SNV Special Interview: Abolition

Recorded (2/5/2023) and Uploaded (2/9/2023) In this Special Interview we speak with Jessica Garraway. Garraway is a teacher, an activist (doing labor work, environmental work, anti-fascist work and more) as well as a writer (Common Dreams: https://www.commondreams.org/author/jessica-garraway & Truthout: https://truthout.org/authors/jessica-garraway/) and musician who was at involved in the Standing Rock encampment, Line 3 Protests, the Jamar Clark Uprising and the George Floyd Uprising. In this special we talk about the idea of Abolition and how that ties in with environmental activism, feminism and labor as well as the idea of community defense. Links related to topics covered in this special: We Own This City & The Reality of Reform | HasanAbi Reacts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRnpXfOEelE&fbclid=IwAR3honptNQ3vV2TYi5nk4G4jWzcpfW3n83XDgZg_YtzyILS1fVCNqU_ZeK0 Abolition. Feminism. Now. by Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, and Beth E. Richie -----FOR PURCHASE----HERE: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1546-abolition-feminism-now Trailer for Detroit Will Breathe (available on Means TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a8fkWfrDCQ Power and Control Wheel (Domestic Violence): http://www.ncdsv.org/images/powercontrolwheelnoshading.pdf Power and Control Wheel (Intimate Partner Violence and State Violence): https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a354481a9db0961249f52ec/t/625c3af015ab982da70de072/1650211568993/Facilitation+guide+-+Abolition.+Feminism.+Now.pdf What we know about the death of 2 environmental activists in Honduras: https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2023/01/16/honduras-environmental-activist-deaths Police evict climate activists squatting in village to prevent coalmine expansion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKSLIyc5Jdg Atlanta Police Kill Forest Defender at Protest Encampment Near Proposed “Cop City” Training Center: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dXn-LVXfII Hennepin County is making a plan to get to zero waste. Environmental justice advocates want to make sure it includes shutting down its trash incinerator: https://sahanjournal.com/climate-environment/zero-waste-plan-hennepin-county-herc-garbage-incinerator/