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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control

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Established in Europe but today an international network for academics, practitioners, and activists working towards social justice, state accountability and decarceration. See www.european-group.org

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alma @alma-gs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I just came back from the basque country, where the 54th (my 1st!) european group conference was held this year - I feel immensely lucky to have gotten to spend time with and learn from new and old abolitionist comrades who also believe that a different world (and a different academia) is possible!
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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Roundtable on alternatives to prison and policing, followed by an abolitionist book fair, held with collectives from across the Spanish state at Sumendi Espazioa. Incredible conversations, encounters and organising around antipunitivist alternatives.
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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The V.2.0 programme for the 54th European Group Conference – Alternatives to Punitive Security Culture: Organising for Social Liberation is now available! Vitoria-Gasteiz, Euskal Herria 1–4 September 2026 www.european-group.org/2025/12/09/5...
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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Four days of open talks with international participants, local communities, and social movements, alongside book fairs, political walks, and abolitionist fundraisers in Euskal Herria.
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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Our full programme is now live, check it out! www.european-group.org/2025/12/09/5...
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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Here is a leaflet with our fantastic programme (abridged version). Stay tuned—the full version will be available next week!
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Bristol University Press Journals @bupjournals.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Can the charge of corporate manslaughter stick in the context of Grenfell? This blog from @stevetombs.bsky.social looks at the failure corporate manslaughter legislation in the UK @europeangroup.bsky.social #Grenfell
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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
“🔥 Great poster by our friend J.A”
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Aitor Jimenez @aitorjimenez.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
¿Qué hay de nuevo, viejo? Capitalismo, poder y energía en Euskal Herria @elsaltodiario.com www.elsaltodiario.com/nuda-vida/ha...
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¿Qué hay de nuevo, viejo? Capitalismo, poder y energía en Euskal Herria
Araba, el territorio más rural y mejor conservado de la CAV, asumirá más del 80 % de los nuevos desarrollos energéticos de Euskadi. Para zonas como Urkabustaiz, Zuia, Legutio o Kuartango, este “capita...
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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
No Release, 7 May 2.30-4, Loughborough Uni. The story of two migrant men released from prison but face further punishment: continuous GPS surveillance enforced by the UK immigration system @monish.bsky.social @amycortvriend.bsky.social @europeangroup.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/no-release...
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No Release film screening
Please join us for the No Release film screening and Q&A with the director and researcher
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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Good to see the OU’s cowardly hypocrisy being exposed @oubucu.bsky.social @europeangroup.bsky.social @pscupdates.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Worried about freedom of speech? Then what’s happening at the Open University should terrify you | Owen Jones
The OU has capitulated to a pro-Israel lobby group about the use of the term ‘ancient Palestine’. The wider context is impossible to ignore, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
A repulsive, extreme version of "fuck regulation and enforcement" but basic message very in tune with the UK political mainstream ... inews.co.uk/news/grenfel... @europeangroup.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social @bschcnetwork.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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Grenfell was tragic ‘but everyone dies in the end’, says Reform’s new housing chief
Reform UK's Simon Dudley suggested post-Grenfell safety rules have gone too far
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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Why are some harms defined as crimes while others are not? Listen as @justicefocus.org digs into Lynne Copson's new co-edited collection (with Eleni Dimou & @stevetombs.bsky.social @brisunipress.bsky.social @europeangroup.bsky.social @bschcnetwork.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0Axz...
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Crime, Harm & the State with Dr Lynne Copson
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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Wonderful @statewatch.bsky.social documents Labour's assault on civil liberties - more surveillance, greater potential for police abuse & the criminalisation of nearly all forms of protest www.statewatch.org/analyses/202... @europeangroup.bsky.social @bschcnetwork.bsky.social @vcanning.bsky.social
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Statewatch | Civil Liberties under a Labour government: Repression by a Thousand Cuts
The UK Labour Party came to power in July 2024 promising change and an end to 14 years of the right-wing rule seen under the Conservative Party. Despite the fanfare, evidence suggests the Labour gover...
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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Registration is now open for the 54th European Group Conference: “Alternatives to Punitive Security Culture: Organising for Social Liberation”. Vitoria-Gasteiz 1–4 September 2026 More info and provisional programme are available on the website. www.european-group.org/2025/12/09/5...
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54th European Group Conference: Alternatives to Punitive Security Culture: Organising for Social Liberation. Vitoria-Gasteiz 1–4 September 2026 – European Group
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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Deadline extended! The submission period for the 54th European Group Conference "Alternatives to Punitive Security Culture: Organising for Social Liberation" (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Sept 1–4, 2026) has been extended. Deadline: 31/03 labur.eus/54thEGConfer... Info: www.european-group.org/2025/12/09/5...
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 03/03/2026
#OtD 3 Mar 1976 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spanish police killed 5 workers and injured another 100 during a general strike stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1021...
