In 2023, CR has continued to build power with imprisoned people toward abolitionist horizons.

Help CR reach our year-end fundraising goal!
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Dear Friends,

This past year, Critical Resistance (CR) members have strengthened our connections and organizing ([link removed]) with thousands of imprisoned people by sharing resources, strategies, and political dialogue across walls. We have maintained our standing lines of communication with people inside prisons, jails, and detention centers:

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* Distribution of The Abolitionist newspaper, a bilingual (English/Spanish) publication released twice per year


* Remotely-powered phone lines that answer collect calls from imprisoned people

* Prisoner mail correspondence programs through our Oakland, Portland, and New York City chapters, with a revamped program in our Los Angeles chapter as well!

Read CR's Annual Year-End Letter here ([link removed])


** A Bilingual Cross-Wall Organizing Resource for nearly 20 years:
The Abolitionist Newspaper
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We have produced two issues of the The Abolitionist newspaper ([link removed]) this year and distributed to an increased inside readership of nearly 5,000 imprisoned people for free, supported by hundreds of paid subscriptions of community members and movement partners on the outside. This was a big year for CR’s longest running political education tool. This past Summer, we released Issue #39 on reproductive justice ([link removed]) and prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition (now available for free download on our website here ([link removed]) ). CR also hosted an accompanying webinar ([link removed]) tying together struggles for PIC abolition, reproductive justice, queer liberation, the abolition of the family policing system, and more.

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Issue #40 on control units is printing now ([link removed]) and will be mailed out this month to all subscribers (Read a sneak peek here ([link removed]) ). Subscribe to The Abolitionist today ([link removed]) and support radical political education and abolitionist organizing tools across prison walls! Your subscriptions allow us to send copies to thousands of imprisoned readers for free. And we invite you to sign up a loved one ([link removed]) inside to receive a free copy.


** Staying Connected through Phone Lines & Mail
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With your support, we have also strengthened our prisoner correspondence processes and infrastructure, including the creation of a new online tool and database that has helped streamline and centralize our mail programs and phone lines across the organization. Our improved infrastructure has allowed us to build deeper political relationships with folks inside, strengthen the inside-outside organizing of our campaigns and projects, and uplift calls for solidarity coming from inside. These correspondence programs allow us to uplift testimonies like these ([link removed]) , shared by one of our imprisoned comrades in the Close California Prisons campaign.

Along with these infrastructural additions, intentional volunteer recruitment and onboarding have increased the capacity of these programs. We now have dozens of volunteers skilled up in all aspects of our mail and phone line programs. CR chapters continue to host regular mail nights, virtually and in-person. Our prisoner correspondence programs are impactful ways to get plugged into CR’s abolitionist organizing – sign up for your nearest mail program ([link removed]) or our phone line solidarity program ([link removed]) today!

Your contributions of time and funds ([link removed]) are crucial to supporting these vital programs and resources, and uplifting the voices, demands, and possibilities of our comrades inside.
Help CR reach our $35,000 Year-End Goal & Support CR's Prisoner Solidarity Projects NOW! ([link removed])


** This December: Upcoming Events!
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Lastly, if you’re looking for other ways to support prisoner solidarity organizing this month, look no further! CR is ready to send out our annual holiday postcard ([link removed]) with a heartfelt message of solidarity to all our contacts inside prisons, jails, and detention centers. You can support this mailing by signing and mailing some of these postcards yourself.

Join us at one of our December postcard events to join the effort! ([link removed]) And thank you if you already signed up to receive postcards to send out from home. Your people power and donations sustain CR’s strong prisoner solidarity organizing. ([link removed])

Thank you for continuing to support inside-outside organizing!

Toward liberation,

– Critical Resistance


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THANK YOU: "Giving Tuesday" success!

Last week, we raised $2,500 for The Zachary Project and other programs on Giving Tuesday. Let’s keep this up! Become a monthly sustainer for The Zachary Project ([link removed]) today.

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SPACE FOR REFLECTION AND CELEBRATION: Join our 2023 Community Reportback!

Want to learn more about CR's campaigns and projects directly from CR's members? Join us Tuesday, December 19th, 3-4:30 PM PST / 6-7:30 PM EST for CR’s 2023 Community Reportback ([link removed]) ! A warm, fun interactive space to learn from CR organizers about the campaigns, projects, and more we've done in 2023 - and how to support us in 2024!

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Los Angeles, Oakland, Portland & New York: Come through to CR's Postcard Mailing Events This Month! ([link removed])

This time of year can be especially hard for our loved ones and comrades locked up in cages. This year, each of our chapters are hosting postcard mailing events either online or in-person.

If you're in a CR chapter city, join us at one of our chapter events in the next two weeks ([link removed]) (& be sure to sign up for CRLA’s virtual mailing if you’re in Southern CA by Dec 10!)!
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Phone Line Volunteers needed: Support CR’s daily prisoner correspondence!

CR is recruiting new volunteers to join our Prisoner Solidarity Phone Line program! CR strives to foster strong political relationships with people across the PIC’s cages as a way to break cycles of isolation, stay informed on conditions inside, connect people inside with CR's work and campaigns, and to ensure that our work is grounded in the vision and needs of those most impacted by the prison industrial complex.

Email [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) if you are interested and/or have questions.
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Buy CR Merch & Wear CR Gear: ([link removed]) Bundle up this winter in a CR sweatshirt or select your holiday reading through our online store! ([link removed]) [link removed]

We have plenty of hoodies, crewnecks, shirts, and totes for purchase. You can treat yourself to this vibrant gear or gift it to a loved one. Buying CR merch is a great way to sustain our PIC abolitionist organizing and wear your abolitionist heart on your sleeve! If you want your CR merch to arrive before the holiday, please make your orders no later than 12/14! ([link removed])

Critical Resistance is majority grassroots-funded. Donate today!

#SustainCR with monthly donations or a one-time gift here. ([link removed])
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