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This week this year marks the 52nd anniversary of the Attica Rebellion—when from September 9-13, 1971, about 1,300 prisoners rose up in resistance against horrible prison conditions. In solidarity with… For years, Washington prisoners have used Cultural Awareness Groups (CAGs) (CAGs) as spaces for collective growth, liberation, healing practices, and inside-out organizing with local partners like Liberation Media NW and… The latest issue of Critical Resistance’s cross-wall bilingual newspaper, The Abolitionist— this time focused on examining reproductive justice and prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition—, has printed on Juneteenth 2023, and… Join us May 5 in-person at San Francisco State University or online via livestream for “Toward Abolitionist Horizons: 25 Years of Critical Resistance,” an evening of discussion and performances, looking… Earlier this week, member organizations of the Abolish ICE NY NJ coalition filed a lawsuit on behalf of and in coordination with six plaintiffs who experienced retaliation for their actions… After securing a court order for CA Correctional Center (CCC) in Susanville to close, Critical Resistance is working to expedite CCC’s closure as part of our work with Californians United… Critical Resistance Oakland and Los Angeles’s campaign with Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) to #CloseCAPrisons has been making some game-changing headway in the past few months.
After we… As we progress through the 11th anniversary of the CA prisoner hunger strikes against solitary confinement, where tens of thousands of prisoners across CA joined forces to challenge the use… Critical Resistance commemorates the anniversary of the Attica Rebellion, when Black, Native and Latino prisoners rose up against Attica Prison in upstate New York, and released a powerful set of … 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,…
Attica Means Fight Back: Reflecting on 52 years of Prisoner Rebellion
Prisoners Resisting Repression of Cultural Awareness Groups in Washington
Hot off the press: Issue 39 of The Abolitionist on Reproductive Justice!
Looking Back, Looking Forward On 25 Years of Critical Resistance – Toward Abolitionist Horizons!
Lawsuit, Press Conference & New Organizing Resources for #DignityNotDetention
CA Action Alert to Close Prisons: Email CDCR & Governor to Expedite Closure of CCC!
A Winning Step Toward a Prison-Free CA: Prisoner Resistance & the Fight to Close CA Correctional Center (CCC)
Long Live Paul Redd & the CA Prisoner Hunger Strikes to End Solitary Confinement!
Long live the Attica Rebellion
Reflecting on the Roots of Black August & George Jackson