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The LA Sheriff and Board of Supervisors are continuing with their disastrous plan to build more jails, now attempting to move forward with rebuilding Men’s Central, to be known as… In 2016, a group of public health students, researchers, and organizers felt that it was past time for the public health field to take a stand on the issue of… October 7, 2016
Two weeks ago we learned about the tragic death of Tawon Boyd, a 21 year old Black man from Baltimore. Tawon had been violently attacked by the… April 1, 2016
Dear Friends,
Critical Resistance was humbled and inspired this week to participate in a three-day gathering of 50 grassroots organizers and almost 30 organizations from all across… May 13, 2016
Dear Friends,
This Sunday, May 15 marks the 68th anniversary of the Nakba, or “catastrophe,” when the state of Israel was created in 1948. Driven by the… January 8, 2016
Borders, policing, and deportations are among the cruel ways the prison industrial complex dehumanizes communities. We stand against recent ICE home raids and in support of migrant… August 21, 2015
Dear friends,
This Black August as we mourn the loss of political prisoner Hugo Pinell, who spent years locked in solitary confinement at Corcoran, Pelican Bay, and… Our latest issue of The Abolitionist Newspaper has finally arrived! Issue 27 is themed around the Black Panther Party’s Ten Point Program, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the… January 18, 2017
Dear Friends,
It is with great joy that we welcome yesterday’s news that longtime Puerto Rican freedom fighter and political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera, as well as… Check out some of CR’s 2016 work and collaborative projects offered here as examples and resources to further our fight together to abolish the prison industrial complex.
Reports and Interviews…
ACTION ALERT | Oppose LA Jail Construction: Comment on Environmental Impact Report
Public Health Professionals Identify Policing as a Public Health Threat: Support and Spread the Word
Policing is a Health Hazard
Fight to Decriminalize Immigration!
The Steadfastness of Palestine
To Abolish the PIC, Stop Home Raids and Deportations
Black August and The Struggle to Abolish Solitary
Issue 27 of The Abolitionist is here!
Oscar Lopez Rivera and the Power of Our Movements
2016 Reports and Resources