Truthout
The Road to Abolition
Exploring abolition — both in imagination and in practice — and the movement toward a more liberated future.
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Standing Up for Our Communities: Why We Need a Police-Free Future
How to move toward the world we want to live in — free of policing — even in the face of violence and fear mongering.
Fighting Mass Incarceration Under Trump: New Strategies, New Alliances
We cannot hope for a shift toward prison reform under the self-declared "law-and-order" president-elect.
Our Dreams for Bresha Meadows Begin With Freedom
Help bring her home. Help bring all our people home. #FreeBresha
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No Abolition Without Demilitarization: Black and Muslim Solidarity for Ending Police Worldwide
Calling for an end to state terror is not terrorism.
A Growing Asian-American Movement Calls for Prison Abolition
The movement for abolition has meant renegotiating Asian Americans' relation to the prison industrial complex.
We Only Move Forward When We Demand the Impossible: An Interview With Bill Ayers
History shows that progress only happens when we refuse to limit ourselves to the art of the possible, says Bill Ayers.
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There Oughta Be a Law… Should Prison Really Be the US Way?
We are living in a country where the solution to just about any social problem is to create a law against it, and then punish those who break it.
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How Prisoners Are Organizing a Nationwide Strike From Behind Bars
The Free Alabama Movement issued a call to action, with an estimated 40 prisons in 24 states expected to participate.
Abolish Long-Term Solitary Confinement: It’s a Threat to the Public
Solitary confinement dehumanizes everyone involved and is, ultimately, a threat to society at large.
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Why We Dream About a World Without Police
I, like other authors in this book, take the position that the existence of the police force in this country is unnecessary.