Beyond Prisons is a podcast on prison abolition that elevates the voices of people directly impacted by the system.
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For this episode I sat down with Garrett Felber to talk about their new book, A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre.
Dylan and Molly from Critical Resistance are back, analyzing the shifting political terrain ahead and what this means for organizing against the prison industrial complex (PIC), against war, warmaking, and militarism, for ecological justice and collective liberation.
Garrett Felber joins Kim for a conversation about the campaign to Free the Mississippi Five.
Sarah Tyson joins Kim for a spirited conversation about her suspicions about happiness and the intellectual underpinnings that inform why happiness is not a worthy goal in general, but specifically for her children.
Susana Victoria Parras & Alejandro Villalpando discuss how, through a continued practice of communal study, they are able to renew their commitment to each other, their child, and to their community in ways that are generative and don’t engage in disposability politics or pathologizing their elders and ancestors.
Kim speaks with long-time independent journalist Chuck Modiano for a conversation about movement media making, the importance of media literacy, and the intersection of sports and politics.
Critical Resistance’s Dylan and Molly analyze the history, purpose, and proliferation of control units throughout the US and beyond.
Josh Davidson and Leslie James Pickering from the Certain Days collective join the show to talk about 2024’s Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners calendar and the work of their collective.
This is the first episode of our new series titled “Over the Wall: The Abolitionist Hour with Critical Resistance.” Hosted by members of CR’s The Abolitionist Editorial Collective, they discuss articles and key interventions made by CR’s cross-wall, bilingual newspaper, The Abolitionist.
We explore the multifaceted role of prison libraries, and the challenges faced by prison librarians in providing access to information and literature within the confines of the correctional system.
Brian Kaneda and Woods Ervin join the show to tell us about the Close California Prisons Campaign.
Mimi Kim and Shira Hassan join Beyond Prisons to discuss the basics of interpersonal violence based on their work and experiences with the Creative Interventions Toolkit.
The following talk was delivered by Dr. Kim Wilson at the DecARcerate Arkansas 2022 conference in Little Rock.
Mimi Kim and Rachel Herzing join Beyond Prisons to tell us about the Creative Interventions Toolkit and the model it provides for community-based interventions in interpersonal violence.
Kim is joined by Monica Cosby to discuss the importance of physical mail and Delaware’s move to eliminate it in state prisons.
Chris Rogers & YahNé Ndgo join to discuss the book “How We Stay Free: Notes On A Black Uprising,” which brings together essays, poetry, photography, and more to reflect on the George Floyd Uprisings of 2020 in Philadelphia.
A conversation between Kim Wilson and Geo Maher diving deep into Chapter 5 of his book, A World Without Police.
Geo Maher joins Beyond Prisons to talk about his new book, A World Without Police, which explores how strong communities make policing obsolete.
Adrienne maree brown joins Beyond Prisons to talk about her new book “Holding Change” on facilitation and mediation, Black feminist wisdom, and a lot more.
