Abolitionist Digest - November ‘22

A selection of recent and forthcoming resources. Want to bring one to our attention? Drop us a line on social media or by e-mail.

+ PUBLICATIONS

• Abolition Revolution
  By Aviah Sarah Day and Shanice Octavia McBean

• The Abolitionist Magazine Archive 1979 - 1987
  Digital archive compiled by Abolitionist Futures

• Fractured: Race, Class, Gender and the Hatred of Identity Politics
  By Michael Richmond and Alex Charnley

• Trans Voices on Trans Prison Policy
  By the Bent Bars Project

• Saving Our Own Lives - A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction
  By Shira Hassan. Foreword by adrienne maree brown. Introduction by Tourmaline

+ EVENTS

• Shut Manston Down
  Demonstration (Manston - CT12 5DF)
  6 Nov (14:00)

• Shut Manston Down
  Demonstration (St Peter's Square - Manchester)
  6 Nov (14:00)

• The Abolitionist: Rewind Series
  Panel & discussion
  17 Nov, 1 Dec, 15 Dec (19:30 - 21:00)

• Abolitionist Futures Book Club: Race to the Bottom Reclaiming Antiracism
  Reading group
  21 Nov. / 12 Dec. (19:00 - 20:30)

+ ARTICLES

• What’s happening at Manston should horrify us all - No one is illegal
  By SOAS Detainee Support

• Damning report shows our police force is beyond reform. It’s time to look at alternatives
  By Emily Apple

• The Securitisation of Muslims in Britain
  By Shereen Fernandez in collab. with Maslaha

+ RECORDINGS

• New circuits of anti-racism conference
  Institute of Race Relations

• Abolition in the UK: The failure of reform & The function of the police
  The World Transformed, Abolitionist Futures, The Upsetters and Prisoner Solidarity Network

• Saving Our Own Lives: A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction
  Haymarket Books, w/h Shira Hassan, Mariame Kaba, adrienne maree brown, Native Youth Sexual Health Network (NYSHN), Erica Woodland

+ AN ACCOUNT TO FOLLOW: SOAS Detainee Support

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