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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…
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.…
This link is from the Oakland Power Project and explains some of the connections between policing and health. “Policing is at the core of real threats to safety and health,…
How does using the framework of militarism help understand war in its different forms? At a time when economic crisis has eclipsed issues of war, how does “militarism” mobilize the…
Before the Black Lives Matter Movement, Oakland was an epicenter for resisting policing. In 2009, Oakland rose up in response to consecutive years of police killings from the cases of…
Article by CR co-founder and long-time member Rachel Herzing, published in CounterPunch, on developments of Bratton’s policing strategy and how communities are resisting zero-tolerance measures. Read here.…
OkayAfrica’s Abel Shifferaw interviews CR’s Media and Communications Director, Mohamed Shehk about CR’s work and building a movement to abolish policing. Read the article here.…
This is a chapter from the book Counter-Insurgency & Community Policing by Stop the Injunctions Coalition organizers and CR members. STIC Book ChapterDownload…
Big Dreams & Bold Steps by Rachel HerzingDownload…
Standing Up for Communities: Truthout ArticleDownload…