Soros-backed group partners on 'Abolition School' to train activists to eradicate police, prisons

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee lost it during a heated House Judiciary Committee hearing while defending prominent left-wing billionaire, investor and philanthropist George Soros. nonprofit network is partnering on a new"Abolition School" that trains activists to eliminate police and prisons.

"Our students are aspiring revolutionaries and abolitionists of all ages and backgrounds who want to acquire the analytical tools and practical skills necessary to set political change into motion and sustain it through struggle," the school's website states.

"Through participatory and collective study of political economy, the history of global resistance movements, and the theoretical and practical aspects of social change, we aim to teach a new generation of organic intellectuals not only how to understand the world, but more importantly, how to change it," the school says of its mission.

The hub sits under the umbrella of the country's most prominent liberal dark money network as a project of the Washington, D.C.-based New Venture Fund. Grants from the Soros network indicate the anti-police group was set into motion the year before police defunding gained traction, which allowed it to pivot quickly and provide resources for the movement.

While the first Soros grant went to the hub the year before the defund movement gained steam following George Floyd's death in May 2020, internet archives indicate the hub's website went live around that time. A cached version of the site from late May 2020 shows it appears to have launched with around 400 resources on topics such as police accountability and alternatives to arrests.

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