Tag Archives: prison abolition

Rebroadcast: “Jail never saved me. And jail never saves anyone.”

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Scott

[The following is a rebroadcast of an episode of Talking Radical Radio that originally aired in June 2020.] Souheil Benslimane describes himself as a father, a partner, and an illegalized and criminalized migrant who lives on unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin … Continue reading →

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Radio — Radical organizing in support of prisoners and against policing and prisons

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Scott

Souheil Benslimane describes himself as a father, a partner, and an illegalized and criminalized migrant who lives on unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin territory (also known as Ottawa). Since his release from prison in 2018, he has been involved in the Criminalization … Continue reading →

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Radio — Forty years of solidarity with women prisoners

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Scott

Lora McElhinney and Wendy Bariteau are members of Joint Effort, a four decade-old prison abolitionist group based in the lower mainland of British Columbia that is focused on solidarity work with women in prison. McElhinney is a long-time activist and … Continue reading →

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Radio — Reducing the harms that prisons do while working to abolish them

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Scott

Rowan Moyes is a member of Bar None Winnipeg. Scott Neigh interviews Moyes about Bar None’s prison rideshare project, about their prison abolitionist politics, and about the other ways that Bar None and its members are working towards a world … Continue reading →

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REBROADCAST: Prisoner justice – from speaking out to organizing on the ground

Posted on December 25, 2018 by Scott

This is a rebroadcast of an episode of Talking Radical Radio originally broadcast on July 17, 2018. El Jones is a poet, educator, and organizer based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and is the city’s former poet laureate. She is deeply … Continue reading →

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Radio: Prisoner justice – from speaking out to organizing on the ground

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Scott

El Jones is a poet, educator, and organizer based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and is the city’s former poet laureate. She is deeply involved in working for justice for prisoners through a combined prisoner-led radio show and community organization called … Continue reading →

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Radio — Exposing and challenging migrant detention in Canada

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Scott

On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Tings Chak. She is a migrant justice organizer, an artist, and a writer with training in architectural design. She talks about the graphic novel-style book Undocumented: The Architecture of … Continue reading →

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