Solidarity with the struggle for Palestinian Liberation
On the heels of Indigenous People’s Day, we join communities all over the world in condemning the horrific aggression of the apartheid state of Israel against the people of Gaza…
Critical Resistance: Campaigns & Project Updates
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.
Whether it was celebrating 25 years of Critical Resistance (CR) with a large fundraiser and panel in May, propelling our prison industrial complex (PIC) abolitionist campaign and project work forward,… In 2023, Critical Resistance’s editorial collective for The Abolitionist Newspaper began an exciting collaboration with the Beyond Prisons Podcast to do a regular podcast show for each issue of The… This week this year marks the 52nd anniversary of the Attica Rebellion—when from September 9-13, 1971, about 1,300 prisoners rose up in resistance against horrible prison conditions. In solidarity with… For years, Washington prisoners have used Cultural Awareness Groups (CAGs) (CAGs) as spaces for collective growth, liberation, healing practices, and inside-out organizing with local partners like Liberation Media NW and… This week, Atlanta residents and organizers are making a final push to gain the 70,000 signatures needed to get a referendum on the November ballot for the people of Atlanta… Prison industrial complex abolition as a political ideology and practice has opened up more space for our movements to make powerful gains against policing, imprisonment, and state violence, especially as “abolition” and demands to defund policing and other carceral institutions …
Summer 2023 Updates & News!
Over the Wall: The Abolitionist Hour on Beyond Prisons Podcast
Attica Means Fight Back: Reflecting on 52 years of Prisoner Rebellion
Prisoners Resisting Repression of Cultural Awareness Groups in Washington
This Week in ATL: Mobilize to Stop Cop City!
Celebrating 25 Years of Critical Resistance, Toward Abolitionist Horizons: May 2023 Fundraiser
Dear Friends & Comrades of Critical Resistance (CR), Thank you so much to everyone who joined us in-person or online for Toward Abolitionist Horizons, a benefit celebrating 25 years…
Building Worker Power for Abolition: International Workers’ Day 2023
This International Workers’ Day, Critical Resistance celebrates recent advances in the labor movement and the necessary growth in ties to the fight for prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition. We have…
Looking Back, Looking Forward On 25 Years of Critical Resistance – Toward Abolitionist Horizons!
Join us May 5 in-person at San Francisco State University or online via livestream for “Toward Abolitionist Horizons: 25 Years of Critical Resistance,” an evening of discussion and performances, looking…