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
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
If We Abolish Police, What Happens to Rapists?
By CASSANDRA MENSAH Original article found here In this op-ed, Cassandra Mensah explains what happens to rapists and abusers if we abolish police. The Movement
8 to Abolition Is Advocating to Abolish Police to Keep Us All Safe
By LEILA RAVEN, MON MOHAPATRA, AND RACHEL KUO Original article found here In the midst of a pandemic and mass uprisings in defense of Black lives, we have an opportunity
Policing Has Failed For Real Public Safety, We Need A Million Community-Driven Experiments
By MARY HOOKS Original article found here THE TRUE NATURE OF POLICING IN THIS COUNTRY HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT UNJUST POWER AND CRIMINALIZATION OF BLACK
Feminism Requires Abolition: Police Aren’t an Adequate Response to Sexual Violence
By MAEVE BARRY Original article found here Since publishing my recent article, “White Women: We Need to do Better,” I received a great deal of
ABOLITION CANNOT WAIT: VISIONS FOR TRANSFORMATION AND RADICAL WORLD-BUILDING
By K. Agbebiyi, Sarah T. Hamid, Rachel Kuo, and Mon Mohapatra Original article found here ABOLITION IS THE PRACTICE OF BUILDING A RADICAL VISION FOR
Have content to share? Contact us.
TransformHarm.org was made possible through funding by Open Society Foundations
© TransformHarm.org 2020 | Designed by Lu Design Studio