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  • NLG Supports the People’s Right to Dissent

    Posted on July 9, 2016

    During this time of increased organizing and likely increased state repression, the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) stands in solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives and your First Amendment right to dissent against state sanctioned violence. If you are organizing an action such as a march, rally, or other protest event, you may request Legal Observers […]

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  • Call your Representative on Thursday, July 14th and ask him/her to co-sponsor the Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act, HR 5474

    Posted on July 9, 2016

    There will be a national Call-in day on Thursday, July 14th in support of The Berta Cáceres Human Rights in Honduras Act (HR-5474).  This is timed for the 3-year anniversary of the murder of Tomas Garcia by the Honduran military. Call your Representative on Thursday, July 14th and ask him/her to co-sponsor the Berta Caceres […]

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  • Donate to a Journal Ad to Honor Audrey Bomse + Register for IC CLE: “Know Your Economic Human Rights”

    Posted on June 17, 2016

    Join the International Committee Journal Ad: List Your Name for Audrey Bomse!  Celebrate Audrey Bomse, the winner of this year’s Debra Evenson Venceremos International Award by listing your name in a collective journal ad on behalf of the international committee. Donate $20 to the ad and your name will be listed. Audrey Bomse is a […]

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  • National Lawyers Guild at the Left Forum 2016

    Posted on May 21, 2016

        The Left Forum – the largest annual conference of a broad spectrum of left and progressive intellectuals, activists, academics, organizations and the interested public. in the United States – convenes each year in New York City. This year, the Left Forum is being organized this weekend, May 21-22, at John Jay College of […]

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  • NLG Remembers Michael Ratner, Past President and Human Rights Crusader

    Posted on May 13, 2016

    NEW YORK — It is with the greatest sadness that we share the news that our comrade, friend, and past NLG President Michael Ratner died yesterday afternoon at the age of 72. Michael was a true revolutionary lawyer.  He embodied the spirit of the Guild’s founders who believed that the law could and must be […]

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  • Call to Action: Defend the #RightToBoycott in California – Stop unconstitutional anti-BDS legislation

    Posted on April 18, 2016

    Across the country, anti-Palestinian, pro-occupation organizations and legislators are trying to suppress the growing movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel – a grassroots movement that holds Israel accountable for its ongoing violations of Palestinian human rights. Palestine Legal has established a reference for these types of bills across the United States at righttoboycott.org. NLG […]

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  • NLG Seattle Chapter Sends Letter to University of Washington on StandWithUs Programming

    Posted on April 18, 2016

    The Seattle Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild sent a letter to Dean Michele Storms and Director Aline Carton-Listfjeld of the University of Washington School of Law, protesting the school’s support by Social Justice Tuesdays for a program on “Why Universities Need a Definition of Anti-Semitism,” sponsored by the right-wing Zionist organizations “StandWithUs” and the Louis […]

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  • #RiceNotBullets #FastForFilipinoFarmers April 7-8

    Posted on April 7, 2016

    As the National Lawyers Guild is a member of the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP), our comrades in the ICHRP Northern California Network have invited us to participate in a 24-hour solidarity fast with the farmers and Lumad victims of the Kidapawan massacre. The fast will begin on April 7 at 9pm EST (April […]

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  • Video: IACHR hearing highlights human right to water in the United States

    Posted on April 7, 2016

    The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights convened a hearing on April 4 on the Right to Water in the United States, following a petition from the US Human Rights Network and the Right to Water Coalition.  The hearing took place in Washington, DC, during the 157th Period of Sessions of the Inter-American Commission and addressed issues […]

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  • NLG IC calls for justice for Kidapawan violence against Philippines farmers and indigenous people

    Posted on April 5, 2016

    The National Lawyers Guild International Committee expresses its strongest solidarity with the people’s movement in the Philippines following the violent events in Kidapawan, Mindanao, Philippines on April 1, 2016. Over 5,000 subsistance farmers and indigenous Lumads from different parts of the region were protesting on the Kidapawan highway, calling for the release of immediate emergency […]

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