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posted by Asaf Rashid in on Apr 9, 2012 - View profile
Halifax
Role of prisons in capitalism
why struggles against prison need to be at the centre of an anti-capitalist analysis
2:00pm
- 4:00pm
Saturday April 14 2012
Venue: Bloomfield Centre, Room 108
Address: 2708 Agricola
Cost: Free
Accessibility: yes
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Summary
An interrogation of the role of prisons in capitalism, and at how the criminal legal system is structural violence through looking at the current state of prison labour in Canada, the criminalisation of women, aboriginal people, and youth, and at prisoner resistance. The purpose of this talk is to propose that the struggle against prisons needs to be at the centre of an anti-capitalist analysis.
About the presenter
Kaley Kennedy is a prison abolitionist who works in the non-profit service sector. She is part of Books Beyond Bars, a collective in Halifax that coordinates a lending library and other literacy-related programs for women in prison.
Organizer:livingtheory.h-a-z.org
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