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Portland’s Budget Makes Cuts to Policing, But More Is Needed
On May 21, 2025, Portland City Council debated and ultimately approved a preliminary budget of $8.5 billion—with roughly $316 million going to the Portland Police Bureau (PPB). This is a…
From Black History Month to Women’s History Month: Uplifting the Feminist Tradition of Abolition
As we’ve moved from Black History Month through Women’s History Month, marking the later with International Women’s Day in the month’s beginning and ending it with the upcoming International Day…
CR Portland is excited to invite you to our next Prisoner Mail Night—every fourth Wednesday of the month from 6–8 pm on Zoom. Whether you’re a mail night regular, a newbie looking to (re)engage with abolitionist community, or
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Community is Resistance: Pushing for a People’s Budget!
Dear Pacific NorthWest friends and supporters, As 2024 drew to a close, Critical Resistance reflected on our daunting conditions ahead and why prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition is needed to…
Fight fascism, Resist policing, Sustain Critical Resistance!
Since the George Floyd rebellions of 2020, policing has been on a deadly rise. Since the battle in Atlanta, Georgia around the construction of “Cop City” has come to a…
Fight fascism, dismantle imprisonment, sustain Critical Resistance!
With a far-right regime rearing its ugly head next month, we know that a cornerstone of fascism is imprisonment. Once Trump’s new administration takes office in January, the practice of…
Join Critical Resistance Portland (CRPDX) for our annual Holiday Prisoner Solidarity Postcard Writing Night Wednesday, December 4!
When: 7-9 pm
Where: the BLACK Gallery powered by Don’t Shoot PDX, 916 NW Flanders St, Portland OR.
What: Come …
Summer-Fall 2024 Updates from CR
Dear friends and supporters of Critical Resistance (CR), Over the last year, CR has been hard at work advancing our campaigns and projects, creating resources and organizing tools, and building…
Join CR PDX April 14 for an Open House & Discussion on Resisting Policing from Palestine to PDX
Hello Friends and Comrades of CR Portland (CRPDX), We want to share a few updates about what we’ve been up to the last few months and what we’re looking forward…