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Past Issues & Sample Articles of The Abolitionist Newspaper

An inside-outside publication for abolitionist struggle & strategy across prison walls

 

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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!

ABOLITIONIST ISSUE 6

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…

ABOLITIONIST ISSUE 5

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…

ABOLITIONIST ISSUE 4

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…

ABOLITIONIST ISSUE 2

“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…

Issue 1

This is the first issue of The Abolitionist, published in Spring of 2005 by Critical Resistance-Oakland. Download in English and Spanish…