Many have seen the scrolling wealth visual to try to capture just how absurd inequality and billionaires are. This graphic from the same folks depicts the absurdity that is the #MassIncarceration system in the US.
Want to see how the incarceration of black men today compares to China's Uygher population or the worst year's of Soviet Russia? Then take a quick scroll down statistics lane that ends with some just, low-cost solutions.
Amjad #Iraqi explains why Palestinians identify with Khader #Adnan, a prisoner who died on hunger strike, for his struggle against #israel#prisons.
"Those trying to undermine public anger over the hunger striker's death don't want to talk about the violent carceral regime that he struggled against."
Lots of great insights, but my key takeaway was the emergence of the criminal legal system in the 1970s and how it has grown to dwarf the criminal justice system it spawned from.
There's been a broad cultural shift in how we think about the role of the #police, #courts and #prison in our society that we need to unwind.