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A radical reading & discussion group centered on police abolition, anti-imperialism, and antifascism, meeting in so-called Minneapolis

NEXT MEETING: December 5th, 2025 at 7:00pm

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Abolition in Practice @abolitionpractice.bsky.social · May 12
Reintroducing Abolition in Practice, a discussion group meeting in-person (masks required) and virtually in so-called Minneapolis.

AIP is open to the general public; no prior knowledge is needed. We especially welcome beginners, as well as queer, BIPOC, & disabled folks.

linktr.ee/abolitioninp...
Abolition in Practice. A public political education group centered on anti-fascism, anti-imperialism, and prison abolition. First and third Fridays each month, 7 to 8:30 PM, The Landing Strip (2614 30th Ave S, Minneapolis), Masks required.
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AIP's next meeting on Friday, December 5 at 7:00 PM is about the NPIC and how it operates within Empire’s broader system of control.

📖 Optional reading is the 2015 zine, “What’s the Non-Profit Industrial Complex and why should I care?”

🔗 Reading and printable versions in the Linktree in our bio.
Flyer for Abolition in Practice. Next discussion group topic: The Nonprofit Industrial Complex. What is the NPIC? How does it operate within Empire's broader system of control? Meeting on Friday, December 5 from 7 PM to 8:30 PM, virtually on Jitsi. DM us for the link. The flyer is text in dark colored blocks over a blue spiral background.
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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AIP’s next meeting this Friday, November 21st at 7:00 PM is about pod mapping! We’ll discuss what pod maps are, how to create them, and how we can use these tools to strengthen our relationships and develop community care. This will be a workshop-style meeting.

🔗 Link in bio for the article
Flyer for Abolition in Practice. Next discussion group topic: Pod Mapping. What is a pod map? How can we use them to strengthen our relationships and develop community care? Held on Friday, November 21 from 7 to 8:30 PM. Virtual ion Jitsi (DM us for the link). Flyer is bold blocks of color on a background of ruled paper with faint doodles.
November 18, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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** UPDATE ** AIP's next meeting on Friday, November 7th at 7:00 PM will be **VIRTUAL** due to cold!

We’ll post the Jitsi link in our Signal loop. Please message us for the Jitsi link or to join our public Signal loop.
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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The topic of AIP's next meeting on Friday, November 7th is the Congolese fight for their own wealth. Based on the text by the same name, we’ll discuss how the DRC’s wealth and natural resources have been exploited and the Congolese fight for sovereignty.

🔗 Link in bio for the article
Flyer for Abolition in Practice's next discussion group topic: The Congolese Fight for Their Own Wealth. Below, it states: "Based on the text by the same name, we’ll discuss how the DRC’s wealth and natural resources have been exploited and the Congolese fight for sovereignty." The date and time listed are Friday, November 7th from 7 - 8:30 PM, with the location being The Landing Strip (2614 30th Ave S, Mpls). There is a note: "MASKS REQUIRED. Virtual if bad weather." The overall aesthetic includes the colors of the DRC flag, blue, red, and yellow.
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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For our next meeting on Friday, October 17th, we’ll discus lessons from the revolutionary Assata Shakur and Black antifascism.

What can we learn from Assata's relationship with internationalism & the Black diaspora? How has Black antifascism challenged power globally?

🔗 Link in bio for resources
Flyer for Abolition in Practice's next discussion group topic: Assata Shakur and the Black antifascist tradition. Below, it states: "What can we learn from Assata Shakur's commitments to and relationships with internationalism and the Black diaspora?" and "How have Black antifascist movements challenged power both in the U.S. and globally?" The date and time listed are Friday, October 17th from 7 - 8:30 PM, with the location being The Landing Strip (2614 30th Ave S, Mpls). There is a note: "MASKS REQUIRED. Virtual if bad weather." The overall aesthetic includes red and gold hues with a topographic pattern in the corners.
October 14, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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During our next meeting on Friday, October 3rd, we’ll discuss care austerity, how the institution of the family reproduces capitalist, patriarchal, and racist hierarchies, and how the family abolitionist movement envisions a better world.

🔗 Optional resources are in the link in bio.
Flyer for Abolition in Practice's next discussion group topic: Family Abolition. How might the institution of the family enforce patriarchal, colonial, and racist power? How might we imagine intimacy and care beyond traditional units? Friday, October 3rd from 7 - 8:30 PM at The Landing Strip (2614 30th Ave S, Minneapolis). Masks required. Virtual if bad weather. Flyer is a multicolored grid of pink, blue, and green hues.
September 29, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Our meeting tomorrow at 7:00 PM on apathy, fascism and hope as a discipline will be VIRTUAL due to a poor weather forecast. Please DM for the meeting link and/or to join the signal group.
September 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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During our next meeting on Friday, September 19th, we’ll discuss how life under empire can push us towards overwhelm, inaction, and individualism, and how we can intentionally resist that pressure by cultivating hope.

🔗 Optional resources are in the link in bio.
Flyer for Abolition in Practice's next discussion group topic: Apathy, fascism, and hope as a discipline. How can we avoid overwhelm, reject individualism, and build militant hope in a hyper-capitalist, fascist world? Friday, September 19th from 7 - 8:30 PM at The Landing Strip (2614 30th Ave S, Minneapolis). Masks required. Virtual if bad weather. Flyer is different shades of blue in an abstract, ocean-line pattern.
September 17, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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At AIP's next meeting this Friday, Sep 5th, we’ll discuss labor uprisings & capitalist backlash, in honor of Labor Day. We’ll talk about the history of people power against state & employer brutality and the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters' Strikes & massacre.

🔗 Optional resources are in the link in bio
Flyer for Abolition in Practice's next discussion group topic: Labor Uprisings and Capitalist Backlash. What are some significant uprisings that elicited violent repression? What happened at the 1934 Teamsters' Strikes in Minneapolis? Friday, September 5th from 7 - 8:30 PM at The Landing Strip (2614 30th Ave S, Minneapolis). Masks required. Virtual if bad weather. Flyer is magenta and navy blue, with bold white text.
September 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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AIP's next meeting on August 15th is about Care in Crisis. How can we support people in their madness and navigate body-mind crises outside the many Industrial Complexes (prison, psychiatric, etc)?

This is Part 2 in our series on Psych Abolition.

🔗 Optional readings are in the link in bio
Flyer for Abolition in Practice. Next discussion group topic: Care in Crisis (Psychiatric Abolition part 2). How can we support people in their madness? How can we navigate body-mind crises outside the many Industrial Complexes (prison, psychiatric, etc)? Friday, August 15th from 7 to 8:30 PM at The Landing Strip (2614 30th Ave S., Minneapolis). Masks required. Virtual if bad weather. Flyer is blue, black, and white with bold lettering.
August 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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During our next meeting on Friday, August 1st, we'll discuss navigating harm in leftist spaces—part 1 in a series on conflict, harm, and abuse.

We'll talk about how harmful behavior occurs and impacts people in leftist spaces + basic ways to address harm safely, consensually, and effectively.
At the top, a navy blue banner reads "Abolition in Practice" in bold white text. Just below, a teal banner says "Next discussion group topic." A main center-right green text block in the center reads: "Navigating Harm in Leftist Spaces (part 1 of a series)" Below that: "How does harmful behavior occur and impact people in leftist spaces? How can we address harm safely, consensually, and effectively?" The background image is grid pattern with green lines and white squares. At the bottom of the flyer, a navy blue box with white text includes the event details: "Friday, August 1st from 7 – 8:30 PM. The Landing Strip (2614 30th Ave S, Mpls). MASKS REQUIRED. Virtual if bad weather."
July 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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This friday!

We are watching the weather & AQI and will announce by Thursday if we're meeting virtually instead 😷💕
abolitionpractice.bsky.social Abolition in Practice @abolitionpractice.bsky.social · Jul 2
There will be no meeting on July 4th. Our next meeting on July 18th is a 6-month retrospective discussion about the trump administration and Native sovereignty.

🔗 Optional resources will be in the link in bio by July 7th.

➕ New folks are welcome to join. Please DM for the Signal loop link.
A flyer with a pastel-toned abstract map background that includes muted yellow grid lines, soft blue squiggles, and pink and gold squares. At the top, a light pink banner reads "Abolition in Practice" in bold black text. Below it, a green banner says, "Next discussion group topic." The central cream-colored box reads: "A 6-month retrospective on the trump administration and Native sovereignty." Below that it says, "On self-determination, sovereignty, and the settler state in the trump era..." followed by two questions: How has the current trump admin weaponized federal power to undermine Native sovereignty? How have Native nations and Indigenous communities responded to violations of trust and self-determination? At the bottom, a light pink box contains event details in bold black text: "Friday, July 18th from 7 to 8:30 PM. The Landing Strip (2614 30th Ave S, Mpls). MASKS REQUIRED. Virtual if bad weather."
July 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
abolitionpractice.bsky.social
There will be no meeting on July 4th. Our next meeting on July 18th is a 6-month retrospective discussion about the trump administration and Native sovereignty.

