Critical Resistance
@C_Resistance
A US-based, national grassroots organization working to build an international movement to abolish the prison industrial complex (PIC). #AbolitionNow
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http://criticalresistance.org 22-07-2009 19:54:22
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This #EarthDay , CURB urges @cagovernor to #CloseCAPrisons in the name of environmental justice!
Ella Baker Center’s Hidden Hazards report recommends the state reduce the size of the incarcerated population by 50,000; create & implement rapid release policies during emergencies; &…
Next Friday 4/26, join to hear important updates about Palestinian political prisoners from Addameer – الضمير
For New York to truly be a welcome home to migrants, we must end immigration detention TODAY. Join us in calling on our legislators to pass #DignityNotDetention to finally get New York out of the practice of detaining migrants and separating families. nydignitynotdetention.org/take-action
We are in Albany, NY today to speak with our legislators about the Dignity Not Detention Act. Let’s get New York State to end immigrant detention so that families and communities can live in freedom and dignity! #immigrantjustice
📢NY is failing migrants on multiple fronts — inadequate shelter for migrants, xenophobic rhetoric, and infamously inhumane detention. Passing the #DignityNotDetention Act to end immigration detention in NY State is a necessary and urgent step forward in the right direction.
🌟 NEW EPISODE 🌟
Snuffing Out Revolution: Control Units & Resistance
Critical Resistance's Molly and Dylan analyze the history, purpose, and proliferation of control units throughout the US and beyond.
beyond-prisons.com/home/snuffing-…
🔗 Check out this in-depth Los Angeles Times article by Anabel Sosa📲 bit.ly/4-1lat - Plain text version: bit.ly/plaintext4-1
🚨 Prison closure opponents are starting to say the quiet part out loud: they want emptying prisons to stay open so they can fill them up again.…
Missed last Thursday's #HowToAbolishPrisons online launch Haymarket Books?
Check-out the video here feat. Rachel Herzing, Naomi Murakawa, Donnie Armstrong (Termite Collective), meenakshl (PJD Vancouver), mohamed Critical Resistance & Maggie Smith Prisoner Correspondence Project
youtube.com/watch?v=AZLKO4…
#BlackHistoryMonth is ending, but the struggle for abolition continues. Manisha Sinha, @DnBrgr, and Woods Ervin of Critical Resistance help us reflect on the beautiful history of the Black freedom struggle and the path forward. #AbolitionNow blog.commonjustice.org/blog/the-impor…
I'm honored to be speaking w/ a fantastic crew of abolitionists tomorrow in an event by Haymarket Books to launch Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché's just published book, 'How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement Against Imprisonment.' RSVP & join!
haymarketbooks.org/events/610-how…
#BayArea TODAY in #SanFrancisco emergency action to stop a US Military vessel leave SF for Gaza TODAY. 12pm @ Brannan Street Wharf Park! Spread the word!
Text “Gaza” to (833) 633-0604 for alerts! AROC #FreePalestine
#DefundGenocide #BlockTheWarships