Tag: 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.
The Rank and File Strategy on New Terrain
How should we think about the rank and file strategy in light of recent developments, and how can it incorporate an analysis of social reproduction? Kate Doyle Griffiths reflects on what this means for socialist strategy today.
