By Against the Grain Radio
If the problem is violence against women, is the solution the criminal justice system? Many anti-violence activists look to the police, prisons, and stepped-up criminalization for help and protection. Beth Richie says that's a misguided approach, one that feeds the buildup of the prison nation. Richie describes the contours of the prison nation and the threats it poses to women on the margins.
Beth Richie is a professor of Criminal Justice and Gender and Womens Studies at the University of Illinois, and a leader in the movement to abolish prisons and roll back the prison state.
In the fight for the liberation of Palestine, reject the reactionary politics of bourgeois feminism and embrace a liberatory struggle led by Palestinian women.
This week we hear about right wing forces in San Francisco who worked with the Black democratic mayor to criminalize poverty. But first Dr. Gerald Horne discusses Gaza and Ukraine, the contradictions…
Dr. Gerald Horne joins us to discuss US/Israeli policy driving the war crimes and genocide in Gaza. We also discuss the U.S. proxy war in Ukraine and other international issues.
Jemma Decristo joins us to discuss the passage of Proposition F in San Francisco and the criminalization of poverty and drug use.
Haiti has been the "laboratory of neo-colonialism" since at least 1915. At the moment, Haitians are again revolting and striving to shake off the yoke of European and American oppressors. Listen to…
