Fighting the Carceral System (w/ Juan Fernández, Abolition Futures)
Added 2024-10-01 15:47:59 +0000 UTCRed Planet is joined by Juan Fernández from Abolitionist Futures to discuss alternatives to our current systems of carceral justice and how we can work to build them.
Learn more from the Abolition Futures reading list: https://abolitionistfutures.com/reading-groups-events
The Week’s News
Israel conducts terrorist attack, air strikes in Lebanon
Israel concealed explosives inside batteries of pagers sold to Hezbollah… - CNN
Hezbollah walkie-talkies exploded too, what to know about Israel’s attacks - Al Jazeera
Hezbollah Confirms Hassan Nasrallah's Death as Israel Carpet-Bombs Lebanon - Common Dreams
Enormous protests against hospital cuts in New Zealand
'Biggest protest in Dunedin in decades' as up to 35,000 rally against hospital cuts - RNZ
Samsung workers strike
Why hundreds of Samsung workers are protesting in India - BBC
Israel shutters Al Jazeera’s West Bank bureau
Israeli military shuts down Al Jazeera bureau in West Bank raid - Guardian
Marxist candidate wins Sri Lankan elections
Marxist Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka’s presidential election as voters reject old guard - AP
JSO protesters receive 2 years each for throwing soup on Van Gogh painting
Activists jailed for throwing soup on Sunflowers - BBC
“I’ll post the information on how to send me letters and books in jail” - Calla Walsh (Twitter)
Dutch govt moves to restrict right to protest by stopping protesters covering their faces
THE NETHERLANDS: ‘Restrictions on the right to protest should be the exception rather than the rule’ - Civicus
The Netherlands has a new government. Here are 3 things to know. - Politico
Boeing machinists in indefinite strike for higher pay
Boeing machinists on picket lines prepare for lengthy strike: ‘I can last as long as it takes’ - CNBC
US longshoremen prepare for enormous strike to start on October 1st
US retailers brace for potential pain from a longshoremen’s strike - AP
Strike looms at busiest US ports as 45,000 workers prepare to walk off job - Guardian
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