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…
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Our Oakland, Our Solutions: The Stop the Injunctions Coalition (STIC)
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 and Bold Steps Towards a Police Free Future
Big Dreams & Bold Steps by Rachel HerzingDownload…
Build the Block Report: Developing Alternatives to Policing in the Arab & Muslim Community
This report is from CR co-founder and Build the Block engineer Rachel Herzing, focusing on the Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC’s) work in Bay Area Arab and Muslim communities…
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…
Atlanta for Abolition: Dismantle the Prison Industrial Complex
How are communities in Atlanta resisting the prison industrial complex and organizing for abolition? Check out this brochure from CR’s Profiles in Abolition Project’s “Atlanta for Abolition,” an exhibit, event…
8 Steps to a Jail-Free San Francisco
How do we get rid of jails and create jail-free cities? Check out CR-Oakland and No New SF Jail Coalition’s approach to fighting jailing and criminalization. No New SF Jail’s…
Care Not Cages Zine
How is jail expansion affecting Los Angeles? Check out CR-LA & No More Jails LA’s Care Not Cages Zine to learn about the fight against jailing and criminalization. Care Not…
People’s Report: No New Jail in San Francisco
How does jailing and criminalization impact San Francisco? Check out this report CR compiled for No New SF Jail Coalition No New SF Jail People’s ReportDownload…