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…
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On Trump’s Pro-Policing Executive Orders
February 10, 2017 Yesterday, on the heels of swearing in Jeff Sessions as Attorney General, Trump signed three executive orders that bolster, back, and expand the authority of law enforcement…
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…
International Solidarity & Anti-Imperialist Resistance in the Post-Election Landscape
A Critical Resistance Donor Call, December 2016 As we reflect on, organize and prepare to fight against heightened repression of our communities during a Trump administration, we look to the current…
For the Love of Palestine: Stories of Women, Imprisonment and Resistance
Published by The Freedom Archives with California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, and Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. womenprisoners_PalestineDownload…
Militarization of Police
A Critical Resistance Donor Call, September 2015 While the roots of policing in the United States are closely linked the capture of escaped slaves, and the enforcement of Black Codes,…
Militarization & the PIC
A Critical Resistance Donor Call, February 2013 On February 15, CR hosted our first Quarterly Donor Call of 2013. During the call we explored the issue of militarism and the…
Improvising on Reality: The Roots of Prison Abolition by Liz Samuels
In this chapter of The Hidden 1970s: Histories of Radicalism by Dan Berger, Victoria Law, James Tracy, et al, former Critical Resistance member Liz Samuels examines the historic Attica Rebellion of 1971 and…