Portland’s Budget Makes Cuts to Policing, But More Is Needed
On May 21, 2025, Portland City Council debated and ultimately approved a preliminary budget of $8.5 billion—with roughly $316 million going to the Portland Police Bureau (PPB). This is a…
Critical Resistance: Campaigns & Project Updates
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.
For the month of April, we honor two dates that speak to the resilience of life under violent systems of control: Palestinian Prisoners Day on April 17, and Earth Day… Dear Pacific NorthWest friends and supporters,
As 2024 drew to a close, Critical Resistance reflected on our daunting conditions ahead and why prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition is needed to… Dear Friends,
For the past couple weeks, Critical Resistance Los Angeles (CRLA) has been mobilizing with our local movement partners in the migrant rights movement to take to the streets… Since the George Floyd rebellions of 2020, policing has been on a deadly rise. Since the battle in Atlanta, Georgia around the construction of “Cop City” has come to a… 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… 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… Hello Friends and Comrades of CR Portland (CRPDX),
We want to share a few updates about what we’ve been up to the last few months and what we’re looking forward… Each year in December, Critical Resistance (CR) reflects on the advances we’ve made throughout the year against the prison industrial complex (PIC). From celebrating 25 years of strategy and struggle… 2023 has been a busy year for Critical Resistance Oakland. Below we share some updates on the work we’ve accomplished so far this year towards abolishing the PIC; work made…
Honoring Palestinian Prisoners Day & Earth Day: Resistance, Liberation, and the Fight for Life
Community is Resistance: Pushing for a People’s Budget!
CRLA: From Wildfires to Defending our Communities Against ICE
Fight fascism, Resist policing, Sustain Critical Resistance!
CA Prop 36 Endangers Abolitionist Gains in the Golden State
As policing expands, CR and partners fight imprisonment across California
Join CR PDX April 14 for an Open House & Discussion on Resisting Policing from Palestine to PDX
2023 Annual Year-End Letter: CR Updates from the Year!
CR Oakland 2023 Newsletter: Updates for Spring, Summer & Fall