Block & Build: But Make it Abolitionist
Block & Build: But Make It Abolitionist
Interrupting Criminalization co-founder Andrea J. Ritchie offers an abolitionist take on strategic frameworks for fighting Right-wing, authoritarian, and fascist agendas and regimes.
This document provides a way to understand and situate abolitionist organizing projects and campaigns within broader multi-tendency, multi-strategy united fronts in current political contexts.
It is an invitation to consider which strategic approach(es) you are most inspired and best positioned to move forward in this moment - blocking, blunting, breaking, bridging or building - and where you might have power, influence, and opportunities to act to move that strategy forward.
Coming Soon: This framework will be accompanied by an update to IC’s 2024 publication Mapping Community Ecosystems of Collective Care to support grassroots organizers and community members in taking local action.
If you would like support strategizing about how to Block & Build but Make it Abolitionist, please reach out to Interrupting Criminalization’s Resisting Criminalization Help Desk!
Acknowledgements: This document was drafted by Andrea J. Ritchie with contributions and feedback from Dean Spade, Angélica Cházaro, Mariame Kaba, Lewis Raven Wallace, Eva Nagao, Joey Mogul, Shira Hassan, Ejeris Dixon, Danielle Sered, Silky Shah, Darakshan Raja, and Erin Miles Cloud.