Unbuild Walls: Borders, Prisons, and Abolition

Silky Shah, Harsha Walia, and Amna Akbar speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2024. This session was sponsored by Detention Watch Network. As calls to abolish ICE, prisons and policing, and borders gain urgency in the U.S. and abroad, so too does the need to understand how these systems necessitate and sustain each other. Silky Shah and Harsha Walia, in conversation with Amna A. Akbar, will unpack why global migrant justice efforts require a PIC abolition analysis, and how this relates to bordering, migration, and capitalism more broadly. The next Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago, July 3-6. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on podcast platforms for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings!