TEN DEMANDS (The Abolitionists)
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#TenForJustice: The Road to Abolition • Founded 2020 • Harm Reduction, Decriminalization, Decarceration, Reparations, Dual Power, Mutual Aid, Community Defense, and Transformative Justice • web.archive.org/web/20240622201837/https://www.tenforjustice.com/
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Are Prisons Obsolete? [Free PDF]
By Angela Davis
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tendemands.bsky.social
“I hope that the left movement removes this pacifism, this victimization that we do where we show up at protests and just let ourselves get beat up for the optics, as opposed to actually doing tactics that might help us stop these machines” - Eric King

(We agree with this sentiment)
tendemands.bsky.social
“I hope that the left movement removes this pacifism, this victimization that we do where we show up at protests and just let ourselves get beat up for the optics, as opposed to actually doing tactics that might help us stop these machines” - Eric King

(We agree with this sentiment)
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tendemands.bsky.social
Anarchism and chaos aren’t the same.

Anarchism and abolition go hand in hand.

Both with a focus on building a more humanistic society through interconnecting self-sustaining communities.

Something we need now more than ever.

Here, anarchist Eric King and abolitionist @awkword.bsky.social discuss
The Pun Show: I am not a terrorist!
YouTube video by Machine Pun Kelly
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tendemands.bsky.social
Anarchism and chaos aren’t the same.

Anarchism and abolition go hand in hand.

Both with a focus on building a more humanistic society through interconnecting self-sustaining communities.

Something we need now more than ever.

Here, anarchist Eric King and abolitionist @awkword.bsky.social discuss
The Pun Show: I am not a terrorist!
YouTube video by Machine Pun Kelly
www.youtube.com
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awkword.bsky.social
They’ve long had it out for Portland.

This is a clip from my now-infamous 2020 conversation with the Portland DA

And a link to the story I wrote after Andy Ngo seemed to take it to heart.

youtu.be/i6ugxEWYkJg?...

medium.com/@philmandelb...
tendemands.bsky.social
We’re now on Instagram!

Icymi: There’s more revolutionary activity there than here

instagram.com/tendemands
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awkword.bsky.social
“Fre’Drisha Dixon can still recall the laughter that once spilled across… the now-shuttered Clyde Woodworth Elementary School in Inglewood. Just as clearly, she can conjure up the loud banging of the bulldozers that plowed through the school’s classrooms last year.”

@lapublicpress.bsky.social
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awkword.bsky.social
NEW STUDY

Since I was born, 500 Black neighborhoods have vanished

And 500,000 Black people have been lost

All due to urban revitalization projects

Like the one for LA’s new coliseum — for the Clippers and ‘26 Olympics — that’s destroying Inglewood

@adamlmahoney.bsky.social @capitalb.bsky.social
From Watts to D.C.: How 500 Black Neighborhoods Vanished in 45 Years
America’s gentrified neighborhoods have lost 500,000 Black people, while gaining residents of every other race, a study finds.
capitalbnews.org
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crimethinc.com
No Kings, No Masters

A Call for Anti-Authoritarian Blocs at the October 18 “No Kings” Demonstrations

crimethinc.com/NoKings2025

This is a call for you—yes, you specifically—to organize an anti-authoritarian bloc in your community for the “No Kings” demonstrations on October 18.
No Kings, No Masters
A call for anti-authoritarian blocs at the October 18 "No Kings" demonstrations.
crimethinc.com
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pdxlawgrrrl.bsky.social
For the third year, California killed a bill to help incarcerated domestic violence survivors. “There are a ton of states that are far more conservative than California that passed more extensive legislation through Republican run legislatures."
For Third Year, California Kills Bill to Help Incarcerated Domestic Violence Survivors - Bolts
Advocates in California have pushed for relief for people convicted of harming their abuser, hoping to build on states across the political spectrum that have adopted such reforms.
boltsmag.org
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ndrew.bsky.social
if you dont stop calling us nazis we will have the secret police disappear you to a slave labor camp
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nkalamb.bsky.social
“Fuck them kids.”

That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.

abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
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"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"

Watson said trucks and military-style vans were used to separate parents from their children. Other neighbors said agents destroyed property to get in the building.

"They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down," said witness Darrell Ballard. "We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."
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tendemands.bsky.social
The Ten Demands for Justice provide a roadmap toward abolition.

We passed them around at protests across the country

And local activists hand-delivered them to their city councils —

Pointless with a council comprised of white supremacists.
philmandelbaum.bsky.social
Voting isn’t the solution unto itself, but it’s critically important at the local level.

There will be 52,000 elections held next month alone, and many will be determined purely by turnout.

You know what to do.
tendemands.bsky.social
The Ten Demands for Justice provide a roadmap toward abolition.

We passed them around at protests across the country

And local activists hand-delivered them to their city councils —

Pointless with a council comprised of white supremacists.
philmandelbaum.bsky.social
Voting isn’t the solution unto itself, but it’s critically important at the local level.

There will be 52,000 elections held next month alone, and many will be determined purely by turnout.

You know what to do.
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awkword.bsky.social
40% of cops *admit* to abusing their partners

And it’s legal for cops to rape you in custody in 7 out of 10 states.

This isn’t a coincidence.
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awkword.bsky.social
There are 250,000+ untested rape kits, nationwide. This isn’t a coincidence.
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