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Past Issues & Sample Articles of The Abolitionist Newspaper

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With Issue 39 in 2023 (see below), CR’s editorial collective began a collaboration with Beyond Prisons Podcast for a show on each issue of The Abolitionist. Give our podcast show “Over the Wall” a listen while reading through our past issues and sample early-release articles below!

Issues

Issue 40 Sneak Peek on Control Units – “You Can’t Kill the Spirit of a Revolutionary: Susan Rosenberg on the Lexington Control Unit for Women”
Issue: 40 - Sneak Peek
Issue Date: December 14, 2023

Interview by Dylan Brown of The Abolitionist Editors’ Note: The following article is a transcript of a conversation between Dylan Brown of Critical Resistance’s The Abolitionist Editorial Collective and former…

Issue 39: Reproductive Justice
Issue: 39 - Reproductive Justice (Summer 2023)
Issue Date: June 19, 2023

Issue 39 features articles and interviews on reproductive justice and prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition. Printed in June of 2023, the complete issue is now available for free download in…

Issue 38: Labor Struggles & PIC Abolition
Issue: 38 - Labor Struggles & PIC Abolition (Fall 2022 / Winter 2023)
Issue Date: December 7, 2022

Issue 38 features articles and interviews on labor struggles and prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition. Printed in December of 2022, the complete issue is now available for free download in…

Issue 37: Housing Justice and PIC Abolition
Issue: 37 - Housing Justice & PIC Abolition (Summer 2022)
Issue Date: June 22, 2022

Issue 37 features articles on housing justice and prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition. Printed in June of 2022, the complete issue is now available for free download in both English…

Issue 36: Pathways Toward Freedom
Issue: 36 - Pathways to Freedom (Winter 2021)
Issue Date: December 17, 2021

Issue 36 “Pathways Toward Freedom” features articles on strategies for getting people out of cages. Printed in December of 2021, the complete issue is now available for free download in…

Issue 35: Defunding Policing
Issue: 35 - Defund Policing (Summer 2021)
Issue Date: July 21, 2021

Check out the Letter from the Editors for this issue below, along with the #35 sneak peek piece, and download your copy of The Abolitionist #35 in English or Spanish…

Issue 34: Neoliberalism & Fascism
Issue: 34: Neoliberalism & Fascism (Spring 2021)
Issue Date: March 25, 2021

Now that Issue 35 is approaching print, our previous Issue #34 is ready for free download. Check out the Letter from the Editors in this issue below, along with the #34 sneak peek…

Issue 33: COVID-19
Issue: 33: COVID-19 (Fall 2020)
Issue Date: November 24, 2020

Issue 33 of The Abolitionist introduces our readers to a new structure for the paper combining changing features and regular columns. Issue 33 Features cover the COVID-19 pandemic. La Abolicionista 33 en…

Issue 32: Decolonization & Abolition
Issue: 32: Decolonization & Abolition (Summer 2020)
Issue Date: June 22, 2020

“Decolonization and Abolition” — Issue #32 of The Abolitionist is almost here! Help us send it free to over 6,000 imprisoned people across the country: Subscribe today or contact us for an organizational subscription!…

Issue 31: 20 Years of Abolitionist Strategy and Struggle
Issue: 31 - 20 Years of Abolitionist Struggle (Summer 2019)
Issue Date: May 15, 2019

Issue 31 in EnglishDownload Edicion 31 en Espanõl Descargar Dear Readers, Greetings readers! We hope that Issue #31 of The Abolitionist finds you in strong and irrepressible spirits. Last September…