โSex workers are really good at creating community because we know grief very well.โ - Fera
Community and grief live side by side.
๐๏ธ Hear Fera's and others stories at our NYC screenings on Oct 23 and Oct 28 - www.sexworkfilm.com
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12.10.2025 22:28 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Great shot from last nightโs launch event for โA Peopleโs Surveillance Handbook for New York.โ
Photo by Anna Lee
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Find the handbook here: www.stopspying.org/peoples-hand...
10.10.2025 21:01 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Great screening last night at the Feirstein School of Film at BrooklynCollege (@brooklyncollege.bsky.socialbrooklyncollege.bsky.social).
09.10.2025 13:12 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
2025 NYC General Mayoral Election Voter Guide.pdf
Check out the new NYC voter guide from the Police Reform Organizing Project (PROP) and @psjpbc.bsky.social.
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08.10.2025 13:02 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Tomorrow evening! Get your tickets today!
02.10.2025 19:54 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Film screening of 'Sex Work: It's just a job', with Alex Vitale
Join us for a thought-provoking film screening on decriminalising sex work, with Alex Vitale & sex worker allies
Weโre screening the film in London this Friday! Visit the link for details.
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29.09.2025 20:57 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Our NYC premier will be Sept. 9th 7pm.at the Quad Cinema in Manhattan. Tickets: www.nywift.org/event/member...
13.08.2025 13:40 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
PSJP Coordinator Alex Vitale recently joined โBehind the Newsโ to discuss Zohran Mamdani and the NYPD.
Listen here: www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...
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01.08.2025 19:47 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
fresh audio product:
โข Alex Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social on @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, the NYPD, and policing generally
โข Dwayne Monroe on the AI mania
www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...
31.07.2025 21:48 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 2
Dr. Manisha Shah, an economist, explains that the sex industry is an industry much like any other. A clip from our upcoming documentary: โSex Work: Itโs Just a Jobโ
Please reach out if you are interested in hosting a screening.
25.07.2025 19:38 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Save the date. We will have a screening of the film at the Quad Cinema in NYC on September 9th. Stay tuned for details.
15.07.2025 22:00 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
By Refusing to Show Faces or Badges, ICE Opens Door to Vigilante Impersonators
The masked, plainclothes ICE agents terrorizing immigrant communities are indistinguishable from racist vigilantes.
PSJP Coordinator Alex Vitale is quoted multiple times in this recent article from @truthout.org
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By Refusing to Show Faces or Badges, ICE Opens Door to Vigilante Impersonators | Truthout
21.07.2025 20:10 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Sex Work Film TRAILER 1080
This is "Sex Work Film TRAILER 1080" by Tami Kashia Gold on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
New trailer! Repost to help us spread the word about the documentary.
Please reach out if youโre interested in hosting a screening!
vimeo.com/1098930620?s...
08.07.2025 20:50 โ ๐ 25 ๐ 13 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Happy to share that the next screening will be in San Antonio on August 23rd at the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center.
If you are interested in hosting a screening, let us know at: itsjustajobmovie@gmail.com.
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07.07.2025 11:51 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Think about this:
03.07.2025 12:42 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Article by @ariaripaulpaul.bsky.social
30.06.2025 21:16 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The Times has capitulated to neoliberal austerity, which accepts that cities have no choice but to cut services and turn the real estate market over to billionaires, and then use policing to manage the chaos that ensues.โ (4/4)
30.06.2025 21:14 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
They understand that the solution to this decades old problem is not endlessly using police to cycle people through jails and hospitals, but instead to develop actual supportive housing and other essential social servicesโฆ(3/4)
30.06.2025 21:14 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
homeless mentally ill people on the subway and other public spaces.โ But, he argues:
Ironically, Mamdani and to some extent [Comptroller Brad] Lander are the candidates who have actual plans to address the kind of disorder that pearl-clutching Times readers are worried aboutโฆ (2/4)
30.06.2025 21:14 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Media Did Their Best to Scare Voters Away From Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani's victory exposes the out-of-touchness of establishment media outlets that twisted like pretzels to scare voters away.
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โAlex Vitale, professor of sociology at Brooklyn College and coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project, suggested thatโโgiven that crime rates are at or near historic lowโโthe Timesโ โdisorderโ is likely โthe presence ofโฆ (1/4)
30.06.2025 21:14 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
Prof. Vitale will be speaking at โSeeds of Change: Redefining Policing and Public Safetyโ tomorrow, Saturday, June 21. @alexvitale.bsky.social
20.06.2025 13:04 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
The roots of this seeming contradiction can be found in the decision of these mayors to rely on local police to criminalize anything they deem disorderly, with devastating consequences for our poorest communities and the right to protest.โ
Read the full article at the link above.
19.06.2025 13:42 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
That is, even in sanctuary cities that claim to support their immigrant residents and restrict collaboration between ICE and local police, the police are essential to ICEโs successโฆ
19.06.2025 13:42 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
โWhile many mayors of major U.S. cities claim to oppose ICE actions โ and have even implemented formal โsanctuary cityโ policies โ local police often act as a โforce multiplierโ for ICE, even when they arenโt directly involved in detaining migrants themselvesโฆ
19.06.2025 13:42 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Local Police Departments Are Enabling ICEโs Deportation Machine
Even in cities where police decline to work with ICE, local law enforcement still bolster Trumpโs deportation agenda.
A new article from Prof. Alex Vitale and Prof. William Lopez in collaboration with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.
@truthout.org
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19.06.2025 13:42 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 4
I'll be speaking at this event on Saturday on Long Island.
18.06.2025 13:18 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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