Publications

Selected Resources on Abolitionist Organizing

Andrea J. Ritchie. #DefundPolice #FundThePeople #DefendBlackLives The Struggle Continues. February 2023.

Beyond Do No Harm Network. Beyond Do No Harm: 13 Principles for Health Care Providers to Interrupting Criminalization. November 2022.

Andrea J. Ritchie in collaboration with Mariame Kaba. Abolition & The State: A Discussion Tool. November 2022.

Compiled by Mia Henry, Lewis Raven Wallace, and Andrea J. Ritchie with research from No More Police: A Case for Abolition. Don’t Be a Copagandist. September 2022. [En español]

Compiled by Interrupting Criminalization, Project Nia & Critical Resistance. So is this Actually an Abolitionist Proposal or Strategy? July 2022

Maria Thomas et al. We Must Fight In Solidarity With Trans Youth: Drawing the Connections Between Our Movements. May 2022.

Maria Thomas et al. Abortion Decriminalization is Part of the Larger Struggle Against Policing and Criminalization. November 2021.

Andrea J. Ritchie, Megyung Chung, Diana Zúñiga, and Appendix by Anand Subramanian. Navigating Public Safety Task Forces: A Guide From The Ground. August 2021.

Mariame Kaba & Eva Nagao. What About The Rapists? An Abolitionist FAQ Zine. August 2021.

Jared Knowles & Andrea J. Ritchie. Cops Don’t Stop Violence: Combating Narratives Used to Defend Police Instead of Defunding Them. July 2021.

Mimi E. Kim, Megyung Chung, Shira Hassan & Andrea J. Ritchie. Defund the Police - Invest in Community Care: A Guide to Non-Police Mental Health Crisis Response. May 2021.

Timothy Colman, Pascale Emmer, Derecka Purnell, Andrea J. Ritchie, Hiram Rivera & Tiffany Wang. Divesting from Pandemic Policing and Investing in a Just Recovery (The COVID19 Policing Project). May 2021.

Project Nia & Interrupting Criminalization with Illustrations by Noah Jodice. Police Abolition 101: Messages When Facing Doubts. January 2021.

Andrea J. Ritchie. The Demand is Still #DefundPolice. January 2021. [En español.]

Pascale Emmer, Woods Ervin, Derecka Purnell, Andrea J. Ritchie & Tiffany Wang. Unmasked: Impacts of Pandemic Policing (The COVID19 Policing Project). October 2020.

Interrupting Criminalization, ed. Mariame Kaba. What’s Next? Safer and More Just Communities Without Policing. September 2020.

Beth Richie, Dylan Rodríguez, Mariame Kaba, Melissa Burch, Rachel Herzing and Shana Agid. Problems With Community Control of Police and Proposals for Alternatives. Fall 2020.

Interrupting Criminalization. #DefundPolice Toolkit: Concrete Steps Toward Divestment from Policing & Investment in Community Safety. June 2020. [En español.]