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Dear Critical Resistance friends,Through collaborations with over 75 organizations and groups already this year, Critical Resistance (CR) continues to make abolition irresistible. We’ve done over 100 workshops and presentations this… PACKAGES RESTRICTIONS PILOT SUSPENDED!
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As a result of massive community pressure and opposition, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has just announced that he is directing… August 21, 2015
Dear friends,
This Black August as we mourn the loss of political prisoner Hugo Pinell, who spent years locked in solitary confinement at Corcoran, Pelican Bay, and… Check out some of CR’s 2016 work and collaborative projects offered here as examples and resources to further our fight together to abolish the prison industrial complex.
Reports and Interviews… Below is a look back at the amazing work of our local chapters in 2016. It has been a humbling and inspiring year. Thank you for your support!
Critical… March 11, 2016
Dear Friends,
This past Tuesday, March 8th, marked International Women’s Day, a day to recognize and pay tribute to the struggles of women everywhere. At Critical Resistance,… The LA Sheriff is attempting to move forward with a plan to build a new women’s jail in Lancaster.
The LA No More Jails Coalition believes that locking people up… From Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity
Hello CA Hunger Strike Supporters!
As you know, last year when prisoners at Pelican Bay State Prison launched a hunger strike, the Prisoner Hunger Strike… During 2011 Critical Resistance helped mobilize dozens of community organizations and hundreds of individuals to fight tooth and nail against the imposition of civil gang injunctions. Through our work in… California is definitely in crisis. Unemployment is high. Education and healthcare access is receding. Budget cuts on city, county and state levels are severe, especially for the working and poor…
20 years of Strategy and Struggle to Dismantle the Prison Industrial Complex
Victory Against Repressive NY Prison Package Restrictions!
Black August and The Struggle to Abolish Solitary
2016 Reports and Resources
Grassroots Organizing That Makes PIC Abolition Irresistable
International Women’s Day // Fighting Cages for Women
URGENT: Submit Comment Now Against Proposed New LA County Jail
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Making Gains in 2012: Resisting Policing, Building Community
Making Gains in 2012: No More Jails and Prisons!