Abolitionist thought visualizes a world without prisons – or a radical reduction or transformation of prisons and punishment. This fascinating book explores the abolitionist ideas of key early socialists and anarchists, writing from the late 18th to the early 20th centuries. It considers how these radical thinkers can provide insights into our present condition, both by highlighting the harms of punishment and by pointing to inspiring alternatives to current policy and practice.By ...

Joseph Marti entre au service de Charles Tobler, qui consacre toute sa fortune aux inventions qu’il conçoit – horloge-réclame, cartouchière automatique ou siège sanitaire. Logé et nourri dans la somptueuse villa des Tobler, Joseph tient les comptes du bureau, reçoit les clients potentiels et éconduit les créanciers qui affluent toujours plus nombreux tandis que la fortune du patron s’évapore. Heureusement, la réserve de cigares semble inépuisable et le vin coule à flot, car malgré les dett...

Hyper-criminalization and the normalization of violence was an integral aspect of Robert Weide’s formative years growing up in Los Angeles in the 1980s and 1990s, where Sureño, Crip, and Blood gangs maintained a precarious coexistence, often punctuated by racialized gang violence. His insider status informs Divide & Conquer, which considers how the capitalist economy, the race concept, and nationalist ideology have made gang members the instruments of their own oppression...