Oliver

#AbolishColumbusDay. 

It’s Our Time Now: #IndigenousPeoplesDay

An anarchist society isn’t one in which people are free to rape and murder without consequence, that’s a bit of an ancient strawman which gravely misunderstands both anarchism and prison abolition…not got a lot of time so this is cut and pasted from an old ask:I have no problem with societies collectively deciding to put coercive limits on people who pose a direct and provable danger - peadophiles, rapists, serial killers etc… Anarchism doesn’t mean you get free reign to abuse people without consequence, and I’d imagine that different communities would come up with different strategies to deal with these kind of direct threats, which I don’t think can be adequately handled without coercive force. 

These are a tiny proportion of prisoners though, and although I don’t think a liberated society would be free of this sort of behaviour entirely, I do think the proportion would get drastically smaller when people are raised and supported in an environment of mutual respect and open communication where their immediate needs are met etc. 

Everyday people: *donate money, post thoughts and prayers, put on a performance of concern with no returns except social acceptance and a sense of belonging*

Ruling Class: 

don’t worry, they already have all kinds of profit making schemes for when the seas start rising and engulfing major cities. 

john p. clark actually coined the term “disaster anarchism” to explain how working class folks respond when a disaster hits. his example was the aftermath of hurricane katrina when residents organized relief, rescue, etc. long before the government bothered intervening. Even afterwards the residents did a lot more to help themselves than the government offered.