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
Freedom to Thrive: Reimagining Safety & Security in Our Communities
By The Center for Popular Democracy Original article found here Over the last 30 years, at both the national and local levels, governments have dramatically increased
Brick by Brick: Creating a World Without Prisons
By Layne Mullet Original article found here This essay appears in the current issue of Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, N. 28, on the topic of Justice.
The Fictions and Futures of Transformative Justice
By WALIDAH IMARISHA, ALEXIS GUMBS, LEAH LAKSHMI PIEPZNA-SAMARASINHA, ADRIENNE MAREE BROWN and MIA MINGUS Original article found here OCTAVIA’S Brood: Science Fiction Stories From Social Justice
Accounting for Violence: How to Increase Safety and Break Our Failed Reliance on Mass Incarceration
By Danielle Sered Original article found here Click Below to Visit
We Don’t Just Need Nicer Cops. We Need Fewer Cops.
By Alex S. Vitale Original article found here Protests against the recent police killings of unarmed black men and boys—Eric Garner and Akai Gurley in New
Abolish the police? Organizers say it’s less crazy than it sounds.
By Maya Dukmasova Original article found here Until that moment on Fox News, Jessica Disu hadn’t considered herself a police abolitionist. But on July 11,
Abolish the Police. Instead, Let’s Have Full Social, Economic, and Political Equality.
By Mychal Denzel Smith Original article found here A few weeks ago, there was a shooting at my apartment building. A total of five shots were
Police “Reforms” You Should Always Oppose
By Mariame Kaba Original article found here | Photography by @loveandstrugglephotos I read today that President Obama has offered some measures for ‘reforming’ the police. Here is a
You Are Already an Abolitionist
By Benji Hart Original article found here | Photography by @loveandstrugglephotos The Trump administration has proposed its first federal budget. As expected, it promises to cut back or
No to Prison Industrial Complex: San Francisco’s Trans Community Responds to Brutal Murders
By Toshio Meronek, Truthout Original article found here On Monday, February 2, Taja Gabrielle de Jesus was found stabbed to death in a stairwell in the Bayview
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