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Abolitionist Futures Reading Group Returns
Abolitionist Futures reading group starting February 2024
As Abolitionists we must act in solidarity with Palestine
Abolitionists must actively show their solidarity with the Palestinian people, call for an immediate end to the Israeli military attacks, and urge the end of the occupation of Palestine as a key demand of the global abolitionist movement.
« Tout le monde déteste la police » : Resisting police violence from Nanterre to London
An event reflecting on the killing of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk by a police officer in Nanterre (France), its embeddedness in global systems of racialised police violence and the importance of trans-national anti-carceral solidarity. Registration required.
The Abolitionist No. 17 (1984)
Read a full digital copy of this edition of Radical Alternative to Prison’s journal “The Abolitionist” (1984) No. 17
Autumn Book Club 2023: Abolition Revolution
Join us for our autumn 2023 bookclub. We’ll be reading Abolition Revolution by Aviah Day and Shanice Octavia McBean. Sept 19, Oct 17, Nov 21.
The Abolitionist No. 16 (1984)
Read a full digital copy of this edition of Radical Alternative to Prison’s journal “The Abolitionist” (1984) No. 16
Abolition and harm to animals
G. Ryan explores how we as Abolitionists can address the harms and suffering experienced by animals
The Abolitionist No. 15 (1983)
Read a full digital copy of this edition of Radical Alternative to Prison’s journal “The Abolitionist” (1983) No. 15
Cops in Culture #8 - Law & Order: SVU
Similar to police in the UK’s recent public exclusion of officers involved in highly-mediatised violence, SVU is a project of legitimation; obscuring the structural violence of policing to make it easier for the public to trust the police.
The Abolitionist No 14 (1983)
Read a full digital copy of this edition of Radical Alternative to Prison’s journal “The Abolitionist” (1983) No. 14
Building Abolition from Scotland’s history of resistance to the prison
John Moore provides a brief reflection on last month’s event: Activating the Archives: Prisons, Abolition and Histories of Resistance organised by Martha O’Carroll and Margaret Malloch from the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research.
Over-policed and under-protected: why does nothing change?
Police racism does not result from a failure to provide ‘appropriate and professional service’ to racialised communities, as suggested by the Macpherson & Casey reports, because racism is fundamental to the project of policing itself. / Written by S Lamble and Megan McElhone / Published by the Institute of Race Relations.