{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 145: \u201cA World Without Police\u201d ft. Geo Maher","description":"Ep. 145 of Coffee with Comrades features a conversation with Geo Maher, author of the new book A World Without Police: How Communities Make Cops Obsolete. Geo and I discuss abolition as presence, connect the history of reconstruction to the present, examine the obstacles presented by the Fraternal Order of Police in order to explore strategies to \u201cbreak the spinal column of police power,\u201d chat about community self-defense, and close with a dialogue about abolition as a central facet of revolutionary social transformation.  Pick up a copy of A World Without Police: How Communities Make Cops Obsolete. Follow Geo on Instagram and visit his website! Attend  the special book release event on Sept. 1, 2021. Support&amp;nbsp;Coffee with Comradeson&amp;nbsp;Patreon, follow us on&amp;nbsp;Twitter&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Instagram, and visit our&amp;nbsp;website. Coffee with Comradesis a proud member of the&amp;nbsp;Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is an affiliate of the&amp;nbsp;Firestorm Books &amp; Caf\u00e9. Check out our&amp;nbsp;reading recommendations! Our logo was designed by&amp;nbsp;Sydney Landis. Support her work,&amp;nbsp;buy some art.  ","author_name":"Coffee with Comrades","author_url":"https:\/\/coffeewithcomrades.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/20258936\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/109985375"}