A Dispatch from FCI Englewood’s Segregated Housing Unit
Today I was locked in a small windowless room with asbestos walls crumbling onto a filthy floor for over seven hours. I was allowed to leave only once to use the restroom. I [...]
Eugene Sunrise Movement Activists Agree to Deferred Prosecution for Non-Violent Civil Disobedience
Yesterday, in Eugene, OR, two Sunrise Movement activists entered into a deferred prosecution agreement stemming from acts of non-violent, civil disobedience. On March 19, 2021, two young sisters participated in a mass demonstration against NW [...]
International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason & All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners: Flowers for the Rebels Caged
“June 11th is a reminder to us that though we spend our days outside of a prison many of our friends and allies spend theirs behind bars having sacrificed what little freedom they had to [...]
The Legacy of Police Massacres: Tulsa’s “Black Wall Street” and Philadelphia’s MOVE Organization
100 years ago this week, on May 31 and June 1, 1921, mobs of white residents, many of them deputized and given weapons by city officials, attacked Black residents and businesses of the Greenwood District [...]
Activists Must Stand Strong Against Anti-Protest Bully Bills
Demonstrating the efficacy of direct action, right-wing legislators across the country are ramping up state legislative efforts to limit the right [...]
Houseless Activist Continues His Fight For Free Speech
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2021 Contact: Sarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney (541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org Houseless Activist Continues His Fight For [...]
Facebooking While Brown: Indigenous Man in Arizona Imprisoned for Social Media “Shock-Talk” about #BLM Protest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 14, 2021 Contacts: Lauren Regan, Executive Director & Senior Staff Attorney (541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org Chava Shapiro, Tucson [...]
As Law Enforcement Attempts to SLAPP Detroit Will Breathe, CLDC Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of DWB Activists
Update: March 10, 2021: Today the Eastern District of Michigan recognized that the City of Detroit’s counterclaim against activists Detroit Will [...]
CLDC Files Civil Rights Suit On Behalf of Black Unity Members Brutalized by Springfield Police
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 8, 2021 Contact: Lauren Regan, Executive Director & Senior Staff Attorney (541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org CLDC Files [...]
CLDC Client Prosecuted for First Amendment-Protected Chalking Outside of Representative’s Office
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 25, 2021 Contacts: ORD2 Indivisible Steering Committee contact@ORD2Indivisible.org Sarah Alvarez, CLDC Staff Attorney (541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org [...]