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This website tracks an open dissertation project that I am currently conducting research for and writing. My research concerns the history of ideas and traditions of community organizing in the movement to abolish the prison industrial complex, and the particular impact of Black radical theories of space, time,  interiority, relation, freedom, consent, and agency in the formation of “PIC abolition” as a nascent political discourse and intellectual milieu.

Contents:

  • Archival Work
  • References
  • Research Notes
  • Writing
Archival Work, Research Notes

“to weave together the many and increasing strands of resistance to the prison industrial complex”

In the 1998 essay “Masked Racism: Reflections on the Prison Industrial Complex”, Angela Davis writes:   The emergence of a … Continue reading “to weave together the many and increasing strands of resistance to the prison industrial complex”

“Rethinking the American Prison Movement” – Three Chapters by Berger and Losier
References, Research Notes

“Rethinking the American Prison Movement” – Three Chapters by Berger and Losier

1968 – 1972 Revolution: The Prison Rebellion Years   Click to access the-prison-rebellion-years-68-72.pdf   1972 – 1980 Unions, Feminism, and … Continue reading “Rethinking the American Prison Movement” – Three Chapters by Berger and Losier

Reading notes – McKittrick Demonic Grounds
Research Notes

Reading notes – McKittrick Demonic Grounds

As I see it the “prison industrial complex” forms the geographic template and cartography of struggle for abolitionists, as it … Continue reading Reading notes – McKittrick Demonic Grounds

Joy James: The Architects of Abolitionism
Archival Work, References, Research Notes

Joy James: The Architects of Abolitionism

from its roots with George Jackson and Angela Davis,  to the de-radicalization of prison abolitionism   Continue reading Joy James: The Architects of Abolitionism

Anarchist Black Cross, Information and Resource Guide (from 2002)
Archival Work

Anarchist Black Cross, Information and Resource Guide (from 2002)

Excerpt: In the 1970’s, Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin wrote a series of pamphlets from prison that included A Draft Proposal for … Continue reading Anarchist Black Cross, Information and Resource Guide (from 2002)

Black Alert – bulletin of the Anarchist Black Cross – Anti-Repression Network (2003)
Archival Work

Black Alert – bulletin of the Anarchist Black Cross – Anti-Repression Network (2003)

The August 2003 third issue of Black Alert was billed as the publication of the Anarchist Black Cross-Anti-Repression Network (ABC-ARN).  It included … Continue reading Black Alert – bulletin of the Anarchist Black Cross – Anti-Repression Network (2003)

The Internationalist Origins of the Anarchist Black Cross, and a Brief History of the ABC Federation
Archival Work

The Internationalist Origins of the Anarchist Black Cross, and a Brief History of the ABC Federation

While there are rightful criticisms of the ABC formations as they are socially (and racially) formed in  North America, particularly … Continue reading The Internationalist Origins of the Anarchist Black Cross, and a Brief History of the ABC Federation

Working Bibliography
Archival Work, References, Research Notes

Working Bibliography

BIBLIOGRAPHY   Abu-Jamal, Mumia. Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisons v. the U.S. San Francisco: City Lights, 2009. —. Live from … Continue reading Working Bibliography

First Issue of  The Abolitionist, Spring 2005
Archival Work

First Issue of The Abolitionist, Spring 2005

Originally posted on The Abolitionist:
This is the first issue of The Abolitionist, published in Spring of 2005 by Critical Resistance-Oakland.… Continue reading First Issue of The Abolitionist, Spring 2005

Conferences as a Vehicle for Abolitionist Organizing
Writing

Conferences as a Vehicle for Abolitionist Organizing

In a December 2018 webinar hosted by Critical Resistance, several co-founding members reflected on their participation in and experience with … Continue reading Conferences as a Vehicle for Abolitionist Organizing

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