31 January 2023: Abolition and Reformism

Ben-Moshe, L. (2013). “The Tension Between Abolition and Reform.” In Nagel, M. E. and Nocella, A. J. (eds.). The End of Prisons: Reflections from the Decarceration Movement. Amsterdam: Value Inquiry Book Series, 83-92.

PDF: Ben-Moshe, “The Tension Between Abolition and Reform.”

Alternative source (PDF): https://www.dropbox.com/s/gl8rprid1qk93ek/Ben-Mosche_tension_between_abolition_reform.pdf

Audio: https://soundcloud.com/user-117009169/sets/session-2-what-is-wrong-with-reform

Berger, Dan and Mariame Kaba and David Stein. (2017). ‘What Abolitionists Do,’ Jacobinmag.com, 24 August.

Text: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/08/prison-abolition-reform-mass-incarceration

Audio: https://soundcloud.com/user-117009169/sets/session-2-what-is-wrong-with-reform

Dylan Rodriguez. (2020). “Reformism Isn’t Liberation, It’s Counterinsurgency.” LEVEL.

Audio and text: https://level.medium.com/reformism-isnt-liberation-it-s-counterinsurgency-7ea0a1ce11eb

Engler, Mark; Engler, Paul. (2021). “André Gorz’s Non-Reformist Reforms Show How We Can Transform the World Today.” The Jacobin, 22 July.

https://jacobin.com/2021/07/andre-gorz-non-reformist-reforms-revolution-political-theory

Jones, Alexi. (2020). “Reforms without Results: Why states should stop excluding violent offenses from criminal justice reforms.” Prison Policy Initiative.

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/violence.html

Recommended Supplementary Material

(2022). "Should We Abolish Prisons?: An interview with Tommie Shelby." Jacobinmag.com, 7 December.

https://jacobin.com/2022/12/tommie-shelby-interview-prison-abolition-reform