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.
Through the pandemic, CR steadfastly continues to build connections across cages and walls. Since Covid-19 and Shelter-in-Place, we are rerouting all the collect calls to our office that we receive… Come through to our virtual mail night! Every third Monday of the month, join CRPDX in connecting with prisoners across Oregon and Washington through CRPDX prisoner correspondence mail program. Sign up to participate in CRPDX’s mail program here Contact CRPDX …
Correspondence and connection with people inside is essential
Each month we gather virtually as a mail crew and volunteer team to host an open letter writing night to connect with folks looking to get involved with CRPDX. We…
From 2017 through its victory in 2020, Critical Resistance Portland (CRPDX) anchored the Care Not Cops (CNC) campaign with a group of Portland residents that was working to end the…
Near the end of May 2020, uprisings set off around the world uplifting a range of calls to remedy state violence and racial capitalism. At this juncture, our communities are…
Numerous organizations across our movement to abolish the prison industrial complex have been fighting tirelessly to “Free Them All For Public Health,” as more and more the COVID crisis reveals…
This past month, CR PDX has been pushing the Care Not Cops campaign to move swiftly in demanding real safety and resources for our most vulnerable community members, supporting prisoner…
As a political organization working to abolish the prison industrial complex (PIC), Critical Resistance (CR) has had a practice of accepting imprisoned people’s collect calls through our national office in…
Care Not Cops Review of Wheeler’s Proposed Policing Budget May 3rd, 2019 On Wednesday, Mayor Ted Wheeler released his proposed budget for the City of Portland. This included a policing…
Care Not Cops Review of Wheeler’s Proposed Policing Budget On Wednesday, Mayor Ted Wheeler released his proposed budget for the City of Portland. This included a policing budget of…