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Published in honour of Critical Resistance's tenth anniversary, this book presents bold strategies to create a stronger movement of people committed to the abolition of the Prison Industrial Complex and build healthy communities free from surveillance, policing and imprisonment. They have a wealth of experience to share with us here in the UK as we follow blindly in the footsteps of the US model, locking more and more people up every year. Today, Over Seven Million People Live Under The Control Of Us Jail, Prison, Probation, Or Parole Systems-the Vast Majority Of Them People Of Color And Young People. Between 2000 And 2007, Congress Added 454 New Offenses To The Federal Criminal Code. Critical Resistance Has Organized To Abolish The Reliance On Imprisonment, Policing, And Surveillance, Seeing The Prison Industrial Complex (pic) Not As A Broken System To Be Fixed, But A Well-oiled Machine That Must Be Eliminated Entirely. Published In Honor Of Critical Resistance's Tenth Anniversary, Abolition Now! Reflects The Themes Dismantle, Change, And Build. It Presents Bold Strategies To Create A Stronger Movement Of People Committed To Pic Abolition And To Build Healthy Communities Free From Surveillance, Policing, And Imprisonment.--book Jacket. Perspectives On Critical Resistance / Edited By Liz Samuels And David Stein -- The Critical Resistance Incite! Statement On Gender Violence And The Prison Industrial Complex / Incite! Women Of Color Against Violence, And Critical Resistance -- A System Within The System : The Prison Industrial Complex And Imperialism / David Gilbert -- Cops And The Visual Economy Of Punishment / Ofelia Ortiz Cuevas -- Autobiography @ 33 / Eddy Zheng -- Black Burden / Jimi Marshall -- No One Is Criminal / Martha Escobar -- Safer Cities Unplugged / Pete White -- A Canadian Journey Into Abolition / Kim Pate -- Surviving Warfare, Practicing Resistance / Pilar Maschi ; Interviewed By David Stein -- Warfare And The Terms Of Engagement / Dylan Rodríguez -- Toxic Connections : Coalition Strategies Against Jail Expansion / Damien Domenack And Rachael Leiner -- Prickly Coalitions : Moving Prison Abolitionism Forward / Alexander Lee -- Can You Understand? / Souligma Phothong -- Carceral Landscape In Hawai'i : The Politics Of Empire, The Commodification Of Bodies, And A Way Home / Raedeen Keahiolalo-karasuda -- Prison Abolition In Practice : The Lead Project, The Politics Of Healing, And A New Way Of Life / Setsu Shigematsu, Gwen D'arcangelis, And Melissa Burch -- Freedom Seeds : Growing Abolition In Durham, North Carolina / Alexis Pauline Gumbs -- Can You Hear / Anonymous. The Cr10 Publications Collective. Includes Bibliographical References. As new and more virulent articulations of imprisonment, policing, and surveillance have grown over the past decade, one thing remains clear: the prison industrial complex must be abolished. Critical Resistance is a leading voice in the movement for abolition and the pieces in this collection are powerful tools for both long-time activists and those brand new to the movement for abolition now!Angela Y. Davis, author of Are Prisons Obsolete? The number of people in prison in the United States has risen 400 percent in the last twenty yearsthe worlds highest incarceration rate. Over seven million people currently live under the control of US jail, prison, probation, or parole systemsthe vast majority of them people of color and young people. Policing at all levels is increasingly militarized and demands more and more resources. For a decade, Critical Resistance has organized to abolish the reliance on imprisonment, policing, and surveillance, seeing the prison industrial complex (PIC) not as a broken system to be fixed, but a well-oiled machine that must be eliminated entirely. Published in honor of Critical Resistances tenth anniversary, Abolition Now! reflects the organizations themes: Dismantle, Change, and Build. It presents bold strategies to create a stronger movement of people committed to PIC abolition and building stronger, safer, healthier communities, not more elaborate forms of repression. The CR10 Publications Collective is a national grassroots organization with thousands of members and supporters working toward reducing the current prison population, stopping construction of new prisons, and developing alternative public safety models. Contents Introduction SECTION 1: DISMANTLE PERSPECTIVES ON CRITICAL RESISTANCE Edited by Liz Samuels and David Stein THE CRITICAL RESISTANCE INCITE! STATEMENT ON GENDER VIOLENCE AND THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX A SYSTEM WITHIN THE SYSTEM: THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AND IMPERIALISM David Gilbert COPS AND THE VISUAL ECONOMY OF PUNISHMENT Ofelia Ortiz Cuevas AUTOBIOGRAPHY @ 33 Eddy Zheng BLACK BURDEN Jimi Marshall SECTION 2: CHANGE NO ONE IS CRIMINAL Martha Escobar SAFER CITIES UNPLUGGED Pete White of the Los Angeles Community Action Network A CANADIAN JOURNEY INTO ABOLITION Kim Pate SURVIVING WARFARE, PRACTICING RESISTANCE Pilar Maschi, interviewed by David Stein "WARFARE AND THE TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT" Dylan Rodriguez TOXIC CONNECTIONS: COALITION STRATEGIES AGAINST JAIL EXPANSION Damien Domenack and Rachael Leiner PRICKLY COALITIONS: MOVING PRISON ABOLITIONISM FORWARD Alexander Lee CAN YOU UNDERSTAND? Souligma Phothong SECTION 3: BUILD CARCERAL LANDSCAPE IN HAWAIII: THE POLITICS OF EMPIRE, THE COMMODIFICATION OF BODIES, AND A WAY HOME RaeDeen Keahiolalo-Karasuda PRISON ABOLITION IN PRACTICE: THE LEAD PROJECT, THE POLITICS OF HEALING AND "A NEW WAY OF LIFE" Setsu Shigematsu, Gwen D'Arcangelis, and Melissa Burch FREEDOM SEEDS: GROWING ABOLITION IN DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA Alexis Pauline Gumbs CAN YOU HEAR Anonymous Critical Resistance is a U.S. national organization dedicated to opposing the expansion of the prison industrial complex. The papers in this collection discuss the history of the organization and the movement to abolish the reliance on imprisonment, surveillance and policing