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Dear Friends & Comrades,
Every Black August, we at Critical Resistance (CR) honor the legacy of Black freedom fighters—many of them still imprisoned—who gave their lives in the struggle for… 
Black August, From Oakland to Palestine: Carrying Forward the Struggle
Join Critical Resistance Oakland for a special mixer event with our comrades at Understory Oakland! On June 25th from 5:00-8:00pm, we’ll have music and a relaxed environment to build and connect with beloved movement partners and community members!
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As we’ve moved from Black History Month through Women’s History Month, marking the later with International Women’s Day in the month’s beginning and ending it with the upcoming International Day…
With a far-right regime rearing its ugly head next month, we know that a cornerstone of fascism is imprisonment. Once Trump’s new administration takes office in January, the practice of…
Dear Bay Area Friends, THANK YOU to everyone who attended our annual Prisoner Solidarity Mailing Party! It was such a sweet turnout on December 8 with so many new faces.…
Dear friends and supporters of Critical Resistance (CR), Over the last year, CR has been hard at work advancing our campaigns and projects, creating resources and organizing tools, and building…
Join Critical Resistance in the Bay Area at the New Parkway Theater on Sunday, October 13 for a *free* abolitionist film night and a special pre-election viewing of the new in-progress film, And Water Brings Tomorrow, directed by Ashley 
While the prison industrial complex (PIC) is an ever-shifting goliath in California politics, we’ve seen community-oriented and abolitionist gains in the state over the last 10 years due to decades…
In a time when our social safety net is facing BILLIONS in cuts, why does CDCR’s budget remain virtually untouchable? Governor Newsom’s budget creates a recipe for a cycle of…