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.
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…
In New York, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been expanding detention over the past fifteen years. In 2007, there were 19 facilities capable of detaining immigrants across the state,…
– Critical Resistance reflects on the current landscape of policing in 2023 and recommends what is to be done –
After the largest protests in US history, we see…
In 2022, The Zachary Project supported community members with rent and living expenses, and was there to help people meet their physical and mental health needs. From commute costs, to…
On Thursday, January 12, 2023, Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) held a virtual rally and press conference to raise demands for prison closure across California to the state…