It's OK* Studios this evening! www.eventbrite.com/e/book-relau...
Open letter opposing US military incursions & reaffirming the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace. In the words of the late Barbadian PM Errol Barrow, “we are satellites of none,’ and in the words of the late Grenadian PM Maurice Bishop, “we are in nobody’s backyard” docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
OPEN LETTER OPPOSING US MILITARY INCURSIONS AND REAFFIRMING THE CARIBBEAN AS A ZONE OF PEACE
We, Caribbean advocates for equality, security and development within and between States, note with grave concern the recent incursions by the U.S. military in the Caribbean Sea. This signifies egreg...
docs.google.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Open letter opposing US military incursions & reaffirming the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace. In the words of the late Barbadian PM Errol Barrow, “we are satellites of none,’ and in the words of the late Grenadian PM Maurice Bishop, “we are in nobody’s backyard” docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Montreal: you are missing out severely if you don’t make it to this incredible play by @aloft -an incredible Indigenous re-history of Montreal, a love story, a tale of the bones beneath the city and ground into its buildings, with incredible visuals grounded in pre-colonial Haudenosaunee ceramics.
Stone and Bone full program and tickets at CentaurTheatre.com
Show closes Sunday, Oct 26!
Half price tickets on sale today.
Cheap Native tickets always.
Show closes Sunday, Oct 26!
Half price tickets on sale today.
Cheap Native tickets always.
October 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Montreal: you are missing out severely if you don’t make it to this incredible play by @aloft -an incredible Indigenous re-history of Montreal, a love story, a tale of the bones beneath the city and ground into its buildings, with incredible visuals grounded in pre-colonial Haudenosaunee ceramics.
Where is a good place to publish a long form essay these days? Like 5000+ words ? Have something brewing 👀
October 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Where is a good place to publish a long form essay these days? Like 5000+ words ? Have something brewing 👀
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Gaza Government Media Office says Israel has breached the truce agreement 80 times, including 21 violations on Sunday.
Israel kills 97 Palestinians in Gaza since start of ceasefire
Gaza Government Media Office says Israel has breached the truce agreement 80 times, including 21 violations on Sunday.
bit.ly
October 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Gaza Government Media Office says Israel has breached the truce agreement 80 times, including 21 violations on Sunday.
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My attempt to draw a Venn diagram for Palestine solidarity & mobility justice activism.
@hannahkateboast.bsky.social, @pashukanist.bsky.social, @geoffmann.bsky.social, @policingblack.bsky.social, @norton.bsky.social, @mykaabramson.bsky.social, @zetkincollective.bsky.social all influences here.
@hannahkateboast.bsky.social, @pashukanist.bsky.social, @geoffmann.bsky.social, @policingblack.bsky.social, @norton.bsky.social, @mykaabramson.bsky.social, @zetkincollective.bsky.social all influences here.
I wrote something about #StopDeKindermoord
Mobility Justice and the Big Ride for Palestine
With a focus on how anticolonial social movements can pose solutions to multiple contemporary problems, this essay takes up the Big Ride for Palestine. The principal argument – that the Big Ride co...
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October 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
My attempt to draw a Venn diagram for Palestine solidarity & mobility justice activism.
@hannahkateboast.bsky.social, @pashukanist.bsky.social, @geoffmann.bsky.social, @policingblack.bsky.social, @norton.bsky.social, @mykaabramson.bsky.social, @zetkincollective.bsky.social all influences here.
@hannahkateboast.bsky.social, @pashukanist.bsky.social, @geoffmann.bsky.social, @policingblack.bsky.social, @norton.bsky.social, @mykaabramson.bsky.social, @zetkincollective.bsky.social all influences here.
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"Because antiBlackness knows no borders, our freedom struggles are connected."
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"Because antiBlackness knows no borders, our freedom struggles are connected."
A Conversation with Robyn Maynard
Robyn Maynard’s bestselling Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present offers a comprehensive account of the state-sanctioned surveillance, criminalization, and puni…
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October 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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@policingblack.bsky.social
@dukepress.bsky.social
"Because antiBlackness knows no borders, our freedom struggles are connected."
@policingblack.bsky.social
@dukepress.bsky.social
"Because antiBlackness knows no borders, our freedom struggles are connected."
It’s #pubweek, grab a copy of the new expanded edition at your local bookseller !
Today on the blog, Robyn Maynard @policingblack.bsky.social discusses the new revised & expanded edition of her book "Policing Black Lives," explaining its continued relevance to students, scholars, & activists around the world.
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October 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It’s #pubweek, grab a copy of the new expanded edition at your local bookseller !
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Today on the blog, Robyn Maynard @policingblack.bsky.social discusses the new revised & expanded edition of her book "Policing Black Lives," explaining its continued relevance to students, scholars, & activists around the world.
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October 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Today on the blog, Robyn Maynard @policingblack.bsky.social discusses the new revised & expanded edition of her book "Policing Black Lives," explaining its continued relevance to students, scholars, & activists around the world.
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October 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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