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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…
Whether it was celebrating 25 years of Critical Resistance (CR) with a large fundraiser and panel in May, propelling our prison industrial complex (PIC) abolitionist campaign and project work forward,…
This week, Atlanta residents and organizers are making a final push to gain the 70,000 signatures needed to get a referendum on the November ballot for the people of Atlanta…
The latest issue of Critical Resistance’s cross-wall bilingual newspaper, The Abolitionist— this time focused on examining reproductive justice and prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition—, has printed on Juneteenth 2023, and…
Over the last year, the Portland chapter of Critical Resistance has been engaged in assessments of our work, the shifts in the prison industrial complex (PIC) locally, and how we…
Resistance to Cop City in Atlanta (ATL) has ramped up once again, this time after ATL police raided a house of ATL Solidarity Fund activists providing direct legal support to…
Happy Mamas’ Day from Critical Resistance (CR)!
Mamas, aunties, and caretakers have been the back bone of abolition for generations.
According to Prison Policy Initiative and Interrupting Criminalization:
Almost 1…