We work every day to defend the defenders through no-cost legal representation, movement-aligned legal education, and through strategic litigation. As we head into our 20th year, we encourage you to celebrate with us by pledging $20/month. cldc.org/donate

Activists and frontline communities are stepping up to defend themselves, the earth, and each other. Which means CLDC has a lot of work ahead! Become a monthly donor this #givingtuesday at cldc.org/donate

#GivingTuesday is halfway over and we've seen new donations rolling in. Our work is movement-driven AND movement-powered! Thank you! ♥️✊

Friend, former client, and current CLDC Advisory Board member wrote a piece about his 2005 arrest for ELF actions. Solidarity from us to you on this day, Daniel.

"He needs to be in ceremony with us. He is one of our elders. He's one of our uncles. He's one of our brothers. He's susceptible to many diseases & health issues while he's incarcerated. This is a human rights violation." ~ April McGill American Indian Cultural Center SF #FreeLeonardPeltier President Donald J. Trump Vice President JD Vance

YOUR support made our Line 3 Legal Fellowship with @JustAnotherPD and Water Protector Legal Collective possible. This gave Water Protectors in Mnisota much needed legal representation. When you give to CLDC, you help defend the defenders!

Four more days to give a tax deductible gift for 2022! CLDC.ORG/DONATE

We plan to migrate our social media to Mastodon in January 2023. You can find us there! @[email protected]

We're having an album & calendar release party with @CertainDays, Foraging, & Tsunami Books! Sat 01/07 at 7pm. Tickets now on sale! Sliding scale $10-20; drop by the store or call 541-345-8986 to reserve

Lauren Regan, CLDC Executive Director and Senior Staff Attorney, appeared on *NewsHour this week talking about the Titan Fusion Center that targeted Jordan Cove climate activists and others. youtube.com/watch?v=UXxyc9…

The charges may be legally flimsy but the point is not that they stick. “It’s so next time a vigil happens, mom or the school teacher or the nurse — or someone that has higher risk of randomly getting arrested — is going to think twice about going,” said a CLDC // Mastdon: @[email protected] attorney 17/

47 TX State Reps & Senators are touring the SpaceX facility right now led by RGV Partnership. The Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe and RGV residents are outside the SpaceX launch pad demanding a meeting with lawmakers to discuss the negative impacts of SpaceX operations in the community

just a lite beat on #CopCity I produced: Janae Pierre talked to Sierra Pettengill, director of RIOTSVILLE, USA, and Lauren Regan, senior attorney and exec dir. of CLDC // Mastdon: @[email protected] about a prototype for “cop city,” from the 60s called Riotsville— The Takeaway 🎙 wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takea…

Come find us on Mastdon: @[email protected] We also post regularly on our IG: @the_cldc

Andy Ngo Loses Lawsuit: Portland Jury Finds No Fault For Two Activists At Trial! CLDC was a proud part of the legal defense team and will circulate a full press release today. We can be reached for comment by press at [email protected] #civilliberties #portlandnews #oregonnews

Donate and support our continued work to defend the defenders! CLDC.org/donate

.Katie Daviscourt 📸 The Post Millennial and Andy Ngo pushing lies that my attorney intimidated the jury by saying "I will remember all your faces." In reality audio proves she was expressing gratitude to jury because it was her last trial. They are going after my 65yr old attorney.

More evidence proving defense attorney in the #AndyNgo trial didn't make threats to Jury after proclaiming "I am Antifa" like Ngo & .The Post Millennial claim. She was making the liberal argument about why being opposed to fascism is good. She even called Andy's assailants cowards.