Blog & Press Releases
Winnemem Wintu Call for Direct Action
As a trusted friend and advocate for social justice, we invite you to stand in solidarity with the Winnemem Wintu of Northern California this June 30th through July 3rd as they defend their right to preserve their way of life. The tribe is requesting that supporters join them during these dates to secure a section of the McCloud River so they can perform the Coming of Age Ceremony for their next chief, Marissa, in peace.
International Day of Solidarity with Eco-Prisoners
June 11th began as an international day of solidarity with long-term anarchist prisoner Jeff "Free" Luers in 2004. Jeff and the CLDC won a reduction in his sentence and he was released from prison in December 2009. Last year, hundreds of people in 30 cities around the...
Never Alone Tour
A speaking tour about long-term anarchist prisoner support, taking a close look at the cases of Eric McDavid* and Marie Mason.
Multimedia presentations about the cases of Eric and Marie! A discussion about long-term anarchist prisoner support! Strategies to build stronger cultures of resistance! Security/culture: v.2012 – now with extra tech! Rockstar guest speakers! Rage and love!
Occupation Education: 15 Week Activist Training Continues!
Occupy Eugene, in collaboration with the Civil Liberties Defense Center, presents a multi-week organizer training series for social justice activists. Come learn everything you need to know to be a strategic, confident organizer! Live streaming will allow folks to participate remotely.
Puppeteers Wanted!
Calling all creative folk! The CLDC is looking for people to participate in creating and performing a Know Your Rights/Security Culture puppet show for activists. Basic script is ready to go! We need people to create puppets and learn and/or perform with them. Ideally...
COINTELPRO 101: Film Screening and Discussion
Come out and watch a free screening of this amazing documentary “COINTELPRO 101” about the secret and illegal FBI programs spearheaded by J Edgar Hoover that attacked the Puerto Rican Independence movement, Black Liberation movement and many other progressive movements for social change in the 60’s and 70’s. Oregon Jericho will give a presentation about the historical and contemporary manifestations of these programs.
Tiny Fists Tour: Radical Folk Concert
This is a benefit show for: The Civil Liberties Defense Center, Trans and Womyn’s Action Camp, Northwest Ecosystem Survey Team (NEST). The TINY FISTS TOUR features legendary riot-grrrrl cellist BONFIRE MADIGAN and queer riot-folk! singer EVAN GREER: two families full of feminist folk fury traveling together with an arsenal of stringed instruments, babies, and a whole lot of reusable diapers! Earlier that day: join Madigan, founding member of Icarus Project, for an interactive workshop creating new languages for wellness and madness and create your very own ‘Mad Map!’
The 3rd Annual Law & Disorder Conference
This conference calls for people, movements, organizations and collectives to present alternative accounts to the political dimensions of civic engagement, mutual aid and revolution as they relate to economics, politics, invention, technology, work, artistic and cultural production, the body, pedagogy and social change. The conference promises to create a provocative space for critical dialogue between activists, revolutionaries, educators, artists, musicians, scholars, dancers, actors and writers.
If a Tree Falls Screening to Benefit CLDC
This film has been nominated for an Academy Award for “Documentary Feature,” and it includes interviews with Eugene locals: CLDC attorney Lauren Regan, videographer Tim Lewis, and forest defender Jim Flynn. In a special showing on Sunday, February 19, half of the profits will benefit the Civil Liberties Defense Center. CLDC Executive Director Lauren Regan will be on hand to introduce the film before the screening.
Free Radical Dance Craze
The 4th Annual CLDC Solidarity with Earth Defenders presents a Free Radical Dance Party!
You’re invited to come boogie with us at Territorial Winery in Eugene on March 3, 2012. There will DJs spinning dance music with political overtones and information about eco-prisoners. Come dressed as your favorite radical! This event is held in conjunction with the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference at the U of O.
ALEC 101
Check out Lauren Regan’s presentation on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) at St. Francis in Portland (Occupy Portland‘s Headquarters), February 10, 2012. On February 29th, “F29,” there will nationwide protests against ALEC. See the Occupy Eugene website for details.
Shut Down the Corporations: Teach-In, Planning, Know Your Rights
Lauren Regan, executive director of CLDC, will discuss the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and how it has co-opted our democracy and influenced social and environmental movements across America. Following the presentation, get involved with F29 Shut Down the Corporations planning. Join us the following afternoon for a Know Your Rights training!
NW Regional March and Rally for Clemency for Leonard Peltier
On Saturday, Feb. 4 in Tacoma, WA, people will be marching in the support of Leonard Peltier. Peltier, long time Native Activist and member of the American Indian Movement was convicted in 1975 for shooting two FBI officers. Prosecutors have continually stated that they cannot prove Peltier’s guiilt. He has been in prison for 35 years for a crime he did not commit. The events of Feb. 4th are being organized to show that Peltier is not forgotten and that there are many who will not rest until he is free.
Free Chelsea Manning!
Bradley Manning, a 24-year-old Army intelligence analyst, faces prison for allegedly sharing with WikiLeaks website hundreds of US State Department internal memos, detailing innumerable atrocities committed the USA throughout the War of Terror.
Next Wednesday, Jeff Paterson of the Bradley Manning Support Network will give a presentation about the soldier who faces life in prison for providing us with the truth.
A Federal Trial Win in the Schlossberg Case!
A trial that began on January 17th came to a close under a unanimous ruling on the 23rd that a Eugene police sergeant used excessive force to arrest an environmental activist who videotaped their confrontation in front of a downtown bank in 2009.… U.S. District Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin had ruled even before the trial began that the officer had violated Joshua Schlossberg’s rights by viewing the contents of his video camera without first obtaining a warrant. This left the jury to rule only on whether the incident had been one of excessive force and whether or not the officer had acted according to the law in the overall incident.
Victory for Schlossberg and Cop Watch
On Monday, January 23rd, a federal jury ruled that Sergeant Solesbee used excessive force in an arrest of environmental activist Josh Schlossberg. The CLDC has been working tirelessly for years on Schlossberg’s case and is pleased with the verdict. We hope that this case will be a precedent in protecting the rights of activists to film police officers.
Tasers and the Police: A Deadly Combination
Tasers do not decrease the likelihood that police will use deadly force. In fact, tasers are deadly force. The Civil Liberties Center is working to educate the community about this commonly used compliance device. Check out our Taser Trifold in English or in Spanish. Please feel free to reprint and distribute.
Winter 2011 Civil Liberties Newsletter
The Civil Liberties Defense Center has published its winter 2011 Newsletter! Inside are reports of the CLDC's work with Occupy Eugene, interviews with new board members, a guide to filming police interactions and much more. Read the Winter 2011 Civil Liberties...
The Other Side Of The Animal Research Debate
MYTH: “We must recognize that scientific research is not only a legitimate career, but also an invaluable facet of medical advancement, conducted by respectable professionals deserving our support. The deplorable actions of these eco—terrorists threaten to impede important medical progress in California and across the country.”— Senator Feinstein, Co—Sponsor of AETA
Democracy or Capitalism?
If you think that this law was passed by Congress and your elected representatives with sufficient knowledge, time, and debate, think again. This bill was introduced and pushed by big businesses for big businesses. AETA protects the interests of animal enterprises such as the National Pork Producers Association, Pfizer Drug Co. and other pharmaceutical corporations that engage in cruel and unnecessary animal testing, McDonald’s and other fast—food corporations that profit from the sale of factory—farmed animals for food, and Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble and other cosmetic companies that repetitiously abuse animals to test and retest their latest line of beauty products. ( Read more about what goes on behind the walls of animal enterprises.)









