Abolition Toolkit & DSA resources

DSA Abolition Toolkit - Release Candidate 4 - DSA Theme.pdf

The Abolition Working Group steering committee is pleased to share our Abolition Toolkit with you. Why make a toolkit when organizations like Critical Resistance and Interrupting Criminalization have already produced so many wonderful resources?

We wanted to lift up the abolitionist projects being done in DSA by chapters across the country and make clear the connection between abolition and socialism. We do not believe you can have one without the other.

For all of the working class to achieve collective liberation we must constrain, diminish, and abolish the carceral forces of the state — from prisons and police themselves, to their manifestations in all forms throughout society. -DSA's Political Platform

DSA Abolition 101_Onboarding

abolition 101 slide deck

For use in chapter meetings, orientations, and to stimulate discussion between comrades

political education

Our first ever webinar on Abolition featuring DSA members Kristian and Dawn, as well as Rukia Lumumba and Andrea James

Abolition Everywhere Syllabus

curriculum

A political education series created by NYC DSA for the #DefundNYPD Campaign

From Angela to Mariame_ How Feminists Construct Abolition.pdf

study guide

NYC DSA's SocFem Working Group created this excellent guide connecting feminism and abolition

Metro DC DSA has a great Socialist Night School site which includes abolitionist-themed sessions

DSA Defund Summit Program

Defund summit program

We organized a Defund Summit to provide political education and skills-based trainings to members of DSA working on defund campaigns. Includes resources shared during the event.

opening plenary

The opening plenary for our Defund Summit featured a conversation with Dylan Rodriguez and Geo Maher, facilitated by steering committee member Bettina J.

Abolition WG Comms Meeting-2.pdf

media training slides

Priscilla created these slides for a media training for abolition organizers in DSA