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– by Jallicia Jolly –
An abolitionist politic in the era of electoral politricks strikes at the heart of what it means to be human, black, and woman in the 21st century United States.
– by Joy James –
Unlike electoral democracy, abolition democracy focuses upon the struggle for personhood to signify the limits of captivity and indignity…
Those of us who want prison abolition must consider a call, simultaneously, to deschool society. This intervention describes how the system of education is complicit in the propagation of neoliberal capitalist imperialism, and also points to the relationship between education, diversity, death and debt.
I’m not writing to apologize on behalf of some drunk racist jerks. Instead, I’m here to tell you that I see your commitment to struggle and that I will commit in my communities to struggle as well.
This wide-ranging essay, written by anti-imperialist U.S. political prisoner, Jaan K. Laaman, one of the original Ohio-7/United Freedom Front defendants, lays out a historical and current analysis of white supremacy in the United States. This essay is part of Abolition’s inaugural issue.
by Stefanie Fock [This intervention is part of Abolition’s inaugural issue.] On July 8, 2015, twenty-eight year old Çilem Doğan got arrested in Adana, Turkey, after she had shot her ex-husband who had repeatedly abused her and tried to force her into prostitution. For …
The Abolition Collective stands in solidarity with the prisoners’ nationally coordinated work stoppage and protest starting on Sept 9, 2016, the 45th anniversary of the Attica rebellion. Incarcerated people across the United States have issued the following call to action against prison slavery in …
Read moreThe Abolition Collective Solidarity Statement with Sept. 9 National Prisoners’ Strike
by Lena Palacios Dedication: To the victims and survivors of both sexual and state violence, to the many shadowboxers whom I know and love: to those who intimately understand that boxing is war but so is life. [Shadow Boxing: A Chicana’s Journey from Vigilante Violence …
Read moreShadow Boxing: A Chicana’s Journey from Vigilante Violence to Transformative Justice