Hot off the Press: The Abolitionist Issue 34, Winter 2021!
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…
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.
New “Advice to New Abolitionists” Video by Rachel Herzing
In 2020, we saw one of the biggest waves of people identifying as abolitionist and calling for abolition in different ways.… Critical Resistance is pleased to offer a brand new anti-imprisonment tool, a “Reformist reforms vs. abolitionist steps to end imprisonment” poster! Wondering about the differences between reforms that strengthen imprisonment… Critical Resistance is excited to share with you our new organizers’ toolkit—Our Communities, Our Solutions: An Organizer’s Toolkit to Developing Campaigns to Abolish Policing—now available for download.
Our struggle… CA Propositions 25 Will Strengthen the Prison Industrial Complex and Harm Our Communities
This November, Californians will have the opportunity to vote on Proposition 25, a piece of legislation… Over the years our Oakland chapter has periodically researched and developed mid-year or annual reviews of policing as a way to report developments in Oakland’s use of policing and assess…
In March and April 2020, Critical Resistance (CR) created an abolitionist platform for COVID-19 emergency response as a roadmap to support freedom, health, and collective care, and actively… Get Involved:
Contact Critical Resistance: crla@criticalresistance.org | 510-444-0484 (national office) facebook.com/CriticalResistanceLosAngeles | twitter @crlosangeles | instagram.com/crlosangeles
Learn more and join the Justice LA coalition: www.http://justicelanow.org
Take a look at… Check out some of CR’s 2016 work and collaborative projects offered here as examples and resources to further our fight together to abolish the prison industrial complex.
Reports and Interviews…
2 NEW TOOLS: ADVICE VIDEO AND DEFUND POLICING WEBSITE!
ABOLITIONIST STEPS TO END IMPRISONMENT – NEW ORGANIZING RESOURCE
CHECK OUT OUR *NEW* ORGANIZERS’ TOOLKIT TO ABOLISH POLICING!
CALIFORNIA: VOTE NO ON PROPS 20 & 25!
CR Oakland’s 2020 Mid-Year Report on Policing in Oakland
An Abolitionist Platform Toward Healthy Communities Now & Beyond COVID-19 by Critical Resistance
2018 LA Jail Fight Info Packet
2016 Reports and Resources