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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News Sources on Palestinian Liberation, Gaza and Apartheid Israel
The all-out war apartheid-Israel has waged on the people of Gaza in October 2023 has exposed the unreliability and outright racism of Western media. The demonization of Palestinians, Muslims, and…
Stop Cop City – Statement of Solidarity by Critical Resistance, June 2023
Critical Resistance (CR) members drafted the following statement of solidarity with Atlanta protestors resisting the developing of “Cop City,” a $90 million, 350-acre police training & militarization facility that would…
Toward Abolitionist Horizons: Celebrating 25 Years of Critical Resistance
On May 5, 2023, Critical Resistance hosted a benefit event in San Francisco, California to celebrate 25 years of Critical Resistance and the struggle to abolish the prison industrial complex.…
Sneak Peek into Issue 39 – Fulfilling the Promise of Reproductive Justice: Abolition & the Family Regulation System
The following article is an early release article from CR’s The Abolitionist Newspaper, Issue 39 on Reproductive Justice, printing in June 2023 issue. To support free subscriptions of the newspaper…
From Crisis to Care: Ending the Health Harm of Women’s Prisons
Human Impact Partners, California Coalition for Women Prisons, along with Transgender, Gender-Variant and Intersex (TGI) Justice Project and Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) released this report on the…
The Banned Books in Your State Prisons: Search Engine & Database by The Marshall Project
In December 2022, The Marshall Project released a useful online tool to search what books are banned in each state’s prison system. From The Marshall Project: Banned Books Database Book…
Sneak Peek into Issue 38 on Labor Struggles & Abolition: The Rise of Background Checks with Melissa Burch
Peek inside Issue 38 of The Abolitionist newspaper with this early release interview with Melissa Burch, former Critical Resistance (CR) staffer and past editor of The Abolitionist, current long-time CR…
Beyond Criminal Courts
In 2022, Critical Resistance, Interrupting Criminalization and Community Justice Exchange created a new toolkit and online resource hub for resisting criminalization through courts and the court system. The “Beyond Criminal…
So is this actually an abolitionist strategy or proposal? Resource Binder
Collected by Interrupting Criminalization, Project Nia & Critical Resistance. Assembled for the Summer 2022 Allied Media Conference. The cover artwork was created by Micah Bazant, with binder design by Beck…