As Critical Resistance develops strong and vibrant grassroots projects and campaigns for abolition, check out updates from our work in Portland, Los Angeles, New York City, Oakland and across the US.
This year, the poignancy and the urgency of Black liberation is front and center of national, if not international, consciousness and action. On Saturday, June 13th, we humbly and enthusiastically…
Urgent support is needed for one of the only Black-led and Prisoner-led national newspapers, the SF BayView. A historic Black newspaper, the San Francisco BayView, needs your help to raise…
In March and April 2020, Critical Resistance (CR) created an abolitionist platform for COVID-19 emergency response as a roadmap to support freedom, health, and collective care, and actively…
As a political organization working to abolish the prison industrial complex (PIC), Critical Resistance (CR) has had a practice of accepting imprisoned people’s collect calls through our national office in…
Sharpening Our Theory and Practice
Thirty members and staff of Critical Resistance (CR) gathered recently outside of Portland for an engaging weekend of shared study and political analysis. The “Abolitionist…
In November 2018, Critical Resistance (CR) was proud to be amongst health workers and anti-policing organizers as we achieved a huge victory at the American Public Health Association (APHA) annual…
Zionism is Not Compatible with Prison Abolition or Reform
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We are formerly incarcerated people, activists and scholars committed to ending mass incarceration…
Zionism is Not Compatible with Prison Abolition or Reform
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We are formerly incarcerated people, activists and scholars committed to ending mass incarceration and…
Across our four chapters, Critical Resistance members have been leading strong campaigns against imprisonment and policing in 2018. Take a look at our end of year updates below and join…
December 2018Dear friends, supporters and comrades, We’ve been incredibly busy this year strengthening campaigns, building relationships, sharing resources, and scaling up our organization, coalitions, networks and the movement to dismantle…