Tag Archives: prison abolition

Radio: Dispatches from the movement for police abolition in Canada

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Scott

Ellie Ade Kur and Abby Stadnyk are grassroots organizers with abolitionist politics. They are also both involved in Disarm, Defund, Dismantle: Police Abolition in Canada (Between the Lines, 2022), a new book collection bringing together pieces by organizers and scholars … Continue reading →

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Radio: Next steps for sexual and reproductive rights activism in Canada

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Scott

Martha Paynter and Frédérique Chabot have each spent a lot of years doing a lot of different kinds of grassroots political work related to sexual and reproductive health and rights. Scott Neigh interviews them about why such work is important, … Continue reading →

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Radio — Police and prison abolitionist organizing in Vancouver

Posted on November 23, 2021 by Scott

Tonye Aganaba and Chantelle Spicer live in the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh people, in what is colonially known as Vancouver. They are active in the Defund 604 Network, a collective that organizes around police and prison … Continue reading →

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Radio: Prison abolition and how we respond to the worst forms of gendered violence

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Scott

Ardath Whynacht is an activist, writer, and scholar who lives in Mi’kmaq territory and teaches sociology at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick. She is also the author of Insurgent Love: Abolition and Domestic Homicide (Fernwood Publishing, Nov 2021) which … Continue reading →

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Radio — Supporting prisoners, working towards abolition

Posted on September 14, 2021 by Scott

James Ruston is a member of the Toronto Prisoners’ Rights Project (TPRP), a prisoner justice group with a long-term vision of prison abolition. He is currently living on day parole, as part of serving a life sentence. Scott Neigh interviews … Continue reading →

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Radio — Fighting a proposed provincial jail in eastern Ontario

Posted on June 22, 2021 by Scott

Colleen Lynas and Victor Lachance are residents of Kemptville, Ontario. They are also members of the Coalition Against the Proposed Prison (CAPP) Kemptville. Scott Neigh interviews them about their town, about the Ontario government’s unilateral decision to build a jail … Continue reading →

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Radio — Practical prison abolition politics in health care contexts

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Scott

Claire Bodkin and Sara Alavian are both physicians in Hamilton, Ontario. They are also part of an ad hoc group of health workers from different parts of Canada with an interest in prison abolitionist politics. Scott Neigh interviews them about … Continue reading →

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