You Do Know That When Jewish And Romani People Say “never Forget” We Mean “learn About The Holocaust

Most of the “keep up the work after the protests have ended!”-type posts I’ve seen are mostly focused on like, reading Black authors and listening to Black voices and unlearning racism, and obviously all of that is absolutely vital - but no amount of individual self-reflection will be able to dismantle institutional systems of oppression. So I wanted to put together some resources for continuing to build a culture of noncompliance and resistance to the police and prison system even after things have calmed down

But first, be aware that the protests aren’t over. It’s June 29th and there are still events and actions being planned regularly across the nation, and they still need your participation and support. If you’re able, please keep your focus there; this list is for what can be done long-term outside of the protests

Know your rights. Giving the police any more information than you absolutely have to will never and can never benefit you or anyone else - positive evidence given to the police is regularly thrown out in court, whereas negative evidence will be used against you. Know what to say and what you have the right to refuse. You don’t have to answer any questions without a lawyer present, you don’t have to give the police access to your house or car unless they have a current warrant signed by a judge. They will try to intimidate you - learn your rights and don’t let up, don’t ever cooperate with the police

Don’t snitch. If you see someone breaking the law in a way that doesn’t hurt anybody, keep your mouth shut. If cops knock on your door asking you questions about your neighbors or anyone you know, don’t answer

Don’t call the cops. If you can solve the problem in a different way, do it. Cops have on multiple occasions murdered the people they were called to help (or bystanders) without provocation. Don’t be complicit in that. Learn how to handle situations as a community or with the help of qualified experts

When you see an interaction with the police happening, stop and observe. If necessary, film the interaction. Organize and work with groups such as Copwatch to observe the police and hold them accountable

Use proper opsec, especially if you’re involved with anything that might make you a target for the cops. Downloading Signal is a great simple place to start

Learn about jury nullification, and spread the word. When serving in a jury, you have the right to vote not guilty on a defendant that you believe did commit the crime but doesn’t deserve punishment for it. Don’t be complicit in unjust punishment

Refuse to do work for the police or prison system. Workers keep the world running and the state relies on our compliance to keep our neighbors under their thumb. We can shut it down

Continue to support bail funds, even for non-protesters. Cash bail is unjust, and people shouldn’t be in jail just because they can’t pay

Continue to support legal defense funds as well, such as that of the National Lawyers Guild

Write to prisoners, either by yourself or with groups such as the Anarchist Black Cross or Black And Pink, and organize/support books to prisons programs, commissary funds, reentry programs, and other forms of prisoner support

Organize and support community-run crisis response organizations like the CAHOOTS program in Eugene, Oregon or the Birmingham Peacemakers in my hometown

Here are some other organizations to join that are doing good work in this area:

Black Lives Matter is obviously a huge voice in racial justice right now. The list of “official” chapters on their website is very incomplete, though, so you may have better luck doing a web search for “[your area] black lives matter” (beware of fakes though)

Showing Up for Racial Justice is another very active and widespread racial justice network

Critical Resistance is a grassroots prison abolitionist organization founded by Angela Davis

The Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement is another active prison abolitionist organization

The IWW’s Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee works with prisoners to organize strikes, phone zaps, and other actions combating injustice in prisons

Again, the Anarchist Black Cross does great work supporting political prisoners through letter-writing and more. The link I’ve been including is to an unofficial federation of ABC groups, though - there may be a group in your area that’s not part of that federation, so a web search for “[your area] black cross” may be better

Black And Pink is a prison abolitionist organization focused on queer people and people living with HIV/AIDS

Antifascism is of course an important aspect of racial justice and community safety. See @antifainternational‘s guide to getting connected to your local antifascists - though, again, beware of fakes (the “antifa checker” accounts on fedbook and twitter can help)

The police state and prison industrial complex rely on the complicity and cooperation of all of us to function and be effective. By building a culture of noncompliance and active resistance, we can drastically reduce the state’s ability to oppress communities of color. Don’t let the struggle be forgotten with the changing of the news cycle - keep up the struggle until all are free!

Boosts and additional resources are very much appreciated!

once again i’m bitching at you all but basically if ur a white woman joking abt objectifying men ~but in a feminist way~ i’d strongly encourage you to look into the history ww have with LITERALLY objectifying men of color and think long and hard about whether ur actually being funny or if this is maybe inappropriate. yes, it’s a joke. i’m aware. but for some reason ur quirky objectification seems to have a body count in moc and not white men.

in general you white girls on here seem to forget that you are often the most violent tools of white supremacy and use your whiteness to degrade, humiliate, brutalize and objectify (hey look at that) poc INCULUDING moc, especially black men, and idk why u can’t get it through ur thick fucking skulls that u Also hve to watch what u say !!!!!! anyway please be fucking normal Thank You.

you are encouraged to reblog this if ur white and if you have thoughts on this keep it to urself including in the tags. i’m not in the mood for ur bitching and moaning.

The Power Of Three

any outfit is unisex if it’s bizarre enough

Since trans day of visibility is tomorrow:

Trans day of visibility isn’t just for white gender-confirming passing binary trans people.

It includes every trans person. Trans POC. GNC trans people. Non-binary people. Trans people who don’t pass. Trans people who dont want to medically transition. Trans people who haven’t medically transitioned. Trans people who are still in the closet.

All trans people.

I have seen harmful beliefs, especially in the Transmasc community, that you have to medically transition, that you have to pass, you have to conform to gender roles, etc. to be ‘actually trans’.

And that’s not true.

Transmascs don’t have to be manly buff men they can be whatever they want to be. If a Transmasc wants to wear a dress. They can wear a dress. Transmascs don’t have to use he/him they can use whatever they want. If they wanna use she/her they can use she/her.

Transfems don’t have to be feminine dainty women they can be whatever they want to be. If a Transfem wants to wear masculine stuff. They can wear masculine stuff. Transfems don’t have to use she/her they can use what ever they want to use. If they wanna use he/him they can use he/him.

Non-binary people don’t have to be androgynous they can be what ever they want to be. Non-binary don’t have to use they/them they can use whatever they want to use.

Stop trying to control others gender and gender presentation. Because someone’s relationship to their gender is NONE of your business. Stop excluding trans people because they don’t fit your idea of ‘ideal trans’. All trans people are valid and deserve respect.

this tip tho!!!!!!!!

can we all agree that being overdressed is a myth made up by boring stuffy people who are too worried about other people’s lives and don’t want you to have fun

I know this is going to make me sound pretensions but I have to get it off my chest. I feel an unimaginable rage when someone posts a photo and is like "this picture looks like a renaissance painting lol" when the photo clearly has the lighting, colors and composition of a baroque or romantic painting. There are differences in these styles and those differences are important and labeling every "classical" looking painting as renaissance is annoying and upsetting to me. And anytime I come across one of those posts I have to put down my phone and go take a walk because they make me so mad