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.
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…
December 20, 2023 - December 29, 2023
Every year, Critical Resistance (CR) sends personalized postcards with messages of love and solidarity to each of our imprisoned comrades and loved ones. Connect with a chapter near you and attend one of CR’s virtual or in-person postcard writing events
Become a monthly sustainer to The Zachary Project and support radical mutual aid for Critical Resistance members and community organizers in need!
Mutual aid has long been a tenet of…
On November 1, 2023 Critical Resistance (CR) was joined by thousands of people for our Abolition Means No More War: Free Palestine Now webinar with Angela Davis, Lara Kiswani of …
November 18, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Join us on November 18th from 1-3pm at 518 Valencia in San Francisco where we’ll go over the overlapping histories of prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition and labor resistance, why and how these struggles are deeply linked, and imagine what
2023 has been a busy year for Critical Resistance Oakland. Below we share some updates on the work we’ve accomplished so far this year towards abolishing the PIC; work made…
October 24, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
In-person Prisoner Mail Nights on Tuesdays are back for Bay Area volunteers with CR Oakland!
Join us the SECOND and FOURTH TUESDAY nights each month!
Over the past 3 years, CR Oakland shifted its mail program and volunteer nights …
Critical Resistance (CR) is looking for volunteers to support with data entry to help us audit and update our list of ~10,000 imprisoned comrades!
Volunteers who sign up will conduct…
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,…
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…