This groundbreaking book could change the debate over defunding law enforcement

Nearly 20 years ago, Mark Neocleous published a seminal book entitled A Critical Theory of Police Power: The Fabrication of the Social Order, which examines how law enforcement and capitalism work in tandem to control the working class and enforce a brutal social and economic order. In this conversation for the Police Accountability Report podcast, PAR host Stephen Janis speaks with Neocleous about his book, the potential it has to transform the debate over the future of law enforcement, and how our unchecked policing system amounts to a radical form of state power that is both unnecessary and antithetical to democracy. Mark Neocleous is Professor of the Critique of Political Economy at Brunel University London and the author of numerous books, including War Power, Police Power and The Universal Adversary: Security, Capital and 'The Enemies of All Mankind'.<br /><br />Read the transcript of this podcast: <a href="https://therealnews.com/this-groundbreaking-book-could-change-the-debate-over-defunding-law-enforcement" rel="noopener">https://therealnews.com/this-groundbreaking-book-could-change-the-debate-over-defunding-law-enforcement</a><br /><br />Help us continue producing Police Accountability Report by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer: <br /><br />Donate: <a href="https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-par" rel="noopener">https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-par</a><br />Sign up for our newsletter: <a href="https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-par" rel="noopener">https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-par</a><br /><br />Get Police Accountability Report updates: <a href="https://therealnews.com/pod-up-par" rel="noopener">https://therealnews.com/pod-up-par</a><br /><br />Like us on Facebook: <a href="https://facebook.com/therealnews" rel="noopener">https://facebook.com/therealnews</a><br />Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/therealnews" rel="noopener">https://twitter.com/therealnews</a>