Dear friends and fellow travelers, The challenges, loss and hardship of 2020 motivated us to organize with urgency, responsiveness and solidarity. As health, economic, and…
On March 30, 2020, Critical Resistance and a powerful cast of movement partners came together for “Organizing Against Toxic Imprisonment in the Face of Covid-19,”…
A Winning Start to Defund CampaignMoves Forward in Oakland Defund Oakland Police Department (OPD) Coalition successfully moves community recommendations through Reimagine Public Safety task force to Oakland City…
Hot off the Press: The Abolitionist Issue 34, Winter 2021! We are thrilled to announce that our winter issue of The Abolitionist (#34) has gone…
New “Advice to New Abolitionists” Video by Rachel Herzing In 2020, we saw one of the biggest waves of people identifying as abolitionist and calling…
Critical Resistance is pleased to offer a brand new anti-imprisonment tool, a “Reformist reforms vs. abolitionist steps to end imprisonment” poster! Wondering about the differences…
Mutual Aid for Abolition in the Face of Pandemic: The Zachary Project 2020-2021 Update In 2020, The Zachary Project supported our people secure safe housing…
We are pleased to announce that our latest Issue of The Abolitionist (#33) is finally being mailed out to our readers right now! Help us send it free to thousands…
The Immediate Post-Election Moment The presidential race having gone to the Biden/ Harris ticket last weekend, we at Critical Resistance are engaged in reflection and analysis about what this means…
Critical Resistance is excited to share with you our new organizers’ toolkit—Our Communities, Our Solutions: An Organizer’s Toolkit to Developing Campaigns to Abolish Policing—now available…