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  • | Atlanta demonstration against Cop City | MR Online

    NLG statement in solidarity with Atlanta Forest Defenders

    Originally published: National Lawyers Guild (NLG) on January 25, 2023 (more by National Lawyers Guild (NLG))  |

    On Wednesday, January 18, Georgia State Patrol murdered Manuel “Tortuguita” Teran, who was camping in a public park to defend the Weelaunee Forest and stop the construction of Cop City.

  • | George W Crockett Jr | MR Online

    Book Review: ‘No Equal Justice: The Legacy of Civil Rights Icon George W. Crockett’

    Originally published: National Lawyers Guild (NLG) on Vol. 78: 04 by David Gespass (more by National Lawyers Guild (NLG))  | (Posted Jan 25, 2023)

    David Gespass has been on the editorial board of the National Lawyers Guild Review for over twenty-years including several years as Editor in Chief. He is a past president of the National Lawyers Guild. David is doing his best to retire from the active practice of law with only moderate success.

  • | The Case for Abolition for Skeptics | MR Online

    The case for abolition, for skeptics

    Originally published: National Lawyers Guild (NLG) on March 1, 2021 (more by National Lawyers Guild (NLG))  |

    In the final piece of the series, NLG Anti-Racism Committee Co-Chair and one of the proponents of the 2020 policing resolution Kira Kelley makes the case for the abolition of policing and offers examples of individuals and projects taking power and resources away from police and prisons to create non-carceral, non-punitive alternatives.

  • | Trump rally in Washington DC on January 6 2021 Public Domain Mark 10 | MR Online

    NLG condemns attempt by fascist mob incited by Trump to overturn election, complicity by law enforcement

    Originally published: National Lawyers Guild (NLG) on January 6, 2021 (more by National Lawyers Guild (NLG))  |

    At the root of today’s right-wing violence are centuries-long efforts to disenfranchise voters of color, made central in this presidential election.

  • | NLG Legal Observer arrested by Atlanta Police June 1 John BazemoreAP | MR Online

    Police targeting NLG legal observers at Black Lives Matter protests

    Originally published: National Lawyers Guild (NLG) on June 7, 2020 (more by National Lawyers Guild (NLG))  |

    Since protests have spread to all 50 states in response to the police murders of George Floyd and countless other Black people, law enforcement has responded with a violent show of force against protestors as well as journalists, street medics, and legal support.

  • | NLG Calls Upon US to Immediately Comply with International Humanitarian Law in its Illegal Occupation of the Hawaiian Islands | MR Online

    NLG calls upon U.S. to immediately comply with International Humanitarian Law in its illegal occupation of the Hawaiian Islands

    Originally published: National Lawyers Guild (NLG) on January 13, 2020 (more by National Lawyers Guild (NLG))  |

    As the longest running belligerent occupation of a foreign country in the history of international relations, the United States has been in violation of international law for over a century.

  • | Igualdad Animal Animal Equality stages animal rights rally in Spain | MR Online

    The danger of being wrong about animal rights

    Originally published: National Lawyers Guild (NLG) on March 26, 2018 by Jerold D. Friedman (more by National Lawyers Guild (NLG))  | (Posted Mar 28, 2018)

    Dogs and suitcases are personal property under the law. For the most part, that enables humans to use, neglect, and abuse them indiscriminately. Dogs and other nonhumans have been property at least since the invention of money as suggested by the common etymologies of “chattel,” “cattle,” and “capital.”

Monthly Review Essays

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    Marc James Léger | Picasso in Palestine | MR Online

    The universal premises of culture and politics have been subject to criticism from the moment that Enlightenment theories emerged. In postmodern theory, radical skepticism replaces judgement and makes universal speculation seem like either an absurd game or a violent imposition.

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  • The Puzzle of Financialization
    Harry Magdoff | Monthly Review Volume 45 Number 5 October 1993 | MR Online

    In this reprise from October 1993, Henry Magdoff and Paul Sweezy ask: “Isn’t there anyone around here who understands how this capitalist system works?”

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