#6: Making Police Obsolete
:How to stay safe without cops, Earth First! Rendezvous report, Fifth Estate review
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Summary
So we're still not lovin' the cops—but how do we live without them? In our sixth installment of the Ex-Worker, we follow up on our last two episodes about prisons and police with a discussion of how to stay safe without the state. We also hear a Croatan Earth First! organizer report back on the Round River Rendezvous, review the latest issue of Fifth Estate Magazine, respond to some listener feedback, and share plenty of news and events. {July 21, 2013}
Notes and Links
Our discussion of how to stay safe without police draws on several sources, but in particular the afterword, “Making Police Obsolete,” from Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America by Kristian Williams, and Chapter 5: Crime in Anarchy Works by Peter Gelderloos. We also recommend the zine Alternatives to Police compiled by Rose City Copwatch.
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Tour dates for “Building a Revolutionary Anarchism” talks by Colin O’Malley of Rochester Red and Black
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Here’s the address for anti-authoritarian political prisoner Bill Dunne, whose birthday is on August 3rd:
Bill Dunne #10916–086
USP POLLOCK U.S. PENITENTIARY
P.O. BOX 2099
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Here are addresses for the NATO 3, whose trial was recently postponed until next year:
Brent Betterly
#2012–0519001
PO Box 089002
Chicago IL 60608Brian Church
#2012–0519002
PO Box 089002
Chicago IL 60608Jared Chase
#2012–0519003
PO Box 089002
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