Celebrating international working women’s struggle for liberation
For the month of March, we celebrate the legacy of international working women’s struggle for liberation. In this moment it is ever relevant to strengthen the fight for the power…
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.
On Friday, March 8th, the Public Works Board of CA, overseen by the Department of Finance, will meet to approve funds to demolish Building 38 at San Quentin State Prison… Critical Resistance (CR) remains steadfast in the struggle for Black and Palestinian freedom.
This Black History Month, we at Critical Resistance uplift the ongoing legacy of the fight for… Today, on the fourteenth day of Black History Month 2024, Sitawa Jamaa was finally released from over 40 years in California (CA) prison, roughly 30 years of which were spent… Central to Critical Resistance(CR)’s praxis, campaigns are essential to the success of prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition, and 2023 saw many campaign achievements and advances.
This year, CR propelled PIC… Dear Bay Area Friends of Critical Resistance (CR),
This past fall has remained busy for CR’s Oakland chapter. We’ve been fighting for liberation locally across CA through prison closure, across…
CALL TO ACTION: Tell the Public Works Board and Governor Newsom to HALT construction funding for the San Quentin rebrand
The Fight for Black Liberation is Abolitionist and Internationalist
Welcome Home CA Prisoner Hunger Strike Leader & Elder, Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa!
Sustain campaigns against caging & imprisonment!
Take Action with CR Oakland this week & beyond!
…
Last month, while President Biden was hosting cocktail parties in San Francisco, hundreds of people shut down the Bay Bridge to demand an immediate ceasefire, an end to US military aid to Israel, and a Free Palestine. Now, 78 protestors
Through our collective work since 2021, we’ve gotten two California state prisons closed, one slated for closure soon, and one private prison lease terminated. Let’s keep up the pressure and get closer to our goal of 10 prisons announced
…
2023 Annual Year-End Letter: CR Updates from the Year!
Each year in December, Critical Resistance (CR) reflects on the advances we’ve made throughout the year against the prison industrial complex (PIC). From celebrating 25 years of strategy and struggle…