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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
This is a gentle reminder that another world is not only possible, it’s already being organised. Alternatives to Punitive Security Culture – Organising for Social Liberation Vitoria-Gasteiz, 1–4 September 2026 Send your abstract. Abolish boredom. Build futures together. Deadline: 23 March 2026
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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
"How to repair in the midst of genocide? By breaking the neck of the genocidal ideology.This is precisely what the colonial recognition politics seeks to mask" www.radicalphilosophy.com/article/the-...
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Hashem Abushama · The actually existing ‘state of Palestine’ (2026)
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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Este viernes en Txarraska Gaztetxea con Brenna Bhandar!
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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Check this - "We must persist! Towards a Global Criminology of War", guest edited by Hannah Wilkinson & @drtdegenhardt.bsky.social - free to access, could not be more timely @europeangroup.bsky.social @bschcnetwork.bsky.social @critcrim.bsky.social www.criminologicalencounters.org/index.php/cr...
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Criminological Encounters
Criminological Encounters
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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
www.european-group.org/2025/12/09/5... European Group Conference 2026. Alternatives to Punitive Security Culture: Organising for Social Liberation. Vitoria-Gasteiz, 1–4 Sept 2026. Join scholars & collectives to build abolitionist alternatives to policing, prisons & capitalism. Deadline--- 23/32026.
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SinPoli @sinpoli.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
El próximo 21 de noviembre, en @ateneomaliciosa.net, una jornada importante: Observar la prisión desde dentro
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Revista Zona de Estrategia @zonaestrategia.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Este artículo de @sergonoserg.bsky.social explica formas alternativas de justicia para avanzar hacia una cultura del conflicto que supere la dependencia del sistema penal y experiencias alternativas basadas en la justicia restaurativa y transformativa. zonaestrategia.net/apuntes-para...
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John @j-m-moore.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
4pm Wednesday 26th November, I am presenting at a BSC Historical Criminology seminar on the origins of penal excess. Is it something the British learnt in its empire or something the English had developed before empire? Online - to register and get the zoom link: www.trybooking.com/uk/events/93...
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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
@europeangroup.bsky.social @bschcnetwork.bsky.social @livunislsj.bsky.social @david-whyte.bsky.social @statecrime.bsky.social @ccse-ljmu.bsky.social @inquest-org.bsky.social @bjcsolicitors.bsky.social
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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Please repost @ccse-ljmu.bsky.social Film Screening: The UK is Not Innocent. INQUEST's response to state-related deaths Refreshments from 5pm, talks & screening 5.30-7.30, followed by social with space for discussion & solidarity. Free, but registration needed www.eventbrite.com/e/ccse-film-...
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CCSE Film Screening "The UK Is Not Innocent" An INQUEST Documentary and Q&A
Join us for a screening of The UK Is Not Innocent, a powerful documentary about INQUEST's grassroots history and deaths involving the state
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Bristol University Press Journals @bupjournals.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
New special issue from Justice, Power and Resistance Expanding global conversations: prisons and punishment in Latin America Guest edited by @fanoavila.bsky.social & @andrewmjefferson.bsky.social bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... @europeangroup.bsky.social #Prisons #LatinAmerica
Expanding global conversations: prisons and punishment in Latin America
A special issue of Justice, Power and Resistance. Guest edited by Fernando Avila and Andrew M. Jefferson. 
Decorative image: A chain link fence with barbed wire. In the background, there is a prison courtyard with a watch tower.
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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
On November 28–29, 2025, at the Complutense University of Madrid (Somosaguas Campus), the University Network for Palestine (RUxP) will hold the People’s Tribunal on Complicity with the Palestinian Genocide in the Spanish State (TPCGP-25).
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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
@europeangroup.bsky.social @bschcnetwork.bsky.social @livunislsj.bsky.social @david-whyte.bsky.social
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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
"Everyone agrees. It’s about to explode." Take a look at the book redesign of The Invisible Committee's 2007 breakthrough work: illwill.com/print/the-co... Thanks @illwill.bsky.social !!!!
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The Coming Insurrection • Ill Will
Everyone agrees. It's about to explode.
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Sameer Ashar @sameer-ashar.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Appreciate thinking with @jocelynsimonson.bsky.social & Amna Akbar again, inspired by resistance movements confronting incipient fascism across terrains of struggle lpeproject.org/blog/movemen...
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Movement Law Under Fascism
As fascist tendencies intensify across the United States, social movements continue to organize against the forces of state repression. Legal scholars must stand with these movements…
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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Ecuador: Context of repression and militarisation in the face of protests against extractive industries @ccccjustice.bsky.social @statecrime.bsky.social @critcrim.bsky.social www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-ne...
