By Sara Almohamadi For a previous seminar, Abolition Democracy 4/13 on the Abolition of Slavery, Stephanie Jones-Rogers wrote “slavery was a system created and sustained by a series of robberies. Such acts were committed not just by individuals but also… Continue Reading
By Daniela Gandorfer In Bertrand Russell’s 1925 work The ABC of Relativity, we find a chapter called “The Abolition of ‘Force’,” which argues that force, in the Newtonian sense, serves as a convenient shorthand and does not coincide fully with… Continue Reading
Noah Smith-Drelich joined the faculty at Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2020 as an assistant professor of law. His scholarship focuses on how our understanding of tort law informs the operation of both substantive law and procedure throughout the tort… Continue Reading
From Iron Bull: Iron Bull was started in the early 90’s by our father Orville Little Owl. The name Iron Bull came from his mother Josephine Iron Bull from the Cannonball area on Standing Rock. The drum group originally was… Continue Reading
By Reinhold Martin How does oil abolition connect, in theory and as praxis, with social and racial justice struggles discussed in previous sessions in the Abolition 13/13 series? With immense gratitude to Bernard Harcourt and his colleagues at CCCCT for… Continue Reading
By Alyssa Battistoni Reinhold Martin’s call to abolish oil is a much-needed contribution to the discussion about the Green New Deal, one that clearly outlines the task that lies before us: not just an energy transition but a social transformation.… Continue Reading
By Kaagni Harekal ‘9/13: Abolish Prisons!’ was deeply affectively and ethically charged. Reginald Dwayne Betts, poet, Yale Law graduate, unapologetic ‘felon’ and Allegra McLeod, Law Professor at Georgetown University and staunch abolitionist set the stage for what was to be… Continue Reading