Miklat Miklat Zine
Miklat Miklat is an ongoing project about the concept of the City of Refuge (or Ir Miklat), scapegoating, and transformative justice. It includes an art installation with many iterations of…
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Looking Back, Looking Forward: Some Notes on the Struggle Against the Prison Industrial Complex
By Isaac Ontiveros On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Critical Resistance: Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex conference in 1998, the editors of the Abolitionist asked me to…
Interview with Empty Cages Collective (UK)
At the 2018 International Conference on Penal Abolition (ICOPA) held in London, Critical Resistance was introduced to the UK based prison abolitionist organization Empty Cages Collective. We are grateful to…
#KeepPJHome: Abolitionists Against the Deportation Crisis
By Nate Tan This year has proven to be a uniquely dangerous year for Southeast Asian Americans facing deportation. On April 3, 2018 the largest deportation of Khmer Americans resulted…
CR at ICOPA 2018: Resources and Information
Critical Resistance presented 3 workshops at the 2018 International Conference On Penal Abolition in London. Resources from CR workshops are also available below for your use. Abolitionist Strategy & Vision – …
Resistance to Trump: Abolition as a Powerful Weapon
January 27, 2017 Dear Friends, This past week has been tumultuous for communities everywhere. In his first few days in power, Trump has removed any doubts of whether he will…
Networking Rebellion: Digital Policing and Revolt in the Arab Uprisings
From The Abolitionist No. 18: Surveillance By Ian Alan Paul and David Zlutnick On January 25th, 2011, demonstrations erupted in cities across Egypt. Eighteen days later one of the world’s most-entrenched dictators…
Watching the Olympics: Understanding and Resisting Surveillance of Mass Events
From The Abolitionist No. 18: Surveillance By Isaac Ontiveros and Rachel Herzing These days, systems of surveillance are astoundingly complex, pervasive, and have extraordinary reach. Understanding surveillance helps us understand…