@joshshapiropa.bsky.social clearly does not want people sentenced to die in PA prisons to be given a fair hearing for a second chance. www.inquirer.com/opinion/lett...

Come out to Amistad's Movement Game night to connect with good people over food and games! On March 7th from 5:00 - 7:00 PM, we'll be on the 4th floor of 924 Cherry Street in Philadelphia. Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/movem...

i am increasingly bothered by terms like "showdown" or "face-off" or "clash" when used to describe corrupt and fascist power coming up against resistance because there's an implied symmetry that does not exist.

It's a great time to skill up on alternatives to this country's punitive carceral system. This Thursday, @interruptcrim.bsky.social is hosting a virtual session on transformative justice with Camila Pelsinger Villalba. More info here: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/events/all/a...

In Philly, 15 out of 17 City Councilmembers have co-sponsored @kendraphlcouncil.bsky.social's comprehensive ICE OUT legislation, making it veto-proof and all but ensuring it will be written into law. A HUGE win for all the community orgs that organized for this! www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...

@ramirez.house.gov is right: "The problem isn’t ​‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity." Abolish DHS. inthesetimes.com/article/deli... @inthesetimes.com

THREAD. Yesterday we won a landmark injunction striking down the cash bail system in Riverside, California.

Protestors in Philadelphia marched from City Hall to @fetterman.senate.gov's office to demand he vote NO on the bill that would give MORE money to DHS & ICE. Imagine witnessing masked agents unleashing terror in our communities and deciding the right response is to give them more money. Shameful.

Philly! We've got several opportunities to show up to Anti-ICE actions this week. First up: We're rallying at the NE corner outside City Hall tomorrow morning at 10 AM in support of @kendraphlcouncil.bsky.social's legislation to get ICE out of Philly.

In Philly: ICE is caught on camera using a private, court-owned lot to stage a kidnapping. Sign the petition to tell Sheriff Bilal: Keep ICE out of the courthouse! bit.ly/ICEoutCJC

John O’Brien, Gov. @joshshapiropa.bsky.social's pick to fill the vacant psychologist seat on the PA Board of Pardons, has argued that children who commit crimes cannot be rehabilitated, and he's pushed for many to be charged as adults. This is unacceptable. www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/01...

“I lost one son to gun violence,” Thomas said. “I’ll be damned if I let the system take my other one from me.” A Philly mom who lost her 15 yr old son to gun violence 2 years ago faces the loss of her other son to prison, though it's not at all clear he shot anyone. www.inquirer.com/crime/mother...

This new toolkit by @siembranc.bsky.social has lots of actionable ideas re: ICE - docs.google.com/document/d/1...

BREAKING: Dan Ceisler, the new sheriff of Pennsylvania's Bucks County, just announced he has terminated his county's 287(g) contract with ICE. Ceisler defeated GOP sheriff who'd joined the ICE program in November, & ran on quitting it; we reported then:

SOME GOOD NEWS: A longtime movement elder and dear friend, Marie "Mechie" Scott was released from prison yesterday after 50 years inside. Philly is already better with her out here. www.inquirer.com/crime/marie-...

Thousands came out in Philadelphia last night to mourn for those murdered by ICE and demand the agency––a domestic terrorist organization––be kicked out of Philly.

This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

If you're in Philly, come out to the Northeast corner of City Hall at 5:00 PM today to mourn, rage, and demand ICE be kicked out of our city.

After 50 years in prison, our dear friend and movement elder Mechie is coming home this week!!! Can you chip in to support her through this enormous transition? Every dollar you give goes straight to her. Reposts would be great as well ❤️ www.gofundme.com/f/welcome-ho...

"I’ve never seen a student put police in their dream world." Cierra Kaler-Jones, ED of @rethinkingschools.bsky.social, in conversation with @prisonculture.bsky.social. Read the whole refreshing interview here: rethinkingschools.org/articles/in-...

After 50 years in prison, our dear friend and movement elder Mechie is coming home this week!!! Can you chip in to support her through this enormous transition? Every dollar you give goes straight to her. Reposts would be great as well ❤️ www.gofundme.com/f/welcome-ho...

Dude's an absolute psychopath, @amistadlaw.bsky.social deserves so much credit for staying on the BOP's neck

Tomorrow night! Come out to our movement holiday party for drinks, dancing, food from movement chef Kurt Evans, and a celebration of some big wins to close out the year. Drop us a line if you need a ride or have space to offer someone else a ride!

We are ending the year with a BIG win in the fight to end Death By Incarceration. HB 150, which would offer release to sick and aging people in PA prisons, passed out of the House yesterday with 12 Republicans voting for compassion.

Tomorrow the PA House will vote on HB 150––a vital piece of bi-partisan legislation that, if passed in both chambers, would offer potential release to very sick incarcerated people. @famm.org created a simple form to contact your state Rep to ask them to vote YES here: act.famm.org/a/pa-25-hb-150

I work for the only news org reporting on Kensington from the inside. We hold power accountable, and center solutions and community voices. But we need help to stay running after January. If you've appreciated our work, please consider donating: www.kensingtonvoice.com/kensington-j...

