Abolitionist Digest - April 2025

Events 

  1. Public lecture: ‘Moynihan Redux: How Courts Theorize Black Families in the Prosecution of Sexual Assault’ by Professor Sameena Mulla
    Wednesday 30 April, 6pm‐9pm, Birkbeck University
    https://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event/50094/professor-sameena-mulla-public-lecture

  2. Court Support: The Filton18 Hearing
    Friday 2 May, 9.30am‐4.30pm, Old Bailey
    https://palestineaction.org/event/the-filton18-hearing/

  3. Workshop: Know Your Rights, From Schools to the Streets
    Sunday 4 May, 12pm‐5pm, Kilburn
    https://www.tickettailor.com/events/nomoreexclusions/1669214

  4. Day of learning: Energy, Extractivism and Empire
    Sunday 18 May, 10am‐5pm, London
    https://www.outsavvy.com/event/26792/energy-extractivism-and-empire

  5. Immersive theatre show: Public Interest by Common/Wealth
    21–31 May, Loading Bay, Bradford City Centre
    https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/public-interest/

Articles

  1. The Abolitionist 1979 - 1987 (Archive)
    https://abolitionistfutures.com/latest-news/the-abolitionist-1979-1987

  2. The Bank and The Mayor’s Office Won’t Give us our Freedom
    by Lola Olufemi
    (part of the Abolitionist Futures series on Gender Based Violence)
    https://abolitionistfutures.com/latest-news/the-bank-and-the-mayors-office-wont-give-us-our-freedom

  3. New Collection: Psych Abolition and Mad Liberation
    curated by Healing Justice London
    https://healingjusticeldn.org/in-practice/psych-ab-collection-1-main-page/

Recordings

  1. Abolition School, Youtube Recordings
    Discussing Black Reconstruction by W. E. B. Du Bois, chapter by chapter
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYEoXrSp2iUM2mlj6tVrYyQ/videos

  2. Inquest, Digital Archive
    Documenting state violence, death and resistance in the UK since 1981
    https://history.inquest.org.uk/

  3. The Dugout Podcast: Black Anarchism, Fascism and Media
    With Jonina Abron-Ervin
    https://open.spotify.com/episode/6R4e0byUF2PUKT85PLzLcc?si=84d5bebe28584d4f

Solidarity Support

  1. Fund the Dolls
    A new open mutual aid resource of funds belonging to trans women, trans girls & trans fems.
    https://bit.ly/fundthedolls

  2. Antiraids Solidarity Fund
    A solidarity fund supported by Southwark and Lambeth Antiraids providing legal support to those resisting prison barge transfers, immigration raids and detention.
    https://opencollective.com/southwark--copwatch/projects/support-people-resisting-prison-barge-transfers-raids-detention-london

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