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from “Abolition Now!: Ten Years of Strategy and Struggle Against the Prison Industrial Complex” available here for free. Source
#prison abolition#transformative love#abolition#abolitionist#prison industrial complex#abolish the police#police abolition#alexis pauline gumbs#critical resistance#strategy#state violence#structural violence#radical means to the root#fundamental change#oh no it's queue
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Abolition and the Liberation of Palestine
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Discussion starts at 16:50 timestamp
Prison industrial complex (PIC) abolitionists have always understood the work to dismantle the PIC to be connected to global movements against war, militarism, and colonialism. In the past few weeks, we’ve seen mass mobilization in solidarity with the Palestinian people as they face one of the deadliest assaults by the Israeli military in its history.
On Wednesday, Nov 1, join us for a critical discussion on the ongoing war on Palestine. Dr. Angela Y Davis, Lara Kiswani (Executive Director of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center), Stefanie Fox (Executive Director of Jewish Voice for Peace), and Nadine Naber (INCITE! National) will join us in a discussion moderated by Mohamed Shehk (Campaigns Director of Critical Resistance) to help us understand the situation on the ground in Palestine, how our organizations and people everywhere can mount effective resistance to the genocidal war against Palestinians, and how we can use abolitionist strategies such as Dismantle-Change-Build, Divest/Invest & “Defund,” and “shrink and starve” to do so.
Organized by Critical Resistance. This event is also a fundraiser for Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA), who are providing much needed aid to the people of Gaza. All funds will go to MECA after accessibility costs for this event.
#abolitionism#prison industrial complex#anti imperialism#angela davis#critical resistance#anti war#anti zionism#palestine
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"1997: The Start of Critical Resistance
BEYOND THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Critical Resistance was formed in 1997 when activists challenging the idea that imprisonment and policing are a solution for social, political, and economic problems came together to organize a conference that examined and challenged what we have come to call the prison industrial complex (PIC).
Held in Berkeley, California, in September 1998, the conference brought together over 3,500 activists, academics, former and current prisoners, labor leaders, religious organizations, feminists, gay, lesbian and transgender activists, youth, families, and policy makers from literally every state and other countries. The three-day event featured nearly 200 different panels and workshops. The conference also included a number of cultural events and a film festival.
While the conference was a huge success, CR recognized that its work had only begun. The goal of CR was, and continues to be, building a movement to eliminate the prison industrial complex."
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Angela Davis, Chesa Boudin Defend Pamela Price - Connecting the Recall Network
How Big Tech, Real Estate, and Police Unions Use Public Relations, Agents of Chaos, and Poverty-Porn-Crime Videos to Wage War Against Criminal Justice Reform and Progressive Policies Angela Davis stood with an immersed audience, eyes locked on her during brief moments of silent drawing breath. Anticipation dripped for every word to flow from her lips as the smell of flowers blew in the breeze…
#Agents of Chaos#Alameda County DA#Alameda County District Attorney#Angela Davis#Anti-Asian Hate#Anti-Police-Terror Project (APTP)#Bill Oberndorf#Brenda Grisham#Brenda Harbin-Forte#Brian Call#Carl Chan#Chesa Boudin#Chris Moore#Christopher Rufo#Councilmember Nikki Fortunato Bas#Criminal Justice Reform#Critical Resistance#Diane Yap#Doom Loop#Earl Adkins#Empower Oakland#Garry Tan#Gotham by the Bay#Greg McDonnell#Libby Schaaf#Loren Tayor#Michael Shellenberger#Michelle Tandler#Moms for Liberty#Neighbors Together Oakland (NTO)
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Long hair
No bra
That's my type (that's right)
#you just told me you want to fuck me#baby i will cause i really want too#this is silly#but i couldn't resist#critical role#the mighty nein#m9#bells hells#bell's hells#fjord stone#fjord cr#fjord tusktooth#dorian storm#red wine supernova#song lyrics#cr memes#cr shitpost#courtesy of me#cr campaign three#cr3#cr c3#1k
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I couldn’t resist the long hair…
#essek thelyss#critical role#critical role fanart#I don’t even go here… yet#yes yes it’s longer than it should be…. I couldn’t resist
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some oryms (and one Ashton) because these outfit designs were living rent-free in my head. Original arts of the fashions below!
