Beyond gruesome
Health Ministry in Gaza said "193 Palestinians have been killed since the cease-fire ended" & "Fatalities have surpassed 15,200, w/70% of them being women & children." via haaretz
https://us18.campaign-arch...
Health Ministry in Gaza said "193 Palestinians have been killed since the cease-fire ended" & "Fatalities have surpassed 15,200, w/70% of them being women & children." via haaretz
https://us18.campaign-arch...
02:11 PM - Dec 02, 2023
Whatever horrible things you read about Henry Kissinger in the wake of his death, know that he deserves far, far worse said about him. That he was allowed to die at home in peace rather than in a cell at the Hague is an indictment of our global system of international law and justice.
09:35 PM - Nov 29, 2023
This gives me joy because theatre is healing #criminallegalsystem
"Their sons’ lives ended in gunfire. In grief, they found a second act.
"Their sons’ lives ended in gunfire. In grief, they found a second act.
12:36 PM - Nov 29, 2023
I just heard on Democracy Now that "Israel is the only country to try children in military court" This is really disturbing. Listen to the story with jeremyscahill.com here https://www.democracynow.o...
08:49 AM - Nov 28, 2023
No, reforms to the criminal legal system aren't driving rising crime i.e. changes to "break the cycle of poverty, crime and incarceration make our system fairer and our communities safer." #criminallegalsystem
07:40 AM - Nov 27, 2023
I have posted this every year since I first wrote it in 2015 because Thanksgiving in prison is always the same and we must not forget how fortunate we are--and work for a world with justice and peace
https://jeantrounstine.com... via JeanTrounstine #criminallegalsystem
https://jeantrounstine.com... via JeanTrounstine #criminallegalsystem
07:32 PM - Nov 22, 2023
Poet Detained in Gaza Is Released, Publisher Confirms
"Literary Community Calls for the Safety of a Gazan Poet" https://www.publishersweek...
"Literary Community Calls for the Safety of a Gazan Poet" https://www.publishersweek...
01:18 PM - Nov 21, 2023
MA Gov. Healy signed bill authorizing free phone calls for prisoners yesterday! Read about the bill here- #criminallegalsystem
08:04 AM - Nov 17, 2023
Good News! "Becca Balint is the first Jewish member of Congress to call for a cease-fire."
08:11 PM - Nov 16, 2023
Infuriating but not surprising #writingcommunity ! "Two people with knowledge of the situation told Semafor that staffers who signed the letter have been told by the paper’s management that they will not be allowed to cover the conflict in any way for at least three months."
semafor.com
LA Times bars reporters who signed open letter from covering Gaza | Semafor
Two people with knowledge of the situation told Semafor that staffers who signed the letter criticizing Israel's military campaign in Gaza have been told that they will not be allowed to cover the conflict in any way for at least three months.
08:05 PM - Nov 16, 2023
"Inside The Nationwide Campaign To Intimidate Students Protesting For Gaza: Amid an upswell of student support for Palestinians, Israel advocacy groups are weaponizing civil rights law to quell dissent."
07:56 PM - Nov 16, 2023
This is worth listening to
peterbeinart.substack.com
Facing the Horror in Gaza - by Peter Beinart
Watch now (15 mins) | Our Zoom call this week will be at the regular time: Friday at Noon EST. Since I recorded this week’s video, I’ve learned that Sara Roy will be unable to join us on Friday because of a family emergency. (Here’s the extraordinary lecture of hers I mentioned.) Luckily, we’ll stil..
07:06 PM - Nov 13, 2023
Thousands rally across Boston and Cambridge for peace in Gaza
09:34 PM - Nov 12, 2023
Without aid, Gaza is on the verge of collapse
08:58 PM - Nov 11, 2023
In MA "State’s highest court holds the fate of 108 people in its hands" It changed the law on felony murder in 2017 but left them to die behind bars. 82 percent are people of color — 59 percent Black. #criminallegalsystem
07:15 AM - Nov 10, 2023
My friend, the writer Caroline Leavitt, wrote this wonderful article. She is a master marketer for her books. #writingcommunity
https://www.moderndailykni...
https://www.moderndailykni...
03:41 PM - Nov 08, 2023
EXACTLY Ayanna Pressley condemns censure of
Rashida Tlaib
"More evidence of the obsession in Congress with policing progressive women of color.”
