Contact: Art Heitzer, CubaSC@nlg.org, Cuba Subcommittee Chair The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) International Committee (IC) condemns the Trump administration’s threat on January 16, 2019 to consider breaking with decades of precedent by activating Title III of the 1996 Helms-Burton Act. This provision is so extreme and problematic that no US president has so far authorized […]
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NLG Statement on the Illegal U.S. Interference in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) is the oldest human rights bar association in the United States, with members in every state and a mission to value human rights and the rights of ecosystems over property interests. For more than a decade, the NLG International Committee has sent numerous delegations to Venezuela to observe nearly a […]
Angela Davis’s Triumphant Return to Birmingham
By David Gespass, NLG Alabama & Past NLG President Among the many privileges I had as president of the Guild, one of the greatest was picking up Angela Davis at the airport and introducing her as the keynote speaker at 75th anniversary #Law4thePeople Convention in 2012 held in Pasadena, CA. Her warmth, humanity and insight […]
NLG Launches Members-Only Job Board
Announcing a new benefit of NLG membership: the members-only job board! Login to nlg.org with your credentials and go to nlg.org/job-board to view social justice-based job openings shared by NLG members for fellow attorneys, paralegals, organizers and legal workers. Do you know of a job opportunity that’d be of interest to Guild members? Send job […]
NLG Southern Region Statement Supporting Angela Davis and the BDS Movement
Contact: Amy Mei Willis, Southern Regional VP southernrvp@nlg.org Atlanta, GA—The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute announced it was canceling its gala and rescinding the Fred Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award that was to be given to activist and scholar Dr. Angela Davis, a vocal supporter of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement for Palestinian rights. As lawyers, […]
Open Letter from Migrant Exodus to Mexican Pres. López Obrador (English & Español)
This letter was initiated by representatives of the Women’s Committee of the Central American Exodus with the support of activists from the U.S., El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico and was hand delivered by the authors to Mexican President López Obrador on January 7, 2019. Organizations may still show support by signing on by filling out […]
NLG Alabama Statement on the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Rescinding Award to Angela Davis
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute announced it was canceling its gala and rescinding the Fred Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award that was to be given to activist and scholar Angela Davis, a vocal supporter of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement for Palestinian rights. Below is a statement from the NLG Alabama Chapter in response: The […]
Here’s what you made possible in 2018!
We are so grateful to all our members in joining us to fight back against the increasing attacks on our lives and communities. As we look back on 2018, we are overwhelmed by how much you have made possible with your support! By making a year–end donation today, you will ensure we can continue to defend human rights over […]
Central American Exodus: Letter to US Authorities on the Right to Asylum (English & Español)
On December 11, 2018, members of the Central American Exodus sent this petition to President Trump, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, and CPB officials urging they respect the rights of asylum seekers at the Mexico-US border: “If this situation is left unattended, the danger and vulnerability that members of this exodus are suffering in Tijuana will […]
Hunger Strike Demands by Central American Migrant Exodus
The following is a list of demands issued by the Central American Migrant Exodus at the Mexico-US border that started on 11/28/18 . Scroll down for English and Spanish transcriptions of the PDF below. Related: 12/5/18: [BLOG] Refugee Caravan: A Legal Observer’s Report from Tijuana 11/29/18: [MEMO] “Deployed to the Border: A Test of Conscience for […]