In this landmark 2003 book, Are Prisons Obsolete, abolitionist Angela Y. Davis discusses the racist and sexist underpinnings of the American prison system. Read the full text free online here: Are Prisons Obsolete?
Ruth Wilson Gilmore, storied prison abolitionist, discusses COVID-19, racial capitalism, and decarceration and the case for prison abolition.
In this excerpt from the film “The Black Power Mixtape 1967 – 1975”, Angela Y. Davis discusses the Black Panther Party, her incarceration, and racial tension in California between Black people and the state.
This article delves into understanding how the topics of blackness, ableism, and Hollywood collided after the “Black Panther” star, Chadwick Boseman shocking death on August 28, 2020 at the age of 43 – and the public’s sudden realization that he had made so much movie magic while quietly battling colon cancer. Read more here. Featured image ... Read more
Alice Wong, editor of the Disability Visability project, shares her personal story in this interview by her friend Rochelle Kwan on the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This is episode 82 of the Disability Visibility Project Podcast. Listen at the link below. To learn more about this story, check out the podcast ... Read more
Nick Estes, author of “Our History is the Future” and co-founder of The Red Nation Podcast, joins Breht from Rev Left Radio to discuss the history and legacy of the American Indian Movement, including the history of indigenous resistance in America, the origins and ideology of AIM, the Siege of Wounded Knee in 1973, the FBI’s COINTELPRO, the Reign ... Read more
Need help understanding the confusing world of gender? The Advocate is here with a primer with Jessie Gender to explain the difference between sex and gender?
Black Americans being victimized and killed by the American police is an epidemic. A truth many Americans are acknowledging since the murder of George Floyd, as protests have occurred in all fifty states calling for justice on his behalf. But this tension between African American communities and the police has existed for centuries. This week, ... Read more
Critical Resistance presents “Breaking Down the Prison Industrial Complex,” a series of videos as part of our Profiles in Abolition initiative. The videos in the series explore the current state of the prison industrial complex (PIC) and how people are fighting back to resist and abolish it. As always, we feature abolition as a strategy ... Read more
This video shows one full class recording from Dr. West’s course examining the philosophical history of W.E.B. DuBois, the towering Black scholar and great freedom fighter of the 20th Century. The course engages in close readings of Du Bois’ classic work, “The Souls of Black Folk” (1903) as well as subsequent essays in his magisterial ... Read more