Abolitionist Digest - April 2025
Events
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-lectureCourt Support: The Filton18 Hearing
Friday 2 May, 9.30am‐4.30pm, Old Bailey
https://palestineaction.org/event/the-filton18-hearing/Workshop: Know Your Rights, From Schools to the Streets
Sunday 4 May, 12pm‐5pm, Kilburn
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/nomoreexclusions/1669214Day of learning: Energy, Extractivism and Empire
Sunday 18 May, 10am‐5pm, London
https://www.outsavvy.com/event/26792/energy-extractivism-and-empireImmersive theatre show: Public Interest by Common/Wealth
21–31 May, Loading Bay, Bradford City Centre
https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/public-interest/
Articles
The Abolitionist 1979 - 1987 (Archive)
https://abolitionistfutures.com/latest-news/the-abolitionist-1979-1987The 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-freedomNew Collection: Psych Abolition and Mad Liberation
curated by Healing Justice London
https://healingjusticeldn.org/in-practice/psych-ab-collection-1-main-page/
Recordings
Abolition School, Youtube Recordings
Discussing Black Reconstruction by W. E. B. Du Bois, chapter by chapter
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYEoXrSp2iUM2mlj6tVrYyQ/videosInquest, Digital Archive
Documenting state violence, death and resistance in the UK since 1981
https://history.inquest.org.uk/The Dugout Podcast: Black Anarchism, Fascism and Media
With Jonina Abron-Ervin
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6R4e0byUF2PUKT85PLzLcc?si=84d5bebe28584d4f
Solidarity Support
Fund the Dolls
A new open mutual aid resource of funds belonging to trans women, trans girls & trans fems.
https://bit.ly/fundthedollsAntiraids 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