Graeber, Policing, and Abolitionism

Published: June 22, 2022, noon

David Graeber, the radical anthropologist and prominent activist, had a lot to say about police and policing, both historically and in contemporary society. Andrew Johnson examines a number of Graeber\u2019s assertions and also articulates his own views on the history of policing, the role of police today, and the value of breaking the spell of police authoritarianism.\nAndrew Johnson, \u201cBureaucrats with guns: Or, how we can abolish the police if we just stop believing in them\u201d Anthropological Notebooks\n(Image on main page by Bartosz Brzezinski.)\nThe post Graeber, Policing, and Abolitionism appeared first on KPFA.