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Dear Comrades and Friends of Critical Resistance,

This international Women’s day, we hold up the light of abolition feminism to make sense of this moment and continue forging a path forward. As the distance between the haves and have nots continues to grow ([link removed]) , the fight over how neoliberalism will be managed continues. We know that the assault on gender oppressed people is meant to remove us from access to power – both over our bodies as well as to the levers of power within the political economy. We know that at times like these, it is important to turn to the feminist roots of our politic to anchor us in how to move forward – grounding in the historic Incite -CR statement ([link removed]) and the recent work of Angela Davis, Gina Dent, Beth Ritchie, and Erica Meiners in Abolition Feminism Now ([link removed]) .

At this particular moment, CR wants to recognize and uplift the ongoing fights to secure access to reproductive health ([link removed]) legislation at the state level and locally unfolding across the country.

Formations like the In Our Names network ([link removed]) and Vision Change Win ([link removed]) are supporting women and trans people in emergency situations. Our comrades at California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP) ([link removed]) recently launched the From Crisis to Care report ([link removed]) with Human Impact Partners ([link removed]) , detailing the state of women’s prisons in CA and actions that can be taken to stop the harms unfolding inside.

In the next issue of CR’s bilingual newspaper, The Abolitionist ([link removed]) issue 39 on reproductive justice, printing in June 2023, we get even deeper into these fights and visions for freedom with authors including Diana Block and Moonlight Pulido (CCWP), Maria Thomas and Ash Williams (Interrupting Criminalization ([link removed]) fellows), Rafa Kidvai (If When How ([link removed]) ), Erin Miles Cloud (Movement for Family Power ([link removed]) ), and more.
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International Women’s day has the illustrious history of being a major spark that started the fire of global revolution ([link removed]) . Here’s to PIC abolition’s inclusion in that history, and a call to continue stoking the fires of revolutionary change.

Onward,

Critical Resistance


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SAVE the DATE: Come Celebrate our 25th Anniversary with us - May 5!

This year marks the 25th anniversary since CR's inaugural conference Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex in 1998, where thousands of people came together to challenge what we know call the prison industrial complex.

Join CR May 5, 2023 in-person in the Bay Area or online via livestream to take stock of the gains the movement to abolish the PIC has made over the past 25 years, assess our current conditions of struggle, and think about the next decade of PIC abolitionist organizing. Stay tuned for more details on speakers, information on programming, and a RSVP form to purchase or reserve tickets -- coming soon!
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On Saturday, March 25, 2023, Center for Political Education will host their fourth "People Get Ready" conference, this year in Berkeley, CA. This will be a space for clear assessments of the global and regional threats we face and strategizing to win against these threats. Join CR in attending & r ([link removed]) egister today ([link removed]) ! ([link removed])

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While waiting for sneak peek articles of our upcoming issue to drop in May before we head to print, check out what's inside our previous issue 38 ([link removed]) (printed in December) which focused on labor struggles and PIC abolition, and is packed with vital content. S ([link removed]) ubscribe today ([link removed]) ([link removed]) to receive your copy of Issue 39 on reproductive justice hot off the press this Juneteenth (June 19, 2023).

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