Decolonize The Left
11th November 2010, 22:08
So we are in need of a Know Your Rights thread, and now I've made one. Post below and I'll update as needed.
- If you're posting links, please use the hyperlink button as it'll make it easier for me to copy/paste.
- Please post the relevant country for your link/text.
International:
The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.iadllaw.org/), the big leftist legal organization. Includes the U.S. National Lawyers Guild, the Union Nacional de Juristas de Cuba, the Arab Union of Lawyers, British Haldane Society, and many others.
United States of America:
Flex Your Rights (http://flexyourrights.org/) - US based nonprofit website which details, via video and text, how to maintain your rights during both casual and non-casual encounters with the police. The videos are rather cheezy but make good points and the FAQ section is quite detailed.
ACLU page (http://www.aclu.org/national-security/know-your-rights-when-encountering-law-enforcement) on knowing your rights regarding police encounters. PDF is available in several languages.
Another decent ACLU page (http://www.aclu.org/drug-law-reform-immigrants-rights-racial-justice/know-your-rights-what-do-if-you) focusing on immigrants, drug law, and racial justice.
NORML's page (http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3405) on your rights re: drugs and possession.
Fantastic, though lengthy, video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8z7NC5sgik) by a former defense attorney as to why you should never say anything to police.
National Lawyers Guild (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.nlg.org/), the leftist bar association for the United States, the leadership and most members are Marxists, socialists, anarchists, or more rarely, extremely left-liberals. The website contains an online legal referral directory (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.nlg.org/news/announcements/nlg-launches-online-legal-referral-service/) a know your rights (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.nlg.org/news/announcements/nlg-introduces-new-know-your-rights-booklet/) booklet, contacts to request legal observers (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.nlg.org/resources/legal-observing/) for demonstrations and political actions, an archive of briefs on protesting and mass defense (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.nlg.org/resources/briefs/), and a set of previously filed amicus briefs (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.nlg.org/resources/amicus-curiae/), and other publications (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.nlg.org/resources/publications/), including topics on protecting your rights in prison, a survival guide for environmental rights activists, several publications on policing free speech and protest.
Additionally the NLG has many committees that handle different types of legal issues such as anti-racism, labor union and employment law, international issues including subcommittees focused on Palestine, Cuba and Venezuela, anti-sexism, service members resistance to the military, disability rights, drug policy, police accountability, immigration, more details of which may be found here: http://www.nlg.org/members/committees/ (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.nlg.org/members/committees/) http://www.revleft.com/vb/revleft/buttons/quote.gif (http://www.revleft.com/vb/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=1991641)
Australia:
Activist Rights Manual (http://www.activistrightsmanual.com/index.html)
National Association of Community Legal Centers (http://www.naclc.org.au)
Sweden:
Gatupolitikens lagar (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.motkraft.net/fil/39) - Its a legal guide for political activists, written by Vänsterjuristerna (Leftists Lawyers).
Israel:
Association for Civil Rights in Israel (http://www.acri.org.il/eng/story.aspx?id=695) One of the bigger names in the civil rights camp. It works in Israel as well as the occupied territories and Palestine. Website is outdated but the group is still active and providing services.
Democracy2011 (In Hebrew and Arabic) (http://democracy2011.org.il/?page_id=20) Popular movement against the gradual degradation of civil rights in Israel. If you can read it, it supplies some data on specific civil rights.
- August
- If you're posting links, please use the hyperlink button as it'll make it easier for me to copy/paste.
- Please post the relevant country for your link/text.
International:
The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.iadllaw.org/), the big leftist legal organization. Includes the U.S. National Lawyers Guild, the Union Nacional de Juristas de Cuba, the Arab Union of Lawyers, British Haldane Society, and many others.
United States of America:
Flex Your Rights (http://flexyourrights.org/) - US based nonprofit website which details, via video and text, how to maintain your rights during both casual and non-casual encounters with the police. The videos are rather cheezy but make good points and the FAQ section is quite detailed.
ACLU page (http://www.aclu.org/national-security/know-your-rights-when-encountering-law-enforcement) on knowing your rights regarding police encounters. PDF is available in several languages.
Another decent ACLU page (http://www.aclu.org/drug-law-reform-immigrants-rights-racial-justice/know-your-rights-what-do-if-you) focusing on immigrants, drug law, and racial justice.
NORML's page (http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3405) on your rights re: drugs and possession.
Fantastic, though lengthy, video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8z7NC5sgik) by a former defense attorney as to why you should never say anything to police.
National Lawyers Guild (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.nlg.org/), the leftist bar association for the United States, the leadership and most members are Marxists, socialists, anarchists, or more rarely, extremely left-liberals. The website contains an online legal referral directory (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.nlg.org/news/announcements/nlg-launches-online-legal-referral-service/) a know your rights (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.nlg.org/news/announcements/nlg-introduces-new-know-your-rights-booklet/) booklet, contacts to request legal observers (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.nlg.org/resources/legal-observing/) for demonstrations and political actions, an archive of briefs on protesting and mass defense (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.nlg.org/resources/briefs/), and a set of previously filed amicus briefs (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.nlg.org/resources/amicus-curiae/), and other publications (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.nlg.org/resources/publications/), including topics on protecting your rights in prison, a survival guide for environmental rights activists, several publications on policing free speech and protest.
Additionally the NLG has many committees that handle different types of legal issues such as anti-racism, labor union and employment law, international issues including subcommittees focused on Palestine, Cuba and Venezuela, anti-sexism, service members resistance to the military, disability rights, drug policy, police accountability, immigration, more details of which may be found here: http://www.nlg.org/members/committees/ (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.nlg.org/members/committees/) http://www.revleft.com/vb/revleft/buttons/quote.gif (http://www.revleft.com/vb/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=1991641)
Australia:
Activist Rights Manual (http://www.activistrightsmanual.com/index.html)
National Association of Community Legal Centers (http://www.naclc.org.au)
Sweden:
Gatupolitikens lagar (http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.motkraft.net/fil/39) - Its a legal guide for political activists, written by Vänsterjuristerna (Leftists Lawyers).
Israel:
Association for Civil Rights in Israel (http://www.acri.org.il/eng/story.aspx?id=695) One of the bigger names in the civil rights camp. It works in Israel as well as the occupied territories and Palestine. Website is outdated but the group is still active and providing services.
Democracy2011 (In Hebrew and Arabic) (http://democracy2011.org.il/?page_id=20) Popular movement against the gradual degradation of civil rights in Israel. If you can read it, it supplies some data on specific civil rights.
- August