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.
After securing a court order for CA Correctional Center (CCC) in Susanville to close, Critical Resistance is working to expedite CCC’s closure as part of our work with Californians United… Critical Resistance Oakland and Los Angeles’s campaign with Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) to #CloseCAPrisons has been making some game-changing headway in the past few months.
After we… As we progress through the 11th anniversary of the CA prisoner hunger strikes against solitary confinement, where tens of thousands of prisoners across CA joined forces to challenge the use… Critical Resistance commemorates the anniversary of the Attica Rebellion, when Black, Native and Latino prisoners rose up against Attica Prison in upstate New York, and released a powerful set of … 51 years ago, a 17-year old brought 3 guns into the Marin County Courthouse on August 7, 1970 in a bold act of resistance. With the assistance of three prisoners,… We are thrilled to announce that our winter issue of The Abolitionist (#34) has gone to print and is currently being mailed out to about 5,000 subscribers, 4500 of whom… 50 years ago, a 17-year old brought 3 guns into the Marin County Courthouse on August 7, 1970 in a bold act of resistance. With the assistance of three prisoners,… Numerous organizations across our movement to abolish the prison industrial complex have been fighting tirelessly to “Free Them All For Public Health,” as more and more the COVID crisis reveals… Zionism is Not Compatible with Prison Abolition or Reform
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Activists, including a Critical Resistance member, a CR co-founder, and a member of our Community Advisory, recently released this…
CA Action Alert to Close Prisons: Email CDCR & Governor to Expedite Closure of CCC!
A Winning Step Toward a Prison-Free CA: Prisoner Resistance & the Fight to Close CA Correctional Center (CCC)
Long Live Paul Redd & the CA Prisoner Hunger Strikes to End Solitary Confinement!
Long live the Attica Rebellion
Reflecting on the Roots of Black August & George Jackson
Hot off the Press: The Abolitionist Issue 34, Winter 2021!
Reflecting on the Roots of Black August & George Jackson
July 2020 Newsletter: Fight Like Hell–Against Imprisonment & Caging
Statement: Zionism is Not Compatible with Prison Abolition or Reform
ON PALESTINIAN PRISONERS’ DAY, DELEGATION AFFIRMS SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN PEOPLE