Resisting Torture: Refusing to Surrender
An article from Issue 40 of The Abolitionist Newspaper by Molly Porzig with Marie Levin and “Comrade Pops” about Critical Resistance’s work in the Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity coalition supporting…
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The Role of Unions in Reducing Imprisonment
A labor organizing & campaign resource created by Critical Resistance January 2023 for Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB)’s CA Prison Closure campaign, to close at least 10 prisons…
Roadmap for Prison Closure: Close California Prisons now!
On January 12, 2023, Critical Resistance and Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) released a roadmap for prison closure in California, outlining a decarceral just transition framework to close…
Abortion Decriminalization is Part of the Larger Struggle Against Policing & Criminalization by Interrupting Criminalization
A toolkit for resisting the criminalization of abortions and reproductive agency by Interrupting Criminalization and Beyond Do No Harm Coalition partners (May 2022). Decriminalize+AbortionDownload…
Closing Cages: The People’s Plan for Prison Closure in California
By Mohamed Shehk The following article is a feature action piece from Issue 36 of Critical Resistance’s The Abolitionist newspaper, printed in December 2021. The issue features “Pathways toward Freedom,”…
Our Communities, Our Solutions: An Organizer’s Toolkit for Developing Campaigns to Abolish Policing
How do we abolish policing? As demands to defund the police become more and more popular, how do we ensure these calls further on-the-ground work toward a vision of prison…
Community Accountability: Emerging Movements to Transform Violence
This collection encapsulates a decade of local and national initiatives led by or inspired by allied social movements that reflect the complexities of integrating the theory and practice of community accountability.…
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.…
From BART to SWAT: Reflection on Policing in Oakland
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…