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By Isaac Ontiveros On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Critical Resistance: Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex conference in 1998, the editors of the Abolitionist asked me to…
The following is a transcription of the conversation between Angela Y. Davis, Linda Evans, Kamau Walton, and Mary Hooks that took place at Critical Resistance’s twenty-year anniversary event on December…
A CR Donor Webinar, December 2018 On Friday December 14, 2018 we hosted a special donor webinar on Critical Resistance (CR) conferences since 1998. Planners and organizing committee members reflected…
A flyer made by Critical Resistance Los Angeles for LA No More Jails Coalition (2004-2018) in the fight to stop jail expansion.…
January 27, 2017 Dear Friends, This past week has been tumultuous for communities everywhere. In his first few days in power, Trump has removed any doubts of whether he will…
A Critical Resistance Donor Call, April 2017 Our first Donor Call of the year, “The Black Panther Party Ten Point Program: Highlights Today” featured contributors to the latest issue of The Abolitionist newspaper of the same theme. …
A Critical Resistance Donor Call, September 2016 The conversation, commemorating the 45th anniversary of the Attica Rebellion, highlights the legacy of prisoner-led organizing for freedom as well as the political and social…
A Critical Resistance Donor Call, June 2016 The core of CR’s work is to push—through grassroots mobilizations, popular education, campaigns and coalition efforts—a reinvigorated common sense in which the key…
A Critical Resistance Donor Call, March 2014 Our March 2014 donor call featured presentations by four amazing organizers on the manifestations, impacts, and logic of surveillance, as well as how…
Issue 16 of CR’s The Abolitionist Newspaper (printed in 2012) imagined life after the prison industrial complex is abolished. The following sample article below, leading accountability and anti-violence practitioners (Mimi…