Recs if you like Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present...

Canadian authors writing books set in Canada.

many LOVE to claim that canada is a tolerant country, way less hateful than our southern neighbours of the united states. that couldn't be further from the truth. since the beginning of colonization of turtle island, white settlers have done everything in their power to destroy not only indigenous culture, but black and brown cultures as well. indigenous people are calling us not only to refuse to celebrate the holiday, but to decolonize our minds and do the work

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

All of the books listed here are introductory texts for Prison Abolition. The books on this list need no prior knowledge and are all great starting points for understanding prison abolition. You will find personal accounts, journalistic and essay books, as well as accessible analyses and histories of policing/incarceration

This list is the why of abolition

Laws are threats made by the dominant socio-economic ethnic group in a given nation. It’s just a promise of violence that’s enacted and police are basically an occupying army, you know what I mean? You guys wanna make some bacon?

Created by a surviving family member of a police-sanctioned lynching.

Books to educate on the hazards and horrors of modern life.

A more relevant topic than ever, let's learn from Indigenous and Black communities

ACAB