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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 “The point is, …in the face of what we confront, to fight and win. That’s the real objective: not just to make statements, no matter how noble,…
Download in English / Descargar en Español “The prison industrial complex is a maze of laws and rules and regulations and policies and procedures. For most of us, navigating the…
Download in English / Descargar en Español “Silence from and about the subject was the order of the day. Some of the silences were broken, and some were maintained by…
Download in English / Descargar en Español This printing marks the fourth edition of The Abolitionist. We’re finally growing into our skin a bit and feel better situated to make…
“To create local, self-determined solutions we must understand and dismantle the overarching systems of white supremacy, patriarchy and imperialism, which have poor communities under siege” – Letter from the Editors…
This is the first issue of The Abolitionist, published in Spring of 2005 by Critical Resistance-Oakland. Download in English and Spanish…