New Bones Abolition addresses those of us broken enough to grow new bones in order to stabilize our political traditions that renew freedom struggles. Reflecting on police violence political movements Black feminism Erica Garner Mumia AbuJamal caretakers and compradors Joy James analyzes the ampamp8220Captive Maternalampamp8221 which emerges from legacies of colonialism chattel slavery and predatory policing to explore the stages of resistance and communal rebellion that manifest through war resistance. She recognizes a long line of gendered and ungendered freedom fighters who within a racialized and economicallystratified democracy transform from coerced or conflicted caretakers into builders of movements who realize the necessity of maroon spaces and ultimately the inevitability of becoming war resisters that mobilize against genocide and state violence.