Movement Memos Practicing New Worlds in a Time of Collapse
Oct 26, 2023
Andrea Ritchie, a Black lesbian immigrant organizer and abolitionist author, reflects on solidarity with Palestine and the limits of policy. She discusses emergent strategy, decentralization, and practicing new worlds through collective care. The conversation stresses rebuilding imagination, preparing for repression, and rehearsing abolitionist practices now.
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Abolition Beyond Policy
- Andrea Ritchie argues abolitionist change goes far beyond policy shifts and budget fights.
- Real abolition requires transforming how we relate to each other and practice new social relations daily.
Shape Emergence Actively
- Actively shape emergence rather than passively waiting for it to happen.
- Take repeated, deliberate actions and invite others into abolitionist practices now.
Power Of Critical Connections
- Emergent strategies focus on critical connections and small replicable units rather than critical mass.
- Decentralized, iterative, nonlinear action lets localized practices scale into systemic change.
