Intro to the Prison Industrial Complex 101: Workshop
Intro to PIC full curriculumDownload PIC DefinitionDownload PIC-Abolition-Concentric-Circles-front-back-handoutDownload PIC101 words- NEW 2015!Download…
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CR’s Abolitionist Toolkit
CR National members made this toolkit in 2004. In this toolkit, you will find CR’s early ideas on the prison industrial complex and abolition, along with political education and organizing…
CR’s Statement on Abolition of Policing
2009. Abolition of Policing StatementDownload…
People First: An Oakland Power Projects Report on Policing & Emergencies
People First! is CR and OPP’s preliminary people’s report on police militarization and emergency preparedness. This report explores the real emergencies that communities of color in the Bay area face and…
Reformist Reforms vs Abolitionist Steps in Policing
This chart examines reforms that expand policing vs reforms that reduce the role of policing and its violence in our lives. Download the PDF or email crnational@criticalresistance.org for a print version.…
Public Health is a Strategy for Abolition
CR and Public Health Justice Collective created this tool of a public health framework for organizing to abolish policing. This document is inspired by the American Public Health Association (APHA)’s…
Policing Fails Oakland (Oakland Power Projects)
OPP Report: Policing Fails OaklandDownload…
Policing Timeline
What are the origins of policing in the US and how has it developed throughout history? How best can we analyze this history to strengthen our organizing for abolition? Check…
Toward the Abolition of Imprisonment: Dismantling Jails
How and why are jail fights a crucial part of the movement for abolition? Critical Resistance has focused on fighting jails specifically, because jails are an integral component in the…
Abolitionist Responses to Jail Expansion & Reform
Bandaid fixes or real solution? Reform or Abolition? This chart helps clarify what efforts are abolitionist changes and which are reformist measures the legitimize and maintain the PIC when fighting…