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.
Critical Resistance New York City chapter (CRNYC) has been hard at work over the past few months to propel the Dignity Not Detention campaign forward with the Abolish ICE New… This International Workers’ Day, Critical Resistance celebrates recent advances in the labor movement and the necessary growth in ties to the fight for prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition.
We have… Join us May 5 in-person at San Francisco State University or online via livestream for “Toward Abolitionist Horizons: 25 Years of Critical Resistance,” an evening of discussion and performances, looking… Building People Power (BPP) is developing a vacant 9,000 square foot building at 4400 Telegraph Ave in Oakland, CA into a center for political organizing and education, and community building. … Earlier this week, member organizations of the Abolish ICE NY NJ coalition filed a lawsuit on behalf of and in coordination with six plaintiffs who experienced retaliation for their actions… Stephen Wilson, prolific writer and abolitionist educator locked up in Pennsylvania— who is a dear comrade of Critical Resistance and a columnist of our newspaper, The Abolitionist— has been getting… California must urgently adopt a concrete Prison Closure Roadmap.
The Close California Prisons campaign, anchored by Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB), presents this roadmap to outline a concrete… This international women’s day, we hold up the light of abolition feminism to make sense of this moment and continue forging a path forward.
As the distance between the haves… Situated within a wave of increased training proposed across the country and a rise in police killings nationally since 2020, the now two-year struggle in Atlanta to stop Cop City,… On March 2, 2023, Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) mobilized over a dozen speakers to give public comment at an impromptu state senate hearing on prison closure that…
CR New York gains ground to Cancel ICE contracts in New York State once and for all!
Building Worker Power for Abolition: International Workers’ Day 2023
Looking Back, Looking Forward On 25 Years of Critical Resistance – Toward Abolitionist Horizons!
Job Opening with Building People Power: Capital Campaign Manager in North Oakland, CA
Lawsuit, Press Conference & New Organizing Resources for #DignityNotDetention
URGENT: Take Action TODAY to support Stevie Wilson, Columnist of CR’s The Abolitionist
#CloseCAPrisons Roadmap for Prison closure + Community Investment: Take action for prison closure!
Abolition Feminism NOW! & International Women’s Day
#StopCopCity: Resist Policing in Atlanta & Defend the ATL Forest
Take Action Online to #CloseCAPrisons: March 6, 2023!