Mythology AU by @jadequarze; AU Orym design by @stardustspecter; modern AU by @drawsmaddy; and AU where Bells Hells actually wear sensible clothes to Aeor by @astralleywright
#critical role#orym of the air ashari#ashton greymoore#my art#I was just wanting to draw a bunch of Oryms but I couldn't resist that Ashton outfit#they look SO good with that mask and the harness and shit#i want to bite them
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the constant inner struggle of a Na'vi speaker/teacher browsing Na'vi OCs
#(spongebob rainbow meme) autism#if i've ever reblogged your post to correct your na'vi grammar/OC name i promise promise promise i wasn't doing it to be rude#or as any sort of personal attack or criticism#the na'vi language is just a special interest of mine and i really love sharing information about it and helping people who are new to it!!#but also yes i acknowledge that at the end of the day it doesn't *really* matter if tumblruser29's na'vi oc has an “invalid” name#as long as they're happy with it#but boy howdy does the infodump side of me still want to fix it#...yeah this is why i very seldom reblog other people's OCs even if I really like the concept/design/art 😅#because i know i won't be able to resist fixing the names#and i'm aware that most people will probably find that more annoying than helpful#i'm more likely to bite the bullet and do it anyways with grammar mistakes#because with OC names a lot of the time there's a good chance the person isn't actually interested in learning the language#they simply want a cool name for their character#but if someone's trying to string together full phrases/sentences I assume they have at least some interest in actually learning#so I want to step in and help out#but...yeah#lì'fya leNa'vi#na'vi oc#my art#comic
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The ceiling is looking very ceiling today!
#fanart#anime#manga#doodle#fairy tail nalu#fairy tail#nalu#natsu x Lucy#lucy heartfilia#natsu dragneel#nalu fanart#hiro mashima#redraw of the couch incident#he bout to snap#on god#I would#he’s got too much resistance here#also first time I’ve colored in a very long time Ik they look kind of off ignore that#just trying to post without being overly critical of myself anymore#ummm#tag#tag2
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The bed gets cold without you and cold hands trope, but reversed because Laudna doesn’t produce an ounce of warmth and Imogen is practically a human heater.
#she produces lightning#that stuff can heat up the air around it to 27760 degrees celcius#How do lightning powers even work without the caster being insanely resistant and heat proof??idk#girl failure is indeed a super hero#tried to emulate the intro animation#critical role#critters#critical role campaign 3#bells hells#critical role fanart#fanart#laudna#imogen temult#imodna#imogen x laudna#southern gothic
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Hot boi. :3
#i couldn't resist jumping onto the long-haired essek bandwagon#also can you believe this is only the second time i've drawn essek?? and the first time was kind of chibi style#so this is my first Proper essek#enjoy him and his absurd mantle#i love him#critical role#cr2#cr3#essek thelyss#cr fanart#fanart#id in alt text
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Thinking a lot about Orym choosing a rabbit when asked what animal he would pick if cursed with lycanthropy.
Because, it makes sense. Orym is small, quick, agile, jumps well, and is highly perceptive. That definitely evokes rabbit imagery. But a lot of Orym’s identity is also tied up with being a protector – giving people AC bumps, the shield being as much a part of his fighting style as his sword, even his title: Saviour Blade of the Tempest. He wants to be a “Shield that protects Exandria”; his priorities about saving the gods are less about the gods themselves, and more about protecting the people of Exandria from the unintended consequences and bloodshed of releasing Predathos. And it would’ve been very easy to pick a large, strong predator to try and evoke the sense of a protector – a wolf, for example, an animal associated with loyalty and protecting its pack. Yet Orym chose a rabbit.
