New Report Details Impact of Secretive American Legislative Exchange Council on Communities of Color

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New Report Details Impact of Secretive American Legislative Exchange Council on Communities of Color

Today, a coalition of human rights organizations released an in-depth report about the role of the secretive American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in the adoption of state laws that disproportionately harm communities of color. “ALEC Attacks: How evangelicals and corporations captured state lawmaking to safeguard white supremacy and corporate power” traces the establishment of the organization by evangelical conservative activists in the 1970s to counter advances made by the civil rights movement, through to the transformation of ALEC in the early 1990s to be a more stridently pro-corporate lobbying organization.  

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NYC Department of Education: Stop Censoring Pro-Palestine Educator

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NYC Department of Education: Stop Censoring Pro-Palestine Educator

Palestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) warned the New York City Department of Education (DOE) to end its censorship of educator Jon Cohen’s support for Palestinian rights in two letters this year.

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Towards Collective Liberation

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Towards Collective Liberation

More than 400 years after the first European settlement of Turtle Island, Palestine Legal acknowledges that the territory on which we live is the product of ongoing settler colonialism, racial and religious supremacy. We understand Israel to be the product of these same forces.

Because the injustices our communities face are interrelated, the contemporary attacks on Indigenous activism, Palestinian rights, and on Black and Brown lives cannot be separated. That’s why we’re are proud to support those working towards justice in Palestine, to stand alongside Black and Indigenous advocates fighting for justice on Turtle Island, and to build strategies for legal support across movements.

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Student Movement Thrives Despite Efforts to Shut Down NSJP

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Student Movement Thrives Despite Efforts to Shut Down NSJP

Despite an international campaign attempting to censor the 9th National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) conference, hundreds of students gathered Nov. 1-3 at the University of Minnesota (UMN) to strengthen student organizing across the country. NSJP and its attendees were subject to numerous attacks during and leading up to the conference.

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Georgia Tech Students Defeat Censorship Campaign

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Georgia Tech Students Defeat Censorship Campaign

With hundreds of supporters signing on to their petition, Georgia Tech chapter of Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) successfully appealed sanctions they faced over an April 2019 teach-in on Palestine.

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Resisting Attacks on Black, Indigenous, and Palestinian Organizing Through Solidarity

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Resisting Attacks on Black, Indigenous, and Palestinian Organizing Through Solidarity

Palestine Legal participated in this year’s National Lawyers Guild #Law4ThePeople convention in a panel on "Criminalizing the Right to Protest: State Crack Downs on Black, Indigenous, and Palestinian Resistance." Senior staff attorney Radhika Sainath spoke alongside movement lawyers and activists from Greenpeace USA, the Water Protector Legal Collective, Law for Black Lives, and Black Lives Matter DC. The following are some highlights from each speaker:

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Civil Rights Groups Decry Calls to Censor Palestine Conference at the University of Minnesota

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Civil Rights Groups Decry Calls to Censor Palestine Conference at the University of Minnesota

Palestine Legal and the Minnesota National Lawyers Guild wrote the University of Minnesota (UMN) today urging the university to protect this weekend’s National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) conference. The letter follows a slew of demands from Israel advocates calling on the university to cancel, police, and smear the conference.

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