
Abolition Means Reclaiming the Commons and Rejecting Securitization
Movement Memos
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Security Is the Supreme Concept of Bourgeoisie
Security is the supreme concept of bourgeois society. The whole of society exists only in order to guarantee each of its members the preservation of his person, his rights and his property. So this line comes from a peace called on the jewish question where marks was responding to claims being made in germany that jews had to renounce their jewishness,. In anti discrimination laws don't erase the racial wealth gap. Right to vote on paper is an unreal universality. It exists as a formal right, but it doesn't mean that black and white people are really substantively equal in their life chances and choices. This recognition actually deepens capital's control over our lives.
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