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Interrupting Criminalization

@interruptcrim.bsky.social
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Offering research, connection, learning, and practice for organizers and movements working to end criminalization, policing, and punishment. Founded and led by Andrea J. Ritchie and Mariame Kaba. Learn more at interruptingcriminalization.com

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✊🏼Indigiqueer Hummingbird @riotousmuse.bsky.social · 2h
Interrupt this criminalization at every turn. @interruptcrim.bsky.social is an excellent resource.
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Check out this toolkit on how to kick out Flock and organize to stop mass surveillance: bit.ly/kickoutflock
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How to kick out Flock and organize to stop mass surveillance
How FlockOff! Ithaca successfully pressured two municipal governments in upstate New York to end contracts with Flock Safety.
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Register now & spread the word, because with rising criminalization & authoritarianism, communities of resistance need to build our own communication networks! bit.ly/infopowerskillshare
SKILL SHARE Building Informational Power to Resist Authoritarianism Zines • Mesh networks • Community archiving • Prison radio • Signal safety OCT 10 • 1-5PM ET • ZOOM REGISTER NOW
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Amy Littlefield @amylittlefield.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hey NYC, if you want to hear the behind-the-scenes stories about my wild journey from Texas to DC with Kristan Hawkins, register for this teach-in with me @renee.bsky.social and @prisonculture.bsky.social on 10/3 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Kristan Hawkins helped kill Roe. Now she’s fighting to control the movement she created.
How the Charlie Kirk of abortion moved from the fringes to the mainstream.
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Jay David @thecarbfairy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'll be patient escorting at a clinic during this, but hope others can make this!
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Palantir is an enormous, unaccountable corporation collecting our data to use for denials from health insurance, deportations, drone strikes in Palestine, & more. Join the nationwide campaign @purgepalantir.bsky.social to defend our privacy and stop Palantir by visiting purgepalantir.com.
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Lewis Raven Wallace @lewispants.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Register now! October 10 online skillshare on making the media and informational infrastructure we need! Let's go!
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
RSVP to attend. This is going to be a rare opportunity to learn from both @amylittlefield.bsky.social and @renee.bsky.social. And to be in community with like-minded folks.
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
From our project One Million Experiments: See any “overground railroads” where you are—systems, networks, & relationships that come together around you to bring people closer to liberation? Use this space to map what you see now or what you envision for the future: bit.ly/overgroundrailroads
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
✊🏾 📝 📡 🗨️ 📁 🗃️ We ❤️ all our events, but we're really excited about this one... During this time of rising criminalization & authoritarianism, communities of resistance need to build our own communication networks! 🗣️🔗 Join this half-day interactive skill share: bit.ly/infopowerskillshare
SKILL SHARE Building Informational Power to Resist Authoritarianism Zines • Mesh networks • Community archiving • Prison radio • Signal safety OCT 10 • 1-5PM ET • ZOOM REGISTER NOW bit.ly/infopowerskillshare
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Abortion: What's happening, what's new, what's next? If you're in NYC, come to this amazing teach-in next week. Register here: bit.ly/ICabortionteachin
Abortion: A Community Teach-In October 3 LES, NYC 11AM - 4PM 10:30 AM registration & continental breakfast Register at: bit.ly/ICabortionteachin
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Kay Whitlock @kwhitlock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As @interruptcrim.bsky.social has long noted, criminalization is the fuel for fascism. 15 years ago, we explored how processes of criminalization work. And we've continued to educate and warn about "bipartisan" efforts to expand, deepen, strengthen those processes. Join us.
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Social media = surveillance hellscape; Internet = AI nightmare; & Signal threads = insecure! In the context of rising criminalization & authoritarianism, communities of resistance need to build our own communication networks! Join this half-day interactive skill share: bit.ly/infopowerskillshare
SKILL SHARE Building Informational Power to Resist Authoritarianism Zines • Mesh networks • Community archiving • Prison radio • Signal safety OCT 10 • 1-5PM ET • ZOOM REGISTER NOW
bit.ly/infopowerskillshare
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noah jodice @noahjodice.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The newest Overground Railroad map I worked on for @interruptcrim.bsky.social! This one is about learning together.
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Coming up soon: the final Queer (In)Justice reading group session with authors: @dreanyc123.bsky.social @jmogul.bsky.social @kwhitlock.bsky.social ⭐ Whether you’ve read the book or not, come talk queer power organizing! ⭐ 🗓️ September 30 🕰️ 7–9 p.m. ET 👉🏾 bit.ly/IC-QIJ
Queer Resistance Summer Discussion Group Sept. 30 7pm-9pm ET bit.ly/IC-QIJ
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Between 2019 and 2025, over 1/3 of all jail-related deaths in Illinois happened in one place—Cook County Jail. Abolish jails. Abolish prisons. Check out our curriculum for the hows & whys of abolition: interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-all/interrupting-criminalization-curriculum
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Cook County Board Defers Resolution Calling for Independent Review of State’s Largest Jail
At least 85 people died while detained in Cook County Jail between 2019 and 2025. That’s more than a third of all jail-related deaths statewide during that time.
