Andrea Abi-Karam

Andrea Abi-Karam is a Bay-Area based poet, activist and freelance journalist. She hosts a monthly political poetry open (no mic) night, Words of Resistance, in Oakland. She studied Neurobiology and En

There is no such thing as prison reform: an interview with CeCe McDonald

CeCe McDonald was sent to prison for defending herself against a hate crime. On the one year anniversary of her release, she discusses how to fight back against oppression. Part of Transformation's prison abolition series.

By Andrea Abi-Karam

/ 13 Jan 2015

Political poetry does not ask permission

While television, advertisements and other manicured media project a shiny, plastic vision of the world, poetry captures harsh oppressive realities without censorship.

By Andrea Abi-Karam

/ 2 Oct 2013

Berlin’s ‘system error’ free shop

No money or goods exchanged, just take what you want.

By Andrea Abi-Karam and Taylor Miles

/ 18 Sep 2013