Abolition is the Antidote to Fascism
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…
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.
This May, we at Critical Resistance (CR) honor the revolutionary legacies of Malcolm X and Yuri Kochiyama—comrades who shared a May 19 birthday and whose lifelong commitment to dismantling racial… 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… As we’ve moved from Black History Month through Women’s History Month, marking the later with International Women’s Day in the month’s beginning and ending it with the upcoming International 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… Today is the annual celebration of the life and legacy of Dr Martin Luther King, his commitment to rejecting racism, economic inequality, militarism and imperialism. This recognition and reclamation of… 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… 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 Bay Area Friends,
THANK YOU to everyone who attended our annual Prisoner Solidarity Mailing Party! It was such a sweet turnout on December 8 with so many new faces.… Dear Community,
As we find ourselves in what will be a long cycle of being called upon to “defeat fascism and save democracy” every four years, it would serve us…
Malcolm, Yuri & Abolition Now
Honoring Palestinian Prisoners Day & Earth Day: Resistance, Liberation, and the Fight for Life
From Black History Month to Women’s History Month: Uplifting the Feminist Tradition of Abolition
Community is Resistance: Pushing for a People’s Budget!
Honoring MLK’s Radical Legacy & Resisting the right-wing’s pull
Fight fascism, Resist policing, Sustain Critical Resistance!
Fight fascism, dismantle imprisonment, sustain Critical Resistance!
Bay Area: Help CR Oakland Raise $3,500!
Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) Abolition Must be Central to Anti-Fascism