Big Dreams and Bold Steps Towards a Police Free Future
Big Dreams & Bold Steps by Rachel HerzingDownload…
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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…
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…
How to Stop a Jail in Your Town
Want to learn how to stop jail expansion? Check out this extensive compilation of organizing resources coordinated by CA United for a Responsible Budget (CURB), a coalition in CA fighting…
Looking Back, Looking Forward: Some Notes on the Struggle Against the Prison Industrial Complex
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…