Critical Resistance (CR) remains steadfast in the struggle for Black and Palestinian freedom.
Honoring Black History Month 2024 ([link removed])
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Dear Friends of Critical Resistance (CR),
This Black History Month, CR uplifts the ongoing legacy of the fight for Black freedom which is internationalist in practice. Alighting many people’s minds, hearts and fists is the fight for a free Palestine. We understand that the struggles for Black and Palestinian liberation are conjoined fights, with long intersecting political traditions of strong solidarity. In truth, Black people cannot be free, if Palestine is not free, and vice versa.
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Mural by artist Walid Ayyoub, painted on apartheid-Israel’s annexation wall in the West Bank, depicting George Floyd wearing a kufiya, a symbol of Palestinian resistance and solidarity. Photo from The Popular Chorus.
As Israel develops, manufactures, markets, and exports weapons, technologies, training, and techniques of violence for use by governments and corporations around the world, in the US, the Israeli military and US police forces, federal agents, and armed forces participate in surveillance and facilitate exchanges that enhance the prison industrial complex (PIC) ([link removed]) and disproportionately targets Black communities, like Urban Shield (an annual militarized police training and weapons expo that took place in the Bay Area from 2007 to 2018 until CR successfully defunded the program with the Stop Urban Shield coalition ([link removed]) ) and currently the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE) program (a university-based police exchange program that focuses on “enhancing homeland security efforts through international cooperation and training programs” that is attempting
to bring in the Israeli Defense Forces to become a component of Atlanta’s Cop City ([link removed]) ).
Just as we saw a rich legacy of Black-Palestinian solidarity throughout the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement in the US, from Palestinians in historic Palestine sharing tips on social media for Black and Brown folks in the US standing off against cops in riot gear to protect each other from military equipment to again taking to the streets together in calling for wide demands to defund policing globally during the 2020 George Floyd rebellions, now the struggle to Stop Cop City remains vibrant in this approach.
** Critical Resistance (CR) remains steadfast in the struggle for Black and Palestinian freedom.
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Whether connecting the link between the work to free Palestine and to abolish the PIC or co-anchoring mobilizations, CR members across the country have been working at the intersection of PIC abolition and Palestinian liberation while continuing our ongoing campaign and project work. Check out how CR has been organizing for Black and Palestinian by reading our full post here. ([link removed])
This Black History month, we must take heart in the tremendous displays of resistance across the globe to fortify us during the challenges of our current conditions and the uncertainty on the horizon. The fire of PIC abolition burns even in the bleakest of times. May it continue to light our way forward, keep us warm and remain strong to defeat our enemies.
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Ever Onward
-Critical Resistance
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Imprisoned Organizer Sitawa Jamaa is Free & Home: Donate NOW ([link removed]) to support his daily care!
Sitawa Jamaa is a founding member of the Short Corridor Collective out of Pelican Bay Security Housing Unit (SHU), which led thehistoric 2011 and 2013 hunger strikes ([link removed]) against solitary confinement. CR welcomed him home last week after more than 40 years of imprisonment. ([link removed]) After three strokes while in prison, he will need quality daily care.
Donate to Sitawa's coming home fund, ([link removed]) so we can make sure Sitawa lives free from prison in a good care facility in the Bay Area near his family: bit.ly/sitawa-jamaa ([link removed]) .
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Resisting Control Units: Subscribe TODAY to receive Issue 40 of The Abolitionist Newspaper!
Issue 40 printed in December ([link removed]) and was sent to about 4,800 imprisoned subscribers and a couple hundred outside paid subscribers ([link removed]) . With an additional 1,000 copies for outside circulation, CR has been mailing out all bulk orders for institutional / organizational subscriptions. New subscribers who signed up already in December and January will be receiving their subscriptions soon. Episode 2 of CR's podcast "Over The Wall" discussing Issue 40 of The Abolitionist has been a bit delayed, but will air in the next few weeks. Stay tuned!
Featuring articles on control units, Issue 40 is a timely and hard-hitting must-read for all abolitionists. Check out what's inside the issue ([link removed]) , read the sneak peek ([link removed]) , and subscribe today ([link removed]) ! Know people who are locked up who want The Abolitionist? Sign them up for a free subscription here ([link removed]) .
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Annual Newsletter for The Zachary Project: Mutual Aid for Abolition!
2023 marked eight years of mutual aid through CR Oakland’s The Zachary Project, a community fund named in honor of beloved former Oakland chapter member, Zachary Ontiveros, to support community members in need.
In one of our largest years to date, we were able to distribute $17,000 to organizers and friends of Critical Resistance suddenly unemployed or coming home from prison by assisting with living expenses, medical bills, rent, and more.Read about the impacts of The Zachary Project in our 2023-2024 Newsletter here. ([link removed])
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Are you a donor of CR? Schedule a Coffee Chat with us!
Thank you to all our generous donors for your steady support. CR would love to check in to learn more about you and what's keeps you excited about PIC abolition. Will you help us shape ways to connect with you and others throughout the year? Fill out this short survey! ([link removed]) - or schedule a “coffee chat ([link removed]) ” with CR’s Development team to learn about CR’s work, share what organizing you’re seeing in your area, and more!
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Mural by Leslie “Dime” Lopez at 4400 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, 2019.
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