Abolishing State Violence: A World Beyond Bombs, Borders, and Cages

Abolishing State Violence calls for the abolition of structures of violence, including police, prisons, borders, war, nuclear weapons, surveillance, and capitalism.

Author: Ray Acheson
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: 01/24/2023
Pages: 360
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d
ISBN13: 9781642597417
ISBN10: 1642597414
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory
- Political Science | Imperialism
- Social Science | Violence in Society

About the Author

Ray Acheson is director of disarmament at the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and a steering group member of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017 for its work to highlight the humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons and work with governments to develop the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Acheson is the author of Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy.