A Look Back at Critical Resistance South
By Kim Diehl To understand the power and significance of Critical Resistance South Conference and Strategy Session, we begin with its ending – a funeral for the prison industrial complex…
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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…
Critical Resistance: 20 Years of Strategy and Struggle for Abolition
The following is a transcription of the conversation between Angela Y. Davis, Linda Evans, Kamau Walton, and Mary Hooks that took place at Critical Resistance’s twenty-year anniversary event on December…
Critical Resistance Conference History
A CR Donor Webinar, December 2018 On Friday December 14, 2018 we hosted a special donor webinar on Critical Resistance (CR) conferences since 1998. Planners and organizing committee members reflected…
Interview with Empty Cages Collective (UK)
At the 2018 International Conference on Penal Abolition (ICOPA) held in London, Critical Resistance was introduced to the UK based prison abolitionist organization Empty Cages Collective. We are grateful to…
Organizing Across Prison Walls is How We’ll Bring Them Down
By Felix Rosado and Layne Mullett On June 6, 2015, around 300 people crowded into the Mosaic Community Church in West Philadelphia to launch a campaign to end death by…
Stop Urban Shield Campaign Victory
A Critical Resistance Donor Webinar, April 2018 When our movements make gains and win campaigns, it’s important to uplift these victories, assess how we accomplished them, and strategize on future…
Bail, Bond & Abolition
A Critical Resistance Donor Webinar, July 2017 Thanks to years of visionary and bold organizing, the demands to abolish money bail and systems of bond are hitting mainstream conversations and…
Resistance to Trump: Abolition as a Powerful Weapon
January 27, 2017 Dear Friends, This past week has been tumultuous for communities everywhere. In his first few days in power, Trump has removed any doubts of whether he will…
The Black Panther Party 10-Point Platform: Highlights Today
A Critical Resistance Donor Call, April 2017 Our first Donor Call of the year, “The Black Panther Party Ten Point Program: Highlights Today” featured contributors to the latest issue of The Abolitionist newspaper of the same theme. …