Robyn Maynard

Doug Ford wants TTC officers to crack down on drug users. Why some say that’s a bad idea The provincial government is exploring a move that would grant greater authority to the city’s specialized transit peace officers

This will increase the mass profiling & caging (6 months in jail) for Black and Indigenous folks suspected of drug use: a 2021 report found Black and Indigenous riders were “grossly overrepresented” in interactions with TTC officers and special constables. www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...

This needs to be talked about more - police frequently harass and try to criminalize the families and loved ones of the folks they have killed, especially when they have been vocal.

It's not just conservatives who treat "DEI" as holding society back.

Ruth Wilson Gilmore notes leftists blame identity politics for solidarity failing. "Often what they really mean, given the examples they choose, is that Black people or women of all races interrupted and messed up class politics."

Migrant farm workers’ class-action suit against Canadian government certified Ontario court clears major hurdle for the suit that claims systemic racism and discrimination on behalf of 75,000 current and former migrant workers.

Great news. Black and Mexican migrant agricultural workers have had their wages expropriated for years through this program and deserve redress. If you eat fruit picked in Canada this concerns you! www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

George Jackson: “the ultimate expression of law is not order—it is prison”

No just publishing anything mind you- but if you are thinking hard about freedom and unfreedom, write it down and put it out! Even if it’s not amazing maybe your fifth one will be amazing. There is so much mainstream mediocrity and we always need more strong, radical analysis.

My students are so smart.Their book reviews - on works by political prisoners - are truly giving me so much joy today. I continue to encourage them-and also anyone onhere thinking hard - to publish work! We always need more. So many brilliant folks don’t yet know the value of what they contribute.

It saddens me that people of color especially women of color have to immediately offer disclaimers that they aren't self-aggrandizing or potentially fraudulent whenever they get attention for their good deeds. I know why folks feel compelled to do this but it's unfair. You're great. No caveats.

She’s raised almost $20m to help Minnesota – she thinks you can do it too Ashley Fairbanks launched Stand with Minnesota as ICE raids rocked her home town – now donations are pouring in, and families’ rent is being paid

I need to address this immediately, because I am WAY too Minnesotan to ever claim credit for this.

I built a thing to point the fire hose of people's generosity in the right direction. That's it.

I am thankful for the piece, because hopefully it means people will donate more money.

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I’ve thought a lot about this ever since @biidaasamose.bsky.social and @policingblack.bsky.social alluded a bit to the ways movements experience whirlwind moments in “Rehearsals for Living” and accompanying interviews about it.

I wrote about the history of Black Zionism for @thefunambulist.bsky.social and the baffling ways that people use identity/oppression to justify genocidal and colonial state projects past and present. Marcus Garvey, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and much more offer disturbing warnings. Preorder if you can!

Abolition Is Still the Only Way Out of This Forget the useless so-called “reforms” to ICE and policing currently on offer. We need much more fundamental change.

Democrats are suggesting reforms for ICE, but the reality is: abolition is the way forward, not reform.

Read the latest from our co-founder Andrea J. Ritchie in @thenation.com!

Detention Stories _____________________

Important new report co-authored by the brilliant lawyer Nana Yanful racism in Canada's immigration detention system.It shows that Black men are particularly impacted by detention, and calls for abolition of detention as the only way to achieve racial justice. www.detentionstories.ca/report/report

They were occupying Justin Trudeau’s office to protest Canada’s diplomatic and police support of Jovenel Moïse, a ruler whom most Haitians deemed a corrupt, undemocratically installed Western puppet. Policing functions in the service of imperialism. 4/4

In 2019 in Montreal, around the same time that Haitian protesters were hurling rocks at the Canadian embassy in Port-au-Prince, the police arrested a Haitian feminist who took part with other Haitian organizers. 3/4

They described the presence of both nations as a colonial imposition and an impediment to Haiti’s liberation. As one protester put it, “No to the Canadians, no to the Americans! You are monsters. You don’t make solutions. You are chaos. You are behind the gangsterization of crime.” 2/4

Abolition requires a global lens: In 2022, thousands of Haitians took to the streets in Port-au-Prince to protest Canada and the United States for equipping the island nation’s police force with policing and military supplies, including tactical armoured vehicles. 1/4

How and why police actually support the federal invasions—I have been working on this article for ~6 months, trying to make sense of Trump’s nationwide surge of DHS officers, how it has evolved, what brought us here, and what will remain after it ends.

UK Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful, in humiliating blow for ministers Thousands arrested for supporting group since proscription are now in legal limbo as Mahmood says she will appeal

“In humiliating blow for ministers” . Incredible news . www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Join Professor Robyn Maynard at the University of London, discussing their book Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to Present.

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‼️‼️‼️ Canadians and residents of Canada!‼️‼️‼️

petition to ban Canadian companies from working with ICE and from ICE operating in Canada

Sign & share!

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.

Truly sickening. Western civilization is barbarism . www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

In 1963 MLK supported a nationwide boycott of Xmas shopping. @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social notes that the NYT editorial board wrote a piece slamming the effort called “Strike Against Santa Claus” which they said would “put civil rights activists on the same level as those who did the church bombing.”

REHEARSALS FOR LIBERATION Building Community, Building Resistance Join us for a powerful evening of communing, relation and reflection on our interwoven struggles for liberation 16th February Reference Point, WC2R3DA Robyn Maynard Sara Bafo Adam Elliott-Cooler Gracie Mae Bradley

In London, UK next week for a @haymarketbooks.org /Books Not Borders event REHEARSALS FOR LIBERATION with the brilliant Sara Bafo, Adam Elliott-Cooper, and Gracie Mae Bradley (sold out) and a POLICING BLACK LIVES launch hosted by Birbeck and SOAS, linked here.Come join! www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

Please take 2 minutes to take action on the police budget increase of $93.8 Million dollars even in the midst of a corruption scandal.

Anothertoronto.ca

“If the U.S. succeeds in destroying the revolution, my status will be like that of most Cubans: I'll be up a creek without a paddle. It will be devastating for people worldwide who believe in justice. It's a threat I live with every day, because the U.S. doesn't recognize the laws of Cuba.”

Prisoner in Paradise: An Interview with Assata Shakur—Evelyn P. White, 1990. A reflection on her day to day life in Cuba after her escape, valuable insights as the US tries to destroy this beautiful country. www.assatashakur.org/essence.htm

Toronto! This Thursday.

Given the recent headlines about Toronto police involvement in organized crime, attempted murder, and other abuse of residents, we have a right to demand that the city fund community- shelter, library, transit- instead of violence workers. Visit anothertoronto.ca