What does putting 1/4 of our city's general fund towards SPD get us? Lots of cops jailing poor people so Mayor Bruce Harrell can pretend to sports tourists this week that poor people don't exist. thestranger.com/news/2023/07/0…

This will only become MORE true in Seattle as our revenues dwindle in coming years. If you don't think there's a battle coming over whether to spend Jumpstart $ on police funding, you haven't been paying attention.

Create it.

The world is crumbling anyway.

Seems like a good day to run this gem by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor back.
#SCOTUS is illegitimate but powerful. How do we create a country and political system where 9 people don't overdetermine the fate of millions?
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A democratic government where the only way anything gets done is if the president issues new/reinterprets old executive orders and then hopes the unelected Supreme Court lets them stand is not a democratic government.

“But let’s still use affirmative action to recruit low income people of color to die in our wars”

i truly hope that these blows to the fragile diversity, access, inclusion frame encourage students, staff & faculty to organize for more transformational education, like open enrollment, free tuition, dropping standardized tests, community control mechanisms over private boards

The sign up for public comment is now open! Click this link to add your name to the virtual comment list, or come by council chambers by 2: seattle.gov/council/commit…

Even though there are design review &other land use exemptions for affordable housing, right now, social housing won't qualify bc the income range falls outside the 'affordable housing' definition. We have a chance to change this! TOMORROW! Read on to learn how to help 1/4

You don’t want to miss this! Abolition is not just a politic it’s a practice, a vision and a struggle to change material conditions toward that vision - and no one has a longer history of waging abolitionist campaigns in the US than Critical Resistance!

Cop City will never be built. Let's celebrate the interim wins - Atlanta Solidarity Fund is back up accepting donations! Throw some cash to these folks in honor of #StopCopCity and our fights against cops, courts, and cages everywhere.

Our queer and trans communities deserve -more- than hate crimes laws, which give $$$ and power to cops, courts, and prosecutors and have never kept us safe. Remember this next time a city leader proposes hate crimes legislation to address our safety. transgenderlawcenter.org/hate-crimes/?e…

'There are no queer friendly cops'
Pasteup seen in Milan during the 2023 Pride parade

Next Wed., June 21! Join us for a discussion about Washington’s drug policy landscape.

Featuring Nicole Macri, Alison Holcomb of ACLU of Washington, Deaunte damper of VOCAL-WA, & a special guest with lived experience of drug use & homelessness.

Moderated by Tobias Coughlin-Bogue.