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.
Today, on the fourteenth day of Black History Month 2024, Sitawa Jamaa was finally released from over 40 years in California (CA) prison, roughly 30 years of which were spent…
Dear Friends & Comrades,
Happy 2024! Critical Resistance has continued hustling through the start of the new year, and January proved to be a busy month for us. Thank you…
In this 25th year of Critical Resistance (CR), we bolstered the international movement to abolish the prison industrial complex (PIC) through our campaigns and projects, the resources we created and…
Central to Critical Resistance(CR)’s praxis, campaigns are essential to the success of prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition, and 2023 saw many campaign achievements and advances.
This year, CR propelled PIC…
Dear Bay Area Friends of Critical Resistance (CR),
This past fall has remained busy for CR’s Oakland chapter. We’ve been fighting for liberation locally across CA through prison closure, across…
Dear Los Angeles comrades,
Throughout 2023, Critical Resistance Los Angeles (CRLA) has been hard at work strengthening CR’s work in southern California. All year, CRLA has been knee-deep in the…
Dear Comrades,
Every year, Critical Resistance (CR) members across the country work to strengthen the movement to abolish the prison industrial complex (PIC) in a multitude of ways, and 2023…
This past year, Critical Resistance (CR) members have strengthened our connections and organizing with thousands of imprisoned people by sharing resources, strategies, and political dialogue across walls. We have maintained…
Each year in December, Critical Resistance (CR) reflects on the advances we’ve made throughout the year against the prison industrial complex (PIC). From celebrating 25 years of strategy and struggle…
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