Talking Abolition Ch. 1

This episode is an introduction and exploration to abolition, Chapter 1 of what we hope will be an ongoing series. Maria, Trixie, and Céline discuss the necessity of abolition (of prisons, police, and other carceral systems) and the imaginative alternatives gifted to us by the transformative justice tradition. We ask how abolition and transformative justice can re-orient us from a paradigm of punishment and fear to one of connection and community safety.

Transcript available: https://resettingthetablepodcast.blogspot.com/2021/05/episode-9-talking-abolition-ch-1.html

Episode Notes & Annotations:

The hosts mention Angela Davis (Are Prisons Obsolete) and The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander, as well as Ruth Wilson Gilmore (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/magazine/prison-abolition-ruth-wilson-gilmore.html). They also mention transformative justice leaders and practitioners, among them, adrienne maree brown (http://adriennemareebrown.net/2015/07/09/what-isisnt-transformative-justice/) and Mia Mingus (https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/about-2/).

18 Million Rising: Call on me, not the cops: https://18millionrising.org/2020/07/callonme-update.html

An Indigenous Abolitionist Study Guide: https://yellowheadinstitute.org/2020/08/10/an-indigenous-abolitionist-study-group-guide/

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