Blog & Press Releases
CLDC Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Support of Florida Community Advocate SLAPPed by Mining Company
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 12, 2020 Contacts: Lauren Regan, CLDC Executive Director & Protect the Protest Legal Coordinator Rebecca Chapman, CLDC Staff Attorney (541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org CLDC Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Support of Florida...
Standing Rock Civil Rights Lawsuits Moving Forward After North Dakota Federal Court Rejects Defendants’ Dismissal Request
In June, CLDC gave you an update on the various civil rights cases that we and others have filed against the various local governments (and their employees) that violated Water Protectors' civil rights during the 2016 and 2017 Standing Rock actions opposing the Dakota...
Trump’s Push to Privatize the USPS is a Direct Threat to Democracy
My maternal grandfather was born in 1914 and served in the Army during World War II. When he returned from the war in 1944, he took a job with the U.S. Postal Service as a “mailman.” He worked as a letter carrier, eventually becoming a supervisor, and was an active...
CLDC Files Second Suit to Protect the Public from Police Violence
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 31, 2020 Contacts: Lauren Regan, Executive Director & Senior Staff Attorney: (541) 687-9180 or lregan@cldc.org Cooper Brinson, Staff Attorney: (541) 687-9180 or cbrinson@cldc.org CLDC Files Second Suit to Protect the Public from...
Show Your Solidarity with Antifascist Prisoners this July 25th
July 25th is the International Day of Solidarity with Antifascist Prisoners. Around the world, antifascist activists are languishing in prisons. It’s a minor inconvenience to take a very few minutes out of your day to write to a prisoner. But when they receive such a...
We Need Mutual Aid Now More Than Ever
By: Sumit Kapur, CLDC Intern The way we think about the world is conditioned by the knowledge that we are given from those that we place trust in. This knowledge is not unfiltered—it is curated. In this country, the knowledge that we learn in schools is curated by...
CLDC Files Suit to Protect the Free Press from Police Violence
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 21, 2020 Contacts: Marianne Dugan, CLDC Staff Attorney: (541) 687-9180 or mdugan@cldc.org Henry Houston, Plaintiff: (541)484-0519 or henry@eugeneweekly.com CLDC Files Suit to Protect the Free Press from Police Violence Eugene, OR —...
Release Marius Mason and All Political Prisoners!
Longtime Green Scare anarchist prisoner Marius Mason is one of an increasing number of incarcerated people to be in grave danger due to the carceral State’s utter indifference to the health and safety of prisoners due to COVID-19 and systemic racism and excessive...
CLDC Letter to City of Eugene and State of Oregon Officials Regarding the City of Eugene’s Response to Recent Protests
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....
Keybase, Zoom, and the Future of Dissident Crypto
“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,...
Hello and Goodbye
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...
May Day Means Solidarity—Don’t Cross the Picket Line!
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...
‘Weed 9’ Water Activists Present Legal Claim Against Sacramento Law Firm for Filing Malicious Lawsuit Aimed at Silencing Free Speech
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...
Journalist and Congressional Candidate Sues Humboldt County and Two Sheriff’s Deputies for Abuse of Civil Rights
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...
Standing Rock Indigenous Water Protector Sues North Dakota Police for Abuse of Civil Rights
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...
SLAPP Suits for Environmental Lawyers
RSVP to join us on Thursday, April 2nd at 3 p.m. PST/6 p.m. EST for a webinar panel on strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP suits).
CLDC Defends Against Further Censorship of Public Spaces
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....
Updated: Extinction Rebellion Portland Activists’ Protest Charges Dismissed in Major Victory for Climate Necessity Defense
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...
Recap: SLAPPed for Speaking About Palestine Webinar
Strategic lawsuits against public participation (or SLAPPs) are a tactic used to intimidate activists, journalists, and grassroots organizations that speak out against wrongdoing. Recent years have seen a spike in the use of SLAPPs and related intimidation tactics in...
CLDC SEEKS TO ASSERT CLIMATE NECESSITY DEFENSE IN RESPONSE TO EXTINCTION REBELLION PORTLAND PROTEST CHARGES
Oregon Jury to Hear Climate "Choice of Evils" Defense for the First Time FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 16, 2020 Contact: Lauren Regan (541) 687-9180 Portland, OR — Yesterday CLDC attorneys, joined by co-counsel and Portland attorney Kenneth Kreuscher, filed a brief in...
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