As Critical Resistance develops strong and vibrant grassroots projects and campaigns for abolition, check out updates from our work in Portland, Los Angeles, New York City, Oakland and across the US.
With a far-right regime rearing its ugly head next month, we know that a cornerstone of fascism is imprisonment. Once Trump’s new administration takes office in January, the practice of…
Dear Bay Area Friends,
THANK YOU to everyone who attended our annual Prisoner Solidarity Mailing Party! It was such a sweet turnout on December 8 with so many new faces.…
Dear friends and supporters of Critical Resistance (CR),
Over the last year, CR has been hard at work advancing our campaigns and projects, creating resources and organizing tools, and building…
Marcellus Williams, a Black client of the Innocence Project, is scheduled for execution Tuesday, September 24, 2024. Critical Resistance is joining the Innocence Project is calling upon all anti-prison advocates…
While the prison industrial complex (PIC) is an ever-shifting goliath in California politics, we’ve seen community-oriented and abolitionist gains in the state over the last 10 years due to decades…
In a time when our social safety net is facing BILLIONS in cuts, why does CDCR’s budget remain virtually untouchable? Governor Newsom’s budget creates a recipe for a cycle of…
There are some big shifts in policing and imprisonment happening across the state of California, and we at Critical Resistance (CR) and our movement partners and community members are keeping…
The New York City chapter of Critical Resistance (CRNYC) has been working hard to make abolitionist gains against the prison industrial complex at the local and state level.
NYC Mayor…
Dear LA friends of Critical Resistance (CR),
Our Los Angeles chapters has been hard at work this year for prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition. We’d like to share some exciting…
For the month of March, we celebrate the legacy of international working women’s struggle for liberation. In this moment it is ever relevant to strengthen the fight for the power…