Brian Bean in conversation with Melissa Gonzalez Hernandez
Chicago-based socialist activist, writer, and speaker brian bean discusses his new book and analyzes the connections between policing and capitalism, centering global lessons of revolt and resistance. Where do cops come from and what do they do? How did “modern policing” as we know it today come to be? What about the capitalist state necessitates policing? In his clear and comprehensive account of why and how the police—the linchpin of capitalism—function and exist, brian bean presents a clear case for the abolition of policing and capitalism.
An honest and vulnerable discussion about the realities of prison resistance. Oftentimes we romanticize prison. The reality is that resisting inside has very serious consequences, including the lasting trauma when you leave. This talk, based on my book, is about all the things that often get left out when we talk about life inside. Not just how bad it can get for us, but for our families and our free world selves, but also what is needed to help those reconnecting with the free world or still stuck inside.
10:30-12:00
10:30-12:00
Steve Martinot and more TBD
Amelia Kirby, Jack Norton, Rachel Herzing
Drawing from their essay by the same name (https://hammerandhope.org/article/fascism-abolition), members of the Yarrow Institute for Organizing and Analysis (formerly Institute for Abolitionist Accompaniment) will engage participants in a discussion about why it is essential to understand how the punishment systems maintains and accelerates rising fascism and will offer lessons to be learned from organizers fighting for the abolition of the prison industrial complex.
Leroy F. Moore Jr. introduces a documentary on police murder of disabled people.
Garrett Felber, Molly Porzig, Bryant Arroyo
Discussing the necessity of cross-wall organizing to revolutionary struggle. This panel will use the life and legacy of anarchist political prisoner and jailhouse lawyer Martin Sostre, to discuss the ongoing challenges faced by incarcerated organizers and their comrades outside, as well as tools, tactics, and strategies for abolitionists today.
