Naomi Paik Co-authors Piece on Abolitionist Unionism
Toward Abolitionist Unionism: Resisting Pandemics, Police, and Academic Austerity at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Naomi Paik, together with graduate students at UIUC, with coauthored a piece that has been published in the Journal of Academic Freedom entitled “Toward Abolitionist Unionism: Resisting Pandemics, Police, and Academic Austerity at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.” It is an incredibly important piece that documents the work of DefundUIPD and the GEO at UIUC, and what abolitionist unionism promises in navigating the neoliberal university.
Read the complete article here.
Dr. A. Naomi Paik is an associate professor of Criminology, Law, and Justice and Global Asian Studies at the University of Illinois, Chicago, and a member of the Migration Scholars Collaborative and the Cops Off Campus Coalition.