Recognizing that safety is changeable and relative actually opens up space for us to better understand our work. Our goal, then, is to shift conditions and relationships in ways that produce greater possibilities of safety for a greater number of people, rather than relying on the state to deliver us to an ever elusive and illusory end point. It allows us to focus on addressing immediate needs for safety while working to abolish death-making institutions. We can create material safety and safety from state violence by divesting from policing and punishment, and we can increase access to
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