In this episode, we discuss the protests that have erupted around the nation (and now the world) in response to racist police & vigilante violence in the US.

Readings & Resources “With Whom Are Many US Police Departments Training? With a Chronic Human Rights Violator - Israel” https://www.amnestyusa.org/with-whom-are-many-u-s-police-departments-training-with-a-chronic-human-rights-violator-israel/

“Israel Krav Maga Experts Teaching Officers in Brazil” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu8f1h-jGLc

“Does the Militarisation of US Police Encourage Excessive Force?” https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/militarisation-police-encourage-excessive-force-200601195340742.html

“Democratic Leaders' Kneeling Was Fine. The Kente Cloth Was Not” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/11/educate-yourself-before-you-wear-kente/

“The Embarrassment of Democrats Wearing Kente-Cloth Stoles” https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-and-off-the-avenue/the-embarrassment-of-democrats-wearing-kente-cloth-stoles

“Is Prison Necessary? Ruth Wilson Gilmore Might Change Your Mind https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/magazine/prison-abolition-ruth-wilson-gilmore.html

Intercepted Podcast” Ruth Wilson Gilmore on Abolition https://theintercept.com/2020/06/10/ruth-wilson-gilmore-makes-the-case-for-abolition/

Ruth Wilson Gilmore - Golden Gulag https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520242012/golden-gulag

Alex Vitale - The End of Policing Free e-book: https://www.versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing

Angela Davis - Are Prisons Obsolete? https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/213837/are-prisons-obsolete-by-angela-y-davis/ (Available in pdf form on multiple sites)

Angela Davis - Abolition Democracy https://www.akpress.org/abolitiondemocracy.html (Available in pdf form on multiple sites)

(Listen to our discussion of Abolition Democracy here: pt 1: https://soundcloud.com/leftpoc/29-angela-daviss-abolition-democracy-reading-revolution-left-pocket-project-podcast pt 2: https://soundcloud.com/leftpoc/30-angela-daviss-abolition-democracy-pt-2-reading-revolution-left-pocket-project-podcast)

Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abolish-defund-police.html?fbclid=IwAR1jiVdWcrv9udt2VFrNnAU1pdAbiQagq0rBXgopZMnKzjhBnuBHRwO5O_A

“Black Capitalism Won’t Save Us” https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/nipsey-killer-mike-race-economics/

“Killer Mike, T.I. and Atlanta's Black Misleadership Class” https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/killer-mike-atlanta-speech-ti-video-george-floyd-a9543551.html

“Ilhan Omar Statement about Justice for George Floyd Unrest” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65weWcmjH_I

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