ACROSS THE COUNTRY
THAT DON'T RELY ON THE HEAVY 
HAND
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND INSTEAD 
CENTER THE HUMANITY
OF BLACK PEOPLE, THE HUMANITY OF
YOUNG PEOPLE,
AND ARE FOCUSED ON BUILDING UP 
CAPACITY, NOT TEARING IT DOWN.
AND THIS IS THE KIND OF 
CONVERSATION THAT
WE'RE HAVING IN THE DEPARTMENT 
OF AFRICAN AMERICAN
STUDIES AS WE KIND OF LAUNCH A
SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS, EVENTS,
AND
PROJECTS THAT ARE ORGANIZED 
AROUND THE CONCEPT OF
ABOLITION DEMOCRACY, AND THIS IS
A FRAMEWORK THAT MY BRILLIANT 
COLLEAGUE INTRODUCED TO LINK 
THESE PROJECTS AND THESE 
CONVERSATIONS TOGETHER.
AND SOME OF YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW
THAT
ABOLITION DEMOCRACY IS THE TITLE
OF A BOOK
FROM ANGELA DAVIS WHO IS 
BUILDING ON THE WORK
OF WEB WHO MAKES THE POINT THAT 
SLAVERY WAS NOT FULL FREEDOM.
THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY WAS NOT
FULL FREEDOM BECAUSE
IT WASN'T ACCOMPANIED, TO
GO BACK TO ELISABETH'S COMMENTS,
BY THE
RISE OF DEMOCRATICBangor Police Clearing Out Homeless Encampment

The Bangor Police Department has given notice to the homeless that have been living in an encampment on the river.

For the most part, police tend to leave such encampments alone in the summer. They will break up the homeless communities in the late fall, as the cold weather moves in, encouraging the residents to find alternate accommodations in shelters and out of the dangerous weather. But in the summer, as long as everyone's living in harmony, the police don't get involved.

In recent weeks, however, police have seen increased violence at the homeless tent city along the Penobscot River. In the most public altercation, a transient from New York was arrested in connection with a fight that left one man with stab wounds and