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Nonfiction books about abolition! This is from an instagram post I saw by @spirited_justice, that I turned into a reading challenge!
I Wanna Read Abt Abolition But I...
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9 participants (12 books)
Overview
Nonfiction books about abolition! This is from an instagram post I saw by @spirited_justice, that I turned into a reading challenge!
Challenge Books
1
We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
Mariame Kaba
...am worried I don't know enuf to be an abolitionist
2
Abolition Geography: Essays Towards Liberation
Ruth Wilson Gilmore
...am a nerd for academia.
3
Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination
Robin D.G. Kelley
...wanna feel hopeful about the future.
4
“Prisons Make Us Safer”: And 20 Other Myths about Mass Incarceration
Victoria Law
...need something concise and easy. (1/2)
5
Are Prisons Obsolete?
Angela Y. Davis
...need something concise and easy. (2/2)
6
America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s
Elizabeth Hinton
...wanna understand how we got here. (1/3)
7
Assata: An Autobiography
Assata Shakur
...wanna understand how we got here. (2/3)
8
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
Heather Ann Thompson
...wanna understand how we got here. (3/3)
9
Abolition for the People: The Movement for a Future without Policing & Prisons
Colin Kaepernick
...want to hear from a lot of different voices.
10
Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement
Ejeris Dixon, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
...don't understand what comes after we get rid of the cops? (1/3)
11
Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)
Dean Spade
...don't understand what comes after we get rid of the cops? (2/3)
12
The Care We Dream Of: Liberatory and Transformative Approaches to LGBTQ+ Health
Zena Sharman
...don't understand what comes after we get rid of the cops? (3/3)