This week Inquest kicked off a new roundtable on how police unions became such a powerful anti-democratic force in U.S. politics and public life. Get the full recap: mailchi.mp/inquest.org/bl…
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"The history of policing in the United States has always been part of the history of labor." @AaronBekemeyer on the history of the decisive split between police unions and the rest of organized labor. Part of our ongoing roundtable on police unions. inquest.org/fraught-histor…
inquest.org The Fraught History of American Police Unions - Aaron Bekemeyer - Inquest From the 1890s, police organized for workplace rights—and sometimes found allies in labor. Over time, those ties frayed as police unions developed a politics of their own. "The history of police political maneuvering is an open secret." Read @stschrader1 's opening essay to his guest-edited roundtable on the anti-democratic power of police unions. inquest.org/how-did-americ…
inquest.org How Did American Police Get So Powerful? - Stuart Schrader - Inquest A new Inquest series traces how police unions built political power over decades—and what that history means for progressive elected officials today. This week Inquest explored the documentary power of art by incarcerated people and shared a decarceral vision for anti-rape advocacy. Get the full recap: mailchi.mp/inquest.org/ev…
"Everything I made inside that was true enough to matter also had to be vague enough to be allowed out of the building." Formerly incarcerated author and artist Adam Roberts on the power and challenge of artmaking in prisons. inquest.org/the-guard-towe…
inquest.org The Guard Tower I Had to Redraw - Adam Roberts - Inquest Drawings made in prison can express what policy language cannot. Perhaps that’s why the institution keeps such a close watch on the artists.