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The Indypendent: A Free Paper for Free People @theindypendent.bsky.social · 3h

We'll talk about Mayor Mamdani, the NYPD and whether he should fire Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch on today's Indypendent News Hour from 5-6 pm on WBAI 99.5 FM and wbai.org. Our guests will be noted police critic @alexvitale.bsky.social and @petersterne.com of @cityandstateny.bsky.social

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Tomorrow night in Manhattan.

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I really enjoyed this conversation about abolition, organizing, socialism, and social science.

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I really enjoyed this conversation about abolition, organizing, socialism, and social science.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

Holy shit.

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Excited to be headed to Detroit on Sunday.

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Thanks and yes I've heard about this loss. Very sad.

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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.myatproto.social · 22/09/2026

IMO this proposal aligns with a pragmatist approach and hopefully will have the force of the chapter behind it. In the meantime, I think other orgs must also increase the volume of public criticism so as to help till the soil of public opinion for the proposal's success. bsky.app/profile/alex...

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Who should I talk to in Detroit about Public Safety organizing?

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 19/09/2026

Hey, NYC DSA friends, @alexvitale.bsky.social is the real deal and this is a good proposal.

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

NYC DSA folks: Please co-sponsor our proposal to "Build Community Safety through Prevention, Not Policing" on the convention web page: convention.socialists.nyc/proposals

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Convention 2026 planning tools.

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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.myatproto.social · 19/09/2026

Of all the proposals seeking delegates' consideration at this year's @socialists.nyc citywide convention, I think this is quite possibly the most important one.

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

NYC DSA folks: Please co-sponsor our proposal to "Build Community Safety through Prevention, Not Policing" on the convention web page: convention.socialists.nyc/proposals

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Who should I talk to in Detroit about Public Safety organizing?

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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“What research gets funded, what research does police cooperate with, is the research that reinforces a police-centered approach to these things,” Prof. @alexvitale.bsky.social explains to @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

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2 Bay Area cities ditch Flock, but surveillance is far from over

Critics argue that Axon, a Flock rival, brings similar privacy issues.

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I had a great time at the Institute for Public Knowledge last night.

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The War Resisters League has done some work on this connection.

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Institute for Public Knowledge @ipk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Join IPK and NYU Journalism on September 16 for a talk with @matthew-wolfe.bsky.social. He will discuss his new book, Fires in the Night: The Earth Liberation Front, the FBI, and a Secret History of Eco-Sabotage with @jerolmack.bsky.social and @alexvitale.bsky.social. ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...

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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.myatproto.social · 11/09/2026

@alexvitale.bsky.social's assessment of Z on police so far is 🎯: • Despite Speaker Menin's obstruction, Z's making good progress on building the Dept of Community Safety. • At least until DCS is set up, he's letting broken-windows policing run wild, making Tisch increasingly a political liability.

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Cap'n Transit @capntransit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I liked this interview with @alexvitale.bsky.social a lot. But the "market-based housing system" - sure there are markets, but there are severe restrictions on what can be built. I'm in favor of the government building housing, but also of it getting out of the way of others building housing.

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Wonderful episode from @doughenwood.bsky.social and a really important interview with @alexvitale.bsky.social on what a less caceral, more compassionate future could actually look like.

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Behind the News, 9/3/26

Podcast Episode · Behind the News with Doug Henwood · September 3 · 53m

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

@alexvitale.bsky.social argues that while police budgets haven't gone down, officer numbers have frozen, non-police violence intervention programs have expanded, and there is a general consensus that public safety isn't just about more cops. Lots of movement wins. newrepublic.com/article/2149...

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Transcript: How Progressives Can Revive the Police Reform Movement

Author Alex Vitale says that while there was a backlash to the term “defund,’ many of the changes called for by the movement are happening across the country.

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is total nonsense. The Feds have clearly said that there is no process for using these cameras to hold officers accountable. When there is a policy of total impunity, what difference does it make if there are cameras recording the behavior. We need to directly attack xenophobia.

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Michael Shepherd @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Democrats often fail to make the case to rural voters for how policies like these are so harmful for them. Instead, as I show in my book, Rural Pain, Republican Gain, rural people often only hear from Republicans about why declines in access are the fault of Dems press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

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Rural Pain, Republican Gain

An eye-opening look at how Republican policies have affected health outcomes in rural communities and why poor, rural white voters are turning to the Republican Party—not despite this harm, but becaus...

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Rape Crisis Centers are essential for breaking the patterns that lead to future sexual assaults and intimate partner abuse. Our sex pest President, of course, is eliminating federal support for these centers. States must make up the difference. www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/r...

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Rape crisis centers plead with Hochul to reverse millions in funding cuts

New York State’s Rape Crisis Centers are calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to restore millions in funding cuts they say will leave sexual assault survivors — including children — without critical servi...

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Rape crisis centers plead with Hochul to reverse millions in funding cuts

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I couldn’t make this up if I tried.🤬 “An anti-sex-trafficking nonprofit in Utah whose founder resigned after multiple women accused him of trafficking and sexual abuse has won a federal contract to provide legal services to unaccompanied immigrant children in government custody.“

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Disgraced Anti-Sex-Trafficking NGO Gets $244 Million to Rep Migrant Kids - The American Prospect

The founder and CEO of Our Rescue resigned in 2023 amid allegations that he had sexually abused and trafficked women himself.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I mean, there's really no hiding anymore that the purpose of The Atlantic is to ease centrists into gladly welcoming and accepting the rise of fascism.

The Atlantic - In Defense of Flock: Police cameras can help make the criminal-just system both fairer and less punitive - if we let them. By Charles Fain Lehman

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

My conversation with the folks at Life After the Impact and Josh Davis about his new book on police repression of the Civil Rights Movement. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLeA...

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Prof. Alex S. Vitale and Prof. Joshua Clark Davis

YouTube video by Life After the Impact:

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renakj.bsky.social @renakj.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

dems: ICE is bad, cops are good! cops will protect us from ICE. cops: Seattle Police Officers Guild President Mike Solan said of Wilson’s plan that “The concept of pitting two armed law enforcement agencies against each other is ludicrous, and will not happen.”

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Great visits with CVI orgs in Detroit.

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Excellent. I had a great time visiting with Decarcerate KC a couple of years ago.

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

People who claim they oppose defunding policing because others don't like it are just covering up their own pro police pro authoritarian viewpoint. When push comes to shove they don't actually care about other people's views.

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Policing doesn't help much w safety and produces a tremendous amount of harms. People love the alternatives when they hear about them.

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

So, you do actually oppose reducing police power in favor of community-based solutions. Quit hiding behind what you think the views of others are and just state your pro-police position. Only cowards put words in other people's mouths. There is zero evidence this hurt Dems in any way.

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