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Dear Friends & Comrades of CR,
Black August is a time of year to strengthen our commitment to fight for the end of imprisonment and imperialism and for Black liberation. … On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, Critical Resistance (CR) printed the newest issue of The Abolitionist Newspaper to date, a bi-lingual, cross-wall political education and organizing project free to imprisoned people… 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… Dear Comrades,
Every year, Critical Resistance (CR) members across the country work to strengthen the movement to abolish the prison industrial complex (PIC) in a multitude of ways, and 2023… 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… The all-out war apartheid-Israel has waged on the people of Gaza in the past two weeks has exposed the unreliability and outright racism of Western media once again. The demonization… 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… Happy Mamas’ Day from Critical Resistance (CR)!
Mamas, aunties, and caretakers have been the back bone of abolition for generations.
According to Prison Policy Initiative and Interrupting Criminalization:
Almost 1… Last week, the newest issue of The Abolitionist newspaper, Issue #38, was printed is now en route to nearly 5,000 subscribers inside and outside of cages.
To get a sense… Want to give your loved ones holiday gifts that make an impact in the world? Donate to Critical Resistance (CR) this holiday season and give your loved ones the gift…
This Black August: Train, study & fight for abolition with Critical Resistance (CR)
Abolition Saves the Planet: Read all about it in Issue 41 of The Abolitionist Newspaper
The Fight for Black Liberation is Abolitionist and Internationalist
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Issue 40 of The Abolitionist on Control Units Heads to Print
Apartheid-Israel, War & Propaganda: Legitimizing Genocide of Palestinians
Attica Means Fight Back: Reflecting on 52 years of Prisoner Rebellion
Free All Mamas: Give the Gift of The Abolitionist Newspaper this Mothers’ Day!
Hot off the Press: The Abolitionist Newspaper Issue 38, covering labor struggles & prison industrial complex abolition!
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