Abolition
Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1

It can be difficult to really understand and appreciate abolitionist theory. Getting over the mental hurdle that is, “how would society function without prisons?” becomes very easy after reading Angela Davis. Instead of that thinking, your brain starts to think of it like “how does our society allow......more

In "Abolition Politics: Practice, Promise, Volume 1," Angela Y. Davis offers a profound and transformative exploration of the abolition movement, extending far beyond the conventional discourse. Davis, a renowned scholar and activist, brings her wealth of experience and insight to this critical and......more

Liked it alot! Recidivism is primarily what capitalism desires, and the prison industrial complex generates far too much profit to be a viable rehabilitation system. Instead the people convicted for heinous crimes are shelled with people whose crimes harm nobody expect capital, or for drug offenses.......more

I’ve always admired Angela Davis. Her work has been revolutionary in shaping the fight for abolition, and she’s been a guiding light for those of us striving to imagine a world beyond prisons and systemic oppression. That’s why I was so eager to dive into Abolition Vol. 1: Politics, Practices, and P......more

I loved how the book opens with a radical essay in which Davis contends that prisons are necessary for maintaining the legitimacy of US-style democracy (for the experience of incarceration is the experience of losing civil rights for supposedly breaking the social contract). She advocates for abolis......more