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Abolition
To Build an Abolitionist Future, We Must Look to Indigenous Pasts
Worlds without police and without prisons have already existed, predating colonization and slavery.
Grassroots Organizing in Red States Is at the Heart of Abolitionist Struggle
Here’s what we can learn from abolitionists who are organizing in some of the most conservative parts of the country.
It’s Nearly Labor Day, and Congress Has a Chance to Abolish Prison Slavery
Formerly incarcerated workers are leading a push for basic labor rights in prisons that could change everything.
“Abolition Cannot Wait”: Exonerated Author Outlines Human Cost of Incarceration
If people were aware of what was being done in the name of justice, in their name, they wouldn’t sit or stand for it.
Abolition Doesn’t Undermine Safety — Its Goal Is Safety for Everyone
If policing, prosecution and incarceration created safety, the U.S. would be the safest country in the world.
As Book Bans Sweep the US, Incarcerated People Face the Worst Censorship
The freedom to read for everyone requires an end to prisons.
How Do We Prevent Gun Violence Without Police? Look to Abolitionists.
Building authentic relationships is key to creating lasting safety beyond the reach of institutions of carceral control.
Here’s How Organizing to Abolish the Prison Industrial Complex Works in Practice
As more activists embrace abolition of the prison industrial complex, here’s what this work demands of us in practice.
Let’s Carry on Grace Lee Boggs’s Revolutionary Legacy by Continuing Her Struggle
Revolution, Boggs asserted, must be rooted in a two-sided transformation of ourselves and our institutions.
Atlanta’s Attack on Cop City Protesters Should Be a Warning to Us All
The fight against the militarized police training center dubbed “Cop City” is one of the great struggles of our time.