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Cops

Lightfoot and others cut the ribbon at the opening of the new cop academy, while superimposed lines of cops in riot gear look on.

From Atlanta to Chicago, Cop Cities Breed Violence

Nisha Atalie · January 30, 2023

In the wake of the police murder of a forest defender in Atlanta, Chicago leaders just unveiled the completed “cop academy.” These cop cities are training grounds for police violence and must be dismantled to restore a world where life is precious.

Cops Are Cowards, But We Don’t Want Them Brave

brian bean · May 30, 2022

Cops in Uvalde, like cops everywhere, were never meant to protect us. It’s time we start protecting our communities by getting rid of police altogether.

“Operating without the Police Came Naturally to People”

Eamonn McCann, brian bean · March 16, 2022

Legendary Irish socialist Eamonn McCann reflects on police abolition in Free Derry, the rapid and challenging dynamics of the movement, and humiliating the Brits.

Twenty Years of Torture at Guantánamo

brian bean · January 11, 2022

Today marks twenty years since the extralegal torture facility Guantánamo Bay was opened. It is time to close the base and begin repairing the harm to its victims and their families.

The Actuality of Abolition

brian bean · December 14, 2021

A new book by Geo Maher makes a forceful case for the necessity of building strong communities that can abolish the police.

Walking in Mamie Till Mobley’s Footsteps

Dorothy Holmes · November 17, 2021

Dorothy Holmes reflects on how her personal grief compels her to work toward collective justice.

Crumbs and Police Funding?: Assessing the New Chicago Budget

Bettina J, Jasson Perez, brian bean · November 3, 2021

Chicago’s new city budget has achieved some limited gains, but at the steep costs of massive police funding and the risk of bolstering Lightfoot’s grip on power. The socialist left needs a new strategic approach to set its own terms in the future.

Police Continue To Be A Menace to Public Safety

Felipe Bascuñán-Simone · October 28, 2021

Police have enthusiastically adopted a new means to endanger the public by rallying against vaccine mandates—and they're gathering support.

Who Controls Chicago’s Cops?

Jayda Van · July 27, 2021

Chicagoans have fought long and hard for police accountability, but the new ordinance is a step back for the movement and a win for Mayor Lightfoot. A sober assessment serves us better than claiming false victories.

BDS the Police

Keith Rosenthal · July 14, 2021

A central strategy of the Palestinian struggle for liberation is rich with potential for abolitionist movements. It’s time to boycott, divest, and sanction the police.

Dorothy Holmes speaking at a rally for justice for Ronald Johnson

It’s Been Nothing but Fight

Dorothy Holmes · May 11, 2021

Dorothy Holmes describes her fight for a special prosecutor and carrying forward the citywide struggle for an end to police violence.

Ma'Khia Bryant smiling for a selfie

There Is No Justification for the Murder of Ma’Khia Bryant

brian bean · April 27, 2021

Ma’Khia Bryant deserved a long, thriving life, period. While some have pointed to the circumstances of her murder in order to cast doubt on her right to live, none of these equivocations even have a basis in crisis intervention experience.

Justice for Adam Toledo

Adam’s Innocence Isn’t Even the Point

Jaunita Benson · April 16, 2021

A Chicago cop put a bullet in a thirteen-year-old child, and many are spinning narratives laced with typical racist dehumanization in an attempt to obscure this fact. It’s the cops who should be under the spotlight, disbanded, and abolished.

Justice for Gerald Reed

Noreen McNulty · March 29, 2021

This week Chicagoans have a chance to show up for a police torture survivor who is still suffering unjust incarceration.

The Arab Spring and Abolition of the Police

brian bean · January 26, 2021

The Arab Spring was an anti-police movement brought to revolutionary levels. Its lessons will be crucial to a renewed abolitionist movement in the United States and around the world.

There’s Nothing Left but the Streets

George Ciccariello-Maher, brian bean · November 10, 2020

The recent rebellion in Philly against the police murder of Walter Wallace Jr. is rooted in struggles of the past and reflects the uprisings of the future.

Support Survivors by Defunding CPD

Rachel Cohen · October 19, 2020

New allegations of police rape and cover-up confirm that Chicago’s police will never play a positive role in supporting survivors, even among their own ranks.

Public Safety Without Police

Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez, brian bean · October 13, 2020

In the wake of the summer antiracist uprising, one Chicago ward is forging ahead with practical alternatives to policing. Ald. Rossana Rodriguez discusses the progress and challenges of defunding the police and imagining a different kind of public safety.

Science in Service of Cops

Amber Jean, Aryssa, Samhitha, Troy Bolton, brian bean · October 9, 2020

The Crime Lab research center operated by the University of Chicago uses the illusion of scientific objectivity to support the racist violence of the Chicago Police Department.

Kamala Harris’s History: A List

Anderson Bean · August 31, 2020

Knowing Harris’s record of siding with big business and against innocent people locked in the carceral system can only serve everyone struggling for a world in which all Black lives are allowed to matter.

All Power to the Looters

Eric Kerl, Rachel Cohen · August 10, 2020

Chicago police shot someone on the South Side last night. By looting downtown, protesters are addressing the root cause of police violence.

A Central Cog of Racist Order

Kevin Moore · July 31, 2020

Simon Balto's Occupied Territory: Policing Black Chicago from Red Summer to Black Power tells the racist history and development of the Chicago Police Department.

I Saw My Friends Beaten by Police. This Is What Happens When Cities Prioritize Property Over Black Lives.

Todd St Hill · June 17, 2020

As city after city began to rise up demanding an end to racist police brutality particularly toward Black people, I knew — as everyone with eyes and ears knew — that it was only a short matter of time before Chicago had its own explosion in response to the horrific murder of George Floyd. The …

More Rebellion, More Results: A List of Victories

Sean Larson · June 15, 2020

Three weeks of open rebellion in the streets have yielded even more victories for the nationwide movement against racism and police brutality. Here is a list of wins from the third week.

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