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A. Naomi Paik and Ashley Dawson on the Close Connection between Abolition Sanctuary and Environmental Activism from Below
Today on Speaking Out of Place we talk with scholar-activists Naomi Paik and Ashley Dawson about the close connection between abolition and environmental activism from below. How are the twin projects raising profound questions about borders, carcerality, enclosures, and the separation of humans from each other and all other forms of life, including supposedly “inanimate” objects? How can we create “sanctuary for all” in a radical rethinking of notions like “the commons”?
Ashley Dawson is Professor of English at the Graduate Center / City University of New York and the College of Staten…
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