@sdonziger.bsky.social
Advocate, writer & public speaker on human rights and corporate accountability. Lawyer on team that won historic $9.5b judgment against Chevron. Watch the first episode of my podcast Donziger on Justice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_nXKlrdt8Y&t=71s
Subzero temps, mass arrests, and a shutdown that is still swelling the streets.
Thousands across Minnesota are marching, on work stoppage, and risking arrest to say: immigrants are welcome here.
From @sarahlazare.bsky.social with @workdaymagazine.bsky.social
McGovern: Well, he said a lot of crazy shit today. I think it’s time to take the keys away from grandpa. He doesn’t seem like he’s all there.
21.01.2026 18:59 — 👍 32758 🔁 9544 💬 874 📌 589
New: I spoke to Rice University Latin American Studies Professor Luis Duno-Gottberg and @sdonziger.bsky.social about the history of U.S. oil adventurism in Venezuela and the role Chevron is set to play in Trump's blood-for-oil imperial venture. www.texasobserver.org/houston-oil-...
07.01.2026 22:20 — 👍 35 🔁 25 💬 0 📌 5Big Oil’s goal is to silence environmental activism worldwide. Here’s what happened to human rights lawyer @sdonziger.bsky.social when he helped win a landmark lawsuit against Chevron in Ecuador:
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Hochul Approved Permits That Could Help Clients of Her Husband’s Firm Opponents of a natural gas pipeline approved by Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York noted that the project would benefit a client of the prominent law firm where her husband works.
Kathy Hochul could bring down bills and protect our future by building 15 gigawatts of public renewables.
Instead, she's raising bills to build Trump's fracked gas pipeline and a crypto mine.
Is this why?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
UPDATE🚨 An immigration board issued a final removal order last night for journalist Mario Guevara. He could be deported any moment. We renew our demand for his immediate release. #FreeMario
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In 2023, we won the Build Public Renewables Act — a groundbreaking law empowering NYS to speed up the clean energy transition and lower your bills with publicly-owned power.
Today is the deadline to tell the New York Power Authority that we need a plan for 15 GW by 2030. Take urgent action below.
Saikat Chakrabarti, one of the most talented young political leaders in the country, has set his sights high for the 2026 midterms. I predict he will win.
@saikatforcongress.bsky.social
Here’s our plan to build enough cheap, clean energy to get electricity prices down:
20.08.2025 17:27 — 👍 17 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
Photo of Hatem and Chris with the text reading: Adalah update | July 30th, 2025 Seven Handala volunteers remain in Israeli custody -- five are currently at the airport awaiting deportation, while two remain in an Israeli prison.
Call and tag the US Department of State NOW: Call: +1 202 647 1512 (Dept. of State) Call: +972 2 630 4000 (US Embassy in Occupied Palestine) IG: @statedept and @secrubio FB: US Department of State X: @stateDept and @secRubio
Photo of Hatem with the text reading: Tag and email the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs NOW: Email: mae@diplomatie.gov.tn X: @TunisieDiplo and X: @MohamedAliNafti IG: @tunisiediplo FB: Ministère des Affaires
Photos of Braedon, Frank, Santiago, Sergio, and Vigdis with the text that reads: This morning, five volunteers were transferred to the airport and are scheduled to depart later today: Braedon Peluso (United States), Frank Roman (United States-France), Santiago González Vallejo (Spain), Sergio Toribio Sanchez (Spain), and Vigdis Bjorvand (Norway).
🚨TAKE ACTION NOW:🚨
Chris Smalls (US) & Hatem Aouini (Tunisia) remain imprisoned in Givon Prison, now on day 5 of a hunger strike in protest of their violent, degrading detention for attempting the break Israel’s illegal siege on Gaza & stand against the genocide of the Palestinian people. ...2/
I demand the Israeli government keep its hands off Chris Smalls; release Chris and all those it abducted; allow the Handala to continue on to Gaza; end its policy of imposing deliberate starvation on the people of Gaza; and cease its illegal occupation of all Palestinian territories.
