Drug Use ‘Rampant’ in California Prisons
VACAVILLE, Calif. — California inmates are dying of drug overdoses at nearly triple the national rate and it’s unclear whether the tough steps state officials took this year to stop…
CR in the News
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.
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Ella Baker’s Radical Democratic Vision
Ella Baker was one of the unsung leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. What can she teach us about movement-building today? “Those who romanticize the concept of leaderless movements often…
County supervisors vote to reconsider size of new Men’s Central Jail
Los Angeles County supervisors voted Tuesday to pull back a plan to rebuild the aging Men’s Central Jail and reassess the number of beds needed in a new facility. Sheriff’s…
Protesters Rally Against New San Francisco Jail
A new jail is in the works in San Francisco, but some people don’t think it’s really needed. Their argument is it is a waste of money. And they’re sharing…
The Economy of Incarceration: Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Co-Founder Ruth Gilmore speaks on The Economy of Incarceration on The Laura Flanders Show Video Description from The Laura Flanders Show: What do the conservative Koch Industries, the liberal Ford…
Opinion: Against Policing
CR Members Share Powerful Thoughts Against Policing What would a transformative response be to the trooper who sent 50,000 volts into Macadam Mason’s undefended chest? How does a prison abolitionist…
A Brutal Beating Wakes Attica’s Ghosts
Content Warning: details of physical abuse to prisoners Read Article Here…
Urban Shield reignites militarization debate in Oakland
Activists denounce police weapons expo, recalling Oscar Grant and Michael Brown Local community organizations protested the event last year, citing the Oakland Police Department’s history of violence in the community.“Oakland…
Grassroots Resistance as ‘Police Militarization’ Expo Descends on Oakland
While world watches US law enforcement, ‘Urban Shield’ brings defense contractors, law enforcement agencies, and SWAT teams for war games and arms trade Sustained resistance in Ferguson, Missouri — in…
How the US militarizes the world’s police, not just Ferguson’s
On Aug. 9, a white police officer named Darren Wilson shot and killed an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.Since then, the world has watched the streets…