🚨We’ve added three new articles to Issue No. 8! 🚨 Maya Meredith interviews Zohran Mamdani’s political director Afua Atta-Mensah ; Peyton Dix profiles the novelist Angela Flournoy; and five writers discuss Ryan Coogler’s Sinners hammerandhope.org

Join us tomorrow, Tuesday 12/16, at 6:00 PM on Zoom for the Free Our People Coalition meeting! This month, we'll be talking about progress around HB 150, a medical parole bill that would provide relief to seriously ill incarcerated elders. Register here: bit.ly/JoinFreeOurPeople

This Tuesday, December 16, the PA House of Representatives will vote on HB 150, a bill that would allow incarcerated people who are very sick to petition the courts for medical release. Please take a moment today to call your reps and ask them to vote YES on HB 150! www.palegis.us/find-my-legi...

Community is not simply a reprieve from the struggle—it is the animating force, the end goal, and the means by which we win. Come out to our monthly neighborhood meetings to connect with your neighbors and plug into the movement for real community safety.

The 103-mile march for Mumia ends today at SCI Mahanoy, where folks are demanding his release so he can receive healthcare out here. Mumia Abu-Jamal was arrested on this day 44 years ago. It's time to free Mumia and all political prisoners! @democracynow.org www.democracynow.org/2025/12/9/mu...

I appreciate the reporting AND I want everyone to stop using criminal records as a stand in for whether people should or should not be harassed and deported.

Violence prevention programs keep kids safe! @mayorparker.bsky.social and Philly City Council must provide timely, consistent funding for these programs. Thank you @sammycaiola.bsky.social for the in-depth coverage @chalkbeat.org and @kensingtonvoice.bsky.social www.chalkbeat.org/philadelphia...

We are teaming up with @abolitionistlawcenter.org to offer a training on how to combat ICE in Philly. You’ll learn rights for all people while in ICE presence, how to protect your worksite from an ICE raid, how to be a more effective bystander, and more. Register here bit.ly/48nvM20

I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.

Hopefully, PA lawmakers will hear this from a former superintendent of five PA state prisons: "If the goal is unending retribution, our current system operates quite effectively." We need HB 150 to pass swiftly so sick and aging folks can get care out here. www.cityandstatepa.com/opinion/2025...

This is a gift. Thank you to @siembranc.bsky.social for sharing this new toolkit with what they did when Border Patrol showed up in NC: docs.google.com/document/d/1... - share far and wide especially with our comrades in MN and LA (New Orleans esp).

"We do not go gentle into that good night. We rage––against a system that hopes we’ll give up. We rage, even when no one is watching. Even when no one believes. Even when the victories are small. Rage, after all, is hope in motion." Tariq MaQbool for @aljazeera.com www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

Behind bars, Terral Ellis Jr. pleaded for help. Then, a nurse told him there wasn’t a “damn thing” wrong with him. Hours later, he was dead. Going to jail shouldn't be a death sentence, yet the carceral healthcare system is killing people.

Come out to our movement holiday party on Saturday, December 20th! We'll have drinks, dancing, and food catered by movement chef Kurt Evans. This party is always a highlight––it's a joyful way to close out the year and build community for the fight ahead. Register at bit.ly/DecarcerateHoliday25

The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Philadelphia City Council is moving to ban mobile services, including vans offering first aid and free food, from areas surrounding Kensington. The only way to read this is that city leaders really want drug users to die. www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...

Imagine reading this

Please read this opening statement by Assata Shakur from her trial in New York in 1976. She wrote this almost 50 years ago, but it speaks so clearly to the current moment that it could have been written yesterday ia902804.us.archive.org/17/items/A.S...

It was energizing to team up with Juntos and VietLead for Movement Movie Night on Saturday! No one is disposable. We all deserve to be treated with dignity and to live joyful lives connected to our communities, whether we're immigrants or born and raised in Philadelphia. We belong to one another.

Can restorative justice address serious harm committed by young people? Join us on 12/2 for a discussion that will examine this question and offer considerations for bringing restorative justice to your community. Register: www.mobilize.us/crimesurvivo...

“The media oftentimes relinquishes its role in public education and public awareness, instead fanning the flames of fear and hysteria that can lead to support for harsher penalties and more stigmatization,” says @myharmreduction.bsky.social. objectivejournalism.org/2025/11/balt...

This is outrageous: A Philly cop tased a grieving Philadelphia man as authorities removed the body of his roommate (a man he was taking care of) who had died hours earlier. The cop tased him, threw him to the ground, and punched him in the face ten times. www.inquirer.com/crime/philad...

We’re thrilled to share that Truthout is taking over The Appeal’s journalism. With Truthout’s powerhouse reputation for independent, reader-funded journalism, our reporting on overpolicing and mass incarceration will continue and reach even wider audiences. theappeal.org/news_awards/...

Join @haymarketbooks.org for a virtual book launch of "How to End Family Policing: From Outrage to Action” with featured speakers Dorothy Roberts, Andrea Ritchie, and Erin Miles Cloud. 📅 December 1 🕐4-5:30 pm ET 🔗 Register: www.howtoendfamilypolicing.com/events