Critical Resistance: Resource Guide for Teaching and Learning Abolition

“The global surge of protests, rebellions, and grassroots organizing of 2020 have catalyzed widespread debate over the challenges and possibilities of abolition in the 21st century. This resource guide frames this moment as part of the long history of abolitionist movements. It offers a framework for analyzing the structures of domination that constitute the carceral state and give rise to the prison industrial complex (PIC). It also provides a tool to deepen collective efforts to organize movements and build communities that will sustain people.”