Abolitionist Lessons from the Prison Belts

In a six-part series, Lydia Pelot-Hobbs, Judah Schept, Craig Gilmore, and Ruth Wilson Gilmore look at how organizers can adapt lessons learned in twenty-five years of abolitionist organizing to their own political terrains, with examples from Appalachia, California, and Louisiana. Each piece considers how to face up to a different challenge of developing our understanding of a particular context: grasping the complexity of the state, forging joint consciousness with environmental justice organizers, mapping local power structures, scanning for opportunities for solidarity, following the money through changing financial mechanisms, and preparing our organizing for the next crisis