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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… 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… Beloved comrade & imprisoned columnist of Critical Resistance’s cross-wall newspaper The Abolitionist, Stevie Wilson (along with other prisoners) has been getting harassed by a racist & homophobic guard (CO Harrison)… 2023’s final issue of Critical Resistance’s cross-wall bilingual newspaper, The Abolitionist— this time focused on control units—, is heading to print at our new printing press and will be en… 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…
Welcome Home CA Prisoner Hunger Strike Leader & Elder, Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa!
URGENT: PHONEZAP THIS TUESDAY, 1/23: Rashid Johnson And Hungerstrikers in Solitary Confinement at Red Onion S.P. Call For Support
Phone Zap: Support Stevie Wilson, Imprisoned at SCI Dallas in Pennsylvania!
Issue 40 of The Abolitionist on Control Units Heads to Print
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!