Dans le premier épisode de Brûler/Bâtir, on parle avec Annie Archambault, intervenante de proximité et influenceuse sur TikTok. Annie souligne la valeur des initiatives communautaires à petite échelle qui répondent aux besoins des personnes, et qui rejettent la surveillance et le contrôle policier. On discute des démantèlements de campements, une pratique cruelle de la Ville et de la police, qui gaspille des ressources qui pourraient aller résoudre les racines de l'itinérance. On conclut la conversation par une critique des initiatives de "police communautaire", comme les "escouades mixtes", qui finissent toujours par étendre le pouvoir policier en prétendant aider la communauté. L'expérience d'Annie en première ligne fait écho aux perspectives abolitionnistes : la sécurité publique consiste à répondre aux besoins de tous, et ne sera jamais atteinte par la violence, le contrôle et la criminalisation.
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"It's pushing people outside of the outside" Annie Archambault on homelessness between community support and police repression.
In the first episode of Brûler/Bâtir, we speak with Annie Archambault, a street outreach worker and TikTok influencer. Annie emphasizes the value of small-scale community-led initiatives that meet people's needs, and that reject policing, surveillance, and control. We discuss encampment evictions, a cruel practice by the City and police, which waste resources that could be used to address the root causes of homelessness. We conclude the conversation with a critique of 'community policing' initiatives, like 'mixed squads', which serve to expand police power under the guise of providing community care. Annie's experience on the front-line echoes abolitionist perspectives: public safety is about meeting everyone’s needs, and will never be achieved through violence, control, and criminalization.
Rapport sur les escouades mixtes/ Mixed squads report: https://rapsim.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/rapport-sur-les-escouades-mixtes-20-sept-2023.pdf
Transcripts EN/ FR/ Bilingue: https://brulerbatir.substack.com/
Outro Song: https://open.spotify.com/track/2foThEhgFk2ha1jgcVMnlp?si=5a5b97b414524fae
Website: https://defundlapolice.com/en/podcast-brulerbatir
Brûler Bâtir est un projet réalisé par Alia, Karl, Abby, Zo, and Orlando.
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