*NO REASONABLE PERSON CAN READ THIS BOOK AND STILL BELIEVE POLICE ARE GOOD FOR US. GEO MAHER PROVES ON EVERY SINGLE PAGE THAT A WORLD WITHOUT POLICE IS NO UTOPIA BUT A CONCRETE NECESSITY IF WE WANT TO PRESERVE LIFE AND MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER.

AND HE SHOWS US PRECISELY HOW IT COULD BE DONE. TAKE THIS BOOK EVERYWHERE."

ROBIN D.G. KELLEY, AUTHOR OF FREEDOM DREAMS

"STUNNING IN CONCEPTION. FORCEFUL IN ARGUMENT. EXPERT IN PROPOSING REMEDIES. IN SUM, THIS IS A BOOK THAT MUST NOT ONLY BE READ-BUT STUDIED."

GERALD HORNE, AUTHOR OF FIRE THIS TIME

"GEO RIPS AWAY THE BAND-AID OF LIBERAL POLICE REFORM TO EXPOSE THE OPEN WOUND OF RACISM, COLONIALISM, AND ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION AT THE HEART OF CAPITALISM AND ITS POLICE AND SHOWS US THAT HEALING THAT WOUND WILL REQUIRE DEEP GLOBAL TRANSFORMATIONS ROOTED IN COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT."

ALEX VITALE, AUTHOR OF THE END OF POLICING

"MAHER NOT ONLY DEMONSTRATES DEFINITIVELY THAT POLICE SERVE A WEALTHY WHITE ELITE AND DON'T PROTECT US, BUT ALSO ILLUMINATES THE PATH TOWARD ABOLISHING POLICING. BY DESCRIBING CONCRETE LOCAL AND GLOBAL EXPERIMENTS IN GRASSROOTS RESISTANCE, HE BRINGS CLARITY TO HOW COMMUNITY ORGANIZING WORKS TACTICALLY AND POLITICALLY TO MAKE POLICING OBSOLETE. A WORLD WITHOUT POLICE OFFERS INSPIRING ASSURANCE THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE THE VISION EMBODIED IN ITS TITLE."

DOROTHY ROBERTS, AUTHOR OF KILLING THE BLACK BODY

'SCHOLAR-ACTIVIST GEO MAHER ANALYZES THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF POLICING IN THE INSTITUTIONS OF SLAVE PATROLS, BORDER GUARDS, SETTLER COLONIALISM, AND CAPITALISM... THIS IS A BOOK THAT READERS WILL WANT TO CARRY AROUND, RETURNING TO PASSAGES FOR INSPIRATION.

ROXANNE DUNBAR-ORTIZ, AUTHOR OF

AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES