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Dear friends and supporters of Critical Resistance,
During this year of intense political upheaval, Critical Resistance (CR) has steadfastly advanced prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition in our campaigns, projects, and… As the dust settles after this year’s midterm election, we at Critical Resistance (CR) are reflecting on the balance of forces that are aligning at this moment and what it… In recent months, we’ve seen an escalation and expansion of gender-based, white-supremacist violence across the political spectrum in the US.
From right-wing consolidation and mobilizations to the overturning of Roe… Critical Resistance’s Annual Report for 2021 is now available for wide use to bolster an international movement to abolish the prison industrial complex (PIC).
This roundup of CR’s work… 51 years ago, a 17-year old brought 3 guns into the Marin County Courthouse on August 7, 1970 in a bold act of resistance. With the assistance of three prisoners,… Dear Readers of The Abolitionist and Critical Resistance supporters:
What a year 2021 has already been and we are only halfway through. We are thrilled to announce that Issue… Several years ago, shifting conversations about the prison industrial complex (PIC) at our work sites propelled a group of Critical Resistance affiliated post secondary educators to come together. We are… This week, June 19, marks Juneteenth, the commemoration of the end of formalized slavery in the US. The date coincides with the last wave of notification of the signing of… Critical Resistance stands in solidarity with Palestine and is deeply opposed to Israel’s continued colonization, occupation, and use of imprisonment and administrative detention against the Palestinian people. As an organization… On March 30, 2020, Critical Resistance and a powerful cast of movement partners came together for “Organizing Against Toxic Imprisonment in the Face of Covid-19,” a webinar rapidly organized to…
Thank You for Supporting Critical Resistance in 2022!
Abolition NOW post 2022 midterm elections
Abolition is a Feminist Politic: On Abortion Bans & Racialized Gender-Based Violence
New Release: CR’s 2021 Annual Report!
Reflecting on the Roots of Black August & George Jackson
ISSUE 35 ON DEFUNDING POLICING HEADING TO PRINT! SUBSCRIBE TODAY TO RECEIVE AN ISSUE IN JULY / AUGUST
2 NEW RESOURCES FOR ABOLITION ON COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES!
LEGACIES OF RESISTANCE: JUNETEENTH & PIC ABOLITION
FREE PALESTINE: STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY, 2021
NATIONAL EVENT APRIL 13, 2021: ABOLITION IS ESSENTIAL — ORGANIZING AGAINST THE PIC IN THE FACE OF COVID-19