The latest installment of the NLG Speaking Freely Video Series is now available!
Azadeh Shahshahani became the first woman of color elected as President of the National Lawyers Guild in 2011. She joined the Guild in law school and has been a committed member ever since. In this interview, she discusses the impact of US interventions in her home country of Iran, as well as the effects of US imperialism in other parts of the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa.
Listen to her describe the important work of the NLG International Committee, including her own experiences on delegations to Venezuela, Egypt, and Tunisia. In this interview first taped in October 2012, she discusses the importance of applying international law to the purposes of liberation and solidarity, the history of the Guild's support of social movements and activists, and the role of The United People of Color Caucus (TUPOCC) of the NLG.
Stay tuned for more Speaking Freely videos and check out the rest of the series at nlg.org/speaking-freely.