🔗 Optional resources will be in the link in bio by July 7th.

➕ New folks are welcome to join. Please DM for the Signal loop link.
A flyer with a pastel-toned abstract map background that includes muted yellow grid lines, soft blue squiggles, and pink and gold squares. At the top, a light pink banner reads "Abolition in Practice" in bold black text. Below it, a green banner says, "Next discussion group topic." The central cream-colored box reads: "A 6-month retrospective on the trump administration and Native sovereignty." Below that it says, "On self-determination, sovereignty, and the settler state in the trump era..." followed by two questions: How has the current trump admin weaponized federal power to undermine Native sovereignty? How have Native nations and Indigenous communities responded to violations of trust and self-determination? At the bottom, a light pink box contains event details in bold black text: "Friday, July 18th from 7 to 8:30 PM. The Landing Strip (2614 30th Ave S, Mpls). MASKS REQUIRED. Virtual if bad weather."
July 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Our next group meeting on Friday, June 20th at 7:00 PM is about making personal decisions around protest & mobilization: roles, risk factors, threat modeling, safety plans, and so on.

🔗Optional resources are in our link in bio.

➕ New folks are welcome to join. Please DM for the Signal loop link.
In a red box at the top of the page reads, "Abolition in Practice" in white text, immediately under is a black box that reads, "Next discussion group topic" in white ink. There is a white box in the middle of the page that reads, "Making personal decisions around protest & mobilization. Roles, risk factors, threat modeling, safety plans, and more..." in black text. Beneath this on the bottom of the page is a red box with white text that says, "Friday, June 20th from 7 - 8:30 PM. The Landing Strip (2614 30th Ave S, Mpls). MASKS REQUIRED. Virtual if bad weather." Behind the boxes of text is a dimmed multicolored image of the city of Minneapolis at a block-group geographic level. The blocks are in red, blue, black, yellow, and tan. There is a vignette that darkens the image around the edges.
June 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Our next meeting on June 6th will be on psych abolition. We’ll discuss the history of psychiatry, madness, and the pathologization of resistance and non-westernized existence.

See link in bio for optional readings.

Masks required. See you at 7pm 🔥

DM for the signal loop to stay up to date!
Text on an abstract blue wave of pixels. Abolition in Practice. Next discussion group topic is Psychiatric Abolition. How does psychiatry reinforce carceral and colonial violence? How does psychiatry disarm madness and resistance? How can we imagine alternate systems of care and accountability? Friday, June 6th from 7 to 8:30 PM. At the Landing Strip, 2614 30th Ave S, Minneapolis. Masks required. Virtual if rainy/cold.
June 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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We're switching to virtual due to rain! Please DM us for the Jitsi link or to attend future meetings. See you there 💞
May 16, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Our next meeting will be this Friday, May 16th to discuss the Stop Cop City movement, the criminalization of protest, and militarization.

Optional readings are in our link in bio!

As always, masks are required, and we'll see you at 7:00 PM.
Abolition in Practice. Next discussion group topic is Stop Cop City. What can we learn from the movement originating in Georgia? How is the criminalization of protest changing? What actions can we take locally? Meeting on Friday, May 16th from 7 to 8:30 PM at the Landing Strip, located at 2614 30th Ave S, Minneapolis. Masks required.
May 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
abolitionpractice.bsky.social
Reintroducing Abolition in Practice, a discussion group meeting in-person (masks required) and virtually in so-called Minneapolis.

AIP is open to the general public; no prior knowledge is needed. We especially welcome beginners, as well as queer, BIPOC, & disabled folks.

linktr.ee/abolitioninp...
Abolition in Practice. A public political education group centered on anti-fascism, anti-imperialism, and prison abolition. First and third Fridays each month, 7 to 8:30 PM, The Landing Strip (2614 30th Ave S, Minneapolis), Masks required.
May 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM