Prison Abolitionism: Abolitionist Feminism and the Anarchist Black Cross

Revolutionary Left Radio

Breht O'Shea

Communism, Politics, Liberalism, Society & Culture, Philosophy, News, History, Leftwing, Socialism, Marxism

4.8 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2018

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Victoria Law, who is familiarly known as Vikki, is an anarchist activist, writer, freelance editor, photographer and mother. Law is of Chinese descent and was born and raised in Queens NY where she had her first brush with the law as an armed robber while still in high school. Her exposure to incarcerated people at Rikers Island prompted her to get involved with prison support. She has continued fighting for prison abolition, co-founding Books Through Bars NYC as a joint project between Blackout Books & Nightcrawlers Anarchist Black Cross in 1996 at the age of nineteen.

Nestor is a member of the Anarchist Black Cross and founder of the Omaha Freedom Fund. He organizes around many issues, but with a focus on prison abolition and antifascism.

Both guests join Brett in a two-part episode on different aspects of the prison abolitionist movment.

Find, Support, and contact Victoria Law through her website here: https://victorialaw.net

follow her on twitter @LVikkiml

Learn more about, and support, the Anarchist Black Cross Federation here: http://www.abcf.net

Follow the Omaha Freedom Fund on Twitter @Omahabail

Link to support and engage in prison abolitionist work with “Black and Pink” here:http://www.blackandpink.org

Transition Music by Church Fire - on my tongue

Outro Music: Bob Dylan All Along the Watchtower

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This podcast is officially affiliated with The Nebraska Left Coalition, the Nebraska IWW, and the Omaha GDC.

Check out Nebraska IWW's new website here: https://www.nebraskaiww.org

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, before we start the show, I just wanted to let you guys know that we're doing something a little different this episode.
0:04.6	We're doing two interviews in one. So our first interview is going to be with Victoria Law,
0:09.5	and she's going to approach the prison abolition issue from a more feminist and LGBTQ oriented position,
0:16.0	and then the second half is going to be an interview with a member of the anarchist black cross, Nester,
0:21.6	and he's going to approach the same question of prison abolition from a more class-oriented position.
0:27.2	And he also makes some really interesting points about how fascism uses the prison system as a model for their ethno state.
0:34.3	So don't be confused when after the interview with Victoria Law, we have transition music.
0:39.2	The transition music is by church fire, abandoned at Denver, but after that little transition music,
0:45.3	it will go into our second interview, so stay for both parts. So yeah, let's get to the show.
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2:02.0	And today we have on Victoria Law to talk about the intersections of the carceral state, prison abolitionism, and feminism.
2:10.0	Victoria, would you like to introduce yourself and say a little bit about your background?
2:14.0	Hi there, thanks for having me. So my name is Victoria Law. As you just said, I am a sea lance writer that looked at the intersections of incarceration, gender and resistance.
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