DoomsdaysCW<p>"They Can't Beat All of Us" <br>A Report Back from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FloridaAbolitionistGathering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FloridaAbolitionistGathering</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CrimethInc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrimethInc</span></a>, March 15, 2025</p><p>"From February 28 to March 2, hundreds of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/abolitionists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abolitionists</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<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="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAG</span></a>). Across a passionate weekend of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workshops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workshops</span></a>, films, food, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/debate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debate</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ritual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ritual</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a>, the contours of a robust regional <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> movement came into focus. </p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/intergenerational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intergenerational</span></a>, heavily <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<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="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liberation</span></a> anchored in the urgent need to dismantle the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonIndustrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<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."</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" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><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="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>