{"id":10599,"date":"2013-07-03T01:03:45","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T08:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/?p=10599"},"modified":"2014-01-28T04:01:21","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T11:01:21","slug":"the-case-for-prison-abolition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/the-case-for-prison-abolition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Case for Prison (A)bolition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"a podcast of anarchist ideas and action for everyone who dreams of a life off the clock\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crimethinc.com\/podcast\/4\/ep4-250.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crimethinc. Ex-Workers&#8217; Collective (CWC)<\/p><\/div>\n<h1><strong>#4: Prisoners of the World, Unite!<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><em>[Editor&#8217;s Note: A plausible argument for eliminating our contemporary prison system]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In this episode, the Ex-Worker\u2019s Collective steals enough hours from their jobs to discuss the state of the US prison system, the prison abolition movement, and the destruction of prisons. A comrade from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Supermax<\/span> lock up and Midwest Pages to Prisoners Zine Distro join the podcast! News and a review of\u00a0<em>Between Predicates, War<\/em>\u00a0by the Institute for Experimental Freedom round out the episode asking us to wonder, \u201cWhat\u2019s the fastest way outta this?!\u201d\u00a0<em>{June 16, 2013}<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(A)udio:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/4_Prisoners-of-the-World-Unite.mp3\">Prisoners-of-the-World-Unite<\/a>\u00a0(The C@se for Prison (A)bolition)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimethinc.com\/podcast\/4\/transcript4.html\">Full Episode Transcript<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Much thanks for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/firetotheprisons.com\/\"><em>Fire to the Prisons<\/em><\/a>, an uncompromising 11-issue, now deceased magazine written by and for the discontented about the ALF\/ELF prisoner support, prison struggle and the nexus of the forces of capital and government constricting role in our lives;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eng.anarchopedia.org\/Os_Cangaceiros\"><em>Os Cangaceiros<\/em><\/a>\u00a0a seemingly ethereal, yet tremendously encouraging group of anarchists who fought development of the French prison system tooth and nail; and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/libcom.org\/files\/lockedup-USletter-imposed.pdf\"><em>Locked Up<\/em><\/a>, which advances the necessity of the destroying all prisons and was written by Alfredo M. Bonanno while in prison. All of the above inspired or provided material was adapted for the theme segment.<\/li>\n<li>John Bowden wrote in his 2009 article\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightonabc.org.uk\/jbsolidarity.html\">Solidarity Without Prejudice<\/a>, \u201cThere are frontlines of class struggle throughout the whole of society, violent interfaces where the poor and their oppressors confront each other, and prison represents one of the most overt and undisguised frontlines of class struggle that exists.\u201d For more writing of John Bowden quoted in the podcast, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bristolabc.wordpress.com\/tag\/john-bowden\/\">bristolabc.wordpress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gabriel Pombo Da Silva is an anarchist who has been writing and causing trouble as a fugitive or prisoner for more than thirty years, the following are some of his writings:\u00a0<em>Huye, Hombre, Huye<\/em>\u00a0in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ia700408.us.archive.org\/18\/items\/HuyeHombreHuye\/HuyeHombreHuye.pdf\">Spanish<\/a>\u00a0and excerpts in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/325.nostate.net\/library\/huye-imposed-web.pdf\">English<\/a>; and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/theanarchistlibrary.org\/library\/gabriel-pombo-da-silva-writings\">other writings<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>More information about and the writing of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/325.nostate.net\/\">international anarchist prisoners<\/a><\/li>\n<li>In our conversation with Jessie Symth about the Midwest Pages to Prisoners (Indiana specific) Zine Distro, he discusses the pitfalls and success of books-to-prisoners and prisoner correspondence projects. For information about prisoner literacy and correspondence projects here in North America:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonercorrespondenceproject.com\/\">Queer Prisoner Correspondence Project<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/prisonbooks.info\/\">Chapel Hill Prison Books Collective<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dcbookstoprisoners.org\/volunteer\">DC Books to Prisoners<\/a>, and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.books2prisoners.org\/\">Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/june11.org\/\">June 11th<\/a>\u00a0is the international day of solidarity with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.supportmariemason.org\/\">Marie Mason<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.supporteric.org\/\">Eric McDavid<\/a>, and long-term anarchist prisoners.<\/li>\n<li>Addresses for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/prisonbooks.info\/\">political prisoners with upcoming birthdays<\/a>:<a href=\"http:\/\/denverabc.wordpress.com\/\">Delbert Orr Africa<\/a>\u00a0(June 21)<br \/>\nAM4985\/Drawer K<br \/>\nSCI Dallas<br \/>\n1000 Follies Road<br \/>\nDallas, PA 18612<a href=\"http:\/\/onamove.com\/\">Abdul Majid<\/a>\u00a0(June 25)<br \/>\n83A0483<br \/>\nElmira Correctional Facility<br \/>\nPO Box 500, 1879 Davis St<br \/>\nElmira, NY 14902\u20130500<a href=\"http:\/\/denverabc.wordpress.com\/\">Thomas Manning<\/a>\u00a0(June 28)<br \/>\n10373\u2013016<br \/>\nFMC Butner<br \/>\nFederal Medical Center<br \/>\nPO Box 1600<br \/>\nButner, NC 27509<\/li>\n<li>Music for the Ex-Worker provided by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/undergroundreverie\">Underground Reverie<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#4: Prisoners of the World, Unite! 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