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PSL Statement: How will the police be abolished? A Marxist perspective
Jul 12, 2020
This podcast discusses the Party for Socialism and Liberation's perspective on abolishing the core institutions of the capitalist state, such as the police and prisons. It highlights the massive scale of these institutions in the US and the need for a revolution to transform the nature of the state. The chapter also explores alternatives to policing and prisons, limitations of administrative reforms, and the revolutionary perspective on justice and punishment.
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- The Party for Socialism and Liberation advocates for the overthrow and complete replacement of the core institutions of the capitalist state, including the police, prisons, military, and courts, which cannot be reformed and must be abolished through revolution.
- The vast scale of state institutions of violence and coercion in the US, such as the prison system, police forces, and military, demonstrates their central role in capitalist governance, rooted in racism and brutal class oppression.
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The need for revolution and abolition of capitalist state institutions
The podcast discusses the party for socialism and liberation's perspective on the abolition of the capitalist state. It emphasizes the importance of overthrowing, dismantling, and completely replacing the core institutions of the capitalist state, including the police, prisons, military, and courts. These institutions exist to defend the interests of the capitalist class and ensure stability through force and intimidation. It argues that reforming these institutions is not possible and that a revolution is necessary.
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