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“[Prison] relieves us of the responsibility of seriously engaging with the problems of our society, especially those produced by racism and, increasingly, global capitalism.”

Society Racism Capitalism Sociology Prisons

Book:Are Prisons Obsolete?

Source: Are Prisons Obsolete?

“As the violent face of sexism, the threat of rape will continue to exist as long as the overall oppression of women remains an essential crutch of capitalism.”

Capitalism Sexism Assault Women S Rights Rape

Book:Women, Race & Class

Source: Women, Race & Class

“Yes, I am a Communist. And I will not take the fifth amendment against self-incrimination, because my political beliefs do not incriminate me, they incriminate the Nixons, Agnews, and Reagans.”

Capitalism Communism Communist Angela Davis Anti Capitalist

Book:If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance

Source: If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance

“Progressive struggles—whether they are focused on racism, repression, poverty, or other issues—are doomed to fail if they do not also attempt to develop a consciousness of the insidious promotion of capitalist individualism.”

Capitalism Progressive Individualism Neoliberal

Book:Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement

Source: Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement

“Today, the growing social movement contesting the supremacy of global capital is a movement that directly challenges the rule of the planet—its human, animal, and plant populations, as well as its natural resources—by corporations that are primarily interested in the increased production and circulation of ever more profitable commodities. This is a challenge to the supremacy of the commodity form, a rising resistance to the contemporary tendency to commodify every aspect of planetary existence. The question we might consider is whether this new resistance to capitalist globalization should also incorporate resistance to the prison.”

Capitalism Abolition Prison Reform Abolition Of Prison

Book:Are Prisons Obsolete?

Source: Are Prisons Obsolete?