Interrupting Criminalization
@interruptcrim.bsky.social
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 http://interruptingcriminalization.com/
Learn more at http://interruptingcriminalization.com/
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New resource⚡️ Block it! Don’t Build It. Don’t Fill It. Don’t Fuel It.
A mini-toolkit to take action to slow down and disrupt the government’s kidnapping, detention, and deportation machine.
Info on strategies/tactics, ways to take action, and more:
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
A mini-toolkit to take action to slow down and disrupt the government’s kidnapping, detention, and deportation machine.
Info on strategies/tactics, ways to take action, and more:
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
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Really a wonderful list of ways to organize. Observing and potentially disrupting ICE’s activity is of course a visible and essential tactic right now, and there are a lot of other tactics as well! Many described here.
New resource⚡️ Block it! Don’t Build It. Don’t Fill It. Don’t Fuel It.
A mini-toolkit to take action to slow down and disrupt the government’s kidnapping, detention, and deportation machine.
Info on strategies/tactics, ways to take action, and more:
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
A mini-toolkit to take action to slow down and disrupt the government’s kidnapping, detention, and deportation machine.
Info on strategies/tactics, ways to take action, and more:
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Really a wonderful list of ways to organize. Observing and potentially disrupting ICE’s activity is of course a visible and essential tactic right now, and there are a lot of other tactics as well! Many described here.
We're in a moment where people are hoping that some form of criminalization of the president will happen and stop the conditions we're enduring, or appealing to the literal cops to serve as a counter to ICE—but a reminder from @dreanyc123.bsky.social: criminalization is not gonna get us out of here.
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We're in a moment where people are hoping that some form of criminalization of the president will happen and stop the conditions we're enduring, or appealing to the literal cops to serve as a counter to ICE—but a reminder from @dreanyc123.bsky.social: criminalization is not gonna get us out of here.
🗓️Monday, Dec. 1 at 4-5:30 PM ET: Join our co-founder @dreanyc123.bsky.social, Dorothy Roberts and @movfamilypower.bsky.social's Erin Miles Cloud for this @haymarketbooks.org event as they discuss the historical context of the family policing system and how organizers have strategized against it:
How to End Family Policing
Join us for a virtual book launch of How to End Family Policing: From Outrage to Action, a much-needed intervention arguing that the systems that claim to protect children make them—and our…
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🗓️Monday, Dec. 1 at 4-5:30 PM ET: Join our co-founder @dreanyc123.bsky.social, Dorothy Roberts and @movfamilypower.bsky.social's Erin Miles Cloud for this @haymarketbooks.org event as they discuss the historical context of the family policing system and how organizers have strategized against it:
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Earlier this month @interruptcrim.bsky.social and Just Practice brought together groups that have been engaged in community-based crisis response to share lessons & to assess the current landscape. It was a really fruitful convening. We're sharing some resources today.
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New Resources for Community-Based Crisis Response 🚐
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November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Earlier this month @interruptcrim.bsky.social and Just Practice brought together groups that have been engaged in community-based crisis response to share lessons & to assess the current landscape. It was a really fruitful convening. We're sharing some resources today.
mailchi.mp/interrupting...
mailchi.mp/interrupting...
Are you looking for a space where you can reflect individually and with others on your ongoing activism and organizing? Join our co-founder @prisonculture.bsky.social for the last Another Is Possible Activist Drop-In Space this Sunday, Nov. 30 at 4-6 PM ET. Learn more:
Another World Is Possible Activist Drop In Space: November — Interrupting Criminalization
An informal accountability group or space for people who are and/or who want to take consistent community action and want to reflect with others, hosted by IC co-founder Mariame Kaba. (All times in…
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Are you looking for a space where you can reflect individually and with others on your ongoing activism and organizing? Join our co-founder @prisonculture.bsky.social for the last Another Is Possible Activist Drop-In Space this Sunday, Nov. 30 at 4-6 PM ET. Learn more:
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A Mini Toolkit to Take Action to Disrupt the ICE Kidnapping, Detention, and Deportation Machine via @interruptcrim.bsky.social
Block It! — Interrupting Criminalization
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A Mini Toolkit to Take Action to Disrupt the ICE Kidnapping, Detention, and Deportation Machine via @interruptcrim.bsky.social
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i think it would be great if more people read this annotated indictment of the RICO case against folks involved with Stop Cop City created by @interruptcrim.bsky.social , just for a sense of how the state treats opposition in this country
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...
An Annotated Version of the Indictment Filed Against #StopCopCity Organizers — Interrupting Criminalization
An annotated version of the indictment filed against #StopCopCity organizers, featuring critical information and context, questions for discussion, and more.
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
i think it would be great if more people read this annotated indictment of the RICO case against folks involved with Stop Cop City created by @interruptcrim.bsky.social , just for a sense of how the state treats opposition in this country
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...
New resource⚡️ Block it! Don’t Build It. Don’t Fill It. Don’t Fuel It.
A mini-toolkit to take action to slow down and disrupt the government’s kidnapping, detention, and deportation machine.
Info on strategies/tactics, ways to take action, and more:
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
A mini-toolkit to take action to slow down and disrupt the government’s kidnapping, detention, and deportation machine.
Info on strategies/tactics, ways to take action, and more:
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
November 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
New resource⚡️ Block it! Don’t Build It. Don’t Fill It. Don’t Fuel It.
A mini-toolkit to take action to slow down and disrupt the government’s kidnapping, detention, and deportation machine.
Info on strategies/tactics, ways to take action, and more:
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
A mini-toolkit to take action to slow down and disrupt the government’s kidnapping, detention, and deportation machine.
Info on strategies/tactics, ways to take action, and more:
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
🗓️Sunday, Nov. 30 at 4-6 PM ET: If you've been thinking about joining @prisonculture.bsky.social for this monthly drop-in space for people who are taking consistent community action, this Nov. 30 session is your last chance! Learn more and register:
Another World Is Possible Activist Drop In Space: November — Interrupting Criminalization
An informal accountability group or space for people who are and/or who want to take consistent community action and want to reflect with others, hosted by IC co-founder Mariame Kaba. (All times in…
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🗓️Sunday, Nov. 30 at 4-6 PM ET: If you've been thinking about joining @prisonculture.bsky.social for this monthly drop-in space for people who are taking consistent community action, this Nov. 30 session is your last chance! Learn more and register:
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If you are looking for ways to disrupt the abduction detention & deportation machine check out the new mini-toolkit from @interruptcrim.bsky.social gathering opportunities for action from orgs like @detentionwatchnetwork.org @siembranc.bsky.social BAJI +
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
November 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
If you are looking for ways to disrupt the abduction detention & deportation machine check out the new mini-toolkit from @interruptcrim.bsky.social gathering opportunities for action from orgs like @detentionwatchnetwork.org @siembranc.bsky.social BAJI +
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
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Not to be missed.
If you want to learn more about how family policing and the systems that claim to protect children make them—and our communities—less safe, join our co-founder @dreanyc123.bsky.social, Erin Miles Cloud and Dorothy Roberts on Dec. 1 at 4 PM ET for this event, hosted by @haymarketbooks.org:
How to End Family Policing
Join us for a virtual book launch of How to End Family Policing: From Outrage to Action, a much-needed intervention arguing that the systems that claim to protect children make them—and our…
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Not to be missed.
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I have good news that I was able to invite an incarcerated comrade to be an artist in residence @interruptcrim.bsky.social in 2026. I got a grant that allows me to do this and I am so happy about it. He's already making art and now he can do that while also contributing to his family on the outside.
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I have good news that I was able to invite an incarcerated comrade to be an artist in residence @interruptcrim.bsky.social in 2026. I got a grant that allows me to do this and I am so happy about it. He's already making art and now he can do that while also contributing to his family on the outside.
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Tickets for this virtual event are $5 (or free for low/no-income participants)
🗓️Monday, Dec. 1 at 4-5:30 PM ET: Join @haymarketbooks.org for this rescheduled virtual book launch of How to End Family Policing, featuring a conversation with our co-founder
@dreanyc123.bsky.social, @movfamilypower.bsky.social's Erin Miles Cloud, and professor Dorothy Roberts. Learn more join:
@dreanyc123.bsky.social, @movfamilypower.bsky.social's Erin Miles Cloud, and professor Dorothy Roberts. Learn more join:
How to End Family Policing
Join us for a virtual book launch of How to End Family Policing: From Outrage to Action, a much-needed intervention arguing that the systems that claim to protect children make them—and our communitie...
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Tickets for this virtual event are $5 (or free for low/no-income participants)
If you want to learn more about how family policing and the systems that claim to protect children make them—and our communities—less safe, join our co-founder @dreanyc123.bsky.social, Erin Miles Cloud and Dorothy Roberts on Dec. 1 at 4 PM ET for this event, hosted by @haymarketbooks.org:
How to End Family Policing
Join us for a virtual book launch of How to End Family Policing: From Outrage to Action, a much-needed intervention arguing that the systems that claim to protect children make them—and our…
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If you want to learn more about how family policing and the systems that claim to protect children make them—and our communities—less safe, join our co-founder @dreanyc123.bsky.social, Erin Miles Cloud and Dorothy Roberts on Dec. 1 at 4 PM ET for this event, hosted by @haymarketbooks.org:
🗓️Saturday, Nov. 22 at 2-3:30 PM ET: Join our co-founder @prisonculture.bsky.social and Neta Bomani for a virtual gathering to celebrate 5 years of Sojourners for Justice Press! Come through to reflect on past publications, learn about what's next, and discuss what things are inspiring SJP’s work:
November 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
🗓️Saturday, Nov. 22 at 2-3:30 PM ET: Join our co-founder @prisonculture.bsky.social and Neta Bomani for a virtual gathering to celebrate 5 years of Sojourners for Justice Press! Come through to reflect on past publications, learn about what's next, and discuss what things are inspiring SJP’s work:
Two virtual events coming up featuring our co-founders:
🗓️Sunday, Nov. 30 at 4-6 PM ET: Another World is Possible Activist Drop-In Space, with @prisonculture.bsky.social
🗓️Monday, Dec. 1 at 4-5:30 PM ET: How to End Family Policing, featuring @dreanyc123.bsky.social
Info and links in this thread:
🗓️Sunday, Nov. 30 at 4-6 PM ET: Another World is Possible Activist Drop-In Space, with @prisonculture.bsky.social
🗓️Monday, Dec. 1 at 4-5:30 PM ET: How to End Family Policing, featuring @dreanyc123.bsky.social
Info and links in this thread:
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Two virtual events coming up featuring our co-founders:
🗓️Sunday, Nov. 30 at 4-6 PM ET: Another World is Possible Activist Drop-In Space, with @prisonculture.bsky.social
🗓️Monday, Dec. 1 at 4-5:30 PM ET: How to End Family Policing, featuring @dreanyc123.bsky.social
Info and links in this thread:
🗓️Sunday, Nov. 30 at 4-6 PM ET: Another World is Possible Activist Drop-In Space, with @prisonculture.bsky.social
🗓️Monday, Dec. 1 at 4-5:30 PM ET: How to End Family Policing, featuring @dreanyc123.bsky.social
Info and links in this thread:
This Saturday, Nov. 15 is our last day of Communiversity! If you're based in NYC, you can join our co-founder @prisonculture.bsky.social on Saturday for this session about radical Black women activists and theorists in the U.S. (1910-1960)👇
🗓️This Saturday, Nov. 15 at 1:30-4 PM ET in Brooklyn: Our co-founder @prisonculture.bsky.social is facilitating a discussion circle focused on the contributions of radical Black women activists and theorists in the U.S. from 1910-1960. If you're in NYC and interested in joining, register now to join!
