An Abolitionist Vision for the World We Want

Rising Up With Sonali · Oct 9, 2026

I've been thinking a lot about storytelling in these dark, dystopian times, and how the far right's expertise in crafting narratives about scarcity and scapegoats is so effective. Fascist authoritarianism doesn't actually deliver anything to its supporters who are on the bottom rungs of society, and siphons ever-greater shares of our collective wealth to the top. So, it's the stories of dangerous immigrants, of liberal elitism, of runaway minority protections, that's doing all the hard work of garnering votes.

The left is not as good at story telling, in spite of the fact that our goal is for…