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Dear Friends & Comrades,
Every Black August, we at Critical Resistance (CR) honor the legacy of Black freedom fighters—many of them still imprisoned—who gave their lives in the struggle for… 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… The PIC is the infrastructure of fascism.
Let’s dismantle it—together.
Across the US and beyond, fascism is not a looming possibility—it’s a present reality.
It wears a badge.
It… 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…
Black August, From Oakland to Palestine: Carrying Forward the Struggle
Portland’s Budget Makes Cuts to Policing, But More Is Needed
Abolition is the Antidote to Fascism
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!