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.
Marcellus Williams, a Black client of the Innocence Project, is scheduled for execution Tuesday, September 24, 2024. Critical Resistance is joining the Innocence Project is calling upon all anti-prison advocates… While the prison industrial complex (PIC) is an ever-shifting goliath in California politics, we’ve seen community-oriented and abolitionist gains in the state over the last 10 years due to decades… Dear Friends & Comrades of CR,
Black August is a time of year to strengthen our commitment to fight for the end of imprisonment and imperialism and for Black liberation. … Critical Resistance (CR) & its Editorial Collective for The Abolitionist Newspaper are working to pull together a pool of volunteers to support The Abolitionist Editorial Collective with transcriptions for our… On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, Critical Resistance (CR) printed the newest issue of The Abolitionist Newspaper to date, a bi-lingual, cross-wall political education and organizing project free to imprisoned people… Critical Resistance (CR) is proud to hire CR Oakland volunteer member, Abby Bordin, as our new National Development Coordinator. Read the announcement below from Abby and welcome her onto the… In a time when our social safety net is facing BILLIONS in cuts, why does CDCR’s budget remain virtually untouchable? Governor Newsom’s budget creates a recipe for a cycle of… There are some big shifts in policing and imprisonment happening across the state of California, and we at Critical Resistance (CR) and our movement partners and community members are keeping… 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… The New York City chapter of Critical Resistance (CRNYC) has been working hard to make abolitionist gains against the prison industrial complex at the local and state level.
NYC Mayor…
Stop Missouri’s Execution of Marcellus Williams: TAKE ACTION September 23!
CA Prop 36 Endangers Abolitionist Gains in the Golden State
This Black August: Train, study & fight for abolition with Critical Resistance (CR)
Call for Volunteers: Become a Transcriber for The Abolitionist Newspaper!
Abolition Saves the Planet: Read all about it in Issue 41 of The Abolitionist Newspaper
Welcome CR’s New National Development Coordinator, Abby Bordin!
Calling all Californians: Review CA’s Corrections Budget & Demand Newsom Closes more Prisons Now!
As policing expands, CR and partners fight imprisonment across California
Join CR PDX April 14 for an Open House & Discussion on Resisting Policing from Palestine to PDX
Mobilize & Connect with CR in New York!