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 note, it is a […]
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 — Today, CLDC attorneys filed suit in the U.S. Federal District Court in Eugene, alleging that the City of […]
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 punishment of political prisoners.
According to the Marshall […]
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. Stencel
Sent by Email Attachment to lvinis@eugene-or.gov;
smedary@eugene-or.gov; policechief@ci.eugene.or.us;
firedept@ci.eugene.or.us; travis.hampton@osp.oregon.gov;
orgov@hcrm.iconstituent.com; nik.blosser@oregon.gov;
constantin.severe@oregon.gov; agdd@mil.state.or.us;
tagor@mil.state.or.us
RE: City of Eugene Response to Recent Protests
To […]
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 Court Rulings on Defense Motions to Dismiss
Eugene, OR — Today, CLDC attorneys representing […]
As Marjorie Cohn (author, professor, and former president of the National Lawyers Guild) reported in Truthout in September, a federal judge has recently ruled that the U.S.’s “terrorism watchlist,” containing more than a million names, is unconstitutional, at least regarding U.S. citizens on that list.
The federal government shares this […]
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. § 552) requires agencies of the U.S. government to disclose documents and information to any person who requests such documents or information. The FOIA.gov website states: “The basic function of the Freedom of Information Act is to ensure informed citizens, vital to […]
Image above: Political prisoner Marius Mason
Every year for the past 15 years, we focus our attention and solidarity on long-term anarchist prisoners on June 11th. Regardless of the level of movement activity and the pendulum of public opinion, which can swing depending on the moment, we cannot forget those who […]
Looking forward to this May Day, we should remember that democracy is not the political expression and organization of capital—rather, it is capital that organizes us under the appearance of democracy—eventually overturning any democratic practices in favor of those with the most capital.
