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NLG Joins the International Call to #StandwithFarmers in India
February 8, 2021 — The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) International Committee (IC) joins the international call to support farmers in India engaged in the largest general strike in history. Since fall 2020, farmers in the states of Punjab and Haryana have been opposing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Prime Minister Narendra Modi administration’s three farm […]
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George Floyd, Jacob Blake, Tamir Rice, many more: This week’s hearings at the International Commission of Inquiry
Please join us this morning, Monday, January 25 at the online hearings of the International Commission of Inquiry on Systemic Racist Police Violence against People of African Descent in the U.S. to hear testimony from attorneys and a family member during the hearings for the George Floyd case and the Jacob Blake case. George Floyd’s murder captured the attention […]
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Cuban international medics nominated for Nobel Prize by NLG and IADL law professors
The following nomination was submitted to the Nobel Committee by several NLG and International Association of Democratic Lawyers members in academia and organized by Prof. Marjorie Cohn, past NLG President and member of the IADL Bureau. This letter nominates Cuba’s Henry Reeve Brigade for the Nobel Peace Prize for their international work to defend the […]
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January 23, Online Event: Liberation vs Dependency: Strategies to Defeat Neoliberalism and Colonialism in Algeria, South Africa, and Palestine
Saturday, January 23, 2021 11 am Pacific/2 pm Eastern/7 pm GMT/9 pm Palestine time Online event, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAodu6qpjoqHNBKRNG0ucrF4kqmcdOUMYbl Neoliberalism is sold, and adopted, as the most viable model of development while playing a central counter-revolutionary role in societies still engaging decolonization. Neoliberal policies have advanced colonial projects by protecting models of accumulation through dispossession and […]
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Video: Webinar on War Crimes and the U.S. Occupation of Hawai‘i with Dr. Keanu Sai and Professor Federico Lenzerini
On Saturday, January 9, the National Lawyers Guild International Committee and the International Association of Democratic Lawyers hosted a webinar on war crimes, international humanitarian law and the U.S. occupation of Hawai’i. Hawai‘i, a recognized sovereign and independent State since the nineteenth century, has been under a prolonged military occupation by the United States for […]
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International Commission of Inquiry to Open Hearings on Racist Police Violence in the US on MLK Day
(Thursday, January 7, 2021) — The National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL), the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) and the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) have assembled a commission of experts from around the world to investigate racist police violence against people of African descent in the United States. The International Commission of Inquiry on […]
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January 9, IADL/NLG Webinar: War Crimes and the U.S. Occupation of Hawai‘i with Dr. Keanu Sai and Professor Federico Lenzerini
Saturday, January 9, 2021 10am – 1pm Hawai‘i/12 – 3pm Pacific/3 – 6pm Eastern (8 – 11pm UTC) Register to join over Zoom: https://bit.ly/hawaiioccupation Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/3519049134808762 As strange as it may seem, Hawai‘i, a recognized sovereign and independent State since the nineteenth century, has been under a prolonged military occupation by the United States […]
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International lawyers and activists organize independent inquiry into US police violence
The National Lawyers Guild, together with the National Conference of Black Lawyers and the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, is involved in a project to organize an International Commission of Inquiry on Systematic Racist Police Violence Against People of African Descent in the United States. Steering committee members of the project include IC Steering Committee […]
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Video: UPR Process and International Mechanisms: Holding the U.S. Accountable for Human Rights Violations
On December 8, 2020, the National Lawyers Guild International Committee organized a webinar on the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process and efforts to use international mechanisms to hold the U.S. accountable for human rights violations. The webinar featured National Lawyers Guild members who have worked to bring urgent human rights violations […]
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Video: AFRICOM & U.S. Militarism in Africa with Prof. Horace Campbell
On Monday, November 30, the National Lawyers Guild International Committee and the International Association of Democratic Lawyers hosted a webinar on AFRICOM and U.S. militarism in Africa, featuring Prof. Horace Campbell and moderated by NLG IC Steering Committee member Kerry McLean. The webinar includes a detailed historical, political and legal analysis of the role of […]
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