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Brûler / Bâtir

by Defund La Police Coalition

Brûler/Bâtir is a podcast about reimagining collective safety. Brûler… because the police perpetuate violence and are a failed approach to safety. Bâtir… because we can invest in, and amplify, systems of care, justice, and safety without policing. Every month, we talk to people in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal that are working to build these systems, and hear about how the police get in the way. Brûler/Bâtir is an initiative of the Defund La Police Coalition. *** Brûler/Bâtir est un podcast pour réimaginer notre sécurité commune. Brûler… parce que la police perpétue un cycle de violences sans assurer notre sécurité. Bâtir… parce qu'on peut développer des systèmes de soins, justice, et sécurité sans la police. Tous les mois, on discute

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Episodes

  1. Fighting for community safety in Chinatown, with Maka and Wawa

    Send a text In the fourth episode of Bruler/Batir, we speak with local activists Maka and Wawa about the challenges of uniting Montreal’s Chinatown around an inclusive vision of community safety in the face of a divisive and repressive police campaign. We unpack recent calls for an increased…

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  2. Episode 3: “Décriminaliser les drogues sauve des vies” : Contre la guerre à la drogue, pour la réduction des méfaits, avec Spectre de Rue

    Send a text Dans le troisième épisode de Brûler/Bâtir, on parle de la crise des surdoses et de l'importance d'une approche de réduction des méfaits avec Émilie et Eva de Spectre de Rue.Lors de notre conversation, iels insistent sur le fait que les drogues doivent être abordées comme une question…

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  3. "Abolitionist intimacies", within and beyond the prison walls, with the Prisoner Correspondence Project

    Send a text In the second episode of Brûler/Bâtir, we speak with Maggie and Josh from the Prisoner Correspondence Project: a queer and trans support project for prisoners. In our conversation, Maggie and Josh highlight that the issues that queer and trans people in prison face are largely the…

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  4. « C’est mettre les gens dehors de dehors » Annie Archambault sur l’itinérance, entre soutien communautaire et répression policière

    Send a text 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...

  5. Abolir c’est Créer / Abolition is Creation

    Send a text Quand on pense à transformer notre approche à la violence et à la sécurité, on peut se sentir débordé.e.s. Pourtant, les solutions sont à portée de main. Tout autour de nous, il y a déjà des systèmes de soin et de soutien communautaires qui ne reposent pas sur la violence. Et, avec…

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  6. Trailer

    Send a text 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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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Brûler/Bâtir is a podcast about reimagining collective safety.

Brûler… because the police perpetuate violence and are a failed approach to safety.

Bâtir… because we can invest in, and amplify, systems of care, justice, and safety without policing.

Every month, we talk to people in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal that are working to build these systems, and hear about how the police get in the way.

Brûler/Bâtir is an initiative of the Defund La Police Coalition.

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Brûler/Bâtir est un podcast pour réimaginer notre sécurité commune.

Brûler… parce que la police perpétue un cycle de violences sans assurer notre sécurité.

Bâtir… parce qu'on peut développer des systèmes de soins, justice, et sécurité sans la police.

Tous les mois, on discute

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Defund La Police Coalition

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How many episodes does Brûler / Bâtir have?

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Brûler/Bâtir is a podcast about reimagining collective safety. Brûler… because the police perpetuate violence and are a failed approach to safety. Bâtir… because we can invest in, and amplify, systems of care, justice, and safety without policing. Every month, we talk to people in...

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Brûler / Bâtir is created and hosted by Defund La Police Coalition.
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