Robyn Maynard
@policingblack.bsky.social
New on here. Author of Policing Black Lives (Fernwood/Duke University Press, 2025) and co-author of Rehearsals for Living (Haymarket 2023). More at www.robynmaynard.com
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Robyn Maynard
@policingblack.bsky.social
· May 21
excited to announce a revised, expanded version of Policing Black Lives (@fernpub.bsky.social /Duke University Press) now available for pre-order, out October 15. ft. two new chapters, a new preface & an expanded conclusion. US version now offering 30% off with author code E26MYRD.
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‼️‼️‼️ Canadians and residents of Canada!‼️‼️‼️
petition to ban Canadian companies from working with ICE and from ICE operating in Canada
Sign & share!
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
petition to ban Canadian companies from working with ICE and from ICE operating in Canada
Sign & share!
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-7146 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
February 12, 2026 at 2:59 PM
‼️‼️‼️ Canadians and residents of Canada!‼️‼️‼️
petition to ban Canadian companies from working with ICE and from ICE operating in Canada
Sign & share!
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
petition to ban Canadian companies from working with ICE and from ICE operating in Canada
Sign & share!
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Truly sickening. Western civilization is barbarism . www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Truly sickening. Western civilization is barbarism . www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
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In 1963 MLK supported a nationwide boycott of Xmas shopping. @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social notes that the NYT editorial board wrote a piece slamming the effort called “Strike Against Santa Claus” which they said would “put civil rights activists on the same level as those who did the church bombing.”
February 10, 2026 at 2:31 AM
In 1963 MLK supported a nationwide boycott of Xmas shopping. @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social notes that the NYT editorial board wrote a piece slamming the effort called “Strike Against Santa Claus” which they said would “put civil rights activists on the same level as those who did the church bombing.”
In London, UK next week for a @haymarketbooks.org /Books Not Borders event REHEARSALS FOR LIBERATION with the brilliant Sara Bafo, Adam Elliott-Cooper, and Gracie Mae Bradley (sold out) and a POLICING BLACK LIVES launch hosted by Birbeck and SOAS, linked here.Come join! www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
February 10, 2026 at 3:07 PM
In London, UK next week for a @haymarketbooks.org /Books Not Borders event REHEARSALS FOR LIBERATION with the brilliant Sara Bafo, Adam Elliott-Cooper, and Gracie Mae Bradley (sold out) and a POLICING BLACK LIVES launch hosted by Birbeck and SOAS, linked here.Come join! www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
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Please take 2 minutes to take action on the police budget increase of $93.8 Million dollars even in the midst of a corruption scandal.
Anothertoronto.ca
Anothertoronto.ca
Another Toronto Is Possible.
Anothertoronto.ca
February 10, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Please take 2 minutes to take action on the police budget increase of $93.8 Million dollars even in the midst of a corruption scandal.
Anothertoronto.ca
Anothertoronto.ca
Prisoner in Paradise: An Interview with Assata Shakur—Evelyn P. White, 1990. A reflection on her day to day life in Cuba after her escape, valuable insights as the US tries to destroy this beautiful country. www.assatashakur.org/essence.htm
Assata Shakur Speaks: Prisoner in Paradise An Interview with Assata Shakur
www.assatashakur.org
February 10, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Prisoner in Paradise: An Interview with Assata Shakur—Evelyn P. White, 1990. A reflection on her day to day life in Cuba after her escape, valuable insights as the US tries to destroy this beautiful country. www.assatashakur.org/essence.htm
Toronto! This Thursday.
February 9, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Toronto! This Thursday.
Given the recent headlines about Toronto police involvement in organized crime, attempted murder, and other abuse of residents, we have a right to demand that the city fund community- shelter, library, transit- instead of violence workers. Visit anothertoronto.ca
February 9, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Given the recent headlines about Toronto police involvement in organized crime, attempted murder, and other abuse of residents, we have a right to demand that the city fund community- shelter, library, transit- instead of violence workers. Visit anothertoronto.ca
From the Toronto Star- not only do the Toronto Police not FIRE police who use the database to stalk women who won’t date them and violate the privacy of their exes and others, the only consequence is that they are docked pay. Cut their funds and divert the $ to women’s shelters.
February 7, 2026 at 5:09 PM
From the Toronto Star- not only do the Toronto Police not FIRE police who use the database to stalk women who won’t date them and violate the privacy of their exes and others, the only consequence is that they are docked pay. Cut their funds and divert the $ to women’s shelters.
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If you want to learn more about sanctuary cities as policy, here's a primer.
www.ncsl.org/immigration/...
www.ncsl.org/immigration/...
Sanctuary Policy FAQ
Background on so-called sanctuary policies and answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ) on federal, state and local action on immigration enforcement.
www.ncsl.org
February 7, 2026 at 2:38 AM
If you want to learn more about sanctuary cities as policy, here's a primer.
www.ncsl.org/immigration/...
www.ncsl.org/immigration/...
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theory of water on cbc ideas.
Following the wisdom of water to remake an unravelling world
Listen to Ideas
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February 6, 2026 at 10:02 PM
theory of water on cbc ideas.
Canada is not only complicit with the presence of ICE officers but through the mass deportations that began at the end of the Trudeau government and escalated further by the Carney government. Not to mention the brutality of closing the door to asylum seekers crossing at the border through SCTA.
February 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Canada is not only complicit with the presence of ICE officers but through the mass deportations that began at the end of the Trudeau government and escalated further by the Carney government. Not to mention the brutality of closing the door to asylum seekers crossing at the border through SCTA.
