Disarm, Defund, Dismantle: Police Abolition in Canada

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Canadian laws are just, the police uphold the rule of law and treat everyone equally, and without the police, communities would descend into chaos and disorder. These entrenched myths, rooted in settler-colonial logic, work to obscure a hard truth: the police do not keep us safe. This edited collection brings together writing from a range of activists and scholars, whose words are rooted in experience and solidarity with those putting their lives on the line to fight for police abolition in Canada. Together, they imagine a different world--one in which police power. Cover Page Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Introduction Chapter 1: “Uphold the Right”: Police, Conservatism, and White Supremacy Chapter 2: A History of Toronto Activism against Anti-Blackness Chapter 3: Police Use of Force in Canada: Dispelling the Myth of Difference Chapter 4: Defund to Abolish: A 400-Year Struggle against Policing in Montreal Chapter 5: Against the Social Harms of Policing Chapter 6: Let’s Talk about Police in Our Unions: An Abolitionist Approach to Decent Work for All Chapter 7: We Keep Each Other Safe: Organizing for Prison Abolition during a Pandemic Chapter 8: Canada Is a Bad Company: Police as Colonial Mercenaries for State and Capital Chapter 9: A Brief Introduction to Anti-colonial Abolition Chapter 10: Grassroots Justices: Lessons from Communities of Murdered and Disappeared Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit+ People Chapter 11: Narratives on Carceral Abolition: Tami Starlight, Moka Dawkins, and Anonymous as told to the P4W Memorial Collective Chapter 12: Sex Worker Justice—by Us, for Us: Toronto Sex Workers Resisting Carceral Violence Chapter 13: DIY Defunding the Police: How Winnipeg Sex Workers Stopped the Police from Taking Drivers’ Money Chapter 14: Rights Not Rescue: Defending Migrant Sex Workers from Policing Chapter 15: No Police at Overdoses Chapter 16: Troubling Police and Social Work Collaborations Chapter 17: Abolishing Carceral Social Work Chapter 18: We Are Like Waves Chapter 19: Police Abolition / Black Revolt Notes Contributors Index