The #SwipeItForward initiative is a collective of community organizers, activists, and concerned citizens who have been exposing and spotlighting the NYPD’s abusive and discriminatory tactics on our subways. We challenge the ruling class’s brutality by offering free swipes onto the subway and declaring loudly that the real crime being committed on the subways is the outrageous price we pay and the incarceration of the poorest among us simply for trying to move around our own city. We hand out buttons and flyers encouraging others to #SwipeItForward as a way to stand against City Hall’s vicious policing practices and also encourage the idea that transportation should be affordable and accessible to all.
Endorsing Organizations: Act Now to Stop War & End Racism (ANSWER), Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Black Lives Matter NYC, BYP100, Coalition to End Broken Windows, Party for Socialism & Liberation (PSL), Police Reform Organizing Project (PROP), NYers Against Bratton, and Why Accountability
