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.
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…
Dear Friends & Comrades of CR,
Black August is a time of year to strengthen our commitment to fight for the end of imprisonment and imperialism and for Black liberation. …
Critical Resistance (CR) & its Editorial Collective for The Abolitionist Newspaper are working to pull together a pool of volunteers to support The Abolitionist Editorial Collective with transcriptions for our…
On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, Critical Resistance (CR) printed the newest issue of The Abolitionist Newspaper to date, a bi-lingual, cross-wall political education and organizing project free to imprisoned people…
Critical Resistance (CR) is proud to hire CR Oakland volunteer member, Abby Bordin, as our new National Development Coordinator. Read the announcement below from Abby and welcome her onto the…
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…
Dear friends & comrades of Critical Resistance,
With heavy hearts, we’re writing to honor the sudden loss and long legacy of our beloved co-founder and longtime member Masai Ehehosi. Masai…
Dear LA friends of Critical Resistance (CR),
Our Los Angeles chapters has been hard at work this year for prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition. We’d like to share some exciting…