Assignment task: Please summarize "A disbelief in colonial penalty: Settler colonialism and abolitionism," by Chris Cunneen," In your discussion, please cover the following:
a. How and why, does the author delineate the origins of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the USA as projects of colonialism?
b. How does the author argue that abolitionism demands an understanding of the penal/colonial context - the embedded relationships among penality, the prison and colonized peoples that characterize settler colonialism?
c. Is abolitionism theoretically or politically homogeneous? What insights does the author present?
d. What are the intersections between abolitionism and settler colonialism? How does she discuss "carceral spaces and the penal/colonial complex?"
e. The author believes that settler colonial states see their justice systems guided by principles of the rule of law? Does he agree that that is a correct view? Please explain.
f. What is the "praxis of disbelief?"
g. How does the author conclude? Did you like the article? Why or why not? Please explain.