The Ex-Cop vs. The Ex-Con (Interview w/ Bigg Villainus)
291I interview Bigg Villainus about the things we need to build in society to prevent crime, how to get involved in your own community, and whether tough-on-crime policies and prisons actually make you safer or prevent crime.
Part 1 of this discussion (where Bigg V interviews me about policework) is on Overthrow's channel, go watch it here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nGzUBBOCkc
The video has some frame-drop issues but the audio is perfect, so hopefully you can still enjoy it. Works really great with closed captioning on, in my opinion!
#police #prison #abolition #justice
0:00 - Intro
2:30 - What Must We Build For a Just Society?
6:36 - Is Mutual Aid Enough?
9:05 - What Organizations Seeming Promising Today?
11:08 - What Is Your Message?
14:02 - Does Aggressive Policing Deter Crime?
16:30 - Does Incarceration Deter Crime or Rehabilitate?
20:06 - Book Recommendations for Newbies
23:34 - What Can Activists Do Tomorrow To Help?
26:57 - How Do You Find Local Orgs?
29:43 - Who Is Bigg Villainus?
31:54 - Hip Hop Recommendations
33:23 - Final Thoughts From Phil
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Organizations mentioned in the video:
Fight Toxic Prisons - https://fighttoxicprisons.wordpress.com/
Black Mama's Bailout - https://southernersonnewground.org/our-work/freefromfear/black-mamas-bail-out-action/
Slingshot Collective - https://slingshotcollective.org/
Books Mentioned:
Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon
Our Enemies in Blue - Kristian Williams
Between Barack and Hard Place - Tim Wise
Revolutionary Su1cide - Huey P. Newton
Assata - Assata Shakur
Title music: Digitalis by me