Courts should not police advocacy organization leadership for taking strong positions. This week, the D.C. Court of Appeals accepted an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief we [...]
Last week our friends at Global Witness unveiled their annual analysis of government and corporate attacks against environment and land defenders. Enemies of the State? reveals that 164 people [...]
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently announced the formation of a new initiative–the Commission on Unalienable Rights. If you’re concerned about how an administration defined by [...]
A federal judge in California has rejected a company’s dangerous attempt to stifle the free speech rights of environmental and social justice activists across the United States. A Canadian [...]
Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 1 – 2:30 p.m. EST (10 a.m. PST) Thursday, Nov. 29 at 1 – 2:30 p.m. EST (10 a.m. PST) This webinar will help activists, community organizers, and NGOs to build [...]
Democracy is in danger. When governments turn a blind eye, a surprising number of corporations resort to aggressive and even violent harassment and intimidation tactics to silence their critics. [...]
As #MeToo survivors bravely share their experiences of sexual assault and intimate partner violence, they endure criticism, threats, and renewed emotional trauma. They also face retaliatory [...]
Today, the logging company Resolute Forest Products will attempt to convince a federal judge in San Francisco that the environmental organization Greenpeace has engaged in mafia-like [...]
Last week, our Director Katie Redford spoke on a panel in Washington, D.C. alongside Annie Leonard Executive Director, and Deepa Padmanabha, Staff Attorney, for Greenpeace USA, Rachel Meeropol, [...]