Mariame KabaSo You’re Thinking About Becoming an AbolitionistYes, an alternative is possible. Here’s a roadmap.Oct 30, 20205Oct 30, 20205
Kaepernick PublishingYour #AbolitionForThePeople Resource GuideA toolkit for the path forwardOct 30, 2020Oct 30, 2020
Dan BergerWhat Is and What Could Be: The Policies of AbolitionFrom state-level coalitions to sweeping federal mandates, imagining the future means spending money in the right places.Oct 29, 20202Oct 29, 20202
Rukia LumumbaWe Can Dismantle the System at the Polls TooVoting out those who perpetuate harm is a key part of abolitionOct 28, 20202Oct 28, 20202
Marlon PetersonCreating Solutions Is About Answering Questions Prisons Never AskedI was 19 when I went to prison, but prison isn’t what healed meOct 27, 20204Oct 27, 20204
Andrea J RitchieBuilding a World Where Breonna Taylor Could LiveVictory will not be achieved through prosecutions, but through transforming the conditions of violenceOct 27, 20202Oct 27, 20202
Robin D. G. KelleyWhat Abolition Looks Like, From the Panthers to the PeopleCalls to defund prisons and policing is neither new nor hopelessly utopianOct 26, 20202Oct 26, 20202
Mumia Abu-JamalFrom One Struggle to Another: Lessons From the First Abolition MovementWhen people came together in the 19th century to oppose the expanding slave system, they were considered an aberration — but the course…Oct 26, 20205Oct 26, 20205
RuhaThe Shiny, High-Tech Wolf in Sheep’s ClothingFar from loosening incarceration’s grip, modern tools like predictive policing and tracking apps have instead deepened the carceral state…Oct 23, 20203Oct 23, 20203
Bree Newsome BassBlack Cops Don’t Make Policing Any Less Anti-BlackThe idea that we can resolve racism by integrating a fundamentally anti-Black institution in the U.S. is the most absurd notion of allOct 22, 20205Oct 22, 20205