Practicing Mutual Aid as Abolition in Action: A Student's Guide to Organizing

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Building a Defense Campaign Defense campaigns are when people come together to raise awareness and take action in solidarity with those being targeted by the criminal legal system. Defense campaigns are also a form of mutual aid. NOTE: It’s important that these campaigns do not reinforce notions of a “deserving” and “undeserving” subject. Ultimately, abolitionists believe imprisonment is not a viable solution for anyone, not just those who are perceived as innocent or did not commit a violent crime.

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