Recs if you like Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement...
Lucy Dacus Recommendations 💛
Books recommended by musician Lucy Dacus, a solo artist and member of the band boygenius. Pulled from her goodreads list.
You're not mad enough!
If you're looking to read something that will radicalize you...this is the list for you. Signed, your fave community organizer
Transformative Justice
Books that provide solutions to navigating and resolving harm without / in opposition to the presence of carcerality (i.e. the interconnected systems of police, prisons, criminalization, punishment, surveillance, etc). In other words, it is a form of abolition + decolonization in practice re: accountability.
As an introduction, here is a primer to transformative justice.
Feedback and recommendations welcome!
Intermediate Texts for Prison Abolition
These texts all require some level of prior knowledge and understanding of abolition, how the carceral system functions, organizing, & more.
I also have a list for intro/beginner texts
freedom dreaming
books i’ve read or want to read on community organizing, liberation and building a better world
