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“Don’t Give Up the Fight”: One activist’s story of LandBack, dam removal, and over a century of Indigenous-led resistance

by Communications | जुलाई 23, 2025 | Blog

In July 2025, at the mouth of the Klamath River in Del Norte County, California, three historic victories converged in a powerful celebration that made international headlines: the Yurok Tribe had just completed California’s largest LandBack transfer, reclaiming...

In Defense: A Benefit Album for the Civil Liberties Defense Center

by Communications | जुलाई 16, 2025 | Blog

2010, Autonomous Music Fifteen years ago, one of CLDC’s then-board members was a music producer with Autonomous Music. He generously devoted his time and energy to creating a benefit album in order to help fund CLDC’s work. Musicians on the album included Willie...

Keeping up with the Cop City cases: Mistrial declared in Ayla King’s trial – What happened and what’s next for Stop Cop City defendants?

by Communications | जुलाई 16, 2025 | Blog, Cases

The first of the Stop Cop City RICO trials was scheduled to start with defendant Ayla King on July 7. Instead, an expected mistrial was declared by the new judge assigned to the case. With much confusion circling around, we wanted to break down how exactly we got to...

Contempt of Court: How the Government Uses Grand Juries to Jail Dissenters

by Communications | जुलाई 16, 2025 | Blog

Grand jury witch hunts have targeted environmental and animal rights activists during the Green Scare and AETA[1] prosecutions as well as water protectors and indigenous people at Standing Rock, and more recently were used to intimidate Stop Cop City activists before...

CLDC Responds to Frivolous Lawsuit by Patriot Front Members: Protecting Political Speech from White Nationalist Retaliation

by Communications | जुलाई 9, 2025 | Blog

Paul Gancarz, Daniel Turetchi, Colton Brown, James Johnson, and Amelia Johnson, all members or affiliates of the white nationalist group Patriot Front, have filed what appears to be a classic federal SLAPP suit (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation). The...

The Threat Has Been Realized: Trump’s Military Occupation of Los Angeles and the Attack on Dissent

by Communications | जुलाई 2, 2025 | Blog

Back in November 2024, Donald Trump made a chilling promise: to unleash the U.S. military on our communities. This month, that threat was realized. In a grotesque show of force, Trump and his allies in the Department of Defense mobilized 4,000 National Guard troops...

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“Don’t Give Up the Fight”: One activist’s story of LandBack, dam removal, and over a century of Indigenous-led resistance

In Defense: A Benefit Album for the Civil Liberties Defense Center

Keeping up with the Cop City cases: Mistrial declared in Ayla King’s trial – What happened and what’s next for Stop Cop City defendants?

Contempt of Court: How the Government Uses Grand Juries to Jail Dissenters

CLDC Responds to Frivolous Lawsuit by Patriot Front Members: Protecting Political Speech from White Nationalist Retaliation

The Threat Has Been Realized: Trump’s Military Occupation of Los Angeles and the Attack on Dissent

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