Abolitionist Digest - June 2025
Events
1. Bystander Intervention Workshop
with: Cradle Community
Tuesday 8 July 6:30-8:30PM
Online
Register here: https://lu.ma/via0sjo8
2. Festival of Collective Liberation
with: BLM UK
Saturday 19 July - all day
Friends House Euston, London NW1 2BJ
Register here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/blacklivesmatteruk/1681269
3. Direct Action Crashcourse Training
with: Palestine Action
Multiple dates this week (online)
Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpdO-tqzMvH9d8k8uEP-SLHI960YVU718i
4. Film Screenings: To Kill a War Machine
with: Rainbow Collective, Palestine Action
Multiple dates & locations
Find a screening near you: https://tokillawarmachine.com/
5. Protest: Kill The Bill Before It Kills Us
with: Disabled People Against Cuts
1 July 3-5PM
Friends House Euston, London NW1 2BJ
More information: https://www.instagram.com/p/DLb-vG1tI2D/?hl=en
6. Emergency Protest for Palestine Action
with: Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Wednesday 2 July, 6PM
Outside Parliament, London SW1A 2LW
More information: https://www.instagram.com/p/DLhmBXHN00E/?hl=en
Articles & Reports
1. ‘Abolitionist Alternatives to Exclusions: Re-imagining care, education & wellbeing in schools’
by: No More Exclusions
2. ‘Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism’
by: Sally Rooney
3. ‘Rigged Justice: Laila Soueif’s hunger strike is a feminist call to arms’
by: Janey Starling
4. Joint Statement: ‘Addameer Under Attack, A Global Call to Resist the Criminalisation of Liberation’
by: 15+ Britain-based groups
5. Joint Statement: ‘We Are All Palestine Action’
by: 100+ Britain-based groups
Solidarity Support
1. Filton18 Court & Prison Support Fund
The Filton18 have been imprisoned, some for nearly 12 months now, for allegedly costing an Elbit Systems company over £1million. Donate to support their legal and prison costs: https://chuffed.org/project/113021-filton10-support-fund-palestine-action-activists-imprisoned-for-action-against-israels-weapons-trade
2. Sign the petition to oppose the proscription of Palestine Action
Sign & share the petition as evidence of public opposition: ‘Don’t Proscribe Palestine Action’: https://www.change.org/p/don-t-proscribe-palestine-action
3. Curzon3 Defendant Costs Fund
3 activists are on trial for taking action against London Metric in 2023 & are fundraising to cover associated legal costs: https://chuffed.org/project/137379-curzon3-help-with-legal-defence?