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NLG takes a stand against legislation targeting Palestine advocacy in Arizona
The National Lawyers Guild, its International Committee, Palestine Subcommittee and Central Arizona chapter joined a collective letter calling on members of the Arizona Senate to reject proposed legislation, SB 1143 and HB 2683. These bills attempt to impose the so-called “IHRA definition of anti-Semitism” to define hate crimes. The IHRA definition and, especially, its associated […]
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New article focuses on prisoner hunger strikes and the globalized use of force-feeding
Azadeh Shahshahani of Project South, past president of the National Lawyers Guild, and Priti Arvind Patel of the Capitol Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition authored a new article in the Michigan Journal of Race and Law, published at University of Michigan Law School: “From Pelican Bay to Palestine: The Legal Normalization of Force-Feeding Hunger-Strikers.” Hunger-strikes present […]
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NLG & Project South File Amicus Brief Challenging Arkansas’ Anti-BDS Bill
The National Lawyers Guild and Project South have filed an amicus brief in Arkansas Times, LP v. Mark Waldrip, et. al, challenging Arkansas’ Anti-BDS law. The case is on appeal to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. Such anti-boycott laws which trample upon the First Amendment have passed in dozens of states across the country […]
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Feb. 27, NYC: Defeating Lawfare – Palestine, Academic Freedom and Activism
Wednesday, February 27 6:00 pm CUNY Graduate Center 365 5th Avenue, Room 5414 (5th Floor) at 5th Ave and 34th St New York City Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2307168412628778/ In 2017-2018, Professor Rabab Abdulhadi, her legal team and a very broad-based movement of Palestine solidarity activists and allies fought a harrowing battle to stop efforts by the Lawfare […]
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NLG letter to Rep-Elect Rashida Tlaib in support of her comments on the right to boycott
The National Lawyers Guild sent the following letter to Rep.-Elect Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) in support of her comments on the right to boycott and Palestine. Her comments came in response to attacks on fellow newly elected Rep.-Elect Ilhan Omar (D-Minn) in support of the BDS movement. The letter also emphasized the importance of working together […]
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NLG letter supporting Rep.-Elect Ilhan Omar’s comments on BDS and Palestine #WeStandWithIlhan
The National Lawyers Guild sent the following letter to Representative-Elect Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) in support of her comments on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement and Palestinian human rights. In particular, the NLG expressed its appreciation of her opposition to the ongoing legislative attempts to criminalize and suppress human rights campaigners for Palestine. See the […]
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Video: “Fighting Fascism” panel at the 2018 Law for the People Convention
The following video is an excerpt from the panel on the rise of global fascist threats at the 2018 Law for the People convention in Portland, Oregon. The presentations here highlight some of the key issues in the United States and around the world and are meant to spark discussion about strategies to defend peoples […]
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Will Israel’s Gaza Massacres Finally Prod the ICC into Action?
The following article – containing interviews with Suzanne Adely, International Committee co-chair and Audrey Bomse, Palestine Subcommitee co-chair – was originally published at Mint Press News on October 26th, 2018. We republish the article below: By Joe Catron THE HAGUE — As the Great March of Return by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip nears its eighth month, […]
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Sign on: International Lawyers Campaign for the Investigation and Prosecution of the Crimes Committed Against the Palestinian People
The National Lawyers Guild – a member of IADL – is an endorser of the following statement. We urge members and supporters to also join the statement, open to signatures by lawyers, jurists, law students, legal workers, legal organizations, trainee lawyers and law academics, among others: We, the International Association of Democratic Lawyers,1 invite you to […]
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Video: Full Webinar on Global Repression of Dissent – Palestine, Puerto Rico and the Philippines
The NLG’s National Office has made available a full recording of this webinar on global repression and resistance, filmed on 3 August 2018. Panelists from the NLG International Committee who discussed state and corporate repression of people’s movements in Palestine, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. (Other recordings of previous NLG webinars are available for streaming at the […]
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