Private Prisons
Apr 08, 2016 As momentum continues to grow against the U.S.’s colossal imprisonment system, the need for strategic targets is crucial, yet we are seeing an overbearing focus on private…
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.
March 18, 2016
Dear Friends,
Our attention has been turned this week to Holman Prison in Alabama where rolling uprisings inside have led to prisoners taking control of certain areas… March 11, 2016
Dear Friends,
This past Tuesday, March 8th, marked International Women’s Day, a day to recognize and pay tribute to the struggles of women everywhere. At Critical Resistance,… March 4, 2016
Dear Friends,
Black revolutionary, renowned acupuncturist, and longtime political prisoner Dr. Mutulu Shakur has been held in federal prison for over 30 years. He was set to… The LA Sheriff is attempting to move forward with a plan to build a new women’s jail in Lancaster.
The LA No More Jails Coalition believes that locking people up… November 25, 2015
Dear Friends,
As many outside of prisons will be gathering with friends and loved ones for the extended weekend, Critical Resistance joins communities fighting to honor the… Stop Urban Shield is a broad coalition including Critical Resistance and other grassroots organizations, based primarily in the Bay Area but with partnering groups across the nation, who have come… August 12, 2015
It is with very heavy hearts that we mourn the loss of Hugo “Yogi” Pinell, who was killed at New Folsom Prison this past Wednesday, August 12,… April 28, 2015
Dear Friends,
As people in Baltimore take the streets with outrage over Freddie Gray’s death, yet another Black person killed by police, the official account of the… CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN’S DAY and BUILDING A MOVEMENT FOR LIBERATION
CR-Oakland member Heidi Hoescht read this statement Sunday, March 8, at a rally commemorating the 105th Anniversary of International…
Tear Down Cages: Support Prisoner Resistance at Holman
International Women’s Day // Fighting Cages for Women
Dr. Mutulu Shakur is Welcome Here!
URGENT: Submit Comment Now Against Proposed New LA County Jail
Abolitionist Narratives on Thanksgiving (2015)
The Fight Against Urban Shield 2015
Hugo Pinell, Presente!
Cops Are Not Medics
Int’l Women’s Day: Building for Liberation