“New Bones” Abolitionism, Communism, and Captive Maternals”
Joy James uses poet Lucille Clifton’s image of “new bones’ to reflect on a series of revolutionary anniversaries in 2021 and the nature of political leadership.
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Airbrushing Revolution for the Sake of Abolition
Essential for intellectual and political development, alliances between abolitionists and revolutionaries are destabilized by the airbrushing of revolutionary struggles.
Presidential Powers and Captive Maternals: Sally, Michelle, and Deborah
Captive Maternals are self-identified female, male, trans or ungendered persons feminized and socialized into caretaking within the legacy of racism and US democracy.
Warfare in the American Homeland
pdf of the book, Warfare in the American Homeland: Policing and Prison in a Penal Democracy, ed. Joy James
Hunger Strikes, Uprisings, And The Politics Of Who Gets Released From Prison
A segment of The Real News Interview about hunger strikes, uprisings, and the politics of who gets released from prison. Joy James features as an interviewee.