Thanks to Jocelyn Simonson & John Legend for this timely piece - we know that attacks on community bail funds & community care are an attack on freedom. It's still #FreeThemAll

This is a five-alarm fire. This would have kept Civil Rights protesters in jail. It also would have prevented the incredible work bail funds have done over the last decade and the work many of you did with us with #FreeThePeopleDay . Expect this to be replicated in other states.

We've all seen images of Brittany Watts in grief & pain.

We hope the photos taken today, resilient & surrounded by community, are the ones you remember her by. Photos by Sue Ogrocki via the AP apnews.com/article/miscar…

TONIGHT: Students are facing unprecedented repression and backlash from Zionist groups and administrators on our campuses.

Join us alongside Dissenters 🌊 and National Students for Justice in Palestine for a Know Your Rights training @ 5PM PT / 7 PM CT / 8 PM ET.

🔗 Register at bit.ly/pal-kyr

As abolitionists, how do we make sense of the ongoing atrocities across Gaza and Israel?

We believe every human life is precious and worthy of safety, freedom, and the right to self-determination. #FreePalestine

Thread with resources 🧵:

#FreePalestine

REMINDER: As we witness an unprecedented increase in attacks on advocates for Palestinian freedom, please remember to use our intake form to request our pro-bono (free) legal support or advice: palestinelegal.org/intake.
📸 photos by: @pettystinian on IG

Heading out to a demonstration today? Know before you go.

Read our Know Your Rights guide on what you need to know to stay safe and informed while protesting: legalaidnyc.org/get-help/arres…

While we work to respond to these requests, here are resources to prepare for and resist backlash against your activism, including contact information for other organizations responding to this unprecedented backlash: palestinelegal.org/news/2023/10/1…

LIVE: Illinois has ended money bond! We’re outside the Cook County Criminal Courthouse to mark the implementation of the Pretrial Fairness Act.

Tune in to our Chicago press conference where legislators & organizers are speaking out on this historic day: fb.watch/n81HC-xxia/?mi…

We are one month away from ending money bond.

Seven years of organizing by thousands of everyday people made this possible! We are the ones we've been waiting for!

This webinar from Community Justice Exchange and Haymarket Books about the criminalization of mutual aid is PACKED with useful context and info. Not to be missed. Video at: youtube.com/watch?v=M3qvIH…

Today (THURSDAY)!

RSVP below for 2pm PT/5pm ET Haymarket Books discussion w/ bail funds, abortion funds, #StopCopCity organizers, & dean spade on how we push back on attacks on mutual aid!

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In this essay preview of her new book chronicling movements dismantling incarceration across the country, Jocelyn Simonson writes, 'They show us that it is possible not just to imagine new understandings of justice and safety, but also to live them out.'✊🏾

Join us TOMORROW (Thursday!) - RSVP below!

We'll be discussing how we push back against the criminalization of mutual aid & solidarity efforts w/
dean spade, Kamau Franklin, @zohraraheem, Abortion Should Be Free, National Bail Fund Network with Haymarket Books!

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THIS THURSDAY!

Join dean spade, Kamau Franklin, @zohraraheem, Abortion Should Be Free National Bail Fund Network to discuss pushing back against the criminalization of mutual aid & solidarity efforts, hosted w Haymarket Books

Thursday 8/17 at 5pm ET

RSVP here:
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