Jarman’s film reminds us that police were invented to maintain a new social order, just as queers were invented to be excluded from it.

While Fargo is ostensibly a show about good cops trying to keep a handle in a world of utter depravity and corruption, Fargo also really wants to abolish the police.

Given the role that media representations play in shaping how people feel about the police, the conflicted feelings of abolitionists in the audience are worth taking some time to reflect on.

Abolishing Prevent must be part of campaigning against surveillance and policing more generally, as one manifestation of the wider logics through which they operate.

Black Resistance to British Policing is well written and jargon free. It is informed by activism and scholarship and makes an important contribution to ongoing anti-racist and abolitionist activity.

The state could maintain its power through direct military oppression but, with a strategically deployed police force and the cultivation of a consenting public, it doesn’t need to.

Article by Rohan Rice drawing attention to the neo-liberal austerity measures already taken in relation to police funding that resulted in privatisation. Arguing that abolition of the police, rather than defunding, should be our demand

The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will provide the legal mechanism for charities – including Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) – to operate prisons for the first time in England and Wales.

On the 40th anniversary of the Brixton uprisings, Abolitionist Futures pays tribute to the struggles against racist policing that profoundly shape the reality of Britain today, and which have left their lasting mark on its history.

The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill is a dangerous and unnecessary piece of legislation that endangers the rights and safety of every single one of us.

As we push to #KillTheBill we need to also bring an end to the terrible situation faced by prisoners still on IPP sentences. We need to #RIPtheIPP

New reading group using our reading list starting soon. Faciliated by Lewisham Arthouse artists’ cooperative, South London

A series of online events to support the momentum rising to oppose the draconian Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021.  17/03/2021 & 18/03/2021 & 19/03/2021.

S Lamble writes about the false promise of hate crime, arguing that longer sentences and widening criminalisation does not increase safety for women

23/3, 27/4, 25/5 - Abolitionist Futures Book Club. Reading Dean Spade’s Mutual Aid

17/02/2021 - Justice means everyone is a series of 4 webinars bringing to the fore conversations that occur at the faultlines of the left.

Join us for a series of workshops where we will be pooling our collective knowledge around current and historical abolitionist struggles.

Article by Patrick from End Deportations Belfast.

We can build a different world is a weekly panel series throughout September 2020 exploring abolition and mutual aid in the UK. This series is organised as a collaboration between Decriminalised Futures, Abolitionist Futures and Verso, with support from Arika.