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The politics of futility

Our deep desire for change is continually thwarted by the limiting political choices on offer. Political theorist and philosopher Neil Vallely digs into the roots of apathy and polarization.

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Swapsies: Nigerian artist Lukas Osarobo-Okoro, photographed outside the British Museum in London. Osarobo-Okoro and the Ahiamwen Guild of Benin have offered to donate new artworks to the institution. Photo: Dylan Martinez/Alamy

Stolen treasures

Taken during a violent British raid, the Benin bronzes have sat in Western museums and private collections for over a century. Kieron Monks reports on Nigeria’s battle to get them back and what it means for the wider push to return works robbed from Africa.

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A child’s right to be forgotten

Roxana Olivera tells a cautionary tale of her dogged attempts to get an abusive, intrusive photograph – taken without its subject’s consent – removed from the internet.

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Sanarya practices searching for explosive ordnance as part of her training as a deminer in Chamchamal, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. Photo: MAG

Feel the fear and carry on

In Iraq a growing number of women are now doing the dangerous work of removing landmines – previously a male preserve. Adrian Margaret Brune reports.

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Atlanta’s Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative dispatches two-person harm reduction teams, instead of the cops. Photo: Dustin Chambers

So, what’s the alternative?

Community organizations are helping keep people safe where the police fail. Here are some examples from Puerto Rico, Brazil and the US.

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Shut out – Too many children are young people are being discarded by England’s education system. Photo: Ievgen Chabanov/Alamy

Abandoned by the system

England’s schools funnel its most marginalized young people towards the criminal justice system, writes Zahra Bei. But abolitionists are reimagining what’s possible.

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Everyday abolition: resisting the cop in our heads

Sarah Lamble explores the opportunities to challenge punitive logic in our day-to-day lives and replace it with social justice.

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Jessie jokes with his dad. Jessie wrote to Briarpatch: ‘Growing up, my dad was in prison. When I got a life sentence, he changed his life and stayed out and has been my support. This picture is me mimicking my nieces, who pull on his beard – it’s something I never got to do as a kid…’ Photo: Jessie Milo

Healed people, heal people

Writing from a Californian prison, Jessie Milo sets out his vision for a more caring society.

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10 steps towards abolition

10 steps towards abolition

From stopping criminalizing poverty to taking down the prison-industrial-complex.

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Riot police hit protesters participating in a demonstration against lawmakers’ salary demands outside the parliament buildings in Nairobi in May 2013. Photo: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters/Alamy

Colonize and punish

Mass imprisonment and merciless policing were the preferred tools of control for European colonizers. Patrick Gathara explores the legacy left in Kenya.

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Crime and punishment - The Facts

Exploding population; Start 'em young; Health hazard; Covid-19.

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Action & info

Action & info

Campaigns, groups, media, and further reading on Abolition.

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Making friends at the Bomana Prison, in Port Moresby City, Papua New Guinea in December 2017. Photo: Marc Dozier/Hemis/Alamy

Beyond punishment

Can we create a world where we don’t turn to police and prisons for justice? Amy Hall explores the movement offering a different vision for the future.

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Spotlight: Yinka Shonibare

Best known for his work exploring colonialism and post-colonialism within the context of globalization. Words by Subi Shah.

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The politics of futility

Our deep desire for change is continually thwarted by the limiting political choices on offer. Political theorist and philosopher Neil Vallely digs into the roots of apathy and polarization.

Neil Vallely March, 2022 536 Buy
Stolen treasures

Taken during a violent British raid, the Benin bronzes have sat in Western museums and private collections for over a century. Kieron Monks reports on Nigeria’s battle to get them back and what it means for the wider push to return works robbed from Africa.

Kieron Monks March, 2022 536 Buy
A child’s right to be forgotten

Roxana Olivera tells a cautionary tale of her dogged attempts to get an abusive, intrusive photograph – taken without its subject’s consent – removed from the internet.

Roxana Olivera March, 2022 536 Buy
Feel the fear and carry on

In Iraq a growing number of women are now doing the dangerous work of removing landmines – previously a male preserve. Adrian Margaret Brune reports.

Adrian Margaret Brune March, 2022 536 Buy
So, what’s the alternative?

Community organizations are helping keep people safe where the police fail. Here are some examples from Puerto Rico, Brazil and the US.

Amy Hall March, 2022 536 Buy
Abandoned by the system

England’s schools funnel its most marginalized young people towards the criminal justice system, writes Zahra Bei. But abolitionists are reimagining what’s possible.

Zahra Bei March, 2022 536 Buy
Everyday abolition: resisting the cop in our heads

Sarah Lamble explores the opportunities to challenge punitive logic in our day-to-day lives and replace it with social justice.

Sarah Lamble March, 2022 536 Buy
Healed people, heal people

Writing from a Californian prison, Jessie Milo sets out his vision for a more caring society.

Jessie Milo March, 2022 536 Buy
10 steps towards abolition

From stopping criminalizing poverty to taking down the prison-industrial-complex.

March, 2022 536 Buy
Colonize and punish

Mass imprisonment and merciless policing were the preferred tools of control for European colonizers. Patrick Gathara explores the legacy left in Kenya.

Patrick Gathara March, 2022 536 Buy
Crime and punishment - The Facts

Exploding population; Start 'em young; Health hazard; Covid-19.

March, 2022 536 Buy
Action & info

Campaigns, groups, media, and further reading on Abolition.

March, 2022 536 Buy
Beyond punishment

Can we create a world where we don’t turn to police and prisons for justice? Amy Hall explores the movement offering a different vision for the future.

Amy Hall March, 2022 536 Buy
Spotlight: Yinka Shonibare

Best known for his work exploring colonialism and post-colonialism within the context of globalization. Words by Subi Shah.

Subi Shah January, 2022 535 Buy
Mixed Media: Music

Let My Country Awake; Shanu.

January, 2022 535 Read