Archive - Against Carceral Urbanism

Punitive City 2.0

The state and public institutions are increasingly relying on private companies to extend the reach and power of the punitive apparatus

Dec 13, 2024 •

October 2024

The Isrealification of the Canadian University

A year into Israel's genocide in Gaza, both the state of Israel and Canadian institutions continue to respond to resistance with increased repression…

Oct 19, 2024 •

July 2024

Supporting a ceasefire, while dismantling pro-Palestine encampments

The liberalization of free speech allows power-holders to appear principled while fuelling the genocidal status quo

Jul 11, 2024 •

June 2024

Feelings of unsafety and the police-driven agenda

The failures of Projet Montréal have allowed the police brotherhood to define the debate on safety

Jun 4, 2024 •

May 2024

Students, Palestine, and the University-Cop

McGill University transforms itself into a police department to maintain its investments in Israeli genocide and apartheid

May 17, 2024 •

June 2023

How Projet Montréal stopped worrying and learned to love racial profiling

A new report shows racial profiling is worse than four years ago, but Projet Montréal has no solution to offer

Jun 29, 2023 •

May 2023

Police everywhere: Fady Dagher's vision for the SPVM

(This is an English version of an article published in Le Devoir)

May 25, 2023 •

March 2023

The art of exonerating the police

From the far right to the extreme centre, commentators in Quebec find ways to avoid the reality of systemic racism and police violence

Mar 20, 2023 •

Racial profiling: everywhere and nowhere

In court, the City of Montreal provides a creative new excuse for doing nothing to stop racial profiling.

Mar 13, 2023 •

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