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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Sun Dec 10, 2017, 10:53 AM Dec 2017

Robert Reich: Resist This Legal Assault on Resistance

ROBERT REICH: WE MUST RESIST THIS PERNICIOUS LEGAL ASSAULT ON THE RESISTANCE

BY ROBERT REICH ON 12/10/17 AT 6:01 AM

This article first appeared on RobertReich.org.

Have you heard of SLAPP lawsuits? You soon will.

SLAPP stands for “Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation.” It is a lawsuit brought by big corporations intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the overwhelming costs of a legal defense until they’re forced to abandon their criticism or opposition.

And it may be the biggest threat to the resistance you’ve never heard of.

Here’s an example: Resolute Forest Products, one of Canada’s largest logging and paper companies, has sued, in a U.S. court, environmental groups that have been campaigning to save Canada’s boreal forest.

Resolute based its lawsuit on a U.S. conspiracy and racketeering law (RICO) intended to ensnare mobsters. Resolute alleged that the environmental groups have been illegally conspiring to extort the company’s customers and to defraud their own donors.

The suit wasn’t designed to win in court. It was designed to distract and silence critics. This is punishment for speaking out.

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http://www.newsweek.com/robert-reich-we-must-resist-pernicious-legal-assault-resistance-743554

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Robert Reich: Resist This Legal Assault on Resistance (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2017 OP

KGOP republican-style korporate-kristofascism, Inc. sucks Achilleaze Dec 2017 #1

Pls change the link away from Newsweek? CousinIT Dec 2017 #2

Achilleaze

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1. KGOP republican-style korporate-kristofascism, Inc. sucks

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Sun Dec 10, 2017, 10:59 AM

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CousinIT

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2. Pls change the link away from Newsweek?

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Sun Dec 10, 2017, 12:46 PM

Dec 2017

http://robertreich.org/

Newsweek has reprinted the story from Reich's own site. As soon as you click on the Newsweek link, you get the story and headline, but right below the headline, a huge video window with TRUMP running his mouth about something which has NOTHING to do with the article. Newsweek and other outlets use the ruse of sticking TRUMP videos inside unrelated stories as a way to FORCE visitors to their site to listen to the big orange prick. They don't need or deserve the internet traffic.

The ORIGINAL story can be found here: http://robertreich.org/

OR, just use this:

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