58. The Only Justice Is Freedom - A Discussion w/Jasson Perez - Left POCket Project Podcast

In this episode, we speak with organizer, writer, and researcher Jasson Perez about the defund movement, abolition, and organizing in Chicago against multiple forms of oppression toward its population. --- Work by Jasson Perez "Lori Lightfoot is wrong. ‘We’ didn’t fail Adam Toledo.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/20/lori-lightfoot-is-wrong-we-didnt-fail-adam-toledo/ "The quest for justice for Adam Toledo requires that Lightfoot resign" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/chicago-lightfoot-adam-toledo/ "Don't Blame Defund" https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/dont-blame-defund "Snatching Victory" https://spectrejournal.com/snatching-victory/ "The Left's 'Theoretical' Problem" https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gWiFjrjddUNcCHRiz0UvgW84zcRg17o_/view?usp=sharing Additional Readings & Resources: Joy James - “The Architects of Abolitionism” (talk) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9rvRsWKDx0 “Is Prison Necessary? Ruth Wilson Gilmore Might Change Your Mind” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/magazine/prison-abolition-ruth-wilson-gilmore.html Mariame Kaba - We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice https://www.akpress.org/we-do-this-til-we-free-us.html Alex Vitale - The End of Policing (note: the e-book version here is still free!) https://www.versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing Angela Davis - Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture https://www.akpress.org/abolitiondemocracy.html Angela Davis’s Abolition Democracy Pt 1 - #Reading Revolution Left POCket Project Podcast https://soundcloud.com/leftpoc/29-angela-daviss-abolition-democracy-reading-revolution-left-pocket-project-podcast Angela Davis’s Abolition Democracy Pt 2 - #Reading Revolution Left POCket Project Podcast https://soundcloud.com/leftpoc/30-angela-daviss-abolition-democracy-pt-2-reading-revolution-left-pocket-project-podcast --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud [dot] com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/13trBKujjjBnmWHeDZcC5Z or search "LeftPOC" iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/leftp…d1329313097?mt=2 or search "LeftPOC" in podcasts Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCT60v3qYO7Bj0R1XbUZct5Q Support: patreon.com/leftpoc