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Questions for Abolitionist Workdefines itself and/or co-opts the words we use.Step 7: Short-to-Long-TermEverything Critical Resistance does today is a short-term step to abolishthe PIC, but it is also all connected to a long-term vision and strategy.It’s really important that you practice laying out what those connectionsare, and explaining them so that people who participate in one event orproject can see the connection between that and a long-term struggle forabolition.Political points:• Analytical work is work. We need to constantly be evaluating if ourwork is getting us closer to our goal, or if we’ve been thrown off track.It’s especially important for people new to organizing to ask questionsabout how the work they are doing fits into an abolitionist practice,and not assume that because an element of the PIC is being challengedthat it is abolitionist work.• Lots of different work can be abolitionist. There’s a huge varietyof work that can help abolish the PIC. The point of the tools is notto limit or restrict the type of work we take on, but to guide you inthinking really seriously and creatively about what you can do.351