Happy May Day from CR!
Join us in the streets:
+ May 1 in Oakland & Los Angeles
+ May 3 in Portland, Oregon
& more!
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Worker Power for Abolition NOW:
Abolitionist Reflections on May Day 2025
Thursday is International Workers’ Day, representing an opportunity for Leftists and everyday people internationally to come together and to recommit and deepen working-class struggle for liberation. In honor of May Day, Critical Resistance (CR) will join everyday people from across the country ([link removed]) in solidarity as we march in resistance to authoritarianism and for collective liberation.
In this past period, we have witnessed Trump and his MAGA aligned forces fumbling through yo-yoing the introduction and pull back of tariffs ([link removed]) that threaten to send the US economy into a recession. Elon Musk and his "techno-fief lord" aspirational team have torn at the social safety net ([link removed]) all while poverty is being criminalized through the resurgence of tough on crime legislation ([link removed]) in response to economic anxiety.
Deportations are accelerating with Trump just releasing an Executive Order targeting sanctuary cities ([link removed]) , and resistance is being met with harsh retribution. This is especially the case with the struggle in solidarity with Palestine - which remains devastatingly under siege by Israel ([link removed]) . Universities and student organizers in particular are being targeted and facing intense repressionincluding FBI targeting ([link removed]) and deportation.
Even as ICE moves to open new cages to increase capacity, everyday people are fighting back across the country, defending freedom fighters and their communities. We are figuring out ways of slowing down detention centers - like in New Jersey ([link removed]) or in Dublin, California.
CR has been hard at work as a part of these and many other fights. Our prison closure campaign is part of the effort to stop a new detention facility at FCI Dublin ([link removed]) from replacing the former federal facility that was notorious for sexually assaulting the people imprisoned there. We’re forging ahead in our fight to end ICE contracts in New York state ([link removed]) . This past month, we have been fighting to stop Portland police bureau from getting the lion’s share of the Portland budget ([link removed]) while most other city services are being cut. In Atlanta, we’re part of the struggle to end GILEE ([link removed]) as part of shrinking the power of policing and the exchange of resources, tools and tactics shared to repress people in the US and Palestine.
We’re aiming to put resources back toward the working class - through our efforts with the PDX budget but also through rematriation of land - such as the work our new Central Appalachia chapter is doing in Kentucky ([link removed]) or the work our prison closure campaign in California is doing with Black reparations and indigenous groups.
We at CR understand that authoritarianism requires the prison industrial complex ([link removed]) (PIC) as a means of social control and curtailing working class resistance. We know that by remaining steadfast in our fight to abolish the PIC, we are honoring the legacy of resistance and engaging in a key part of the freedom struggle.
Join CR chapters in the streets this Thursday (and Saturday if you're in the Pacific Northwest) this May Day (info for Oakland, Los Angeles and Portland below in our announcements). We look forward to being alongside you in struggle until we win.
Onward,
-Critical Resistance
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Join CR Thursday, May 1 in Oakland: Sin Fronteras rally, march & resource fair!
Join Oakland Sin Fronteras for a rally at Fruitvale Plaza @ 3pm! We'll march to San Antonio Park for a Resource Fair for Know Your Rights workshops and consultations for our community to access free legal consultations and dozens of movement partner organizations tabling with various organizing tools and resources. Check out the schedule and map here. ([link removed])
See you in the streets, Bay Area!
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Los Angeles: Join CRLA & the Community Self-Defense LA Coalition at MacArthur Park this May Day!
More than a march…
¡Abolición de ICE!
¡Autodefensa comunitaria!
¡Alto a deportaciones AHORA!
4:30pm PT at MacArthur Park, Westlake.
Check out Community Self-Defense Coalition LA for more info. ([link removed])
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This Saturday, May 3, Pacific NorthWest!: Join CRPDX in Portland with Rose City Indivisible!
Saturday, May 3 | Noon
S. Hawthorne Waterfront Park | 1403 S. Harbor Way
March begins at 1pm - will be around 1 mile
Join us for a rally & mutual aid supply drive with speakers addressing current attacks on workers at the local, federal, and international level, the authoritarian detentions of immigrants, and ways to organize your community now. More info here! ([link removed])
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Curious what else CR has been up to? Check out our 2024 Annual Report now available on our website!
As we reflect on a challenging 2024, we are grateful for the resilience and commitment of our community, including your invaluable support. Last year, we continued to advance our mission by achieving significant campaign wins, creating more abolitionist organizing tools, actively supporting international and cross-sector liberation struggles, and launching a new regional chapter - CR Central Appalachia. Read our annual report here, ([link removed]) check out these 11 ways to give to CR ([link removed]) , and consider donating to support CR's work today!
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