Resisting Torture: Refusing to Surrender
An article from Issue 40 of The Abolitionist Newspaper by Molly Porzig with Marie Levin and “Comrade Pops” about Critical Resistance’s work in the Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity coalition supporting…
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Issue 40 Sneak Peek on Control Units – “You Can’t Kill the Spirit of a Revolutionary: Susan Rosenberg on the Lexington Control Unit for Women”
Interview by Dylan Brown of The Abolitionist Editors’ Note: The following article is a transcript of a conversation between Dylan Brown of Critical Resistance’s The Abolitionist Editorial Collective and former…
Cultural Awareness Groups: A Form of Prisoner-Led Resistance
For years, Washington prisoners have used Cultural Awareness Groups (CAGs) as spaces for collective growth, liberation, healing practices, and inside-out organizing with local partners. The below zine was created to…
From Crisis to Care: Ending the Health Harm of Women’s Prisons
Human Impact Partners, California Coalition for Women Prisons, along with Transgender, Gender-Variant and Intersex (TGI) Justice Project and Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) released this report on the…
The Banned Books in Your State Prisons: Search Engine & Database by The Marshall Project
In December 2022, The Marshall Project released a useful online tool to search what books are banned in each state’s prison system. From The Marshall Project: Banned Books Database Book…
Seeking Employment When Formerly Imprisoned: Myth Busting & Tips for the Job Hunt (Feature Resource of Issue 38 of The Abolitionist Newspaper)
By Rehana Lerandeau and CR’s The Abolitionist Editorial Collective The following resource was created for Issue 38 of CR’s The Abolitionist newspaper, featuring articles and interviews on labor struggles and…
Sneak Peek into Issue 38 on Labor Struggles & Abolition: The Rise of Background Checks with Melissa Burch
Peek inside Issue 38 of The Abolitionist newspaper with this early release interview with Melissa Burch, former Critical Resistance (CR) staffer and past editor of The Abolitionist, current long-time CR…
Issue 37 Inside-Outside Fishing Line Column: Speaking Truth to The People – Building a Mass Movement against the Prison Industrial Complex With Current and Former Political Prisoners
By Lawrence Jenkins & Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin with Garrett Felber This article is a column from CR’s The Abolitionist Newspaper, the Inside-Outside Fishing Line, for Issue 38 on labor struggles…
Beyond Criminal Courts
In 2022, Critical Resistance, Interrupting Criminalization and Community Justice Exchange created a new toolkit and online resource hub for resisting criminalization through courts and the court system. The “Beyond Criminal…
Sneak Peek into Issue 37: Intersecting Movements for Housing Justice & PIC Abolition
The following article is the feature analysis of Issue 37 of The Abolitionist (printed June 2022), an interview with Critical Resistance (CR) member and Senior Organizer of Communications at Right…