Analysis
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June 28, 2021 
Defund police to support mental health
It has been over a year since Regis Korchinski-Paquet died at the hands of the police after her family called 911 for mental health distress….
DefundThePolice
Op-ed
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March 13, 2021
‘Layered policing’ expands police amid calls to defund
In response to community calls to defund police and fund necessary social resources, cities across the country have instituted “layered policing.” From Lethbridge to Saskatoon…
Interview
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March 2, 2021
Showing Up for Racial Justice
To better understand the Defund Toronto Police Services campaign of Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)-Toronto, Spring Magazine interviewed Maya Kantharupan, a mobilizer involved in…
Op-ed
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February 26, 2021
Defund police, from Canada to Haiti
Seventeen years after overthrowing democracy in Haiti, Canada is continuing to support a dictatorship. Our government is not just offering some vague assistance, but rather…
Feature
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February 11, 2021
#Justice4ChantelleAndMike: Police and medical violence
On February 8 Chantelle Krupka and Michael Headley shared their experience with police violence and medical complicity, in an even organized by Malton People’s Movement…
Feature
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February 9, 2021
Brutality in Barrie: Defund and abolish police
“Abolitionist approaches ask us to enlarge our field of vision so that rather than focusing myopically on the problematic institution and asking what needs to…
Interview
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September 28, 2020
Doctors orders: Defund police
Medicine has to change. Medicine right now is still a colonial, racist practice.
Analysis
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September 2, 2020
The police cannot be reformed
Police enforce laws, not justice. Under capitalism, the basic legal framework is designed to protect private property and facilitate profit accumulation, not to meet human needs or ensure genuine equality.
Feature
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August 31, 2020
The reasons why we protest: Notes from nationwide Defund the Police call to action
Toronto’s Christie Pits Park was the location of a six-hour riot in the summer of 1933, during the Great Depression and six months after Adolf…
Op-ed
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August 10, 2020
Defunding police and rebuilding public services
People everywhere are demanding an end to the problematic privilege historically prioritizing one race above all others, allowing unchecked cruelty and racism, and the dehumanization…
Feature Interview
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August 5, 2020
HWDSB Kids Need Help organizers reflect on a victory
The successful campaign to terminate the police liaison program in the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board was led by HWDSB Kids Need Help. In June, I…
News
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July 27, 2020
Hundreds come out for #JusticeForRegis
29-year old Regis Korchinski Paquet died on May 27 while with the Toronto police, when she “fell” from the balcony of her high-rise apartment, dozens…