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The Decarcerate Western Mass book club is a chance for participants to engage with abolitionist thought, connect with each other, and collectively build our political education, developing a shared knowledge base for advancing abolitionist struggle together.
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We meet every other month, in person and online. Members can also connect on our Discord server, here.
Books and meeting dates will be announced on our social media channels, on our website, and in our monthly newsletter.
With the support of our partner Massive Bookshop, we’re also thrilled to be able to offer a new way to support us through participating in our book club: become a monthly donor at the $25+ level and get each month’s title shipped directly to you.
You can sign up for the monthly membership here or make a one-time purchase here.
Please feel free to email decarwmassfundraising@gmail.com if you have any questions or would like more information.
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Book Club Selections
Here’s what we’ve been reading.
December 2024: Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People Are Dismantling Mass Incarceration (2023) by Jocelyn Simonson
RECAP + DISCUSSION QUESTIONS (FORTHCOMING)
October 2024: Tip of the Spear Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt (2023) by Orisanmi Burton
RECAP + DISCUSSION QUESTIONS (FORTHCOMING)
March 2024: The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison by Hugh Ryan
RECAP + DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
January 2024: Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis
RECAP + DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
July 2024: Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex, Second Edition
Eric A. Stanley (Editor); Nat Smith (Editor); CeCeMcDonald (Foreword)
RECAP + DISCUSSION QUESTIONS (FORTHCOMING)
May 2024: Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World by Dorothy Roberts
RECAP + DISCUSSION QUESTIONS (FORTHCOMING)