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Many activists & organizers use the Signal app instead of regular SMS texting for increased privacy 🧵 Swipe for practical steps to: • limit records • lock your device • protect your identity • verify contacts • avoid scams Save & share with people who use #Signal! #DigiSec #SecurityCulture #OpSec
REMEMBER Signal is safer, not safe scroll for safety tips
COMMUNICATE SAFELY Signal is not permission to say anything. Keep communications in large or not-fully-vetted Signal chats to a bare minimum. Don’t write anything you wouldn’t want authorities to read, or to be read aloud in court. If someone’s phone is taken or accessed, your messages to them may be visible. Anything can be screenshotted! Whether readable for one day or one minute, it can still be screenshotted.
VERIFY PEOPLE & DEVICES Double-check that you are talking to the person you think you are through a trusted second channel, such as an in-person conversation, video call, or a question only the two of you know the answer to. Use Signal’s safety-number verification. Compare the safety numbers or scan the QR code in person when possible; if they do not match, stop using that channel until you can verify the person. Remove people from chats if they—or any of their devices—become compromised, lost, seized, or accessed by someone else.
MANAGE DATA Set disappearing messages for every chat you create or join to 1 week, 1 day, or shorter. Set a default disappearing-message timer for all new chats: Signal Settings → Privacy → Default timer for new chats.  Delete Signal on your phone before traveling internationally. Delete Signal Desktop when you no longer need it, especially before giving away, sharing, repairing, or disposing of a computer. Be careful what you store in chat group descriptions—files, links, photos stored there are visible to everyone with a link to the chat.
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New York City: register today for Saturday's Communiversity session, We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Strengthening the Relationships that Sustain Our Movements 👇🏾
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Communiversity Catalog: Abolition, Incarceration, and the Rule of Law — Interrupting Criminalization
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
FIGHT FLOCK! 🧵 ✅ Check out this toolkit on how to kick out Flock and organize to stop mass surveillance: bit.ly/kickoutflock
FIGHT FLOCKNo Mass Surveillance in our cities Free zine: How to kick out Flock & Organize to Stop Mass Surveillance: bit.ly/kickoutflock
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
First Aid For The People, facilitated with PARC, hosted by @interruptcrim.bsky.social - Join us on Saturday, October 17, 2026 1-4:30pm at Women Building Up (401 State St, Brooklyn, NY) for another first aid training, open to all. Masks (KN95 or better) required + provided. ​​​​​​​RSVP here.
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Communiversity Catalog: Abolition, Incarceration, and the Rule of Law — Interrupting Criminalization
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Our super talented friend and collaborator @noahjodice.bsky.social has another installment for @interruptcrim.bsky.social's "Imagining Overground Railroads" series. I shared this one with folks this weekend: the theme is "Learning Together." millionexperiments.com/zines/overgr...
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Overground Railroads
Do you see any “overground railroads” where you are? What systems, networks, and relationships come together around you to bring people closer to liberation? The different pieces of your railroad may...
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW YORK CITY! Spots have opened up for We Are Each Other's Harvest: Strengthening the Relationships that Sustain Our Movements. Sept 26, 11am-4pm Apply today! More info here: bit.ly/communiversity26
Communiversity Applications open for 2026 courses in NYC!
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Next week! Register now: bit.ly/IC-QIJ
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is coming up soon, register now!
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I'm so proud of this Exhibition that we made and I am thrilled with this film that my friend Tom of Sensitive Visuals made documenting the Exhibition. It's wonderfully done and you can get a sense of the exhibition even if you were unable to see it in person.
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
TOMORROW! Register now: bit.ly/PGMGxPFCWebinar
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The Grantsmanship Center @grantsmanship.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Libraries again leading the conversation to uplift humanity—more than talk, showing how to honor, enlighten, embrace and delight communities. 💙
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
'Zines! Mesh networks! Community archiving! Prison radio! Signal safety! Come to our webinar Building Informational Power to Resist Authoritarianism: A Skill Share 📅 October 10 🕰️ 1 to 5 PM ET PM on Zoom
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Building Informational Power to Resist Authoritarianism: A Skill Share — Interrupting Criminalization
Join Interrupting Criminalization for a half-day interactive online skillshare to learn about to build community controlled communication networks in the context of rising authoritarianism. This event...
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Join the Palestine-Global Mental Health Network & Shatāt-USA-Palestine Mental Health Network w/the Palestinian Feminist Collective for a webinar on “A Predatory State: Israeli systematic sexualized & gendered violence against Palestinians.” 📅 Sept 22 ⏰ 9am PST // 12pm EST 📍 bit.ly/PGMGxPFCWebinar
A predatory state: Israeli Systemic Sexualized and Gendered Violence Against Palestinans a webinar Date: September 22, 2026 Time 9am PST/noon EST/7pm Jerusalem Register: bit.ly/PGMHxPFCWebinar
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Andrea Ritchie @dreanyc123.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Have you read the latest This Month in Criminalization? Information & analysis you need as we head back to school & into fall, federal enforcement surges, mounting repression & targeting of migrants, trans ppl, repro care & Indigenous resistance www.interruptingcriminalization.com/newsletters/...
