Intro to the Prison Industrial Complex 101: Workshop
Intro to PIC full curriculumDownload PIC DefinitionDownload PIC-Abolition-Concentric-Circles-front-back-handoutDownload PIC101 words- NEW 2015!Download…
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CR’s Abolitionist Toolkit
CR National members made this toolkit in 2004. In this toolkit, you will find CR’s early ideas on the prison industrial complex and abolition, along with political education and organizing…
CR’s Statement on Abolition of Policing
2009. Abolition of Policing StatementDownload…
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…
What’s Militarism Got to Do With It?
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…
Unraveling the Fraying Edges of Zero Tolerance
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.…
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…
Standing Up for Communities: Why We Need a Police-Free Future
Standing Up for Communities: Truthout ArticleDownload…
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…
Policing Timeline
What are the origins of policing in the US and how has it developed throughout history? How best can we analyze this history to strengthen our organizing for abolition? Check…