cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/16445
As a Left Abolitionist publication, Scalawag’s work is first and foremost dedicated to the end of the global prison industrial complex, and all antiBlack, neoplantation structures of captivity, at the root of our collective exploitation and suffering. This selection of pieces feature analysis of fascist dominance, past and present, commentary on movements for reproductive and gender justice, as well as reflections on the contemporary abolitionist cause, alongside firsthand accounts of prison conditions from currently incarcerated contributors.
This reading list collects entries from our Abolition Week 2025: Borders, as well as the “Politics and the People” section. These pieces offer gripping insights into the everyday experiences of life inside prison and on “the outside,” that paint clearly how high the stakes of delaying revolutionary abolition remain for us all. Coverage of local events hosted by southern movements to free political prisoners, alongside essays that critique and resist fascist censorship, abortion bans, and discrimination against trans folks provide a myriad of reasons why all prisons, and systems of captivity must go.
The incarcerated narratives push readers away from consuming the prison and prison lore as spectacle, towards a heightened sense of urgency to organize our communities, and movement’s priorities, around the demand to free them all by any means necessary.
Read more via Scalawag: Abolitionist Politics and Incarcerated Perspectives: A Scalawag Reading List.
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