Critical Resistance
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Critical Resistance is a grassroots organization that campaigns to dismantle the prison-industrial complex and promote alternatives to incarceration and policing.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
grassroots organization
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nonprofit organization ⓘ prison abolition organization ⓘ |
| aim |
build healthy and self-determined communities
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dismantle the prison-industrial complex ⓘ end the use of prisons as a solution to social problems ⓘ promote alternatives to incarceration ⓘ promote alternatives to policing ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
families of incarcerated people
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formerly incarcerated people ⓘ grassroots community organizations ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| field |
anti–prison-industrial complex organizing
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criminal justice reform ⓘ prison abolition ⓘ social justice activism ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Black communities disproportionately targeted by policing
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Latinx communities disproportionately targeted by policing ⓘ poor and working-class communities ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Angela Davis
NERFINISHED
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Dylan Rodríguez NERFINISHED ⓘ Rose Braz NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth Wilson Gilmore NERFINISHED ⓘ other prison abolition activists ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Critical Resistance Los Angeles chapter
NERFINISHED
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Critical Resistance New York City chapter NERFINISHED ⓘ Critical Resistance Oakland chapter NERFINISHED ⓘ Critical Resistance Portland chapter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPublication | Abolition Now! Ten Years of Strategy and Struggle Against the Prison Industrial Complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Oakland, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology |
anti-capitalism
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anti-racism ⓘ prison abolitionism ⓘ transformative justice ⓘ |
| inception |
1997
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late 1990s ⓘ |
| location |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| movement |
abolitionist movement
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anti–mass incarceration movement ⓘ prison abolition movement NERFINISHED ⓘ racial justice movement ⓘ |
| name | Critical Resistance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Critical Resistance 1998 conference in Berkeley, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Critical Resistance conference series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposes |
criminalization of communities of color
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mass incarceration ⓘ policing ⓘ prison-industrial complex ⓘ surveillance ⓘ |
| organizes |
campaigns against jail construction
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campaigns against prison expansion ⓘ community organizing trainings ⓘ conferences on prison abolition ⓘ public education events ⓘ |
| publishes |
educational materials on abolition
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reports on the prison-industrial complex ⓘ |
| slogan | abolish the prison-industrial complex ⓘ |
| website | https://criticalresistance.org ⓘ |
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