TY - JOUR
T1 - Justice through defiance
T2 - political prisoner support work and infrastructures of resistance
AU - Hackett, Colleen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/1/2
Y1 - 2015/1/2
N2 - This essay outlines the justice work done by the Anarchist Black Cross (ABC) in the US, an organization that provides material and symbolic support to political and politicized prisoners. The history of this organization is briefly explored to contextualize its current composition, tactics, and goals in its mission to support political prisoners, as well as the way its driving philosophies distinguish the ABC from other organizations that are engaged in political prisoner-related issues. Unlike more well-known, mainstream organizations that use a human rights discourse, the ABC contributes to an overall ‘infrastructure of resistance’ to defy systematized exploitation. This essay situates this project within a broader anarchist strategy to creatively and actively construct justice alternatives that work to establish mutual aid and needs-based economies.
AB - This essay outlines the justice work done by the Anarchist Black Cross (ABC) in the US, an organization that provides material and symbolic support to political and politicized prisoners. The history of this organization is briefly explored to contextualize its current composition, tactics, and goals in its mission to support political prisoners, as well as the way its driving philosophies distinguish the ABC from other organizations that are engaged in political prisoner-related issues. Unlike more well-known, mainstream organizations that use a human rights discourse, the ABC contributes to an overall ‘infrastructure of resistance’ to defy systematized exploitation. This essay situates this project within a broader anarchist strategy to creatively and actively construct justice alternatives that work to establish mutual aid and needs-based economies.
KW - anarchism
KW - justice
KW - mutual aid
KW - political prisoner
KW - social justice
KW - social movement
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U2 - 10.1080/10282580.2015.1005506
DO - 10.1080/10282580.2015.1005506
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84924914641
SN - 1028-2580
VL - 18
SP - 68
EP - 75
JO - Contemporary Justice Review: Issues in Criminal, Social, and Restorative Justice
JF - Contemporary Justice Review: Issues in Criminal, Social, and Restorative Justice
IS - 1
ER -