Sunday, January 13, 2019

Some Tweets from the National Lawyers Guild


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    The termination of TPS for Haiti was based on President Donald Trump’s “categorical and defamatory assertions about all Haitians, which the Haitian TPS recipients were given no opportunity to challenge.” Read more here:
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    Solid interview with one of our favs, . Mariame Kaba speaking on everything from Rikers, bail reform, Cyntoia to the First Step act.
  • “Protesters can get arrested and charged with resisting arrest just because they moved their wrist the wrong way,” said attorney Marty Stolar.
  • Alabama responds to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute revoking its human rights award to : "Their decision reflects nothing so much as cowardice in place of principle, the diametric opposite of all that Fred Shuttlesworth stood for."
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    This is pure nonsense. Under this logic, the First Amendment would never protect speech about foreign policy or speech critical of foreign governments.
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    BREAKING: Immigration Enforcement Review Board has DISMISSED frivolous complaint against for enacting policy protecting immigrants. They have also agreed to pay Decatur $12,000 in attorney's fees. Many thanks to Decatur for standing up to the bullies!
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    HAPPENING TODAY! Please take a few minutes and let your senators know that we all have the right to boycott and it is a cynical move to try and sneak in anti-BDS legislation while government funding is at a standstill and workers aren't getting paid.
  • Great work by !
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    We're thrilled that Cyntoia Brown has been granted clemency! Unfortunately, there are more women in her situation. Chrystul Kizer is a survivor of violence. On Wednesday, supporters are asking people to call the Milwaukee DA & demand they drop the charges
  • is coming home!!! TN Gov. Bill Haslam granted her a full commutation after years of organizing by supporters and activists. "My hope is to help other young girls avoid ending up where I have been," she said.
  • Great piece by NLG Northeast Regional VP on the intersections of disability justice and sex work. Read the NLG's resolution against / at
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    When we try to address community needs—housing, mental health treatment, violence—with police, this is what happens. This is a travesty.
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    Read this excellent piece by about how the criminal legal system in the U.S. continues to enforce the slave-era precedent that Black women are property and have "no selves to defend."
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    We're thrilled that the repro justice resolution opposing the criminalization of people's reproductive lives -- proposed by our friends at the -- passed at !
  • New resource from our friend that's a MUST for organizers and movement orgs! "How To Write A Press Release: A Tool for Activists":