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USC Abolition

@USCAbolition

we are a collective of students at the University of Southern California working towards a #PoliceFreeUSC | usc.abolition @ protonmail (dot) com

 Tongva, Chumash & Kizh land
uscabolition.wordpress.com/
Joined January 2021
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dean spade@deanspade5 Nov 2022
We want to get rid of borders, prisons, and militaries. does that mean we want to get rid of the state? Don't miss this conversation about the rel between abolition and anarchism. Nov 15 7pm ET online. Featuring @williamcson, @HarshaWalia and Gord Hill. no-borders-no-state.eventbri…
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KNOW YOUR FIGHTS! Using Public Records Laws in Abolitionist Organizing Read and share our new zine: stoplapdspying.org/knowyourf…
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This Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 5 PM ET: Join authors @prisonculture @dreanyc123 @policingblack & Leanne Betasamosake Simpson for a conversation about the role of the state in abolitionist futures! Join us as we release a new tool on this topic. Register: bit.ly/StatexAbolition
Black text on a yellow boxed background: "The Role of the State in Abolitionist Futures: No More Police x Rehearsals for Living. Oct. 26, 2022, 5-7 PM ET. ASL & CC provided." In smaller white text: "A conversation with authors Mariame Kaba & Andrea J. Ritchie, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson & Robin Maynard. RSVP at bit.ly/StatexAbolition. Hosted by Interrupting Criminalization & Haymarket Books." Off to the side are the covers of the book No More Police: A Case for Abolition by Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie, and Rehearsals For Living by Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. The background of the entire graphic is a dark blue brushstroke background.

ALT Black text on a yellow boxed background: "The Role of the State in Abolitionist Futures: No More Police x Rehearsals for Living. Oct. 26, 2022, 5-7 PM ET. ASL & CC provided." In smaller white text: "A conversation with authors Mariame Kaba & Andrea J. Ritchie, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson & Robin Maynard. RSVP at bit.ly/StatexAbolition. Hosted by Interrupting Criminalization & Haymarket Books." Off to the side are the covers of the book No More Police: A Case for Abolition by Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie, and Rehearsals For Living by Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. The background of the entire graphic is a dark blue brushstroke background.

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Working group five: organize to end and replace campus police as primary mental health response. Working group six: organize to redistribute campus resources (mutual aid, surrounding communities).
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Working group three: eliminate academic programs and recruitment on campus for police/military/corrections forces Working group four: cut ties with police unions. use organized labor on campus as a structure to cut ties with the police.
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Working Group Two: Challenge Campus Gender Violence through Building Restorative Justice Responses
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Working Group One: Defund and Disarm Campus and Local Police
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Cops off Campus is forming six working groups that meet every other month. The hope is that you will join a relevant working group for what issue(s) your campus is working on. See the image & comments thread. Please dm with interest or email [email protected]
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TW: Sexual Assault. 📢 Story on our action w/ @YoungWomenFree to PROTECT YOUNG GIRLS from sexual abuse inflicted by L.A. County Probation staff for over 30 years🚨 by @jremylback with @TheImprintNews 📰 🗞 STORY: imprintnews.org/justice/juve… Take action: bit.ly/LAYUPAction
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Stevie Wilson
@AlwaysStevie5 Sep 2022
Stevie is requesting some books to build his library! If you know Stevie you know these books will be read, re-read, copied, lent out, and discussed. If you can send one, reply to the title below to claim it! Instructions follow, then book titles. Appreciate any help! -ia
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Our 4th Zine "No Longer Filed Away: Abolition, Sexual Violence, and the University" is out! You can access it digitally at uscabolition.wordpress.com/z… we've done our best to approach with care, but cw throughout for discussion of sexual assaults and institutional violence.
Blue, red, and purple background. Text reads: Zine Vol 4. Release "No Longer Filed Away: Abolition, Sexual Violence, and the University." pick up a copy at the involvement fair 11-2 august 30th. access digitally through link in bio.

ALT Blue, red, and purple background. Text reads: Zine Vol 4. Release "No Longer Filed Away: Abolition, Sexual Violence, and the University." pick up a copy at the involvement fair 11-2 august 30th. access digitally through link in bio.

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Please show to speak out against tyranny and erasure. The building blocks of fascism @theglowingstars @chadloder @digitalurn @StreetWatchLA @wellthatwasodd @marindatanow
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We are excited to announce our fall 2022 curriculum! Check out how you can participate: studyandstruggle.com/fall-20…
Fall 2022 — Study and Struggle

Fall 2022 — Study and Struggle

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Next week: Don't miss the next session in the Building Your Abolitionist Toolbox series with @projectnia on July 28, featuring @CommJusticeExch in a workshop exploring why PIC abolition requires the abolition of the criminal court system. Register here: interruptingcriminalization.…
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.@Columbia is supporting a proposal to build a new women’s jail in Harlem, developed in part by the Columbia Justice Lab. Join us in calling on the @CUJusticeLab to renounce their support for the jail or give up their 'abolition' funding: bit.ly/columbiazapjails.
Light blue background with Columbia colors, with dark blue text that says Columbia, Divest from Jails! Ask why the columbia justice lab supports building a new women's jail.

ALT Light blue background with Columbia colors, with dark blue text that says Columbia, Divest from Jails! Ask why the columbia justice lab supports building a new women's jail.

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We’re working on our 4th zine on abolitionist responses to sexual violence. We’re looking for narrative-based pieces people would like to share, visual artwork, or helpful resources. Please email us at [email protected] if you’d like to contribute!
pink, purple and orange background with flowers on it. text reads: Abolitionist Responses to Sexual Violence call for stories, artworks, resources and USC Abolition Zine Vol. 4 in the bottom left corner

ALT pink, purple and orange background with flowers on it. text reads: Abolitionist Responses to Sexual Violence call for stories, artworks, resources and USC Abolition Zine Vol. 4 in the bottom left corner

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Check out this new resource for PIC abolition!
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✨NEW RESOURCE: We are thrilled to share this resource collection to aid in evaluation and reflection, "So is this Actually an Abolitionist Proposal or Strategy?" We hope this is useful to abolitionist organizers everywhere! interruptingcriminalization.… @projectnia @C_Resistance
On a dark blue background with a few blue stars, yellow text lists the resource title, "So it this actually an abolitionist proposal or strategy?" Below in smaller pink text, "a collection to aid in evaluation and reflection." In small light blue text at the top, "a resource binder from interrupting criminalization, project nia & critical resistance." In the bottom half, there is a drawing of three women of color sewing blue quilt together.

ALT On a dark blue background with a few blue stars, yellow text lists the resource title, "So it this actually an abolitionist proposal or strategy?" Below in smaller pink text, "a collection to aid in evaluation and reflection." In small light blue text at the top, "a resource binder from interrupting criminalization, project nia & critical resistance." In the bottom half, there is a drawing of three women of color sewing blue quilt together.

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