A Reflection from Boise on Police Brutality and the Need for Abolition Work

This contribution was submitted by Valerie Baeshk, an organizer in Boise, ID. Shout out to them and the growing crew of police abolitionists in their town! I am a genderqueer,…

Reflexiones para un mundo sin policia

¡Lea, descargue y comparta la traducción al español del zine Reflexiones para un mundo sin policía! Esta colección de los escritos principales del sitio web de A World Without Police…

Oakland General Strike, 2011

What happens to cops in a general strike?

Since the nationwide protests against Donald Trump’s Muslim ban, talk has circulated online about the possibility of mass strikes against the Trump regime. Activists, artists and academics have called for…

Trump’s “law and order” executive orders, explained

This article by German Lopez was originally posted on Vox. President Donald Trump wants to do something about crime in America. He just doesn’t know what, exactly, he wants to…

Killing is Their Business

An investigation into police firings shows that murder is in a cop’s job description. What is a policeman’s job? The answer we’re taught is: “to serve and protect”, to stop…

Bringing BLM Back to the Streets

A sharp critique of the M4BL Platform calls for us to move away from police reform, nonprofit funding and the Democratic Party–and into the streets.

How to Organize a Police Watch

This is reposted from comrades at The Decolonizer. Original post here. Check out more of their great work, and donate to their magazine if you like what you see. The…

Buoy: A Web App That Builds Autonomy

AWWP sat down this month with Maymay, a developer working on the Buoy platform. Buoy is a mobile web app designed to help communities exercise collective power and build autonomy,…

Not My President

PRESS RELEASE BY A WORLD WITHOUT POLICE FOR NOVEMBER 11, 2016: We, the organizers with A World Without Police declare the protest on Friday, November 12th, 2016 to be triumphant.…

The New Top Cop: How President Trump Might Reshape Urban Policing

This interview, originally posted on CityLab, and was conducted by George Joseph with Alex Vitale, an Associate Sociology professor at Brooklyn College. Shout out to both of them and their…