DoomsdaysCW<p>&quot;They Can&#39;t Beat All of Us&quot; <br />A Report Back from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FloridaAbolitionistGathering" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FloridaAbolitionistGathering</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CrimethInc" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CrimethInc</span></a>, March 15, 2025</p><p>&quot;From February 28 to March 2, hundreds of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/abolitionists" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>abolitionists</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchists" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>anarchists</span></a> from across the country converged in Gainesville for the first Florida Abolitionist Gathering (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FAG</span></a>). Across a passionate weekend of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workshops" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>workshops</span></a>, films, food, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/debate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>debate</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ritual" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ritual</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>protest</span></a>, the contours of a robust regional <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>resistance</span></a> movement came into focus. </p><p>&quot;The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/intergenerational" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>intergenerational</span></a>, heavily <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>queer</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trans</span></a>, and strongly multi-issue and anarchist group of abolitionists that converged in Florida articulated an expansive vision of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/liberation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>liberation</span></a> anchored in the urgent need to dismantle the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonIndustrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PrisonIndustrial</span></a> complex in all its manifestations. The gathering showed that even as liberals wring their hands about the death of democracy, scrappy groups of organizers continue to fight back—and sometimes win—deep within the belly of the beast.&quot;</p><p>Read more:<br /><a href="https://crimethinc.com/2025/03/15/they-cant-beat-all-of-us-a-reportback-from-the-florida-abolitionist-gathering" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crimethinc.com/2025/03/15/they</span><span class="invisible">-cant-beat-all-of-us-a-reportback-from-the-florida-abolitionist-gathering</span></a> <br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>