Communiversity Catalog: Black Radical Women in the U.S. 1910–1960: A Study and Discussion Circle — Interrupting Criminalization
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This Saturday, Nov. 15 is our last day of Communiversity! If you're based in NYC, you can join our co-founder @prisonculture.bsky.social on Saturday for this session about radical Black women activists and theorists in the U.S. (1910-1960)👇
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"Solidarity is literally in LA's DNA."
"The goal: to weave a grassroots shield against ICE crackdowns and social services cuts and offer a model for how neighbors, not institutions, can bridge fear and isolation."
#California #USA #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"The goal: to weave a grassroots shield against ICE crackdowns and social services cuts and offer a model for how neighbors, not institutions, can bridge fear and isolation."
#California #USA #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
In South LA, Black and Latino neighbors unite against ICE as systems fail
As Trump-era immigration enforcement arrests hit 540 weekly and cuts to SNAP threaten families, neighbors are launching mutual aid hubs to keep each other safe.
lapublicpress.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"Solidarity is literally in LA's DNA."
"The goal: to weave a grassroots shield against ICE crackdowns and social services cuts and offer a model for how neighbors, not institutions, can bridge fear and isolation."
#California #USA #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"The goal: to weave a grassroots shield against ICE crackdowns and social services cuts and offer a model for how neighbors, not institutions, can bridge fear and isolation."
#California #USA #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
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New: Diana Santillana Galeano, whom federal immigration agents dragged out of a Rayito del Sol daycare on Chicago's north side last week, has been released from federal custody, the law firm HSPRD announced Thursday.
The release states she will meet with Rayito del Sol parents on Friday.
The release states she will meet with Rayito del Sol parents on Friday.
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
New: Diana Santillana Galeano, whom federal immigration agents dragged out of a Rayito del Sol daycare on Chicago's north side last week, has been released from federal custody, the law firm HSPRD announced Thursday.
The release states she will meet with Rayito del Sol parents on Friday.
The release states she will meet with Rayito del Sol parents on Friday.
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According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
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Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/google-has-c...
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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You may have seen that 600+ detainees are eligible for release, which is amazing! BUT: you may not know that immigration detainees still have to pay for their freedom-- $1500 bond per person! The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund is raising money to help people get free, please donate: www.mibfc.org
Midwest Immigration Bond Fund
www.mibfc.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
You may have seen that 600+ detainees are eligible for release, which is amazing! BUT: you may not know that immigration detainees still have to pay for their freedom-- $1500 bond per person! The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund is raising money to help people get free, please donate: www.mibfc.org
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Today, Oklahoma is set to execute Tremane Wood even though a state panel recommended his life is spared
Tremane Wood is currently on death row, despite his older brother admitting to killing victim Ronnie Wipf in 2002.
Next week, he will have the chance to make his case for mercy.
Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death anyway.
Next week, he will have the chance to make his case for mercy.
Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death anyway.
His Brother Admitted To A Murder. He Is Set To Be Executed For It.
Next week, Tremane Wood will have the chance to make his case for mercy. Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death.
www.huffpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Today, Oklahoma is set to execute Tremane Wood even though a state panel recommended his life is spared
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Join us at Communiversity on Saturday. It's our final set of sessions and I will be facilitating a conversation about radical Black women in the US. [early-mid 20th century]. There are 3 required readings but ok if you only get through 1 or 2. www.interruptingcriminalization.com/communiversi...
Communiversity Catalog: Black Radical Women in the U.S. 1910–1960: A Study and Discussion Circle — Interrupting Criminalization
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Join us at Communiversity on Saturday. It's our final set of sessions and I will be facilitating a conversation about radical Black women in the US. [early-mid 20th century]. There are 3 required readings but ok if you only get through 1 or 2. www.interruptingcriminalization.com/communiversi...
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So thrilled to FINALLY get copies of 'Let This Radicalize You' and 'Read This When Things Fall Apart'. One copy to pass around right away. One to read and then start passing! @mskellymhayes.bsky.social @prisonculture.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
So thrilled to FINALLY get copies of 'Let This Radicalize You' and 'Read This When Things Fall Apart'. One copy to pass around right away. One to read and then start passing! @mskellymhayes.bsky.social @prisonculture.bsky.social