When the Empty Cages Collective facilitates workshops on prison abolition we ask participants to share their first cultural memory of prison. Was it the TV show Porridge? Or when Dumbo the Elephant’s mum is locked up? Together we explore how normalised prisons are and how, as abolitionist Angela Davis describes, “prison […]

Right now over 90,000 people across the UK are locked inside cages that are socially and intellectually justified, rationalised – even celebrated – as fundamental to the smooth running of a liberal democracy. Many more people are in detention centres, young offenders institutions and psychiatric units. It’s called the prison system. Its role […]

Last month, Abahlali baseMjondolo (a social movement of shack-dwellers founded in 2005 in Durban, South Africa) presented to the Human Rights Commission in Johannesburg. This is the statement that was sent to the Commission in advance of the hearings, and their responses to questions from the NGO. Statement for the […]

Palestine Solidarity in London London Palestine Action (LPA) is a non-hierarchical group – created a year ago to solve an issue of sustainability – which is engaged in creative and participatory Palestine solidarity actions and campaigns. In London, Palestinian solidarity groups have spontaneously coalesced in times of urgency (e.g. Operation Cast Lead in […]

The Focus E15 campaign was established to challenge Newham Council’s policies of expelling the poor and vulnerable of London to towns and cities hundreds of miles away. The Labour-run council claim that there is no housing in Newham. This is a lie. Thousands of properties lie empty and boarded up in this borough of east London. The campaign began […]

In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, ‘Wonko the Sane’, a marine biologist from California, finds himself confronted with a pack of toothpicks with printed instructions on them. Wonko is moved to redraw the boundary of the asylum to encompass the whole world – except his home, which he turns […]

RAD BRAINS is an anti-capitalist mental health collective based in Oakland, California, United States. Our project is to use mental health as a lens for refining political analysis and bettering political practice. When we came together in the fall of 2012 as part of the Bread and Roses Mutual Aid […]

  Download High Resolution Version | PDF | JPEG HOW TO SPOT AN IMMIGRATION RAID How Do They Arrive? Vans marked IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT or unmarked white/blue/black vans. Sometimes accompanied by police car. What Do They Look Like? Should be wearing UKBA insignia/numbers on shoulders. They often hide them. Where Do They Go? Streets, […]

Stay Safe – via Fitwatch Here are some simple tips to help you stay safe and protect your anonymity. Follow the links if you want more information. It’s December; so big jackets, hoods, scarves and gloves are a good idea. These will not only protect you from the weather but […]

After the local elections on the 2nd May 2013, there was a certain level of satisfaction amongst some anti-fascists that the British fascist threat was in the process of being comprehensively defeated. Despite five years of national economic turmoil, the British National Party (BNP), riddled with splits and infighting, faced […]