Opinion: You Can Have Schooling or You Can Have Policing. You Can’t Have Both
by Khadijah Anabah
The case of Child Q proves that education is incompatible with the carceral state, argues Khadijah Anabah.
Tag: abolitionism
Opinion: The Police Are the Domestic Abusers of the Nation
by Shanice McBean
When the Met are searching a quarter of Black boys, it’s time to admit that they are abusing us en masse, writes Shanice McBean.
Long Read: What Happened to Kill the Bill?
by Rivkah Brown
The PCSC bill is on the brink of entering law, and yet the movement to kill it has all but evaporated. Activists haven’t given up, though - they’re simply changing gear to a longer-term project of abolition. Rivkah Brown reports.
Opinion: 10 Years After the Riots, the Left Is Finally Taking on the Police State
by Adam Elliott-Cooper
Many leftists struggled to extend solidarity to the rioters. Now, threatened with criminalisation themselves, it is crucial this mistake isn't made again.
Analysis: Would ‘Defund the Police’ Work in the UK?
by Tom Kemp & Koshka Duff
'Defund the police' has become a central demand of Black Lives Matter protesters in the United States. UK activists should seize the moment to formulate their own demands, drawing on the long-standing abolitionist campaigns and traditions of resistance that already exist in Britain, write Koshka Duff and Tom Kemp.
The Bastani Factor: 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 […]
Interview: 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.