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.
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…
From Black History Month to Women’s History Month: Uplifting the Feminist Tradition of Abolition
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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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…
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…
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…
When: 7-9 pm
Where: the BLACK Gallery powered by Don’t Shoot PDX, 916 NW Flanders St, Portland OR.
What: Come …
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…
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…
Join Critical Resistance Portland (CRPDX), Palestinian Youth Movement & Jewish Voice for Peace this Sunday, April 14 in Portland, Oregon to learn more about CRPDX and to have a community conversation on the state of policing from Portland to Palestine.
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…