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Netfa Freeman
Biden Kills the Demand to Defund Police
08 Apr 2022
The same people who wanted to defund policing voted overwhelmingly for Joe Biden. But Biden not only rejects cutting police budgets but announced a proposal to give police departments $30 billion.…
Netfa Freeman
The US Political Elite Gives Cover to the Brutal US Police State
09 Feb 2022
The US political elite and their elite press are using the fraudulent claims about a “crime wave” as an ideological offensive, a backlash, against the large-scale protest movements over the pas
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Covid Funds Spent on Police and Prisons
22 Sep 2021
Systemic racism and weak movement politics allow states and cities to spend relief funds on police and jails.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: The Truth About Defunding Police
09 Jun 2021
“Defunding” the police has often turned out to be an accounting trick, but community control of police – a righteous demand – must also ensure that all government functions address human n
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
The Emerging Movement for Police and Prison Abolition
12 May 2021
In the past year or two, the proposition of defunding or abolishing police and prisons has travelled from incarcerated-activist networks into mainstream conversations.