Rustbelt Abolition Radio Podcast
1) Survival Pending Abolition
Longtime abolitionists, thinkers, writers, activists, militants: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Kim Wilson, and Amanda Alexander discuss revolutionary survival amidst pandemia and how abolitionist struggle is m...Show More
2) “I’m fighting for my life right now”
This past weekend we spoke again with our friend-comrade Bruce X at Macomb correctional facility in Michigan. Bruce X has been warning us of this tragedy for weeks now. Last time we spoke with him, he...Show More
3) Updates about the dire situation inside Macomb prison in Michigan
As of today (3/27/2020), there are 24 confirmed cases of Cov-19 inside Michigan prisons. Two weeks ago, we spoke with Bruce “X” Parker about the situation inside Macomb prison and he warned us about w...Show More
4) Why are so many Michigan prisoners on quarantine?
Prisoners in several Michigan prisons are currently on quarantine — being subjected to the absolute and arbitrary sovereign will of the MDOC with little to no possibility of redress. We hear from Bruc...Show More
5) Crimmigration and Internationalist Abolition
In this episode the Asian Prisoner Support Committee, an internationalist abolitionist organization, speaks about their fight against criminalization. They discuss how a rejection of “good immigrant” ...Show More
6) Prisons on Hunger Strike in Argentina
Thousands of prisoners in Argentina are on hunger strike. We speak with militant intellectual Liliana Cabrera about her experience inside Argentinean jails, her involvement with the organization Yo no...Show More
7) Abolitionist Study with Steve Wilson
Black and queer abolitionist writer Stevie Wilson, held captive by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, was recently released from solitary confinement. He speaks about the importance of abolit...Show More
8) A strategy of disruption: Thinking through the prison strike as an abolitionist tactic
Three years after the nationwide September 2016 prison strikes, abolitionist intellectual "HH" re-joins us on the show. "HH" speaks about what the few months before the prison strikes looked like from...Show More
9) Ohio Prisoners Speak! A Year After the 2018 Nationwide Prison Strike
In this special bonus episode, released on the anniversary of the 2018 nationwide prison strike, we speak with two Ohio prisoners-- David Easley and Mark Houston (aka Mustafa) -- who called us from in...Show More
10) Democracia y Dictadura: el estado carcelario Chileno y resistencias abolicionistas
Hablamos con Patricio Azócar Donoso sobre los aparatos carcelarios que se despliegan dentro de los territorios que hoy se conocen como Chile -- desde la dictadura hasta la llamada transición democráti...Show More