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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Issue 40 Sneak Peek on Control Units – “You Can’t Kill the Spirit of a Revolutionary: Susan Rosenberg on the Lexington Control Unit for Women”
Interview by Dylan Brown of The Abolitionist Editors’ Note: The following article is a transcript of a conversation between Dylan Brown of Critical Resistance’s The Abolitionist Editorial Collective and former…
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.…
The Role of Unions in Reducing Imprisonment
A labor organizing & campaign resource created by Critical Resistance January 2023 for Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB)’s CA Prison Closure campaign, to close at least 10 prisons…
Roadmap for Prison Closure: Close California Prisons now!
On January 12, 2023, Critical Resistance and Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) released a roadmap for prison closure in California, outlining a decarceral just transition framework to close…
Issue 37 Inside-Outside Fishing Line Column: Speaking Truth to The People – Building a Mass Movement against the Prison Industrial Complex With Current and Former Political Prisoners
By Lawrence Jenkins & Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin with Garrett Felber This article is a column from CR’s The Abolitionist Newspaper, the Inside-Outside Fishing Line, for Issue 38 on labor struggles…
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…
Sneak Peek into Issue 37: Intersecting Movements for Housing Justice & PIC Abolition
The following article is the feature analysis of Issue 37 of The Abolitionist (printed June 2022), an interview with Critical Resistance (CR) member and Senior Organizer of Communications at Right…
Closing Cages: The People’s Plan for Prison Closure in California
By Mohamed Shehk The following article is a feature action piece from Issue 36 of Critical Resistance’s The Abolitionist newspaper, printed in December 2021. The issue features “Pathways toward Freedom,”…