Abolishing State Violence by Ray Acheson by Beth E. Ritchie

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Abolishing State Violence by Ray Acheson is an urgent and accessible analysis of the key structures of state violence in our world today. The book shows that there are many mutually supportive abolition movements, each enhanced by a shared understanding of the relationship between structures of violence. This episode of the dig is brought to you by our listeners who support us at patreon.com or haymarketbooks.org.

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