And I think that’s interesting, because rabbits are often seen as ‘cute’ animals – but they’re also a prey animal. In fact, they’re a common food source for many animals across several ecosystems: foxes, wolves, wild cats, dogs, birds of prey like eagles or owls, coyotes, stoats, and humans (and that’s just off the top of my head). Rabbits are skittish, easily frightened; to be rabbit-hearted is to be timid or cowardly. They are not generally associated with fierceness or prowess in fighting. Mice and rats are prey animals too, but typically seen as vermin (rabbits are sometimes seen as vermin too, but a farmer could eat a rabbit – they wouldn’t eat a rat). Deer are prey, but they have hooves and antlers that bring a danger to hunting them, for any animal – the difficulties of hunting rabbits are more related to their evasiveness, speed and good hearing than any life-threatening danger they might pose. Rabbits are, first and foremost, prey animals. They are killed and eaten, so that another animal might live.
Which made me think a lot about one of Orym’s other key traits: self-sacrifice. Bait and switch doesn’t just bump up his ally’s ACs, it specifically switches their place to put him directly in harm’s way. Goading attack is meant to encourage enemies to attack him instead of his friends. He literally made a deal with a hag, essentially exchanging his own life for power to protect his friends. How many times has he gone down in a fight? He’s not the only tank – but unlike Ashton (and Chetney, who also uses ‘self-sacrifice’ in his fighting style with his blood curses) he has no abilities to reduce the damage from the hits he takes (barbarian rage and the werewolf form).
(Side note: I think it’s pretty interesting that Chetney, the wolf, has attacked Orym, the rabbit, more than anyone else when losing control. That Orym’s facial scar was given to him by a friend, not a foe).
Of course, Orym isn’t the only character with self-sacrificial tendencies (FCG wins by a landslide), but I just can’t stop thinking about how weirdly perfect it is that he chose a rabbit for his animal. Rabbits are prey animals. They are eaten, so that other animals may live. Orym takes the hits, he goads and switches with his team mates to put himself in danger, he makes a deal with a hag at the cost of his own life. He’s a soldier, throwing his life away for a cause over and over again because Ludinus must be stopped, because Keyleth has put her trust in him, because it’s the only way to protect his friends, to protect everyone, because it’s the right thing to do. Orym is a rabbit. He’s always been a rabbit. That day in Zephrah, it could have easily been Orym who died instead of Will and Derrig – “unfortunate but necessary sacrifices”, as Ludinus viewed the attack. It’s unfortunate they had to die, but it was for the greater good, according to Ludinus. It’s unfortunate that a rabbit has to die, but it will feed a family of foxes, or stoats, or even a hungry human, so it’s acceptable, right?
Orym is a rabbit. He is giving himself to a greater cause that could very easily kill him – he already willingly signed his life away to Nana Morri. Because that’s what rabbits do. They die to feed others.
And the theme of being disposable is present across the entire group, not just in Orym – Bell’s Hells has been called a “party of NPCs” before. Aside from FCG’s death, I’d say Laudna perhaps fits this theme the best: she was literally murdered and hung from a tree simply because she looked similar to Vex, acting as a warning to adventurers she had never met before. But FCG’s death was – rightfully – viewed as a terrible tragedy by the group. Laudna’s decision to remove Delilah, finally freeing herself from her abuser and emphasising she is more, and deserves to be more, than just some disposable puppet – this was rightfully viewed as a very good thing! But Orym seems to be embracing this identity of self-sacrifice instead, rather than this mindset being properly challenged or acknowledged as a bad thing. After all, there’s no time. There’s too much at stake. Keyleth, Bell’s Hells, all the memories of those who have died in this fight, all the people who might die if Predathos is released and kickstarts a second Calamity – they’re all relying on him, right? A rabbit feeding so many animals with his sacrifice. And it’s not malicious compared to the way that, say, Delilah killing Laudna was an incredibly evil, fucked up and unnecessary thing to do. If Orym died to save everyone else, well, at least everyone else would be saved, right? Saving lives is good, isn't it? How could he complain?
