Alright I'm going to make a thread on solid #PrisonStrike2018 articles today. Because for all the dime a dozen ones that didn't even take time to read press releases, demonized prisoners or presented state denials as having some validity, there were some really good ones too I'll start with a new long form piece by Alejo Stark from @rustbeltradio & @MI_Abolition #PrisonStrike2018 abolitionjournal.org/like-a-game-of…

So given the number of reporters we've talked to about #PrisonStrike2018 who have never covered prisoner resistance before and in many cases have little to no experience writing about prisons, I'm making a list of writers I suggest editors try to commission for pieces (thread) First is my mentor @bsonenstein who sets the bar in writing about prisoner resistance. He has years of experience including the most thorough reporting on the 2016 strike, where he broke many of the stories shadowproof.com/category/priso…

Abolition does not require a new system of racialized control and the hyper exploitation of labor to come and replace the old. In fact, that's not abolition.

We don't have to replace evil systems. We can stop being horrible human beings to each other.

It's possible, I promise. It is okay to be uncertain about the consequences of ceasing to do something awful. But that doesn't mean you have to fill the void of that uncertainty.

Billy Graham's casket was built by slaves

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In case you didn't know. Prisoners are not paid at Angola, which is a complex of four slave plantations they turned into a prison in 1880