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In a time when our social safety net is facing BILLIONS in cuts, why does CDCR’s budget remain virtually untouchable? Governor Newsom’s budget creates a recipe for a cycle of… There are some big shifts in policing and imprisonment happening across the state of California, and we at Critical Resistance (CR) and our movement partners and community members are keeping… The New York City chapter of Critical Resistance (CRNYC) has been working hard to make abolitionist gains against the prison industrial complex at the local and state level.
NYC Mayor… Dear LA friends of Critical Resistance (CR),
Our Los Angeles chapters has been hard at work this year for prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition. We’d like to share some exciting… For the month of March, we celebrate the legacy of international working women’s struggle for liberation. In this moment it is ever relevant to strengthen the fight for the power… On Friday, March 8th, the Public Works Board of CA, overseen by the Department of Finance, will meet to approve funds to demolish Building 38 at San Quentin State Prison… Critical Resistance (CR) remains steadfast in the struggle for Black and Palestinian freedom.
This Black History Month, we at Critical Resistance uplift the ongoing legacy of the fight for… Today, on the fourteenth day of Black History Month 2024, Sitawa Jamaa was finally released from over 40 years in California (CA) prison, roughly 30 years of which were spent… Dear Friends & Comrades,
Happy 2024! Critical Resistance has continued hustling through the start of the new year, and January proved to be a busy month for us. Thank you… From Oakland Abolition & Solidarity:
Since December 26, 2023, up to 30 prisoners in solitary confinement at Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison have been on hunger strike to protest the…
Calling all Californians: Review CA’s Corrections Budget & Demand Newsom Closes more Prisons Now!
As policing expands, CR and partners fight imprisonment across California
Mobilize & Connect with CR in New York!
2024 Winter to Spring Updates from CR Los Angeles (CRLA)
Celebrating international working women’s struggle for liberation
CALL TO ACTION: Tell the Public Works Board and Governor Newsom to HALT construction funding for the San Quentin rebrand
The Fight for Black Liberation is Abolitionist and Internationalist
Welcome Home CA Prisoner Hunger Strike Leader & Elder, Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa!
2023 Fundraising Success & New Year News from CR!
URGENT: PHONEZAP THIS TUESDAY, 1/23: Rashid Johnson And Hungerstrikers in Solitary Confinement at Red Onion S.P. Call For Support