ABOLITION RESOURCES
BOOK OF ADDIS: CRADLED EMBERS is about chattel slavery in 18th century America, but in the 21st century, we are still dealing with slavery by another name: the Prison Industrial Complex. Mass incarceration and the system of policing are harming our communities all over the world, and there are abolitionists all over the world working to dismantle these systems.
Here are some resources to help you on your abolitionist journey.
EDUCATION
Why Abolition Over Reform? (Critical Resistance’s infographic)
Are Prisons Obsolete? (Angela Davis’ book)
Radical Politics Reading List (by Joshua Briond)
Abolitionist Resources Twitter Thread (Survived & Punished)
Black Feminist Abolitionist Resources Twitter Thread (Clint Smith III)
COVID-19, Decarceration and Abolition with Arundhati Roy (Haymarket Books YouTube video)
Abolitionist Teaching and the Future of Our Schools (Haymarket Books YouTube video)
Building Abolition Now! (Haymarket Books YouTube Video)
TAKE ACTION
Community Alternatives to Calling the Police in your American city
Critical Resistance’s Defund the Police Toolkit
Critical Resistance’s Abolishing Police Organizer Toolkit
ORGANIZATIONS
Asian Americans Advancing Justice
TGI Justice Project (Trans, Gender variant and Intersex people in and out of prison)