Because rabbits are prey animals, and Orym is a rabbit too. Destined to die so that another animal may feed.
Except, that’s not true. Rabbits are more than just prey. They’re highly social, and thrive best living with others. They’re playful, they enjoy running around and kicking their legs just to show their enjoyment. They’re inquisitive and mischievous, even being associated with tricksters in some folklore and stories. They’re also associated with innocence, playfulness, spring, youth – all manner of things, depending on the story or culture. And they’re not helpless, either, even if they might be thought of as such. They can bite and scratch and draw blood quite easily if they want to! In fact, freezing up isn’t their only response when being attacked by a predator, they are known to fight back if cornered. They can sprint quickly, they have excellent hearing and senses of smell, they know how to evade predators.
Rabbits are prey, and they are also survivors. They have their own social dynamics, their own habits and dislikes and preferences. They are more than just a wolf’s meal. And Orym is more than a soldier, too. He’s more than a “necessary sacrifice”, he’s more than just a shield and sword. He deserves more than to die for a cause. He deserves a happy ending, just like everyone else. I hope he remembers that.
Orym is a rabbit. And the message isn’t that he shouldn’t be a rabbit. It’s that rabbits are worthy of surviving, too.
#anyway if orym doesn't get a happy ending i will fly to America travel to the CR studios and flip over all their tables#not to be overdramatic or anything#also it took literally all my willpower not to mention Watership Down in this post#nghhhhh must...resist....urge....to talk about....themes of survival in watership down.....nnhghhh....#bro noooo don't sacrifice yourself!!! Brooo you need to be cunning and full of tricks!!!#but ok it's interesting to me that one of the key themes of WD is be cunning and full of tricks and your people will never be destroyed#and most of the El-ahrairah stories w/in the book are about him using his wits to outsmart his enemies and benefit his people#yet the only one where El-ahrairah essentially fails is the story about the Black Rabbit of Inle#where he fails to outsmart the Black Rabbit and the day is only saved because the Black Rabbit gets sick of his shit and finally helps#and that's the story where El-ahrairah decides to give up on survival and keeps on trying to sacrifice himself to save his people#and it's like the dark scary story that most rabbits don't like to tell#so uh Orym reflect on that please#also I'm behind so no spoilers please and also Orym you better not have died while I'm catching up lol#critical role#orym#orym of the air ashari#critical role campaign 3#non witcher
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theres already been a million long-haired esseks but heres my attempt
#essek thelyss#essek#shadowgast#but like only sneaky#its technically up for interpretation#m9#critical role spoilers#critical role art#my art#the mighty nein#bells hells#im not caught up i just cant resist essek related spoilers#campaign 3#critical role
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You didn’t insert the definition of Xenia from the first Google search result!!! How are we supposed to know what the comic is saying???
well it sounds like you already know the definition if you know it's the first google result sksksksksk
#but yeah this is very funny#i couldn't resist putting xenia in there when there were so many opportunities to have it explained#without the need to copy paste it from a princeton study guide from the early 2000's#and yes lore olympus literally did that LMAOOO#ask me anything#ama#anon ama#anon ask me anything#lore olympus critical#anti lore olympus#lo critical
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When you have a crush on the littlest guy ever 💙💚
#couldn't resist doing this for dorym too#critical role#critrole#critrole memes#bells hells#bell's hells#orym of the air ashari#orym#dorian storm#dorym#orym x dorian#dorian x orym#how to talk to short people#cr memes#cr shitpost#courtesy of me#cr campaign three#crit role#critrole meme#cr3#cr c3
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