Snuffing Out Revolution: Control Units & Resistance

Welcome to episode two of "Over the Wall: The Abolitionist Hour with Critical Resistance." For listeners new to Beyond Prisons or our collaboration with Critical Resistance, this is a new, regular series that premiered in September of 2023. Hosted by members of Critical Resistance 's The Abolitionist Editorial Collective, "Over the Wall" discusses articles and key interventions made by Critical Resistance's cross-wall, bilingual newspaper, The Abolitionist . This episode—dedicated to Critical Resistance co-founder and long-standing member Masai Ehehosi—focuses on Issue 40 of The Abolitionist and is titled, "Snuffing Out Revolution: Control Units & Resistance." Dylan and Molly are back, and analyze the history, purpose, and proliferation of control units throughout the US and beyond. Together, they discuss key articles within the issue, which foreground organized resistance to control units while emphasizing the importance of rejecting cheap liberal reforms that dilute the long-standing abolitionist demand to abolish control units. This episode includes special guest Sahar Francis of Addameer , along with Issue 40 contributing authors Masai Ehehosi, Kenjuan Congo, and Stevie Wilson. On April 1 2024, as we were circulating this issue online, we received heartbreaking news that Masai suddenly passed away. With over 50 years of working for Black liberation, including decades of resisting control units and torture of imprisoned people, Masai was a pillar of Critical Resistance (CR) and had a profound presence in each of the organizations he was a part of. CR is releasing a tribute statement for Masai on April 8, and will continue to uplift his legacy for weeks, months, and years to come. Check for the post at: criticalresistance.org/updates/ to learn more about Masai's movement contributions. Support Elder Sitawa Jamaa! As mentioned in the episode, please give what you can to support movement elder Sitawa Jamaa ! Sitawa spent over 40 years in prison, and due to severe strokes while imprisoned, he requires 24/7 nursing care to survive. Please go to bit.ly/sitawa-jamaa to donate today. Resource—Surviving Solitary CR's newest resource called "Surviving Solitary," which includes a series of interviews with solitary survivors, can be requested by prisoners by writing to our national office at: Critical Resistance, PO Box 22780, Oakland CA 94609. If you're outside of a cage and would like to check it out for your work supporting imprisoned people, or share with your loved ones who are locked up, you will be able to download the resource for free from our website next month (in April) at criticalresistance.org/resources. Check out Issue 40 and

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Snuffing Out Revolution: Control Units & Resistance is an episode from Beyond Prisons by Brian Sonenstein.

This episode is 01:19:53 long.

This episode was published on Apr 9, 2024.

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