Abolitionists and mental health advocates in the US are working to replace both police and psychiatry by reimagining how we respond to mental health crisis.
Police Abolition | The Paper Pilot
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Mental Wealth
TL;DR • When it comes to mental health, our society approaches it like we did with physical health 50 years ago. We only think about it when something goes wrong. • To the wider public, mental heal…
A Letter on Justice and Open Debate
July 7, 2020 The below letter will be appearing in the Letters section of the magazine’s October issue. We welcome responses at letters@harpers.org Our cultural institutions are facing a moment of trial. Powerful protests for racial and social justice are leading to overdue demands for police reform, along with wider calls for greater equality and […]
Mental Health - Platform | The Australian Greens
If you’ve ever struggled to access mental health care, you’re not alone.
Police, prisons and human rights – Victorian Socialists
‘Law and order’ politics fills prisons without addressing root causes. We’ll redirect police budget increases into public housing, youth and social services.
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We Do This 'Til We Free Us
New York Times Bestseller “Organizing is both science and art. It is thinking through a vision, a strategy, and then figuring out who your targets are, always being concerned about power, always being concerned about how you’re going to actually build power in order to be able to push your issues, in order to be able to get the target to actually move in the way that you want to.” What if social transformation and liberation isn’t about waiting for someone else to come along and save us? What if ordinary people have the power to collectively free ourselves? In this timely collection of essays and interviews, Mariame Kaba reflects on the deep work of abolition and transformative political struggle. With a foreword by Naomi Murakawa and chapters on seeking justice beyond the punishment system, transforming how we deal with harm and accountability, and finding hope in collective struggle for abolition, Kaba’s work is deeply rooted in the relentless belief that we can fundamentally change the world. As Kaba writes, “Nothing that we do that is worthwhile is done alone.”
What do we know about how to support mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic from past infectious disease epidemics? - DEP
No, We Won't Calm Down – Tone Policing Is Just Another Way to Protect Privilege - Everyday Feminism
“Calm down so we can discuss this like adults.” Ever said something like this in a conversation on oppression? Tone policing is no way to get justice, and this comic will help you understand exactly why.
Why Psychology Hasn’t Had a Big New Idea in Decades
Can our field get its act together?
Abolishing the police and prisons is a lot more practical than critics claim
Mariame Kaba's new book “We Do This ‘Til We Free Us” is a pragmatic playbook for a world without walls.
Fix the health crisis – Victorian Socialists
Healthcare should be universal and free, not for profit. We’re fighting for fully funded public health and the expansion of free community health clinics.
Hospital crisis and mental health cuts show Labor has run health system into the ground | The Australian Greens
The Victorian Greens say revelations of massive deficits across Victoria’s hospitals, alongside explosive reports that Labor gutted the state’s mental health watchdog, reveal a public health system being starved of the funding it needs.
Holding the Roots: Resourcing the Infrastructure Behind Movements - Interaction Institute for Social Change
There’s a quiet revolution underway. You can see it in church gatherings and small-town meetings, on Zoom calls between elders and young organizers, in community art projects, healing circles, and protest planning sessions. Across the country, IISC has had the deep honor of supporting and witnessing this movement: the call for food justice in Mississippi,... Read More
ICE violence against women is largely untracked. One advocacy group is working to change that.
Immigration agents with prior records of sexual and gender-based violence have drawn attention in Trump’s second term amid questions about training and vetting.
