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We Do This 'Til We Free Us
We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice | Mariame Kaba
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A reflection on prison industrial complex abolition and a vision for collective liberation from organizer and educator Mariame Kaba.
“Organizing is both science and art. It is thinking through a vision, a strategy, and then figuring out who your targets are, always being concerned about power, always being concerned about how you’re going to actually build power in order to be able to push your issues, in order to be able to get the target to actually move in the way that you want to.”
What if social transformation and liberation isn’t about waiting for someone else to come along and save us? What if ordinary people have the power to collectively free ourselves? In this timely collection of essays and interviews, Mariame Kaba reflects on the deep work of abolition and transformative political struggle.
With a foreword by Naomi Murakawa and chapters on seeking justice beyond the punishment system, transforming how we deal with harm and accountability, and finding hope in collective struggle for abolition, Kaba’s work is deeply rooted in the relentless belief that we can fundamentally change the world. As Kaba writes, “Nothing that we do that is worthwhile is done alone.”
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Sydneypaige
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This collection is SO good. It‘s a really wonderful introduction to abolitionist thinking and all of the intersections of it in systemic issues. Kaba is a leader and important voice in the conversation for abolition. Please read.

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Brooke_H
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Had a nice time in the early morning cool before work. It got up to 105 degrees today. 🥵

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abbyreadz
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Such an eye opening book. I genuinely struggled reading through because I was unlearning the idea that prisons and police are helpful. I have a lot to think about. As a social worker in training I plan on using this as a basis for my practice.

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Nathan_Opland-Dobs
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