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A World Without Police What would life be like without police? Police forces were invented in the mid 19th century. If we come together, they won't last through the 21st.

A World Without Police is maintained by a collective of organizers from across the U.S. and internationally. We work to connect people struggling against the everyday violence of the police, and to provide practical, organizational and theoretical tools for use in our movement. We believe police violence and exploitation cannot be ended through reforms (better trained, better monitored, more frien

dly cops) but only with the total abolition of the police as an institution. As we explain on The Problem page, this is because police forces maintain the inequalities of capitalist society, and will continue to be violent and racist as long as they exist. At the same time, we know police abolition is only possible as part of a broader revolutionary project to abolish the state in its entirety, along with capitalism, white supremacy and patriarchy. The struggle against the police cannot be divided from the broader movement or treated as a single-issue campaign. This is because “the police” is more than just a group of men and women who wear badges: it is also a historical project of division, upholding a social order where the lives of black, POC, poor, q***r and trans people’s lives are forfeit. If we only disband police departments, their role could be replaced by non-uniformed security guards, white supremacist militias and patriarchal family networks without fundamentally transforming our social relations. A world without police–not simply as police exist now, but as a form of division–requires revolution. For these reasons, we build our movement with police abolition as a goal, while recognizing that our struggle includes the total abolition of the state and capital. Local campaigns can work toward these ends by degrading the power and effectiveness of police forces on the ground, and building the capacity of our communities to govern themselves and keep themselves safe. Instead of providing police new tools and legitimacy through reform, this strategy lays the basis for a truly free society.

It's a party! Make Stop Cop City art tomorrow with us at the forest from 5-8PMBring yard signs, banners, paint, chairs T...
25/02/2022

It's a party! Make Stop Cop City art tomorrow with us at the forest from 5-8PM

Bring yard signs, banners, paint, chairs

Tip: You know all those yard signs that say "We flip houses!" You can't get in trouble for stealing them, and ethically you should because it's big developers trying to cheat people and gentrify neighborhoods. And we can re-use them for Stop Cop City signs. 🔥

Joshua Janouski from Warner Robins, GA is being denied medical treatment in Coffee prison. Please spread far and wide, a...
29/09/2021

Joshua Janouski from Warner Robins, GA is being denied medical treatment in Coffee prison.

Please spread far and wide, and more importantly: CALL!

Only WE keep us safe.

If you're in the ATL area and haven't heard yet, the city is trying to lease acres of forest to the Atlanta Police Found...
10/08/2021

If you're in the ATL area and haven't heard yet, the city is trying to lease acres of forest to the Atlanta Police Foundation to build a massive police training academy.

We can and must .

Join us tonight for a rally to demand that city council stop the vote to lease the land.

Come thru! We're hosting an event on police abolition for our friends at Us Protecting Us. Anyone is welcome. From their...
06/04/2021

Come thru! We're hosting an event on police abolition for our friends at Us Protecting Us. Anyone is welcome.

From their FB: Us Protecting Us is a group of people with and without disabilities dedicated to building a world without the threat of policing. Together, we are educating and training ourselves to handle crises without police and working to build power amongst ourselves to fight back against policing in all forms.

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