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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!
Download in English or Español “Placing the PIC at the center of the way that we think about capitalism troubles the lie at the heart of capitalist ideology—the notion capitalism…
Welcome to issue 22 of the Abolitionist, our first paper of 2014. As we go to production in the month of March we are inspired and motivated by the history…
DOWNLOAD ISSUE 21! Download in English or Descargar en Español As we step ever onward toward a world without the violence of policing, surveillance, prison and the social and economic…
We are proud to announce issue 20 of the Abolitionist Newspaper! Throughout this issue, we highlight the variety of ways in which communities and organizations are refusing to be divided…
Theme: Surveillance Download in English / Descargar en Español “As we know, surveillance is an integral component of the prison industrial complex. Equally as important is our ability to confront…
Download in English / Descargar en Español “Surviving within capitalism, U.S. imperialism, the PIC, and other systems of oppression takes a creativity, spirit, and will that can be found in…
Download in English / Descargar en Español “Within our society, most of us have been conditioned to expect punishment as a solution to many issues. A school with sub-par test scores?…
Download in English / Descargar en Español “We know that the danger of trying to ‘fix’ the system allows the PIC to say that it is responding to our concerns…
Download in English / Descargar en Español Welcome to Issue 14 of The Abolitionist! For Critical Resistance, this fall was marked by the loss of Marilyn Buck, our recently released…
Download in English / Descargar en Español While the PIC continues to expand, as abolitionists we position ourselves to stand against further repression and to build the supports we need…