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About Rustbelt Abolition

Rustbelt Abolition Radio is an abolitionist media and movement-building project based in Detroit, MI. Each episode amplifies the voices of those impacted by mass incarceration and explores ongoing work in the movement to abolish the carceral state (that is, prisons, police, courts as well as racial domination and capitalist exploitation).

Apr 8, 20

Rustbelt Abolition Radio: “I’m Fighting for My Life Right Now”

Rustbelt Abolition Radio continues coverage of the spread of the coronavirus in Michigan prisons. Donate to this vital support fund organized by... Read Full Article

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Mar 12, 20

Why Are so Many Michigan Prisoners on Quarantine?

Report from Rustbelt Abolition Radio about the potential spread of coronavirus across the Michigan prison system. Prisoners in several Michigan prisons are... Read Full Article

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Dec 3, 19

Rustbelt Abolition Radio: Abolitionist Study with Steve Wilson

Rustbelt Abolition Radio returns with an interview featuring Stevie Wilson. Black and queer abolitionist writer Stevie Wilson, held captive by the Pennsylvania... Read Full Article

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Sep 9, 19

Ohio Prisoners Speak! A Year After the 2018 Nationwide Prison Strike

Rustbelt Abolition Radio presents an interview with two prisoners who discusses the aftermath of the 2018 national prison strike. In this special... Read Full Article

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Jun 6, 19

Rustbelt Abolition Radio: The Death Penalty, Sovereignty and Abolition

Rustbelt Abolition Radio presents a conversation with professor Lisa Guenther on the death penalty within the context of colonial and capitalist relationships.... Read Full Article

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Mar 29, 19

Pill or Punish: Involuntary Medication at a Women’s Prison

Rustbelt Abolition Radio returns with a new episode on actions taken by women who were placed into quarantine inside of a Michigan... Read Full Article

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Mar 5, 19

Abolish Risk Assessment

In this episode, Rustbelt Abolition Radio speaks with three abolitionists who attended the 2018 Allied Media Conference in Detroit. Chelsea Barabas and... Read Full Article

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Jan 29, 19

Letters From Inside: The 2018 Prison Strike

In the thick of the 2018 prison strike we published a notice in the San Francisco Bay View — the extraordinary monthly... Read Full Article

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Nov 14, 18

Rustbelt Abolition Radio: Riots, Crisis, and Prisons

Professor Joshua Clover joins Rustbelt Abolition Radio to talk about riots, crisis, and prisons on their podcast. Joshua Clover is a professor... Read Full Article

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Oct 18, 18

Anti-Fascism and the Carceral State feat. Lorenzo Ervin and JoNina Abron-Ervin

Anti-prison and abolitionist podcast Rustbelt Abolition Radio presents this special podcast recording. In this special bonus episode we feature a timely conversation... Read Full Article

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Oct 11, 18

Rustbelt Abolition Radio: Political Organizing Behind the Walls

Rustbelt Abolition Radio returns to talk with Dennis Boatwright, a writer who was incarcerated for 24 years. Dennis Boatwright is a writer and activist... Read Full Article

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Sep 17, 18

Rustbelt Abolition Radio: Reports from the 2018 Prisoner Strike

Rustbelt Abolition Radio returns with a report on the prison strike. As reports of the 2018 Prison Strike actions and state retaliation... Read Full Article

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Aug 9, 18

Prelude to the 2018 Prisoner Strike

As we approach the start of the 2018 Prison Strike, which will begin on August 21st, Rust Belt Abolition radio sits down... Read Full Article

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Jul 16, 18

Rustbelt Abolition Radio: Native Resistance and the Carceral State

Rustbelt Abolition Radio talks with Nick Estes, who talks about the history of incarceration and its relation to Native genocide and colonization.... Read Full Article

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Jun 21, 18

Rustbelt Abolition Radio: Abolishing Electronic Incarceration

Prison abolitionist podcast and radio show Rustbelt Abolition Radio returns with a brand new episode on electronic ankle shackles. Myaisha Hayes and... Read Full Article

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May 13, 18

Rustbelt Abolition Radio: “Border as Method”

Abolitionist podcast from the midwest, Rustbelt Abolition Radio returns with a new episode that takes on borders. This episode features Sandro Mezzadra,... Read Full Article

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Apr 26, 18

Specters of Attica: Reflections from Inside a Michigan Prison Strike

Rustbest Abolition Radio presents a special audio documentary on the 2016 Prison Strike as it played out at the Michigan Kinross Correctional... Read Full Article

