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June 2020

CLDC Letter to City of Eugene and State of Oregon Officials Regarding the City of Eugene’s Response to Recent Protests

By |2020-06-05T13:31:35-07:00June 5th, 2020|Categories: Articles, Featured, News, Protest|Tags: , , , , , |

June 5, 2020

 

Mayor Lucy Vinis

City Manager Sarah Medary, Pro Tem

Eugene Police Chief Chris Skinner

Interim Fire Chief Chris Heppel

Oregon State Police Superintendent Travis Hampton

Governor Kate Brown and Staff

Oregon National Guard Major General Michael E. Stencel

Sent by Email Attachment to lvinis@eugene-or.gov;

smedary@eugene-or.gov; policechief@ci.eugene.or.us;

firedept@ci.eugene.or.us; travis.hampton@osp.oregon.gov;

orgov@hcrm.iconstituent.com; nik.blosser@oregon.gov;

constantin.severe@oregon.gov; agdd@mil.state.or.us;

tagor@mil.state.or.us

RE:     City of Eugene Response to Recent Protests

To […]

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May 2020

Keybase, Zoom, and the Future of Dissident Crypto

By |2020-05-09T11:17:05-07:00May 9th, 2020|Categories: Articles, Featured, News, Resources, Security|Tags: , , , |

“I bet that wasn’t in your threat model.” So the future of Keybase, perhaps CLDC’s most capable and secure recommendation for dissident organizers, is now in doubt, because of COVID-19. Thanks, coronavirus! The story so far: Zoom became very, very popular in a very, very short time […]

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Hello and Goodbye

By |2020-05-09T08:34:12-07:00May 5th, 2020|Categories: About, Featured, Fundraising, News|Tags: , |

Friends, we have bittersweet news to share with you. After five amazing years, Charles Denson, our beloved associate director, will be moving on from CLDC to other projects. Charles will, of course, remain our comrade, and you will see him around Eugene biking and sharing burritos with unhoused neighbors, among […]

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May Day Means Solidarity—Don’t Cross the Picket Line!

By |2020-05-01T14:01:42-07:00May 1st, 2020|Categories: Articles, Featured, News|Tags: , , |

Long before the first May Day, or International Workers Day, in 1886, working people have struggled to win a living wage, and today the struggle continues as corporations are bailed out instead of people and most of us struggle to pay for basic expenses and maintain a decent standard of […]

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April 2020

‘Weed 9’ Water Activists Present Legal Claim Against Sacramento Law Firm for Filing Malicious Lawsuit Aimed at Silencing Free Speech

By |2020-04-30T16:14:26-07:00April 29th, 2020|Categories: Cases, Current Cases, Featured, News, Protest|Tags: |

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 29, 2020
Contact: Lauren Regan, CLDC
(541) 687-9180

The Weed, California, community members claim Churchwell White LLP knowingly filed meritless and illegal SLAPP suit against them on behalf of Roseburg Forest Products.

Eugene, OR — The CLDC has filed a lawsuit in the Siskiyou County […]

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Journalist and Congressional Candidate Sues Humboldt County and Two Sheriff’s Deputies for Abuse of Civil Rights

By |2020-04-14T17:26:31-07:00April 14th, 2020|Categories: Cases, Current Cases, Featured, News, Protest|Tags: , , , |

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 14, 2020
Contact: Lauren Regan, Marianne Dugan, CLDC
(541) 687-9180

Eugene, OR — Today, CLDC attorneys representing Green Party Congressional candidate Michael “Gamms” Gammariello filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in California federal court against Humboldt County and two of its Sheriff’s deputies for illegal police brutality.

Mike Gammariello is an […]

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Standing Rock Indigenous Water Protector Sues North Dakota Police for Abuse of Civil Rights

By |2020-04-09T11:50:22-07:00April 8th, 2020|Categories: Cases, Current Cases, Featured, News, Protest|Tags: , , , , , |

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 8, 2020
Contact: Lauren Regan, Marianne Dugan, CLDC
(541) 687-9180

 

Standing Rock Indigenous Water Protector Sues North Dakota Police for Abuse of Civil Rights

Case Joins Several Other Standing Rock Cases Currently Stalled Pending Court Rulings on Defense Motions to Dismiss

Eugene, OR — Today, CLDC attorneys representing […]

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March 2020

CLDC Defends Against Further Censorship of Public Spaces

By |2020-03-09T17:07:54-07:00March 9th, 2020|Categories: Cases, Current Cases, Featured, News, Protest|Tags: , , , |

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 9, 2020
Contact: Lauren Regan
(541) 687-9180

Eugene, OR — Last week CLDC attorneys filed a motion in the Lane County Circuit Court on
behalf of our client, Eric T. Jackson, to dismiss his charges of Criminal Trespass in the Second
Degree.

At the time of his arrest, Mr. Jackson was engaged in […]

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February 2020

Updated: Extinction Rebellion Portland Activists’ Protest Charges Dismissed in Major Victory for Climate Necessity Defense

By |2020-03-13T12:28:34-07:00February 27th, 2020|Categories: Cases, Current Cases, Featured, News, Protest|Tags: , , , |

Update: March 12, 2020

Today the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office officially dismissed charges of Tresspassing in the First Degree for all five XR Portland activists. CLDC and its attorneys welcome this victory for the climate justice movement and look forward to continuing to advance the “choice of evils” or “climate […]

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