ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2020 IS HERE!
Dear friends and fellow travelers, The challenges, loss and hardship of 2020 motivated us to organize with urgency, responsiveness and solidarity. As health, economic, and political crises escalated, abolition…
Critical Resistance: Campaigns & Project Updates
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.
On March 30, 2020, Critical Resistance and a powerful cast of movement partners came together for “Organizing Against Toxic Imprisonment in the Face of Covid-19,” a webinar rapidly organized to… A Winning Start to Defund Campaign
Moves Forward in Oakland
Defund Oakland Police Department (OPD) Coalition successfully moves community recommendations through Reimagine Public Safety task force to Oakland City… We are thrilled to announce that our winter issue of The Abolitionist (#34) has gone to print and is currently being mailed out to about 5,000 subscribers, 4500 of whom… New “Advice to New Abolitionists” Video by Rachel Herzing
In 2020, we saw one of the biggest waves of people identifying as abolitionist and calling for abolition in different ways.… In 2020, The Zachary Project supported our people secure safe housing after prison release, prevent evictions, purchase food and basic needs during Covid-induced crises, access mental health care resources, and… Critical Resistance is pleased to offer a brand new anti-imprisonment tool, a “Reformist reforms vs. abolitionist steps to end imprisonment” poster! Wondering about the differences between reforms that strengthen imprisonment… We are pleased to announce that our latest Issue of The Abolitionist (#33) is finally being mailed out to our readers right now!
Help us send it free to… The Immediate Post-Election Moment
The presidential race having gone to the Biden/ Harris ticket last weekend, we at Critical Resistance are engaged in reflection and analysis about what this means… Critical Resistance is excited to share with you our new organizers’ toolkit—Our Communities, Our Solutions: An Organizer’s Toolkit to Developing Campaigns to Abolish Policing—now available for download.
Our struggle…
NATIONAL EVENT APRIL 13, 2021: ABOLITION IS ESSENTIAL — ORGANIZING AGAINST THE PIC IN THE FACE OF COVID-19
DEFUND OPD VICTORY & NEXT ACTION
Hot off the Press: The Abolitionist Issue 34, Winter 2021!
2 NEW TOOLS: ADVICE VIDEO AND DEFUND POLICING WEBSITE!
Mutual Aid for Abolition in the Face of Pandemic: The Zachary Project 2020-2021 Update
ABOLITIONIST STEPS TO END IMPRISONMENT – NEW ORGANIZING RESOURCE
ISSUE 33 OF THE ABOLITIONIST– OUT NOW!
2020 ELECTION ANALYSIS: THE NECESSITY FOR ABOLITION IN 2021 AND BEYOND
CHECK OUT OUR *NEW* ORGANIZERS’ TOOLKIT TO ABOLISH POLICING!