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Rustbelt Abolition Radio

Rustbelt Abolition Radio (RAR) is an abolitionist movement-building media project. Full episode transcripts are available on our website.

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Survival Pending Abolition

Survival Pending Abolition

Longtime abolitionists, thinkers, writers, activists, militants: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Kim Wilson, and Amanda Alexander d... Read more

14 Apr 2020

52mins

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“I’m fighting for my life right now”

“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 ha... Read more

7 Apr 2020

5mins

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Updates about the dire situation inside Macomb prison in Michigan

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 Br... Read more

27 Mar 2020

6mins

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Why are so many Michigan prisoners on quarantine?

Why are so many Michigan prisoners on quarantine?

Prisoners in several Michigan prisons are currently on quarantine — being subjected to the absolute and arbitrary sovere... Read more

10 Mar 2020

4mins

Most Popular Podcasts

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Crimmigration and Internationalist Abolition

Crimmigration and Internationalist Abolition

In this episode the Asian Prisoner Support Committee, an internationalist abolitionist organization, speaks about their ... Read more

26 Feb 2020

27mins

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Prisons on Hunger Strike in Argentina

Prisons on Hunger Strike in Argentina

Thousands of prisoners in Argentina are on hunger strike. We speak with militant intellectual Liliana Cabrera about her ... Read more

24 Dec 2019

8mins

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Abolitionist Study with Steve Wilson

Abolitionist Study with Steve Wilson

Black and queer abolitionist writer Stevie Wilson, held captive by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, was recen... Read more

22 Nov 2019

23mins

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A strategy of disruption: Thinking through the prison strike as an abolitionist tactic

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. ... Read more

1 Oct 2019

28mins

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Ohio Prisoners Speak! A Year After the 2018 Nationwide Prison Strike

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 ... Read more

9 Sep 2019

15mins

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Democracia y Dictadura: el estado carcelario Chileno y resistencias abolicionistas

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 s... Read more

7 Aug 2019

37mins

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