Black August Bail Out
Dear Comrades, As Black August comes to a close, we reflect not only on those who came before us – ancestor freedom fighters and martyrs – but on our continued…
Victory against Fascism
The past few weeks have been truly inspiring, with powerful actions taking place across the country to shut down and drown out threats of white supremacist demonstrations. Following a torch-lit…
Critical Resistance Presents Breaking Down the Prison Industrial Complex
PREMIERING AT ICOPA 2017 (INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PENAL ABOLITION) JULY 27TH Check back for videos links, coming September 6… VIDEOS IN THE FIRST SERIES: Soffiyah Elijah executive director, Alliance of…
No More Jails! Fighting Jail Expansion and the Harms of Imprisonment
For the past 15 years, CR has been a leader in the movement against prison and jail construction across the US. Our innovative, integrated approach to fighting the expansion of…
Resisting Policing: Dismantle, Divest, Defund
Why fight policing? Experiences of criminalization & imprisonment are some of the most durable obstacles to full, equitable participation in our society and major blocks against healthy, stable communities. The…
Honoring Rose Braz: CR co-founder and abolitionist leader
May 5, 2017 Dear Friends, With tender spirits and heavy hearts, we at Critical Resistance bid farewell to one of our co-founders and long time leaders, Rose Braz, who braved…
Bay Area Regional Statement Against Jail Expansion
Sign on to the organizational statement here. As organizations in commitment to the safety and wellbeing of our communities, we stand united across Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco counties…
2016 Annual Report
2016 Annual ReportDownload CR members across the country were hard at work in 2016 eroding the power of the PIC and paving the way for healthy, self-determined communities. As you…
War Making and State Repression
April 21, 2017 Last week, news broke that as Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions seeks to assert a “tough on crime” approach in his position, he is committed to ramping…