“Pandemic as Portal” The Abolitionist #33 Launch Event

Accessibility: ASL + Spanish translation provided

We are pleased to announce that our latest Issue of The Abolitionist (#33) is finally being mailed out to our readers right now! Come celebrate the issue and learn about Critical Resistance’s longest standing project. Hear from some of our authors of Issue 33 and subscribers from inside and outside of prison walls discuss the project and its importance in building an international movement to abolish the prison industrial complex (PIC).

Panelists Include:

• Sarah T. Hamid, who’s piece in Issue 33 explores the origins of contact tracing in disease control and the dire implications of using a policing and surveillance strategy in public health;

• Linda Evans, sharing her insights on peer prisoner support during the HIV/AIDS crisis and lessons for resisting the COVID-19 pandemic as discussed in her interview with Kathy Boudin and Crystal Mason with Emily K. Hobson and The Abolitionist Editorial Collective’s Rory Elliott;

• Katie Tastrom, who voices an urgent call for disability justice in the abolitionist movement, especially during the pandemic;

• and Yunuén Torres, speaking on the 2011 Cherán uprising for self-determination and what self-determined COVID-response can look like.

The webinar will also include participation from imprisoned columnist of The Abolitionist, Stephen Wilson.