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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

Category: Research Notes

“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

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

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

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

Prison News Service – a Bulldozer Publication
Research Notes

Prison News Service – a Bulldozer Publication

Prison News Service – a Bulldozer Publication http://prisonfreepress.org/Prison_News_Service.htm Back Issue Catalogue        This post marks my first attempt … Continue reading Prison News Service – a Bulldozer Publication

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