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“That does not mean, however, there should be no consequences. It means real consequences. Consequences that really matter. It means transforming the conditions that exist in the first place for this to even have happened. It is really critical for people to think about the difference between punishment and consequences. Punishment often is actually not the same as transformation. Even though it feels good to wear the “kill the rapists” T-shirt, that isn’t the thing that is actually going to get us the world we want to live in.”
― We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
― We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
“The more we study the question, the more we are brought to the conclusion that society itself is responsible for the anti-social deeds perpetrated in its midst; and that no punishments, no prisons, and no hangmen can diminish the numbers of such deeds; nothing short of a re-organisation of society itself.”
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“In the name of patriotism you are ordered to stop being decent and honest, to cease being yourself, to suspend your own judgment, and give up your life; to become a will-less cog in a murderous machine, blindly obeying the order to kill, pillage, and destroy; to give up your father and mother, wife and child, and all that you love, and proceed to slaughter your fellow-men who never did you any harm — who are just as unfortunate and deluded victims of their masters as you are of yours.”
― The ABC of Anarchism
― The ABC of Anarchism
“Power, my young friends, is nothing but fear in disguise. Those who seek power do so because they are afraid — afraid of their own insignificance, afraid of losing control, afraid of facing the truth about themselves.”
― The Heirs of the Lost Legacy: A Modern Odyssey in a Forgotten Past
― The Heirs of the Lost Legacy: A Modern Odyssey in a Forgotten Past
“There’s a reason for the mainstream bipartisan consensus around community policing: it maintains and expands the status quo. As advocates call for fewer police and less policing and criminalization, community policing becomes a way to reshape the narrative to position police as friendly beat cops who know everyone’s name. But community policing doesn’t make policing more effective, less hostile, or more accountable to the communities they serve in. Instead it allows police to further entrench their presence in neighborhoods, justify increases in their numbers, and even mobilize community members to participate in policing by surveilling our neighbors.”
― Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms
― Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms
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