29.07.2025 21:15 — 👍 29 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0
My friend Chris Smalls was the only black man among the 20 activists on the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social. He also appears to be the only passenger violently assaulted by Israeli forces after those on the boat were abducted before they could deliver life-saving aid to starving children in Gaza.
29.07.2025 21:14 — 👍 105 🔁 44 💬 3 📌 4
I used a predictive model to conclude the actual death toll in Gaza is way higher than the media is reporting. As of July 21, Israel had killed ~434,000 people, or 20.7% of Gaza’s entire pre-conflict population.
Equivalent to 70M people dead in the US.
stevendonziger.substack.com/p/shock-isra...
I am deeply honored to present the amazing @mikaelaloach.bsky.social as the first guest on my podcast Donziger on Justice.
I asked Mikaela if she thought the climate crisis could be addressed in a capitalist framework. She flat-out said, "No."
Watch the full episode at the link in my bio.
We have been warned about this moment for all our lives. Now it's here. What will you do about it?
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Thrilled to meet with a climate justice leader whom I’ve long admired. @mikaelaloach.bsky.social’s amazing book It's Not That Radical just hit the US market.
I’m inspired by Mikaela and so many young leaders of her generation who are building the power we need to create the just society we deserve.
In 30 minutes I'll be live on Substack with @climatehuman.bsky.social for a deep-dive into the state of the climate crisis, collective organizing, and mass resistance in the second Trump-era.
Join us!
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To help this powerful woman protect the voice of all health care workers, please donate to her legal defense fund:
www.gofundme.com/f/stop-silen...
Powerful individuals connected to the University of California San Francisco are alleged to have launched a coordinated attack on Dr. Marya that led to doxxing and death threats. These individuals include Talmadge King, the dean of the medical school, and CA state senator Scott Weiner.
08.06.2025 18:44 — 👍 15 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0This is a special lawsuit. Dr. Marya is not just any doctor: she is one of the world’s leading experts on the impact of structural inequities on health care outcomes for marginalized communities.
08.06.2025 18:43 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
🧵: One of the most inspiring medical doctors in the U.S. @rupamarya.bsky.social just sued the hell out of the largest hospital system in San Francisco for violating her free speech rights after she condemned Israel over its atrocities in Gaza. This is a major test for free speech & academic freedom.
08.06.2025 18:41 — 👍 375 🔁 93 💬 4 📌 3
My apologies for the technical difficulties that prevented me from joining the livestream with @climatehuman.bsky.social.
We will reschedule!
Today at 5pm ET I’m with noted scientist Dr. Peter Kalmus @climatehuman.bsky.social for a deep-dive into the state of the climate crisis, collective organizing, and mass resistance in the second Trump-era.
Join us: substack.com/profile/7445...
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28.05.2025 16:37 — 👍 35 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
“Roth has taken a maximalist view of presidential power, arguing that President Donald Trump has ‘expansive authority over foreign affairs, national security, and immigration’ to justify some of the more eyebrow-raising Department of Homeland Security moves."
20.05.2025 16:18 — 👍 26 🔁 8 💬 4 📌 0
The US Supreme Court is being devoured by a monster of its own creation. After the Court granted the President immunity, Trump is now openly mocking a 9-0 decision that a man mistakenly abducted into a gulag in El Salvador be brought home.
The rule of law is dying because our high court is failing.
MIT following Harvard's lead here
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“There is no such thing as an ‘illegal immigrant’”
My myth-busting piece for The Guardian today arguing that it is factually inaccurate & totally, utterly wrong to say that undocumented people are ‘illegal’ & are automatically ‘criminals’.
I bring receipts:
Meet the seven brilliant student-scholars disappeared off the streets of the US by the Trump Administration for criticizing Israel’s atrocities in Gaza. Four are being held in brutal for-profit ICE detention centers in Louisiana. None are charged with a crime.
Free them now. ⤵️
