Abolition
Abolition
“Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) abolition is a political vision with the goal of eliminating imprisonment, policing, and surveillance and creating lasting alternatives to punishment and imprisonment. Abolition isn’t just about getting rid of buildings full of cages. It’s also about undoing the society we live in because the PIC both feeds on and maintains oppression and inequalities through punishment, violence, and controls millions of people. Because the PIC is not an isolated system, abolition is a broad strategy. An abolitionist vision means that we must build models today that can represent how we want to live in the future. It means developing practical strategies for taking small steps that move us toward making our dreams real and that lead us all to believe that things really could be different. It means living this vision in our daily lives.Abolition is both a practical organizing tool and a long-term goal.” – Critical ResistanceArticles
Why Police Abolition Is a Useful Framework — Even for Skeptics
By Zak Cheney-Rice Original article found here “Defund the police” has become a rallying cry for recent protests, but several different explanations have been offered for
We Have Already Stopped Calling The Cops
By Aviva Stahl Original article found here It was the late ’90s when writer, activist, and educator Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, then living in Toronto, found themselves
A Fresh Framework – The Feminism of the Abolition Movement
by Rayne Fisher-Quann Original article found here While weeks of protest sparked by racist police killings continue to rock all 50 states, police violence in the United States
Trading Cops for Social Workers Isn’t the Solution to Police Violence
BY Cameron Rasmussen & Kirk “Jae” James, Truthout Original article found here The U.S. today appears to be approaching a tipping point in dismantling its historical oppression of
What Is Abolition, And Why Do We Need It?
BY REINA SULTAN AND MICAH HERSKIND Original article found here In the midst of nationwide uprisings against ongoing police murders of Black people, a new set of demands has been
How I Became a Police Abolitionist
By Derecka Purnell Original article found here We called 911 for almost everything except snitching. Nosebleeds, gunshot wounds, asthma attacks, allergic reactions. Police accompanied the
How to Defund the Police
By Alexis Okeowo Original article found here On June 11th, near twilight, Camara Jackson was in Marcus Garvey Village, a sprawling low-income housing complex in
Abolition or Bust: Liberal Police Reform as an Engine of Carceral Violence
By Charlotte Rosen Original article found here The police murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade, and the subsequent uprisings against racist police
Can’t Imagine a World Without Police? Start Here
By Katie Way Original article found here Wondering if killer cops should be locked up? Hearing terms like ‘community accountability’ and ‘restorative justice’ but confused
‘Defund the Police’ Actually Means Defunding the Police
By Edward Ongweso Jr Original article found here Reformist initiatives like ‘8 Can’t Wait’ have already failed. Here’s what you need to know about
Political Possibilities Black Feminism Offers a Path to Abolition
By Elizabeth Jordie Davies Original article found here The recent police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade have sparked outrage across the United States and left
What About the Rapists and Murderers?
By Angel Parker Original article found here Trigger warning: rape, sexual assault, murder, torture, ablelism, trauma. The most common question posed to abolitionists is
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