You Can Have Schooling or You Can Have Policing. You Can’t Have Both
Khadijah Anabah
One provides care, the other destroys it.
Tag: abolitionism
The Police Are the Domestic Abusers of the Nation
Shanice McBean
Coercion and control are policing's bread and butter.
What Happened to Kill the Bill?
Rivkah Brown
The bill hasn't stopped. Why, it seems, has the movement?
10 Years After the Riots, the Left Is Finally Taking on the Police State
Adam Elliott-Cooper
2021 could be the year we kill the bill.
Would ‘Defund the Police’ Work in the UK?
Tom Kemp & Koshka Duff
The End of Policing With Alex Vitale
The killing of George Floyd has catalysed a wave of protest across the United States, with police violence central to the message of the powerful #BlackLivesMatter movement. Aaron Bastani interviews author of ‘The End of Policing’, Alex Vitale, to ask just how bad law enforcement is in the United States, and what can be done […]
Report From Abolitionist Futures 2018
On June 15th – 18th 2018, activists from around the world gathered in London for Abolitionist Futures: this year’s International Conference on Penal Abolition. Over the weekend, there were over 100 presentations and workshops with contributions from 18 countries, bringing activists and community organisers together to plan for a future where prisons, policing and punishment […]
The Police and State Power – Adam Elliott-Cooper Interview
Adam Elliott-Cooper talks to Ash Sarkar about austerity, violent crime, and why the police ought to pursue Carillion rather than Don Corleone.