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Apr 14, 18

Rustbelt Abolition Radio: Jackie Wang On Carceral Capitalism

Rustbelt Abolition Radio produces a high quality anti-prison and abolitionist podcast out of the Midwest. In this episode RAR speaks with Jackie... Read Full Article

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Mar 14, 18

Rustbelt Abolition Radio: “Out But Not Free: Surviving after Women’s Prison”

Rustbelt Abolition Radio produces a high quality anti-prison and abolitionist podcast out of the Midwest. Listen and Download Here This episode features... Read Full Article

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Feb 16, 18

Rustbelt Abolition Radio: Dispatches from Zapatista Territory

Rustbelt Abolition Radio is an amazing abolitionist radio show from the rust belt. In this episode we speak with two of our fellow... Read Full Article

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Jan 11, 18

Rustbelt Abolition Radio: Carceral Ableism and Disability Justice

Listen and Download Here In this episode we explore the ways in which the framework of “carceral ableism” redraws our map of racial... Read Full Article

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Dec 12, 17

Rustbelt Abolition Radio #12: Settler Colonialism and the Struggle for Abolition

Listen and Download Here This episode grapples with the relation between incarceration and settler colonialism. Kelly Lytle Hernández, abolitionist writer and professor of History... Read Full Article

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Nov 13, 17

State Repression and Movement Defense

This episode turns to questions of political repression, movement defense, and solidarity with political prisoners – questions which have been accentuated in the... Read Full Article

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Nov 7, 17

Rustbelt Abolition Radio: Education, Fascism, and Abolition

In this bonus episode, we speak with Dr. George Ciccariello-Maher, Associate Professor of Politics and Global Studies at Drexel University. Placed on... Read Full Article

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Oct 10, 17

Rustbelt Abolition Radio #10: Beyond Policing

Listen and Download Here In this episode we take a critical look at the liberal discourse of police reform, which has increasingly gained... Read Full Article

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Sep 11, 17

Attica, Prison Strike, Millions for Prisoners, and Beyond

Listen and Download Here On the anniversary of the 1971 Attica prison rebellion we reflect on the intensifying political struggles behind bars by... Read Full Article

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Aug 18, 17

Rustbelt Abolition Radio #8: Schools, Prisons, and Abolitionist futures

Listen and Download Here In this episode we explore the parallel ways in which the institutions of prisons and schools work to reproduce... Read Full Article

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Jul 11, 17

Rustbelt Abolition Radio #7: The Movement for Transformative Justice

Listen and Download Here Abolitionists are committed to creating a world without police and prisons, but what alternative visions and practices of addressing... Read Full Article

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Jun 15, 17

Rustbelt Abolition Radio #6: Queering Abolition

Listen and Download Here In this episode we examine the relationships between carcerality, gendered and sexual violence on the one hand, and... Read Full Article

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May 9, 17

Rustbelt Abolition Radio #5: Abolition & the Commons

Listen and Download Here In this episode we explore the relationship between the abolitionist horizon and the defense and reinvention of the... Read Full Article

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May 2, 17

To Make Our World Anew: May Day special ft. Robin D.G. Kelley

Listen and Download Here In this holiday segment of Rustbelt Abolition Radio, we speak with acclaimed scholar Robin D.G. Kelley. May Day,... Read Full Article

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Apr 13, 17

#FreeBresha Week of Action

Listen and Download Here In this special bonus segment of Rustbelt Abolition Radio, we speak with long-time prison abolitionist Mariame Kaba about the... Read Full Article

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Apr 10, 17

Rustbelt Abolition Radio #4: Women Organizing towards Abolition

Listen and Download Here In this episode we focus on the ways women are organizing against gendered violence and mass criminalization —... Read Full Article

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Apr 4, 17

Rustbelt Abolition Radio #3: The Riots Will Continue

Listen and Download Here In this episode we examine the expansion of the carceral state as a response to anti-racist movements and urban... Read Full Article

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Mar 25, 17

Rustbelt Abolition Radio #2: From Migrant Justice to Prison Abolition

Listen and Download Here In this episode we focus on the joint struggle for migrant justice and prison abolition. We speak with... Read Full Article

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Mar 14, 17

Rustbelt Abolition Radio #1: What do we Mean by Abolition?

Listen and Download Here In this episode we turn to recent news of the deepening impacts of the biggest prison strike in... Read Full Article

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