Why have the powers of the police expanded over decades, while funding for vital social services shrinks? Laissez-faire capitalism goes hand-in-hand with brutal coercion.
Is abolishing the same as defunding? Does either one mean the police have been defeated? What does it mean when liberals start saying abolishing the police isn't all that scary? A socialist take on an exciting set of slogans.
Forty years ago, a protest against authoritarian rule in South Korea became an uprising. Hundreds of thousands of protesters battled government troops in the streets. The legacy of the uprising is still contested today.
Journalists and policy researchers daydream about a new, more ethical and sustainable post-coronavirus world. But powerful forces will fight to stop a better world emerging, as they always have.
