Tag: abolition
Abolition and Tenant Power in Chinatown
Tenant organizers in LA write about the power of abolitionist politics in the fight against displacement in Chinatown.
Review of Family Abolition
Alex Adamson reviews M.E. O’Brien’s book Family Abolition. What is the relationship between family abolition and the abolition of racial capitalism?
Don’t Be Cruel
Corey Devon Arthur writes from a medium-security correctional facility in upstate New York.
Family Abolition
Colin Wilson on Sophie Lewis and the politics of family abolition
The Mother Gives Birth, the State Kills
Dina Alves tells the story of the Brazilian Mothers of May movement: how it came to be and the challenges it faces in the reality of the Brazilian criminal justice system.
Looting, Dispossessing, Incarcerating
How is the ecological fallout from the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in Brazil related to the struggle against prisons?
Beyond Roe v. Wade
Emily Janakiram on the need, beyond Democratic co-optation, for militant, abolitionist struggle for abortion access.
Materializing Race
Jack Norton and David Stein respond to John Clegg and Adaner Usmani’s argument that mass incarceration isn’t a product of racism. The authors’ argument, they demonstrate, is both conceptually misguided and empirically wrong.
Beyond the Police: Protect Black Women
Speech by Sandow Sinai at Abolition Plaza, addressing alternatives to calling the police.