Thread by @MAKCapitalism

Special Episode: @nonewjails_nyc is engaged in a struggle to #CloseRikersNow with no new jails. We speak to organizers Ngozi Alston & Marlene Nava Ramos about the fight coming to a head in the next week, and how folks can fight for abolition right now …nnialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/episode-39-no-…

@nonewjails_nyc To support @nonewjails_nyc in this phase of the struggle. Here's a phone script as you scroll down the Follow The Money page on the NNJ website: nonewjails.nyc/followthemoney

They're ALSO asking EVERYBODY to show up to the council meeting on the 17th if you're in NYC.

@nonewjails_nyc They are also asking folks to submit a comment to [e-mail] subject line “Borough-Based Jails” let council-members know if you're from New York City. Tell them that they need to close Rikers now, and build no new jails.

@nonewjails_nyc In the episode we talk about common misconceptions have about the "need for jails." And we talk about all the amazing things communities could do with the 11 billion dollars proposed to be wasted on new jails that New Yorkers don't want soundcloud.com/anticapitalist…

@nonewjails_nyc Marlene Nava Ramos, who is an organizer with @CR_NYC talks about @nonewjails_nyc as evolving out of both the fight to shut down Rikers, but also movements against Racial Capitalism in the US embodied by the Black Lives Matter movement patreon.com/posts/episode-…

@nonewjails_nyc @CR_NYC Ngozi Alston, an organizer with @nonewjails_nyc and @byp_100, shares some history on the movements working to close Rikers and gives an overview of the current fight. Both Marlene & Ngozi share insights on how to bring these struggles to your own area open.spotify.com/episode/3SkMR2…

@nonewjails_nyc @CR_NYC @byp_100 Here is another action you can take!

@nonewjails_nyc @CR_NYC @byp_100 And of course @nonewjails_nyc's plan for how to keep people safe in a world without Rikers and without new jails

this weekend if you're in NYC