A call to end slavery A world without police is possible

Powerful interviews with scholars, organizers, and activists leading the movement to end police and prisons. Award-winning journalist Kolhatkar presents a forward-thinking vision of liberation, freedom, and justice. Abolitionist thinkers have been envisioning police-free societies for decades, but their radical ideas only entered public discourse in the wake of the racial justice uprisings of 2020. In _her book "Talking About Abolition,"_award-winning journalist Sonali Kolhatkar presents an inspiring collection of her conversations with scholars and prominent figures In the movement and activists are leading the movement to end police and prison work. From presenting the best counterarguments to widespread "police propaganda," to exposing the moral bankruptcy of reformism, each dialogue links past and present, imagining a collective future rooted in liberation, freedom, and justice. Includes interviews with Alicia Garza, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Leah Penniman, Jenna Dent, Kat Brooks, Andrea Ricci, Eunice Hernandez, Noelle Hanrahan, Yvette Allie-Ferlito, Melina Abdullah, Rina Sultan, and Dylan Rodriguez, with an introduction by Robin D. J. Kelly.