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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 44 Sneak Peek – Resisting ICE & Migrant: Detention from the Inside Out
Issue: 44: Cross-wall Organizing
Issue Date: December 12, 2025

The following interview was conducted in August/September 2025 for Issue 44 of The Abolitionist Newspaper by Critical Resistance, published in December 2025. Check out project here & support the project…

Issue 43: Seeds Through Concrete (Censorship & Repression)
Issue: 43 - Seeds through Concrete (Censorship & Repression)
Issue Date: June 23, 2025

Issue 43 entitled “Seeds through Concrete” features articles on censorship, repression and prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition. Printed in June of 2025, the complete issue is now available for free…

Issue 42: Anti-war Organizing
Issue: 42: Anti-war Organizing
Issue Date: December 16, 2024

Issue 42 features articles on anti-war organizing and prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition. Printed in December of 2024, the complete issue is now available for free download in both English…

Issue 41: Ecological Justice
Issue: Issue: 41 - Ecological Justice (Summer 2024)
Issue Date: June 24, 2024

Issue 41 features articles on ecological justice and prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition. Printed in June of 2024, the complete issue is now available for free download in both English…

Issue 40: Control Units
Issue: 40 - Control Units (Fall 2023-Winter 2024)
Issue Date: December 12, 2024

Issue 40 features articles on control units and resistance. Printed in December of 2023, the complete issue is now available for free download in both English and Spanish. abby_issue_40_english_color (1)Download…

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…