Trump's opening salvo on his inauguration day was to crack down on resistance, and now over 200 people face felony charges for protesting that could mean 75 years in jail. Standing Rock is another prime example of the use of heightened state repression against organizing and direct action.
Please join us for a community discussion about strengthening our struggles for liberation when facing criminal charges. This presentation and discussion are based on the ideas in the recently published book "A Tilted Guide to Being a Defendant." The Tilted Scales Collective is excited to bring you this comprehensive guide about facing charges in the criminal legal system. Rather than being a how-to guide, this book offers a way of thinking about criminal charges that is based on defendants' goals: personal, political, and legal. And these goals are framed with this question in mind:
“How is my case part of revolutionary struggle?”
The full book will be available at a discount and a chapter-length excerpt (chapter 2, on setting goals) will be available by donation.