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Ecuador: Context of repression and militarisation in the face of protests against extractive industries - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Check out this page via the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
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El Salto @elsaltodiario.com · 15/10/2025
✊Miles de personas recorren Madrid para denunciar el genocidio en esta jornada de huelga 📸Manu del Valle
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Directo | Piquetes, detenidos y cortes en carreteras en la jornada de huelga por Palestina
El Salto cubrirá exclusivamente las protestas y la actualidad sobre Palestina y el deficiente acuerdo de alto el fuego impuesto por Estados Unidos en una fecha, la del 15 de octubre, en la que está convocada una huelga general y cientos de protestas.
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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
We highly recommend this: www.versobooks.com/products/341... Free Palestine!
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Resisting Erasure
Why has Palestine become a defining fault line of contemporary politics?Challenging mainstream narratives that reduce Palestine to ancient hatreds, humanitarian tragedy, or legal abstractions, Resisti...
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El Salto @elsaltodiario.com · 02/10/2025
🔴Los manifestantes propalestina obligan a retirarse a la Policía Nacional de la madrileña plaza de Neptuno. Por Mar Sala.
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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
"Opposition to the construction of a new multimillion-dollar police training facility is most immediately connected to confrontation with policing, corrupted city finances, and antidemocratic municipal processes". www.e-flux.com/journal/143/...
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Counterinsurgent: Cop City, Abolition Ecology, and the Aesthetics of Counterreform - Journal #143
T. J. Demos on the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta.
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Dave @redskyforge.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Starmer’s United Kingdom
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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
The prices are higher. The summers are hotter. The wind is stronger, the wage weaker, and fires kindle more easily. Tornados rove like avenging angels through the cities on the plain. Something has changed. Plagues burn deep in the blood. illwill.com/theory-of-th...
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Theory of the Party • Ill Will
Phil A. Neel on the invariant features of communist revolutionary organization.
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Bristol University Press Journals @bupjournals.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
One rule for them and another for everyone else. In this new blog Justice, Power and Resistance author Trancey Davanna discusses the 'criminal justice' response to #FoxHunting #HuntingKills @europeangroup.bsky.social
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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
english.elpais.com/internationa.... Athletes, artists, academics: all workers are called to stand in solidarity against the occupation of Palestine and the genocide of its people, in every classroom, on every stage, and in every workplace.”
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Madrid turns final stage of Vuelta cycling race into a demonstration against Israel
‘It shows it’s possible to force our governments to completely sever relations with Israel,’ said organizers. Authorities estimate that over 100,000 people showed up
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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Extending colonialism: extrajudicial killings, torture & enforced disappearances perpetrated by Indonesian security forces in which British investors & British companies are intensely implicated ... @statecrime.bsky.social @critcrim.bsky.social @ccse-ljmu.bsky.social @stevetombs.bsky.social
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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Statement by criminologists within Aotearoa New Zealand & Australia on the genocide of Palestinian people in Gaza, & the ongoing apartheid, land dispossession & other human rights abuses in the Occupied Territories of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, & within Israel ojs.aut.ac.nz/dcj/article/...
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Statement on the war in Gaza and genocide of the Palestinian people | Decolonization of Criminology and Justice
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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
This week we recommend: "No mine in Gállok: Ecocide and colonialism in Swedish-occupied Sápmi". A book about "the questionable promises of a so-called Green Transition based on colonial land grabbing and environmental degradation, and issues related to the nature of capitalist civilization..." Link👇
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Luis Othoniel Rosa @luisothonielrosa.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
My latest is “Strategies of Invisibility (For Repressive Times)” You can get in English, Spanish and French right here: thefunambulist.net/.../strategi... . And check out @thefunambulist.bsky.social for discovering amazing thinkers and artists pushing our horizons of political possibility.
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Fundación de los Comunes @fundacomunes.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
#CursosOtoño2025 #AulaVirtual 🔥LA SUBVERSIÓN DE LAS PALABRAS aula.fundaciondeloscomunes.net/curso/la-sub... 🔥GEOGRAFÍAS DE LA ABOLICIÓN II aula.fundaciondeloscomunes.net/curso/geogra...
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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
It was such an incredible pleasure to see you all at the Group’s conference in Malmö. A true abolitionist earthquake, a space to flourish, think, organise, conspire and act against the global punitive culture! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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The Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice @ccccjustice.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Yesterday the police raided the houses of our close colleagues in Defend Our Juries. They are facing very serious charges just for protesting against a genocide. We demand their immediate release. Read our statement here 👇👇 ccccjustice.org/2025/09/03/e...
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Francesca Soliman @frasoliman.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Another excellent @europeangroup.bsky.social conference this year in Malmö: programme packed with critical and radical voices and clear commitment in support of Palestine. Grateful for the kind and attentive audience listening to my and @dinesson.bsky.social's paper on zemiology of counterterrorism
A woman standing in front of a screen showing a presentation titled "Decriminalising terror: for a zemiology of counterterrorism".
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