LINKS AND RESOURCES
National Lawyers Guild - National Office
The National Lawyers Guild is dedicated to the need for basic and progressive change in the structure of our political and economic system. Through its members--lawyers, law students, jailhouse lawyers and legal workers united in chapters and committees--the Guild works locally, nationally and internationally as an effective political and social force in the service of the people. www.nlg.org
National Lawyers Guild National Mass Defense
This committee is a network of Guild lawyers, legal workers and law students who are committed to providing effective legal support for progressive protest movements and demonstrators. If you would like to join this national network or organize a local mass defense network in your area, please contact: Carol Sobel, carolsobel@aol.com , or Mass Defense Committee c/o National Office, NLG 143 Madison Ave, 4th Floor, NY, NY 10016, (212) 679-5100. www.nlg.org/programs/mass_defense.htm
National Police Accountability Project (NPAP) 
The National Police Accountability Project (NPAP), a project of the National Lawyers Guild , is a non-profit organization, dedicated to ending police abuse of authority through coordinated legal action, public education, and support for grassroots and victims' organizations combating police misconduct. www.nlg-npap.org/
The following links are not connected to the NYC NLG, MDC or the National Office.
If you would like your site added to the MDC list of resources, please email nlgnyc@igc.org or call the NLG Office at 212.679.6018.
All listings are subject to review by the Mass Defense Committee.
Risup.net
Riseup.net provides mail, lists, and hosting for those working on liberatory social change. We are a project to create democratic alternatives and practice self-determination by controlling our own secure means of communications. Riseup hosts the MDC Listserve. www.riseup.net
People's Law Collective
The New York City - People's Law Collective is a
collective of anarchists who are also activists, organizers, law students, community
and legal workers. We are not lawyers. We are people with knowledge of the
legal system, its value and limits, and how it can be used for and against
us. History and our own experiences demonstrate the need for legal
resources offered from a radical perspective. Used in this way, the law is
one tool among many for our movements. nycplc.mahost.org
Bicycle Defense Fund
FreeWheels Bicycle Defense Fund is dedicated to providing the resources necessary to fight New York City's attack on the civil rights of bicyclists and assisting those arrested, ticketed, or harassed for bicycling. www.bicycledefensefund.org
Midnight Special Legal Collective
The Midnight Special Law Collective is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to providing legal trainings and accessible, relevant, democratic and accountable legal support to a wide range of activists participating in the struggle for social change. www.midnightspecial.net
DC Justice and Solidarity Legal Collective
A tightly-knit group of dedicated activists, lawyers, and community members with organizational, legal, and computer skills all working on a volunteer basis. We share a common commitment to the struggle against global corporate capitalism, and all forms of injustice. www.justiceandsolidarity.org
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