Davis has long maintained that the system of mass incarceration is the inevitable result of “racial capitalism.” To dismantle that system, Davis’ Critical Resistance National Network on Abolition hits where it hurts: the bank.
Recent victories have included cutting proposed police expansions in Portland in half (Care Not Cops campaign, 2018) and curbing California’s 20-year prison building boom (Stop Delano II campaign, 1998-2008). With a surge of support for “Defund the Police” after the events of 2020, CR can now engage in public discourse about where funds can be used to build a new and different infrastructure.
“Now we can think about funding agencies and individuals and organizations that will help address issues of health — physical health, mental health. This is the opportunity for us to begin to reimagine the meaning of these states.” (June 2020)
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