Leftpoc

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/201