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Noncooperation Library - Freedom Trainers

Preparedness isn't everything; civil society orgs should also familiarize themselves with principles of noncooperation. Learn more here: freedomtrainers.net/noncooperati...

2025 Vermont Civil Rights Summit hosted on Whova November 14 – 16, 2025, Randolph, VT

CDP's Kira Kelley will be a featured speaker at the Vermont Human Rights Commission’s 2025 Civil Rights Summit, where they will join other advocates and community leaders to talk about strategies for the protection of Vermonters' civil rights. Register by 10/31 at hrc.vermont.gov/2025-civil-r....

NLG is receiving more and more verified reports of federal agent door-knocks and contacts. If you are approached by federal law enforcement, don’t be afraid to alert your community!

Judge Finds Attorney General Can't Bring RICO Charges in Cop City Case - UNICORN RIOT Atlanta, GA — A Fulton County judge found Tuesday that Georgia’s attorney general lacked authority to bring racketeering charges against protesters named in the sprawling Cop City RICO case, calling i...

In 2023, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr brought a far-reaching RICO indictment against dozens of opponents of Atlanta’s recently built Public Safety Training Center, more commonly known as Cop City.

Last week a judge found the case must be mostly, or entirely, dismissed on procedural grounds:

US pipeline protester’s obstruction conviction overturned by appeals court New trial for Mylene Vialard after Minnesota judges find ‘pervasive’ prosecutorial misconduct in Line 3 protest case

Congratulations, Mylene! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Thank you Kristen Stilt @harvardanimallaw.bsky.social‬, ‪@animal-justice.bsky.social,‬ @climatedefense.bsky.social‬, animal law scholars,
‪@nonhumanrights.bsky.social,‬ @ccrjustice.org @aclu-norcal.bsky.social, @nlgnews.bsky.social docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Statement: The Militarization of L.A. Marks an Unprecedented Assault on Constitutional Rights — Protect the Protest We are witnessing an historic and dangerous escalation in the federal government’s attack on immigrant communities and on the right to protest in the United States, with the militarization of a major ...

www.protecttheprotest.org/stories/stat...

#ProtectProtest #LAProtests #StandUpFightBack

Today two animal welfare organizations filed a petition in Minnesota court for a search warrant and law enforcement investigation into Jennie-O Turkey Farms. CDP’s Kira Kelley assisted the effort. climatedefenseproject.org/wp-content/u...

Judge rules Minnesota can prosecute marijuana crimes on reservations even after legalization • Minnesota Reformer A Minnesota district court judge ruled that the state may prosecute Native Americans on most reservations for possessing large amounts of marijuana, allowing a felony case against a White Earth man to...

“Exercising my rights should not be controversial or complicated. But once again, the state has failed to respect our sovereignty, our constitution, our own rule of law that has existed since long before the state of Minnesota even existed,” Thompson said. minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/13/j...

BREAKING: Case Dismissed Against Anishinaabe Wild Rice Harvester - Climate Defense Project A Minnesota judge dismissed criminal charges against an Anishinaabe Water Protector today for allegedly harvesting manoomin, or wild rice, in an illegal manner.

Success! Case dismissed against Anishinaabe wild rice harvester in Minnesota. Read the press release here:
climatedefenseproject.org/breaking-cas...