1.0Firebrandhttps://firebrand.redSteve Leighhttps://firebrand.red/author/steve-seattle/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Ldxichb3RF"><a href="https://firebrand.red/2023/06/what-kind-of-abolitionism-can-prisons-and-police-be-abolished-under-capitalism/">What Kind of Abolitionism? Can Prisons and Police be Abolished under Capitalism?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://firebrand.red/2023/06/what-kind-of-abolitionism-can-prisons-and-police-be-abolished-under-capitalism/embed/#?secret=Ldxichb3RF" width="600" height="338" title="“What Kind of Abolitionism? Can Prisons and Police be Abolished under Capitalism?” — Firebrand" data-secret="Ldxichb3RF" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://firebrand.red/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/abolition3.jpg1920800While recent calls for police and prison abolitionism should be lauded for their radicalism, in the long run the abolition movement needs to go beyond liberal or anarchist politics and look towards socialist revolution and the smashing of the bourgeois state.