Abolition and the Presidency
The Trump administration will assail our movement. That doesn’t change the fact that it looks backward while we look forward.
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The Trump administration will assail our movement. That doesn’t change the fact that it looks backward while we look forward.
The presidential candidates are worlds apart on the death penalty. The winner could either jolt or sap the energy of the movement to end it.
Imagining the decarceral possibilities of plea strikes and defendant unions.
Absent a sustained politics of solidarity, culture wars will continue to erode civil rights while criminalizing, surveilling, and punishing those who claim them
Beyond electing progressive prosecutors, decarceration requires an ambitious, multifaceted struggle at all levels of governance.
Understanding the democratic appeal of retrenchment and reaction to movements for racial justice has never been more urgent.