By Antonio Pele ‘Algorithmic Governmentality’ (A. Rouvroy), ‘Expository society’ (B. Harcourt), ‘Black Box Society’ (F. Pasquale), ‘Surveillance Capitalism’ (S. Zuboff), ‘Techno-Feudalism’ (C. Durand), ‘Radical Anti-Humanism (E. Sadin), increasing literature has been highlighting how our societies and subjectivities are being modified… Continue Reading
By Cletus Alengah “Is abolition too drastic? Can we really get rid of prisons and policing all together?”[1] – Mariame Kaba These are questions that must agitate the mind of anyone interested in abolitionism. But even if we get rid… Continue Reading
By Shanelle Gordon “Speak to the Past and It Shall Teach Thee.” –Inscription on John Carter Brown Library, Providence, Rhode Island. I used to walk past the John Carter Brown Library almost every day in college on my way from… Continue Reading
By Sania Anwar Left: February 1968 front cover of a monthly student newspaper founded by the New York Urban League for students of Harlem Prep, Newark Prep, and the Street Academies. The inside page of this issue has an article… Continue Reading
By Kedar Shrinivas Vishwanathan Central to the continuing movement for a better and more racially just and equal society, abolitionists have called for reparations. During the Reconstruction period, reparations were offered in land grants and then subsequently expropriated by white… Continue Reading
By Anita Yandle When first drafting this piece, I wanted to focus on imagination as an organizing tool: Dreaming of a better world that can guide us to create it. But then, a police officer killed Daunte Wright during the… Continue Reading
Primary Readings Ambedkar, B.R. The Annihilation of Caste. New Delhi: Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd, 2018. Franke, Katherine. Repair: Redeeming the Promise of Abolition. Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2019. Kaba, Mariame. We Do This ‘Til We Free Us. Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2021. Secondary Materials… Continue Reading