Rashida Tlaib
"More evidence of the obsession in Congress with policing progressive women of color.”
03:35 PM - Nov 08, 2023
2 Threaded Spouts
Please share my newest "Concerned about "onerous conditions of parole" & "longstanding cruel procedures" legislators & reform advocates push major legislative & cultural changes
01:59 PM - Nov 06, 2023
2 Threaded Spouts
Please share my newest "Concerned about "onerous conditions of parole" & "longstanding cruel procedures" legislators & reform advocates push major legislative & cultural changes
01:59 PM - Nov 06, 2023
Fear has silenced us. Educators read this! 👇🏽
"In the nation’s oldest educ institution—whose mission statement is predicated on ‘advancing new ideas’—& I am struck by the sense that on the topic of Israelis & Palestinians, I am not being educated."
"In the nation’s oldest educ institution—whose mission statement is predicated on ‘advancing new ideas’—& I am struck by the sense that on the topic of Israelis & Palestinians, I am not being educated."
bostonglobe.com
11:55 AM - Nov 06, 2023
Wonderful history of prisonbookprog and its effect "Books as Decarceral: By helping non-incarcerated to experience a human connection with people inside, volunteering can open a curtain in the mind" #criminallegalsystem #books #writingcommunity
https://inquest.org
https://inquest.org
07:23 AM - Nov 06, 2023
2 Threaded Spouts
“We are Jewish writers, artists, and activists who wish to disavow the widespread narrative that any criticism of Israel is inherently antisemitic.” New: an open letter #writingcommunity https://www.nplusonemag.co...
nplusonemag.com
A Dangerous Conflation | Online Only | n+1
We reject antisemitism in all its forms, including when it masquerades as criticism of Zionism or Israel’s policies. We also recognize that, as journalist Peter Beinart wrote in 2019, “Anti-Zionism is not inherently antisemitic—and claiming it is uses Jewish suffering to erase Palestinian experience..
06:38 PM - Nov 04, 2023
This👇🏽
"‘I, too, am the Jewish community’: rift among US Jews widens over Gaza war" https://www.theguardian.co...
"‘I, too, am the Jewish community’: rift among US Jews widens over Gaza war" https://www.theguardian.co...
11:21 AM - Nov 04, 2023
Worth Reading
"Solidarity Between BLM and Palestine Has Deep Roots" #criminallegalsystem
https://www.thenation.com/...
"Solidarity Between BLM and Palestine Has Deep Roots" #criminallegalsystem
https://www.thenation.com/...
08:08 AM - Nov 03, 2023
This is so vile
"Neo-Nazis have used growing anger against the Israeli government as an opportunity 2spew antisemitic & anti-immigrant conspiracy theories, launder them into the mainstream, & drive recruitment."
"Neo-Nazis have used growing anger against the Israeli government as an opportunity 2spew antisemitic & anti-immigrant conspiracy theories, launder them into the mainstream, & drive recruitment."
07:59 AM - Nov 03, 2023
If you have time tonight, looks like there will be a wonderful free (and online too) program: BUT WE MUST SPEAK on Palestine.... including Miichelle Alexander, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Noura Erakat, Mohammed El-Kurd, Rashid Khalidi, Hammed Sinno and more https://www.youtube.com/pa...
06:34 PM - Nov 01, 2023
VERY POSITIVE! "In her 7-pg guidelines, Healey said she would use clemency for a variety of reasons, including whether2 “address miscarriage of justice,” taking into account the “persistence of racial disparities,& their root causes.” #criminallegalsystem
08:28 AM - Nov 01, 2023
Per Prisoners Legal Service in MA, "A former CO won $2.8 mil in a discrimination case against the DOC, proving that he was subjected to a hostile work environment due to his race. If staff are subjected to discrimination like this, imagine what incarcerated people face." #criminallegalsystem
07:41 AM - Nov 01, 2023
This is really disgusting but it is also very real. "‘McCarthyite backlash’: response to criticism of Israel alarms rights groups" #Israel #Palestine
04:57 PM - Oct 31, 2023
thestar.com
UN agency in Gaza says urgent cease-fire is 'matter of life and death' for millions of Palestinians
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees told a U.N. emergency meeting Monday "an immediate humanitarian cease-fire has become a matter of life and death for mill...
09:44 PM - Oct 30, 2023
