Alex Vitale, Kaili Moss, Dylan Pyles, and Avery Jones speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. This session was sponsored by Dream Defenders and Decarcerate KC. https://www.dreamdefenders.org https://www.decarceratekc.org Successful grassroots organizing and concrete policy changes guided by abolitionist principles abound. School police departments have been eliminated, non-police crisis teams created, and community based violence reduction programs funded. Hear directly from organizers working to build broad based community support and navigate the balance between state funding and community control of new alternatives to policing. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks