Overview:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_abolition_movement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_abolition_movement

https://guides.usfca.edu/restorative-justice (May be slightly out of date)

Notable proponents (alive):

Mariame Kaba

Ruth Wilson Gilmore

Angela Davis

Rashida Tlaib

Notable proponents (dead):

Emma Goldman

Groups:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarcerated_Workers_Organizing_Committee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Alabama_Movement

http://www.prisonabolition.org/

Black Lives Matter

Anarchist Black Cross (Likely predates the Industrial Workers of the World and the USSR)

National Lawyers’ Guild (Sometimes)

Penpal projects for LGBTQ prisoners include Black and Pink , Prisoner Correspondence Project from Montreal, Midwest Trans Prisoner Penpal Project in Minneapolis, the Write to Win Collective in Chicago, and the Bent Bars Project in the UK

Groups that send books to prisoners include Books to Prisoners, Books Through Bars, Prison Book Program, Inside Book Projects, LGBTQ Books to Prisoners, and Women’s Prison Book Project

Articles:

Yes, We Really do Mean Abolish the Police

On the Road With Abolition: Assessing Our Steps Along the Way

What is Prison Abolition

Common Questions about Prison Abolition

Building an Abolitionist Trans and Queer Movement with Everything We've Got

Infographics:

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59ead8f9692ebee25b72f17f/t/5b65cd58758d46d34254f22c/1533398363539/CR_NoCops_reform_vs_abolition_CRside.pdf

Websites:

https://www.8toabolition.com/

http://criticalresistance.org/

https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/

https://transformharm.org/ (Includes 5 other categories that relate to abolition, curated by Mariame Kaba)

http://www.usprisonculture.com/blog/ (Has not been updated since 2020)

Books:

Alexander, M - ‘The New Jim Crow’ (2010)

Davis, A - ‘Are Prisons Obsolete’ (2003)

Jackson, G. - ‘Blood in My Eye’ (1972)

Vitale A.S - ‘The End of Policing’ (2017)

Ferrari, Livio; Pavarini, Massimo, eds. (2018). No Prison.

http://criticalresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/CR-Abolitionist-Toolkit-online.pdf

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/instead_of_prisons/chapter1.shtml

Podcasts:

https://theintercept.com/2020/06/10/ruth-wilson-gilmore-makes-the-case-for-abolition/

https://crimethinc.com/podcasts/the-ex-worker/episodes/8

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5ucHIub3JnLzUxMDMzMy9wb2RjYXN0LnhtbA/episode/MDdhZDdkMzktYTIxNC00MTdlLWEwYTEtNTc3NThiYzBmMWQx?hl=en&ep=6

https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/toward-abolition-building-a-world-without-police-or-prisons

https://rustbeltradio.org/

https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-39-from-cradle-to-courtroom-how-the-media-stacks-the-deck-against-defendants

How you can help right now:

-Donate to your local bail fund or create your own

-Participate in an IWOC phone zap

-Join a noise protest outside of a prison

-Wheatpaste propaganda around your city

-Participate in and organize cop watches around your city

-Write a prisoner (Political or otherwise, this may help prevent guards from fucking with someone if they have someone on the outside. This also helps with emotional support.)

-Sit in on trials at your courthouse

-Organize a prison abolition event within the DSA to educate people on this subject

-Propaganda of the deed

-Join a racial justice branch within a DSA chapter

-Give to a prisoner's commissary fund

-Give false information to the police if they ask for help in finding information (Use best opsec practices)

-Perform jail support for the arrested

Study guide / Syllabus:

https://www.aaihs.org/prison-abolition-syllabus-2-0/

https://abolitionjournal.org/studyguide/

https://www.aaihs.org/prison-abolition-syllabus/

https://abolitionistfutures.com/full-reading-list

Related:

An Anarchist Theory of Criminal Justice

Note: This is a living document, treat this as a first draft. I want to expand this in the near future to include talking points, history, and important figures in the movement. I also need to write an intro for this as well as flesh out the "what you can do right now" section. If anyone wants to collaborate on this, send me a DM or leave a comment with your suggestions. I'm probably going to take this to /r/anarchism as a sidebar suggestion when it's complete.

    • notthenameiwant [he/him]
      hexagon
      M
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      4 years ago

      I guess it's a separate thing (not that that was intentional). We start today actually, which is a good reminder for my dumbass. Totally spaced.