Confession: I havent always been an abolitionist. Its been a journey.
read & asked lots of ?s. Im still learning.
2019/20 @ Harvard: I taught abolition as policy innovation (bc it is)
For anyone interested, here are my fav rdgs/podcasts on abolition:
blog.getpocket.com/2020/06/reimag…
read & asked lots of ?s. Im still learning.
2019/20 @ Harvard: I taught abolition as policy innovation (bc it is)
For anyone interested, here are my fav rdgs/podcasts on abolition:
blog.getpocket.com/2020/06/reimag…
All the rdgs on the #abolition list are open access. Yet there are many more books & academic articles that have been instrumental to my understanding of abolition. My first encounter was 2003 w/ Angela Davis penguinrandomhouse.com/books/213837/a…
Work by indigenous feminists has been crucial to my understanding of the limits of police and reform & the naturalization of violence through law
this by @bloodizcurrency
jstor.org/stable/2976723…
this by @bloodizcurrency
jstor.org/stable/2976723…
Two years ago, I stopped using the term "criminal JUSTICE system" bc I could no longer continue the mythology that justice was possible in such a violent system.
i now use "criminal legal or criminal punishment system" bc words matter
Feminist woc taught me.
i now use "criminal legal or criminal punishment system" bc words matter
Feminist woc taught me.
I am in deep gratitude to the following authors whose words are on the above rdg list 🙏🏾: @prisonculture @JennMJacksonPhD @dnbrgr @DavidpStein @garrett_felber @mdoukmas @klytlehernandez @ThenjiweTM @philipvmcharris @SimoneJWei @nikki_lew
What else is possible? "CR Portland has a campaign called Care Not Cops thats focused on trying to shift who responds to mental health crises & say that its inappropriate for police to be 1st responders in those kinds of situations"
THIS podcast yall.
radicalimagination.us/episodes/polic…
THIS podcast yall.
radicalimagination.us/episodes/polic…
"What the carceral state does is it conspires to obfuscate structural & systemic violence & turns all violence into individual failing."
The abolition resource I have sent out to 50 million ppl
and follow @jduffyrice @ClintSmithIII @prisonculture
theappeal.org/justice-in-ame…
The abolition resource I have sent out to 50 million ppl
and follow @jduffyrice @ClintSmithIII @prisonculture
theappeal.org/justice-in-ame…
Last multimedia source on list: 'Radical Commitments: The Life and Legacy of Angela Davis, Session on Abolition'
Kathy Boudin + Ruth Wilson Gilmore + Beth Richie
Conf organized by the incredible @elizabhinton 🙏🏾
Kathy Boudin + Ruth Wilson Gilmore + Beth Richie
Conf organized by the incredible @elizabhinton 🙏🏾
abolitionist detractors be like: imagination isnt a realistic alternative to police
& I'll never forget from @ruha9 talk:"We need to understand that some ppl are forced to live INSIDE someone elses imagination"
Blk ppl are imagined dangerous
"Imagination is a field of action"
& I'll never forget from @ruha9 talk:"We need to understand that some ppl are forced to live INSIDE someone elses imagination"
Blk ppl are imagined dangerous
"Imagination is a field of action"
thats it. Its been a long week and I see a lot of ppl on here trying to dress up reform as abolition bc its now in vogue
dont be wack like them. learn. read more. lift up woc who have been doing this wk for decades ✊🏾
dont be wack like them. learn. read more. lift up woc who have been doing this wk for decades ✊🏾
Incredible orgs to follow & support w/ donations: @survivepunish @C_Resistance @incitenews @ignitekindred @AssataDaughters
