I'm really excited for this conversation and hope you can join us! Open to everyone! REGISTER: bit.ly/TLJuly2026

Reading 94A6325 reminded me that abolition is not simply about imagining a world without prisons. It is about understanding—and ultimately dismantling—the arrangements that first abandon people & then punish them for the conditions that abandonment creates. www.towardliberation.com/p/made-avail...

NEW FROM TOWARD LIBERATION! Proof and Pride: What Corey Booker’s tribute to Lindsay Graham, and Obama fandom can teach us about how striving to belong obstructs progress toward radical change. READ MORE: www.towardliberation.com/p/proof-and-...

A new report by the Palestinian Feminist Collective documenting Israel's systematic use of sexualized and gendered violence against Palestinians across decades is available now. Visit their website to read and download the full report: predatorystate.org

Join us at the upcoming Socialism Conference for a pre-conference summit for social workers to come together toward organizing for abolition! REGISTER: bit.ly/sw4abolition

More from the upcoming documentary "Here For the Kids." Follow them on IG to learn more and get updates.

New from Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work! "Why Critical Theories are Critical in Social Work: Practical Applications for Quantitative Research, Teaching, and Service." Available now open access: apsw-ojs-uh.tdl.org/apsw/article...

When a parent is experiencing #DomesticViolence, the family policing system doesn’t step in to help. They blame survivors and treat them as a threat to their kids. We discuss #IntimatePartnerViolence on the latest episode of The upEND Podcast with guest Ashley Albert. 🔗 buff.ly/U2Gf1Qs

Robin Andersen's indispensable new book, The Complicit Lens, offers a comprehensive examination of the media's role in supporting the Israeli genocide in Gaza. mondoweiss.net/2026/06/how-...

"The Supreme Court did not emerge from a society committed to universal human freedom. It emerged from a settler-colonial project built through Indigenous genocide, chattel slavery, land theft, racial capitalism and state violence." New at Toward Liberation: www.towardliberation.com/p/the-suprem...

"The question before us cannot be how we make the Supreme Court work better. The more important question is why we continue asking an institution born from conquest, slavery, and exclusion to deliver justice in the first place." READ MORE: www.towardliberation.com/p/the-suprem...

NEW from Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work: "Social Work in an Era of Authoritarianism: Considering Power, Politics, & Identity." Available now open access: apsw-ojs-uh.tdl.org/apsw/article...

I hope you can read along with us this summer! Plus, join us on July 22, for a virtual discussion with Dr. Kirk "Jae" James. Read more about 94A3625 and register for the discussion here: www.towardliberation.com/p/were-conti...

The UAW, a union with some 400,000 active members across the U.S., has voted to divest its estimated $400,000 from Israel bonds. The divestment vote makes the UAW the first major national union to vote to divest from Israel.

One of my favorite articles from the new special issue of Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work provides necessary and very practical strategies to "queer and trans" every aspect of social work from research to teaching to practice. Available now at www.APSWJournal.com.

Abolition is.. an ancestral practice an ongoing political tradition a demand for liberation not yet fulfilled Our work is not about reform, it's abolition continued. #Juneteenth

“When you’re a Black woman experiencing intimate partner violence, calling for help feels like choosing between two harms. The person hurting you and the system waiting to punish you.” Our latest podcast episode is out new! LISTEN HERE: upendmovement.org/podcast/epis...

Wow, congratulations to APSW on an amazing special issue! Incredible contributions here

NEW Special Issue from Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work in response to recent attacks on abolitionist, anti-racist, and critical social work scholarship. All articles are available for free download. apsw-ojs-uh.tdl.org/apsw/issue/v...

"If I tell you, will you promise that you won't take me away?" On the "Nobody Should Believe Me" podcast, upEND Cofounder Alan Dettlaff reflects on his time as a child welfare caseworker. Listen to the full episode with @AlanDettlaff.com and @strawburriez.bsky.social: buff.ly/u5CaJko

Child separation isn't just a policy. It's an industry. The people running these systems aren't just following orders. They're following the money. This June, #StolenChildrensMonth follows the money and demands abolition. StolenChildrensMonth.com

"I didn't want my kids taken away, so I didn't talk." How do we support survivors of #IntimatePartnerViolence and their children without relying on the harmful family policing system? #DomesticViolence #ChildWelfare buff.ly/hafeTsx

The #FamilyPolicingSystem doesn't help domestic violence survivors or protect their kids! The system accuses survivors of harming their children, citing “failure to protect” laws, even when the children haven’t been harmed directly. There's a better way. Read our essay:

At upEND, we often hear "If there's no child welfare system, what will happen to children who may be at risk of harm?" With the Reclaiming Safety Series, we answer this directly, exploring what healing and safety can look like without punishment and family separation. Our latest is out now!"

Over the past few years, I've learned there is a vast difference between being a leader and having a leadership title. In fact, leadership titles often prevent genuine leadership because they come with expectations to defend harmful and racist institutions. More: www.insocialwork.org/leadership-t...

