**Abi Hassen** (**@abihassen**) is a lawyer, hardware hacker, and aspiring political philosopher. He is a partner at O'Neill and Hassen LLP, a law practice focused on indigent criminal defense, and co-founder of Black Movement Law Project, a legal support rapid response group that grew out of the uprisings in Ferguson, Baltimore, and elsewhere. Formerly, he was mass defense coordinator at the National Lawyers Guild. Abi has also worked as a political strategist, union organizer, and community organizer. He is interested in exploring the nature and potentials of movement organizing and the interface of political organizations and social movements with other complex systems such as the law, capitalism, and climate. Abi has a J.D. from NYU School of Law and an M.A. in political philosophy from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.