George Soros-funded Bard College offering course on how to 'sell' prison abolition 'to the masses'

A New York liberal arts college that is the recipient of a $500 million endowment from philanthropist George Soros earlier this year is offering a course this fall on how to “sell" the abolition of prisons.

"This course explores what's to be gained, lost and what we can't imagine about a world without prisons. Through the figure of abolition (a phenomenon we will explore via movements to end slavery, the death penalty, abortion, gay conversion therapy and more) we will explore how and why groups of Americans have sought to bring an absolute end to sources of human suffering," the description reads.  "In turn, we will explore a history of the punitive impulse in American social policy and seek to discern means of intervening against it," the description continues. "Finally, on the specific question of prison abolition, we will think through how to ‘sell’ abolition to the masses and design a multi-media ad campaign to make prison abolition go viral." The class is part of the school's Hate Studies Initiative.