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… 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 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… 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… 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… 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…
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, dismantle imprisonment, sustain Critical Resistance!
Summer-Fall 2024 Updates from CR
CA Prop 36 Endangers Abolitionist Gains in the Golden State
Calling all Californians: Review CA’s Corrections Budget & Demand Newsom Closes more Prisons Now!
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
Mobilize & Connect with CR in New York!