Building Hope During Climate Despair and Collapse
And no, I don’t mean the work capitalism requires of you to survive everyday. I mean now—in this outrageously scary and demoralizing moment—is the best…
Uplifting Incarcerated Loved Ones In Black August
This year seems like the most suitable time to celebrate Black August in recent years. Black August is the month where Black resistance, revolution, and…
Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea: Our Sovereignty Restoration Day
Hauʻoli Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea e nā hoaloha! Today we celebrate Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea: the day our sovereignty was restored in 1843. Before American colonizers reached…
New Useful Abolitionist Resources
In order to maintain the true definition and study of Prison Industrial Complex abolition—which Critical Resistance describes as “PIC abolition is a political vision with…
Emmett Till Would Have Been 81 Today
On August 28, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was brutally beaten and lynched by Roy Bryant and his brother J.W. Milam after Till was accused of…
We Know What Police Actually Do
My penpal Lacino Hamilton sent me this article he wrote a while back titled “We Have to Come to Grips With the Real Function of…
Celebrating Assata Shakur Before Her Birthday
Assata Shakur was born on July 16, 1947 in New York and she’s had a wildly unfair life ever since. I wrote about Assata Shakur…
Criminal Justice Media Resources I Rely On
As a growing abolitionist, it’s massively important for me to know exactly what I believe and why. Every conversation I have with a supporter of…
There Is No Cause for Celebration on This Day
Every year as we approach the fake state of America’s “independence” day and celebration, I want to focus on/remind others of why the U.S. should…