In building strong campaigns and projects to abolish the prison industrial complex, Critical Resistance organizers often pressure and mobilize mainstream media to cover the struggle. Often, Critical Resistance is also contacted by the Press to give statements and offer our expertise on different issues surfacing in the News concerning the prison industrial complex and abolition.
Check out how Critical Resistance has been making News in the articles and links below.
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Two arguments now entering the mainstream—that incarceration is an urgent public health crisis and that policing takes needed resources from communities—have long been argued by abolitionist organizers. “Abolition is about fighting…
CR’s definition of the prison industrial complex is referred to in this article on organizing in Ontario, Canada to close Thunder Bay jail. Read Article Here…
Four experts– including CR Oakland chapter member Rehana Lerandeau– discuss the options to prepare for crisis response—defund the police, reform police practices, or look to communities of color to protect…
Liberal reformers in New York City are pushing for skyscraper jails to replace the notorious penal colony on Rikers Island. Supporters of the plan claim these facilities will be humane…
Opponents of San Francisco’s new 384-bed jail proposal turned out Wednesday at the Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee meeting, launching a protest inside of City Hall’s board chambers.Chanting…
CR’s submits statement against new state funding for jail construction Read Article here…
BERKELEY — Despite claims by some two dozen speakers that the Urban Shield exercises feed into a growing militarization of police, the City Council voted 5-3 Dec. 15 to approve…
CR Oakland members Speaking out for alternatives to the SF jail at the first Work Group meeting. Read Article Here…
CR member brings PIC abolition to the art world While most of the artists emphasize the positive aspects of bringing attention to mass incarceration, Christine Wang, a young Los Angeles painter…