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Their End is Our Beginning: Cops, Capitalism, and Abolition

Join us for a live streamed session from the Socialism 2025 conference, in Chicago. ——————————————————————— Where do cops come from and what is their true function in a global capitalist system? Are police at the core of the capitalist states that prop up systems of exploitation the world over? Join author brian bean and Chenjerai Kumanyika for a critical conversation weaving together the threads of the movement for police abolition and the social revolution against capitalism. ——————————————————————— Help sustain the Socialism Conference for years to come by making a donation today: https://haymarketbooks.app.neoncrm.com/forms/help-sustain-the-socialism-conference © Haymarket Books 2025. All rights reserved. This video may not be reproduced in whole or in part without expressed written consent.

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