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This Month in Criminalization: August-September 2026 — Interrupting Criminalization
The August/September 2026 installment of IC’s monthly criminalization roundup includes resources on ways to fortify ourselves and our communities for fall, and action items and information about the m...
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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Whew, what a brilliant video. Saving this one.
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
THIS MONTH IN CRIMINALIZATION Info, analysis, & actions you can take! Fed enforcement surges, increased targeting of migrants & trans folks, repro care, Indigenous resistance! PLUS a list of ways to FORTIFY & expand your community defense, rapid response, & mutual aid networks. bit.ly/TMIC926
This Month in Criminalization Info, analysis, & actions to fortify you for fall on: federal enforcement surges, increased targeting of migrants  & trans ppl, repro care & Indigenous resistance!
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If you couldn't visit the breathtaking, immersive abolitionist exhibit The Warehouse in NYC, check out this short video all about it! 👇🏾 #Abolition
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The Warehouse Exhibition - April to June 2026 at Bedford Library
YouTube video by Mariame Kaba
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
There's still time to register for the last session of the Queer (In)Justice reading group on Sept 30, 7-9PM ET. Whether you've read the book or not, join authors @kwhitlock.bsky.social @jmogul.bsky.social & @dreanyc123.bsky.social to discuss QUEER POWER ORGANIZING! Register here: bit.ly/IC-QIJ
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Learn more about the attacks on abortion, and support abortion access! 🧵
The latest on abortion rights
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Andrea Ritchie @dreanyc123.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Looking forward to this gathering and set of conversations about how we practice new worlds in the midst of repression and resistance… Wisconsin come through!
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If you're in NYC, you should come to the Abortion teach-in on October 3 so you can be in community with like-minded people and so you can be prepared should the Right criminalize Mifepristone in the coming months. Be ready for the fights ahead.
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Madison, WI: Our cofounder Andrea Ritchie is the keynote speaker at the YWCA Racial Justice Summit October 7th! Register here 👇🏾
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YWCA Madison Racial Justice Summit
YWCA Madison's Racial Justice Summit is among the largest multiracial, intergenerational, and cross-sector community gatherings for intersectional racial justice learning, unlearning, and collective h...
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW YORK CITY FOLKS: The fight for abortion rights—are you wondering how we got here? Wondering what's next? Join us Oct 3 for a teach-in with the authors of two excellent books on abortion. Register at: bit.ly/ICabortionteachin
Abortion: A Community Teach-In October 3 LES, NYC 11AM - 4PM 10:30 AM registration & continental breakfast Register at: bit.ly/ICabortionteachin
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Kay Whitlock @kwhitlock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We hope you'll join us!
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
SONG invites you to learn more about the Down With Data Centers campaign. This is a space for questions & collaboration. Work together to organize a liberated South! Wed Sep 30th 4:30-6 ET/3:30-5 CT/1:30-3 PT Register here 👇🏾
database.southernersonnewground.org
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NYC: This short film tells the story of the groundbreaking 1975 case of the first woman in US history to be acquitted for using deadly force to resist sexual assault. Sun, Sep 20, 2:30pm: Q&A w/IC cofounder Mariame Kaba & the director. For tickets & other special engagements, visit bit.ly/DCTVFJL
Free Joan Little NY Theatrical Premier Firehouse DCTV's Cinema for Documentary Film September 18-24 RSVP: bit.ly/DCTVFJL
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NYC people, sign up for the Sept 26 session today!! We Are Each Other's Harvest: Strengthening the Relationships that Sustain Our Movements Facilitated by Adaku Utah More info here: bit.ly/communiversity26
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Suzanne @azsentencingreform.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
More ways to fight ICE
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Learn more about the attacks on abortion, and support abortion access! 🧵
The latest on abortion rights
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
You can also watch this very short film I helped make to have a taste of what happened in this case: vimeo.com/221684059?fl...
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Joan Little - Survived and Punished
In 1974, Joan Little was charged with first degree murder after she stabbed a prison guard who sexually assaulted her at Beaufort County jail. Joan’s case became a national cause for prisoners’ rights...
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
You can still register for the final Queer (In)Justice reading group session with authors: @dreanyc123.bsky.social @jmogul.bsky.social @kwhitlock.bsky.social ⭐ Whether you’ve read the book or not, come discuss queer power organizing! ⭐ 🗓️ September 30 🕰️ 7–9 p.m. ET 👉🏾 bit.ly/IC-QIJ
Queer Resistance Summer Discussion Group Sept. 30 7pm-9pm ET bit.ly/IC-QIJ
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NYC: This short film tells the story of the groundbreaking 1975 case of the first woman in US history to be acquitted for using deadly force to resist sexual assault. Sun, Sep 20, 2:30pm: Q&A w/IC cofounder Mariame Kaba & the director. For tickets & other special engagements, visit bit.ly/DCTVFJL
Free Joan Little NY Theatrical Premier Firehouse DCTV's Cinema for Documentary Film September 18-24 RSVP: bit.ly/DCTVFJL
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