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.
On Thursday, January 12, 2023, Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) held a virtual rally and press conference to raise demands for prison closure across California to the state…
Calling all past and present members of labor unions – We need your help!
Dear California Workers
Are you a member of a labor union? Do you have… Join Critical Resistance LA (CRLA) on Saturday, December 10 for a community event building LA presence and power in the statewide fight to close 10 CA prisons by 2025, and… After securing a court order for CA Correctional Center (CCC) in Susanville to close, Critical Resistance is working to expedite CCC’s closure as part of our work with Californians United… Critical Resistance (CR) and Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) invite you to Freedom Friday!
When: 3-7pm on Friday August 27, 2021
Where: 4400 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA
* FREE *… Today (August 13, 2021), the CA Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (CDCR) released a post on Instagram stating the #DixieFire situation at CCC and HDSP is under control, but CCC… Critical Resistance stands in solidarity with Palestine and is deeply opposed to Israel’s continued colonization, occupation, and use of imprisonment and administrative detention against the Palestinian people. As an organization… Numerous organizations across our movement to abolish the prison industrial complex have been fighting tirelessly to “Free Them All For Public Health,” as more and more the COVID crisis reveals… Urgent support is needed for one of the only Black-led and Prisoner-led national newspapers, the SF BayView. A historic Black newspaper, the San Francisco BayView, needs your help to raise… Care Not Cops Review of Wheeler’s Proposed Policing Budget
May 3rd, 2019
On Wednesday, Mayor Ted Wheeler released his proposed budget for the City of Portland. This included a policing…
A Roadmap for Prison Closure: Take Action to #CloseCAPrisons Now!
Union members for abolition – will you support prison closure?
Closing Cages, Building Power: Join Critical Resistance in Los Angeles on December 10!
CA Action Alert to Close Prisons: Email CDCR & Governor to Expedite Closure of CCC!
AUGUST UPDATES FROM CR OAKLAND: JOIN US FOR FREEDOM FRIDAY THIS WEEK!
Action Alert: Dixie Fire Endangers Prisoners at CCC in Susanville
FREE PALESTINE: STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY, 2021
July 2020 Newsletter: Fight Like Hell–Against Imprisonment & Caging
HELP SF BAY VIEW NEWSPAPER STAY ALIVE!: ONE OF THE ONLY BLACK-LED & PRISONER-LED NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS IN THE US!
Portland Demands People’s Budget Over Policing