Technologies for Liberation: Toward Abolitionist Futures

Astrea is a public foun­da­tion that is rooted in LGBTQI commu­ni­ties and move­ments. They work in stra­te­gic part­ners­hip with foun­da­ti­ons, indi­vi­du­als and govern­ments to ensure that resour­ces reach the acti­vists who need them most and who are best posi­ti­o­ned to make trans­for­ma­ti­o­nal impact over time.”Tech­no­lo­gies for Libe­ra­tion toward Aboli­ti­o­nist Futu­res” is a report that emer­ged out of the need to better unders­tand how Queer, Trans, Two-Spirit, Black, Indi­ge­nous, and People of Color (QT2S­BI­POC) commu­ni­ties are dispro­por­ti­o­na­tely impac­ted by survei­llance and crimi­na­li­za­tion at all levels—­from the state-endor­sed to the corpo­rate-led—and to resource these commu­ni­ties to push back. Astre­a’s rese­arch ampli­fies the move­ment inter­ven­ti­ons and respon­ses that orga­ni­zers are employing to create safety for the people they serve. Commit­ted to their vision of collec­tive libe­ra­tion, they are pushing the boun­da­ries to deco­lo­nize tech­no­logy and place it in service of move­ment buil­ding. In doing so, orga­ni­zers are shif­ting the narra­tive around safety and violence/justice.

Table of Contents

• EXECU­TIVE SUMMARY
• TECH­NO­LOGY & CRIMI­NA­LI­ZA­TION
• MOVE­MENT STRA­TEGY, RESPONSE & RESIS­TANCE
• CONCLU­SION
• GLOS­SARY
• ACKNOW­LED­GE­MENTS

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