Making Gains in 2012: No More Jails and Prisons!
California is definitely in crisis. Unemployment is high. Education and healthcare access is receding. Budget cuts on city, county and state levels are severe, especially for the working and poor…
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.
Time flies.
It feels like just weeks ago we were sharing with you some of the gains Critical Resistance made as 2011 came to a close. And now, we are… After years of devastating cuts to life-affirming programs such as education and healthcare, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors is poised to approve the construction of a $150 million… In the past week, the Oakland Police Department (OPD) and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) released strategic plans they claim would have thoroughgoing and sustainable impacts on… To celebrate the release of The Abolitionist’s next issue, “Life After the PIC,” we’re throwing two launch events. First up, there’s a night of conversation with contributors to the issue, at Eastside Cultural Center (2277 International Blvd., Oakland) on February …
Making Gains in 2012
Urgent Call for Action: No New Jail in San Mateo!
What They Call Public Safety…We say, “The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.”
Critical Resistance Radio
Critical Resistance Spreading Abolition on the Air! From 2002-2007, Critical Resistance’s Oakland chapter joined forced with KPFA’s HardKnock Radio (KPFA 94.1, KPFB 89.3 in Berkeley and KFCF 88.1 in…
Plan for a Safer Oakland (PSO)
In 2005, Critical Resistance initiated a partnership with All Of Us Or None to work towards REAL safety in Oakland. In our partnership, we articulated demands for more and better…