I'm very excited about our May/June selection at TOWARD LIBERATION as we'll be reading Dr. Kirk "Jae" James's new memoir, "94A6325: Coming of Age in the Era of Mass Incarceration." Jae will also be joining us at the end of June to discuss. MORE: www.towardliberation.com/p/mayjune-wh...

On April 30, I'll be joining colleagues from Greece and Germany to talk about radical social work, or in the way I think about this: Can social work even be radical, or is social work just another tool of the state designed to prevent liberatory futures from becoming a reality?

"What do we call a system in which one person can authorize war across the globe, expand surveillance, detain and deport millions, and fund state violence with the stroke of a pen? We call it a U. S. presidency.” Read more at Toward Liberation: www.towardliberation.com/p/kings-are-...

I’m honored to be reading as part of this Words as Lifelines series Sunday night at 6pm ET, along with @alandettlaff.com & @gretchensisson.bsky.social, talking adoption, family policing, repro justice & more, to benefit families in Gaza. Donate & join us if you can: form.jotform.com/joonae/lifel...

Join us Monday March 30th for a World Social Works Day webinar featuring speakers from across the globe. REGISTER: www.eventbrite.ie/e/uniting-so...

just a helpful hint to all you university administrators getting some bad press out there: this is what many zoomers see when they look at college now. if you don’t want to keep bleeding money, maybe consider not oppressing the constitutional rights of your faculty, staff, and students.

NEW in Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work today! Our first article of 2026. Our articles are always open access and free to download. Access your copy here: apsw-ojs-uh.tdl.org/apsw/article...

Join the Social Work Activist Collective for our first meeting of 2026 and help us plan the future of our work. We want your input on how we should guide our work to strengthen our community and be a resource and support for each other. REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/SWACJan29th

"The system CPS uses to justify taking children from families is unjust. It is designed to vilify parents—especially Black mothers like me—by prioritizing an abstract notion of a child’s "best interests" over demonstrated evidence that we are fit to care for our kids." inquest.org/cps-stole-my...

The latest from Toward Liberation's Maya Pendleton is out now! "Revolution Without Politics: On One Battle After Another" READ HERE: www.towardliberation.com/p/revolution...

Check out our new zine, “Abolish the Family Policing System.” ✂️ A printable version is available on our website for sharing with friends and neighbors. upendmovement.org/zine/

COMING SOON from Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work! A new special issue on the importance of abolitionist values, including commitments to anti-racism, justice, and liberation, in social work. Take a look at the upcoming articles below and stay tuned for a spring release!

Alex Vitale (@alexvitale.bsky.social) on the “false conflict” between street protest and electoral politics — and what really happens in between: “community organizing for power” and “building campaigns” youtu.be/WJhtvFJZuhY @50501movement.bsky.social @generalstrikeus.bsky.social

What is abolition? Perspectives from: @dylanrodriguez.bsky.social @equalityalec.bsky.social @alexvitale.bsky.social @kamaufranklin.bsky.social @scotthech.bsky.social @olurinatti.bsky.social @drtiffanyaflowers.bsky.social @alandettlaff.com + more www.instagram.com/p/DTRFbZvleVa

We're kicking off the new year with an exploration of what it will really take to bring about change. Join us as we read Everything for Everyone throughout January and February and then we'll meet on zoom at the end of February to discuss. MORE HERE: www.towardliberation.com/p/revolution...

Chanelle Gallant (@chanellegallant.bsky.social) is an abolitionist feminist organizer and co-author of Not Your Rescue Project 📕 out now via @haymarketbooks.org - fwd: @harshawalia.bsky.social - awd: @policingblack.bsky.social 🎥 convo with @awkword.bsky.social HERE on Wednesday for #globalwarning

They’re strip-searching children at school

Read with us in 2026! This year, we're kicking off our Toward Liberation reading group with "Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072." If you haven't joined us yet, now is a great time to start. More here: www.towardliberation.com/p/revolution...

On genocide, fascism, ICE, the meaning of resistance, and much more. Some end of year reflections from me, connease, and Maya on what 2025 meant for liberatory struggle. Available now at Toward Liberation: www.towardliberation.com/p/onward-yea...

NEW ARTICLE from me and Maya Pendleton - "Can Social Work Be Abolitionist?" There are 50 free downloads available as of now, but if those run out at some point, please feel free to be in touch if you'd like a copy. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/UGNXG...

An astonishing amount of resources are wasted scrutinizing the lives of poor and working parents when better material needs infrastructure and simple cash payments would suffice. Poverty is not neglect, but addressing the actual problem doesn’t satisfy the American appetite for punishment.

More evidence that providing direct, material assistance to families who need it significantly reduces child maltreatment. www.michiganpublic.org/health/2025-...

Abolitionist journalism is more critical than ever, under intensifying fascism. I'm grateful that @theappeal.org's work will continue as part of the Truthout Center for Grassroots Journalism! Check out the inaugural newsletter & new stories: us17.campaign-archive.com?e=[UNIQID]&u...