Viewpoints: Why is California trying to build more jails?
When we first saw this year’s proposed corrections budget included $500 million for new jail expansion, we had to double-check the document to see what year it was.In December, at the…
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.
Check out how Critical Resistance has been making News in the articles and links below.
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Fruitvale Community Garden allowed to remain in Oakland
Community members work in the Fruitvale community garden on Foothill Boulevard near Mitchell Street in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, April 17, 2014. The garden on public land is one of…
From Brooklyn to Oakland, Rest in Power Kimani Gray & Alan BluefordFrom Brooklyn to Oakland
CR Oakland organizer Kamau Walton speaks at a Justice for Alan Blueford rally in downtown Oakland…
Critical Resistance Addresses Prison Issues
Democracy Now’s coverage of the first Critical Resistance Conference in 1998, interviewing Angela Y. Davis. This weekend a conference is taking place at the University of California, Berkeley called Critical…