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Papers by Sandy Marshall

Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 2016

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Human Geography, 2009

Anyone who is committed to radical social transformation is, in effect, involved in an abolitioni... more Anyone who is committed to radical social transformation is, in effect, involved in an abolitionist struggle. Whether we are organizing against the destructive effects of wage slavery, patriarchy, borders, capitalistic social relations, war, or the state, our activist efforts seek to abolish oppressive institutions in the hope that a more livable set of social relations will develop. For the last ten years, Critical Resistance (CR) has been at the forefront of organizing against a particularly pernicious social and political institution, the prison industrial complex (PIC). The PIC is a set of social relations involving a confluence of state and local political actors and capitalist interests, including the media. It involves issues of race, gender and ethnicity, overlain upon a history of American colonial expansion and economic exploitation. CR's latest contribution, Abolition Now!, attempts, through a variety of voices, to speak to all these aspects of the PIC in a collection of short contributions from activists, academics, prisoners and their loved ones.

Human Geography, 2011

This article argues that the recent calm the West Bank is currently experiencing results from the... more This article argues that the recent calm the West Bank is currently experiencing results from the US-Israeli strategy of outsourcing the disciplinary power of the occupation to the Palestinian Authority (PA). It discusses recent security commitments that the US has made to the PA, and popular Palestinian perception of PA police and soldiers. In addition, the article considers how the US/Israel/PA governing strategy manifests itself in new spatial formations in the West Bank, from new roads and shopping festivals, to new prisons and Palestinian-maintained checkpoints. Finally considered is whether a new resistant politics can possibly emerge from the present status quo, whether yet another generation of Palestinians can be expected to struggle and sacrifice, or whether the post-political malaise currently pervasive in Palestine (and elsewhere) will be perpetuated with the creation of a new generation of apolitical young consumers in the West Bank?

Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 2016

The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, ... more The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.

Human Geography, 2009

Anyone who is committed to radical social transformation is, in effect, involved in an abolitioni... more Anyone who is committed to radical social transformation is, in effect, involved in an abolitionist struggle. Whether we are organizing against the destructive effects of wage slavery, patriarchy, borders, capitalistic social relations, war, or the state, our activist efforts seek to abolish oppressive institutions in the hope that a more livable set of social relations will develop. For the last ten years, Critical Resistance (CR) has been at the forefront of organizing against a particularly pernicious social and political institution, the prison industrial complex (PIC). The PIC is a set of social relations involving a confluence of state and local political actors and capitalist interests, including the media. It involves issues of race, gender and ethnicity, overlain upon a history of American colonial expansion and economic exploitation. CR's latest contribution, Abolition Now!, attempts, through a variety of voices, to speak to all these aspects of the PIC in a collection of short contributions from activists, academics, prisoners and their loved ones.

Human Geography, 2011

This article argues that the recent calm the West Bank is currently experiencing results from the... more This article argues that the recent calm the West Bank is currently experiencing results from the US-Israeli strategy of outsourcing the disciplinary power of the occupation to the Palestinian Authority (PA). It discusses recent security commitments that the US has made to the PA, and popular Palestinian perception of PA police and soldiers. In addition, the article considers how the US/Israel/PA governing strategy manifests itself in new spatial formations in the West Bank, from new roads and shopping festivals, to new prisons and Palestinian-maintained checkpoints. Finally considered is whether a new resistant politics can possibly emerge from the present status quo, whether yet another generation of Palestinians can be expected to struggle and sacrifice, or whether the post-political malaise currently pervasive in Palestine (and elsewhere) will be perpetuated with the creation of a new generation of apolitical young consumers in the West Bank?