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Holding Our Own: A guide to non-policing solutions to serious youth violence
Report shining a light on violence experienced by young people and how to address it, including through better funded youth services and a rolling back of police powers / Produced by Liberty, the Northern Police Monitoring Project, Release, No More Exclusions, the National Survivor User Network, INQUEST, Kids of Colour, Art Against Knives, JENGbA, Maslaha.
The solution to police failure is not more police
Superficial reforms will do nothing to end the harms of policing. The Metropolitan Police must be defunded and abolished / Written by John Moore / Published by Verso
Defund — not defend — the Police
This article argues that defunding the police is necessary in Britain. It responds to critics who suggest that defunding the police is US strategy that doesn’t translate well to the UK.
The Abolitionist No 13 (1983)
Read a full digital copy of this edition of Radical Alternative to Prison’s journal “The Abolitionist” (1983) No. 13
Prisons have never been safe for women – removing trans people won’t change that
All violence in prison is unacceptable and we must address that, not demonise marginalised groups.
The Abolitionist No 12 (1982)
Read a full digital copy of this edition of Radical Alternative to Prison’s journal “The Abolitionist” (1982) No. 12
The Abolitionist No. 11 (1982)
Read a full digital copy of this edition of Radical Alternative to Prison’s journal “The Abolitionist” (1982) No. 11
The Abolitionist No 10 (1982)
Read a full digital copy of this edition of Radical Alternative to Prison’s journal “The Abolitionist” (1982) No. 10
The Nancy prison revolt and the French prison movement of 1971-1972
Fifty years ago prisoners in France’s Nancy prison protested - this is their story and how it related to the wider prisoners’ movement in France in the early 1970s
The Abolitionist No 9 (1981)
Read a full digital copy of this edition of Radical Alternative to Prison’s journal “The Abolitionist” (1981) No. 9
The Abolitionist No 8 (1981)
Read a full digital copy of this edition of Radical Alternative to Prison’s journal “The Abolitionist” (1981) No. 8
Abolition. Revolution. Now.
Book review of Abolition Revolution by Aviah Sarah Day and Shanice Octavia McBean
The Abolitionist No 7 (1981)
Read a full digital copy of this edition of Radical Alternative to Prison’s journal “The Abolitionist” (1981) No. 7
Another year, another reading group!
Our next reading group is happening. Join us every fortnight from 17th January 2023 online from 7:30-9pm UTC/GMT
The Abolitionist No. 6 (1980)
Read a full digital copy of this edition of Radical Alternative to Prison’s journal “The Abolitionist” (1980) No 6