ICE has offices in 5 Canadian cities and has been part of major police operations. Given its role in escalating fascist authoritarianism this should be a clear NO. Abolish ICE and its transnational reach. ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/...
ICE has offices in 5 Canadian cities. Here’s what it can — and can’t — do | RCI
Alberta MP calls on Canada to shut down U.S. immigration and customs operations north of border.
ici.radio-canada.ca
February 5, 2026 at 2:55 PM
ICE has offices in 5 Canadian cities and has been part of major police operations. Given its role in escalating fascist authoritarianism this should be a clear NO. Abolish ICE and its transnational reach. ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/...
Jails in Ontario are sites of harm, neglect and state-sanctioned abuse so severe that judges (hardly a radical political class) regularly take this into account in their sentencing. www.thestar.com/news/gta/whe...
‘Where are these people meant to go?’ Toronto judge slams jail conditions while handing reduced sentence for fully automatic gun
“As futile as it may seem, all I can do in response to this mistreatment is provide some relief by way of a sentence reduction to the unfortunate individuals who
www.thestar.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Jails in Ontario are sites of harm, neglect and state-sanctioned abuse so severe that judges (hardly a radical political class) regularly take this into account in their sentencing. www.thestar.com/news/gta/whe...
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Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
www.thenation.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Let Black history month serve to remind us that the living legacy of slavery is the carceral state- policing, prison, immigration detention, and border enforcement. Abolition now.
February 3, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Let Black history month serve to remind us that the living legacy of slavery is the carceral state- policing, prison, immigration detention, and border enforcement. Abolition now.
I have a new chapter in the 2026 edition of Policing Black Lives on how police reform has expanded police power to surveil, monitor and criminalize Black communities for 70+ years now. Did you know in Canada community policing (first in parkdale, in Toronto ) has been a “reform” since the 1960s?
February 2, 2026 at 10:20 PM
I have a new chapter in the 2026 edition of Policing Black Lives on how police reform has expanded police power to surveil, monitor and criminalize Black communities for 70+ years now. Did you know in Canada community policing (first in parkdale, in Toronto ) has been a “reform” since the 1960s?
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for over 3 weeks, I've spoken to ICE watchers and organizers across the country: first right after Renee Good's killing — then 2 weeks into my reporting, Alex Pretti was killed.
ICE watchers are being detained and harassed — but they're also stopping ICE abductions and inspiring others to join them
ICE watchers are being detained and harassed — but they're also stopping ICE abductions and inspiring others to join them
‘Backing down isn’t an option’: Minnesota ICE shootings mobilize Americans to join ICE observer groups
The killings of Minneapolis residents Renee Good and Alex Pretti have inspired people across the US to document federal agents’ activities in their communities
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:18 PM
for over 3 weeks, I've spoken to ICE watchers and organizers across the country: first right after Renee Good's killing — then 2 weeks into my reporting, Alex Pretti was killed.
ICE watchers are being detained and harassed — but they're also stopping ICE abductions and inspiring others to join them
ICE watchers are being detained and harassed — but they're also stopping ICE abductions and inspiring others to join them
Great piece by longtime movmement homie Mostafa Henaway on social movements and what we are facing in Canada — neoliberalism, mass deportations and militarism www.midnightsunmag.ca/crisis-as-cl...
Crisis as Class Strategy
Mostafa Henaway on the emergence of the Carney doctrine in Canadian politics: elbows up and austerity for the many.
www.midnightsunmag.ca
January 29, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Great piece by longtime movmement homie Mostafa Henaway on social movements and what we are facing in Canada — neoliberalism, mass deportations and militarism www.midnightsunmag.ca/crisis-as-cl...
Deportation is state violence. Policing is state violence. There are long histories of struggles waged against state violence that can and DO inform the contemporary moment. Solidarity with organizers across borders today seeking to end violence and usher in more liveable futures for all.
January 29, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Deportation is state violence. Policing is state violence. There are long histories of struggles waged against state violence that can and DO inform the contemporary moment. Solidarity with organizers across borders today seeking to end violence and usher in more liveable futures for all.
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I get why people say that abolishing ICE isn't radical because ICE is so young, but I actually do think we should emphasize that abolishing ICE, if it's going to have material impacts and align with the movements that birthed the demand, is indeed a radical thing.
January 28, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I get why people say that abolishing ICE isn't radical because ICE is so young, but I actually do think we should emphasize that abolishing ICE, if it's going to have material impacts and align with the movements that birthed the demand, is indeed a radical thing.
This is racist state violence against children in Ontario: jailed young folks are disproportionately Black and Indigenous. No child should be jailed. www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...
The largest youth jail in Ontario is routinely strip searching children: ‘A systemic violation’
The largest youth detention centre in Ontario is still routinely strip searching boys in their custody, the Star has learned.
www.thestar.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:07 PM
This is racist state violence against children in Ontario: jailed young folks are disproportionately Black and Indigenous. No child should be jailed. www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...
Reject the forces of tyranny and brutality. Every day.
January 28, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Reject the forces of tyranny and brutality. Every day.
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In our latest, we speak with Ruth Wilson Gilmore and Craig Gilmore about the rapid escalation of police forces and carceral logics on US streets and why abolition is the only way
www.patreon.com/posts/149118...
www.patreon.com/posts/149118...
The Anti-State State w/ Ruth Wilson Gilmore and Craig Gilmore (01/26/26) | The Death Panel
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January 26, 2026 at 2:38 PM
In our latest, we speak with Ruth Wilson Gilmore and Craig Gilmore about the rapid escalation of police forces and carceral logics on US streets and why abolition is the only way
www.patreon.com/posts/149118...
www.patreon.com/posts/149118...