The film Arresting Power: Resisting Police Violence in Portland, Oregon is showing:
Thursday March 21 at 7pm
2522 SE Clinton Street, Portland, OR 97202.
It is part of the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art’s Policing Justice series.
I was interviewed for the film, and have a brief appearance.
If you are on Mastodon, you can now follow Kristian there to get notifications of new posts on this page. His account is @KristianWilliams@Kolektiva.social It’s just an automatic feed from this site. He won’t be checking in there. So if you want to contact him, e-mail is still your best bet.
Colin Kaepernick put together a pretty decent collection about Police/Prison Abolition. I wrote a review for Against the Current arguing that the book is weak on class analysis, and explaining why I think that is a problem. I should stress, though, that it represents practically a unique contribution to the abolitionist literature, in that it is extremely accessible and seems to be designed for study groups.
Order the book from Haymarket Press, and start a study group today!
My new essay in Truthout looks at the tales the Portland Police spun about a mass shooting, and situates that episode as part of a decades-long pattern of facilitating right-wing violence.
Update: Solidarity has re-printed the article.
