Lessons in Love and Struggle
Twenty Years of Abolitionist Human Rights Organizing
Featuring interviews with current and formerly incarcerated political prisoners, archival material, and essays on how the terrain of abolitionist organizing has changed over the last twenty years—from the War on Drugs to the War on Terror to the uprising in 2020—the Human Rights Coalition reminds us of the necessity and power of love and relationships in our struggle for abolition.The Human Rights Coalition, conceived by prisoners at SCI Greene in 2001, first took shape as a small group gathered in a mother’s home. Operating from the belief that each prisoner has at least one family member who loves them, the organization grew as prisoners brought their loved ones into the fold struggling to end solitary confinement and abolish the prison industrial complex.Lessons in Love and Struggle traces the struggle of the Human Rights Coalition's twenty year history organizing against prisons and police. From its beginnings as the first abolitionist organization in Pennsylvania to organize family members; to the creation of a quarterly news publication distributed throughout Pennsylvania prisons; to organizing rallies on the outside on behalf of prisoners; to freeing Russell Maroon Shoatz before his untimely passing. Throughout, the Human Rights Coalition has been carried by the relationships between its members, though separated by prison walls: parents, children, spouses, siblings, mentors and mentees.
20 years of archival material offers rare insight into abolition before it went mainstream Russell Maroon Shoatz, one of the world's most famous political prisoners, is featured heavily in this book Features writing and art from people currently incarcerated about the politics of imprisonment and organizing for abolitionStrong appeal to Pennsylvania area abolitionist organizers16-page color insert of art from artists within and outside of prison wallsFilled with tools to help organizers with movement building
| ISBN: | 9781942173731 |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Herausgeber: | Human Rights Coalition Marshall, Patricia Vickers Marshall, Shakaboona |
| Verlag: | Ingram Publishers Services |
| Untertitel: | Twenty Years of Abolitionist Human Rights Organizing |
| Schlagworte: | HISTORY / Revolutionary SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations |
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