Abolition's Afterlives.

This article forum explores the enduring legacy and evolving meanings of abolition, tracing its origins in nineteenth-century antislavery movements through contemporary social justice struggles. It highlights how abolition today functions as a broad ethical and political framework aimed at dismantling systems of racial capitalism, white supremacy, and institutional violence, including prisons, policing, immigration enforcement, and environmental destruction. The essays examine diverse topics such as migrant justice, the humanitarian rhetoric of anti-racist initiatives, the activism of Erica Garner following her father's police killing, the racialization of madness and violence in relation to John Brown, the complexities of framing mass incarceration as a continuation of slavery, and the climate movement's invocation of abolitionist strategies. Collectively, the contributions argue that understanding abolition in the present requires a critical reexamination of its historical forms, recognizing both its radical potential and its limitations across time and movements.