Resistance to Trump: Abolition as a Powerful Weapon
This past week has been tumultuous for communities everywhere. In his first few days in power, Trump has removed any doubts of whether he will follow through on his racist…
2017 Oakland Power Projects Know Your Options Workshops: “POLICING IS A HEALTH HAZARD”
“POLICING IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE” Because policing fails to meet people’s needs, and puts people in danger of arrest, imprisonment, and/or even death, we must eliminate connections between policing…
CA United for a Responsible Budget is hiring in Los Angeles
Californians United for a Responsible Budget is looking for a full-time Statewide Organizer in Los Angeles! Critical Resistance is a founding member of this important coalition and encourages our allies…
Jails in LA County Knowingly Expose Prisoners to Deadly Fungal Infection
Monday, December 19, 2016By Kenneth E. Hartman, Diana Zuñiga and Christina Tsao, Truthout | Op-Ed For nearly three years, the LA No More Jails Coalition has been organizing against the…
Sitawa: Exiting solitary confinement – and the games CDCr plays
by Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa Below article originally published in SF BayView, December 29th 2016. Critical Resistance helped provide outside support for prisoner led resistance to the use of longterm/indefinite solitary…
Organizing for Abolition: Building Dreams, Defending Against Fear
There was absolutely no mention of the abolition of police or prisons in mainstream headlines at the time of the founding Critical Resistance conference in 1998 or when Critical Resistance…
Grassroots Organizing That Makes PIC Abolition Irresistable
Below is a look back at the amazing work of our local chapters in 2016. It has been a humbling and inspiring year. Thank you for your support! Critical…
Free Them All! Political Prisoners & Anti-Imperialist Resistance
To protectors of the land, indigenous freedom fighters, and defenders against colonialism: we stand in joint struggle with you as our work for abolition of the prison industrial complex is…
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Trump’s Victory A Reflection of Oppression and War-Making in America
Originally posted on East Bay Express. Let’s not exceptionalize Trump. Let’s denormalize and fight the tools that will be used during his presidency, as during all others, to wage war…