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Top 10 of 2018 – #1 – Prison Abolition Syllabus 2.0

December 28, 2018January 29, 2019 Guest Poster #TopTen

*Editor’s Note: As the year comes to a close, we’re featuring the ten most popular pieces we published on Black Perspectives. This

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Prison Abolition Syllabus 2.0

September 8, 2018September 18, 2018 Guest Poster Political Prisoners, Prison Abolition, prisons

Even in prison, rebellions are contagious. In 2016, a national prison strike led us to compile the Prison Abolition Syllabus on

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George Jackson: Dragon Philosopher and Revolutionary Abolitionist

August 21, 2018August 27, 2018 Joy James Political Prisoners, Prison Abolition, prisons

International Revolutionary Struggle “People who come out of prison can build up a country. Misfortune is a test of people’s

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The 1967 Detroit Uprising and the Failure of the Criminal Justice System

June 6, 2018June 16, 2018 Say Burgin criminal justice system, Detroit, police brutality, police violence

Standing before judge Robert Columbo, a Detroiter made a standard defendant’s request to be released on his own recognizance. He

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Black Power, Collectivism, and the Politics of the Imprisoned

April 24, 2018April 28, 2018 Angela LeBlanc-Ernest #RemakingBlackPower, Black Panther Party, Black Power, Black women

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Ashley Farmer’s Remaking Black Power Historian Ashley D. Farmer’s characterization of Black Women’s

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