Police and Prison Abolitionism

Abolitionist writings on the police state.

“American Prison Notebooks,” Race and Class, January 2004.

“George Jackson: Dragon Philosopher and Revolutionary Abolitionist,” African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), August 2018.

“Democracy and Captivity,” Introduction to Joy James, ed. The New Abolitionists: (Neo)Slave Narratives and  Prison Writing, New York: SUNY Press, 2005.

“Academia, Activism, and Imprisoned Intellectuals,” Social Justice, Vol. 30, No. 2 (92), 2003.

“The Roots of Black Incarceration: A Review of Austin Reed’s The Haunted Convict. Boston Review, Boston Review, February 2016.

Warfare in the American Homeland: Policing and Prison in a Penal Democracy. Duke University Press, 2007.

“Violations,” Introduction to Joy James, ed., Warfare: The American Homeland and Prison, Durham: Duke University Press, 2005.

“The Dysfunctional and the Disappearing; Democracy, Race and Imprisonment,” Social Identities, Vol. 6, No. 4, 2000.

“7 Lessons in 1 Abolitionist Movement,” Abolition Journal, Ground Zero Issue, 2015.

“Angela Davis: A Life Committed to Liberation Praxis,” Abafazi: The Simmons College Review of Women of African Descent, Vol. 8, No. 1, Fall/Winter 1997.