Abolish the Police

Say Her Name: Sonya Massey

Houstonians gathered at City Hall on July 28 to condemn the vicious murder of African American Sonya Massey in Springfield,…

August 1, 2024

Lesson from 2020: Abolish the police – and the system they serve!

May 27 marked the third anniversary of the police murder of George Floyd, which sparked a massive upsurge. But three…

June 1, 2023

What the Justice Department won’t say: ABOLISH THE POLICE!

After a two-year investigation of Louisville, Kentucky, police — prompted by the murder of Breonna Taylor on March 13, 2020…

March 14, 2023

Columbus community protests another police killing

The Columbus, Ohio, area has one of the highest rates of police shootings in the country. Since 2018 there have…

September 5, 2022

Breonna Taylor: still fighting for justice – an editorial

Breonna Taylor was a 26-year-old, African American emergency medical technician, whose life was tragically cut short by a hail of…

August 9, 2022

Abolish the police!

What will it take to stop the war against Black and Brown communities? The 24/7 U.S. media coverage of the…

April 11, 2022

Berkeley City Council refuses to counter cops

Berkeley, Calif. “Don’t Believe the Hype,” released in 1988 by Public Enemy, still rings true today in Berkeley. Local media…

July 23, 2020

Why the police cannot be reformed

These edited remarks were made at a June 11 webinar sponsored by Workers World Party:“Why we must abolish the police.” …

June 18, 2020

Too late to reform, time to disband Philly police

Philadelphia The Philadelphia Police Department, the fourth largest in the U.S., is one of the oldest municipal police agencies, founded…

June 18, 2020

The anti-police uprising and the emergence of a vital force in the class struggle: youth

Larry Holmes gave this speech, which has been slightly edited, on a Workers World Party webinar June 4 on “No…

June 11, 2020