“She’s a Marxist, Communist, Fascist, Socialist…she’s not actually a Socialist, she’s gone past that.” ~ Donald Trump speaking about Kamala Harris at a September 12, 2024 rally in Tucson, Arizona. Words matter and history happened…unless you’re the President of the...

Friends and allies of CLDC! There are two important national days of protest coming up in the next two weeks: Tesla Takedown: Global Day of Action - March 29, 2025 Tesla Takedown Day aims at stopping the spread of Elon Musk’s destructive influence over the federal...

As part of CLDC’s mission, it is important to elevate resources that we find vital to the work our movements do in the world. CLDC does this for a myriad of reasons -- sometimes it’s to reinforce the safety that’s instrumental to working in precarious places and...

There is nothing more foundational to the American experience and the very existence of this nation than the proud tradition of open protest and public dissent. These integral activities are the coded DNA from which this country has developed. Both democracy and the...

In a brazen but unsurprising follow through by the federal government to begin targeting activists who publicly speak out against the administration, Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia graduate, campus organizer, and leader, and Algerian citizen of Palestinian descent, was...

The Indigenous-led resistance against Energy Transfer Partner’s (ETP’s) Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) was a watershed moment for the ongoing struggle for Indigenous rights, environmental and climate justice, and the protection of sacred lands in the United States. The...

This week political prisoner and CLDC client Malik Muhammad will be celebrating his birthday in the Snake River Correctional Institute in Ontario, Oregon, far from his family, friends and supporters (which is why the prison industrial complex transferred him there...

In the CLDC KYRR trainings, one of the most important lessons we try to impart is that state repression originates from both formal government (agents, agencies, elected representatives, etc.) and big corporations and industry. Because of the revolving door of CEOs...

For many of you that follow the work of CLDC, as well as issues like the Dobbs decision and the resulting impact to reproductive rights in this country, the Jane’s Revenge trial of the “Florida 4” has been a bellwether case. The creep of authoritarianism we currently...