{"title":"Abolitionist Papers","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"abolition-feminism-now","title":"Abolition. Feminism. Now.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIn this remarkable collaborative work, leading scholar-activists Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, and Beth E. Richie surface the often unrecognized genealogies of queer, anti-capitalist, internationalist, grassroots, and women-of-color-led feminist movements, struggles, and organizations that have helped to define abolition and feminism in the twenty-first century.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis pathbreaking book also features illustrations documenting the work of grassroots organizers embodying abolitionist feminist practice.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAmplifying the analysis and the theories of change generated out of vibrant community based organizing, Abolition. Feminism. Now. highlights necessary historical linkages, key internationalist learnings, and everyday practices to imagine a future where we can all thrive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbolition. Feminism. Now.\u003c\/em\u003e is a celebration of freedom work, a movement genealogy, a call to action, and a challenge to those who think of abolition and feminism as separate—even incompatible—political projects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[[[More Info]]]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAngela Y. Davis is Professor Emerita of History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies at UC Santa Cruz. An activist, writer, and lecturer, her work focuses on prisons, police, abolition, and the related intersections of race, gender, and class. She is the author of many books, from Angela Davis: An Autobiography to Freedom Is a Constant Struggle.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGina Dent is associate professor of feminist studies, history of consciousness, and legal studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is the editor of Black Popular Culture, and lectures and writes on African diaspora literary and cultural studies, postcolonial theory, and critical area studies. Her current project “Visualizing Abolition” grows out of her work as an advocate for transformative and transitional justice and prison abolition.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eErica R. Meiners is a professor of education and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Northeastern Illinois University. A writer, organizer, and educator, Meiners is the author For the Children? Protecting Innocence in a Carceral State, coauthor of The Feminist and the Sex Offender: Confronting Sexual Harm, Ending State Violence, and a coeditor of The Long Term: Resisting Life Sentences, Working Toward Freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[[[Specifications]]]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 51.737%;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 15.8358%;\"\u003eYear Published \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 31.1642%;\"\u003e2023\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 15.8358%;\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 31.1642%;\"\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 15.8358%;\"\u003ePages\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 31.1642%;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e336\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 15.8358%;\"\u003eSeries\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 31.1642%;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"link to other books in the Abolitionist Papers Series\" href=\"https:\/\/venusenvy.ca\/collections\/abolitionist-papers\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAbolitionist Papers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45660652273951,"sku":"9781642592580","price":26.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/2364\/files\/81tOzFK8gIL._AC_UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1689808839"},{"product_id":"we-do-this-til-we-free-us","title":"We Do This 'Til We Free Us","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"title\"\u003eWe Do This 'Til We Free Us\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"subtitle\"\u003eAbolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Organizing is both science and art. It is thinking through a vision, a strategy, and then figuring out who your targets are, always being concerned about power, always being concerned about how you’re going to actually build power in order to be able to push your issues, in order to be able to get the target to actually move in the way that you want to.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat if social transformation and liberation isn’t about waiting for someone else to come along and save us? What if ordinary people have the power to collectively free ourselves? In this timely collection of essays and interviews, Mariame Kaba reflects on the deep work of abolition and transformative political struggle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith a foreword by Naomi Murakawa and chapters on seeking justice beyond the punishment system, transforming how we deal with harm and accountability, and finding hope in collective struggle for abolition, Kaba’s work is deeply rooted in the relentless belief that we can fundamentally change the world. As Kaba writes, “Nothing that we do that is worthwhile is done alone.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[[[More Info]]]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMariame Kaba\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is an organizer, educator, librarian, and prison industrial complex (PIC) abolitionist who is active in movements for racial, gender, and transformative justice. Kaba is the founder and director of Project NIA, a grassroots abolitionist organization with a vision to end youth incarceration. Mariame co-leads the initiative Interrupting Criminalization, a project she co-founded with Andrea Ritchie in 2018. Kaba is the author of the New York Times Bestseller \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe Do This Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Haymarket Press 2021), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMissing Daddy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Haymarket 2019), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFumbling Towards Repair: A Workbook for Community Accountability Faciltators\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e with Shira Hassan (Project NIA, 2019), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSee You Soon\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(Haymarket, March 2022) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNo More Police: A Case for Abolition with Andrea Ritchie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (The New Press, Aug 2022).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/2364\/files\/MariameKaba_480x480.jpg?v=1691772190\" alt=\"picture of Mariame Kaba\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[[[Specifications]]]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 68.1858%;\" data-mce-style=\"width: 68.1858%;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 26.864%;\" data-mce-style=\"width: 26.864%;\"\u003eYear Published \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 49.136%;\" data-mce-style=\"width: 49.136%;\"\u003e2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 26.864%;\" data-mce-style=\"width: 26.864%;\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 49.136%;\" data-mce-style=\"width: 49.136%;\"\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 26.864%;\" data-mce-style=\"width: 26.864%;\"\u003ePages\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 49.136%;\" data-mce-style=\"width: 49.136%;\"\u003e206\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 26.864%;\" data-mce-style=\"width: 26.864%;\"\u003eSeries\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 49.136%;\" data-mce-style=\"width: 49.136%;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/venusenvy.ca\/collections\/abolitionist-papers\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"link to other books in the Abolitionist Papers Series\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAbolitionist Papers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46091787731231,"sku":"9781642595253","price":26.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/2364\/files\/wedothistilwefreeus.jpg?v=1691772377"}],"url":"https:\/\/venusenvy.ca\/collections\/abolitionist-papers\/book-topic_indigeneity.oembed","provider":"Venus Envy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}