Issue 29 of The Abolitionist takes Critical Resistance’s latest video project, Breaking Down the Prison Industrial Complex, and puts it into print. The goals of the video project are to 1) revisit a critical, grounded understanding of how the PIC operates today and why PIC abolition is essential, 2) highlight what shifts in common sense PIC abolition requires and ways that PIC abolition is being put into practical action, and 3) deepen current conversations about PIC abolition and to expand them by engaging new voices and audiences. We’ve chosen videos that encompass these goals to include in this issue of the paper, as sharing materials, analysis, and tools that we have access to outside of prison walls with people on the inside is crucial to building stronger abolitionist movement.
