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Rachel Meeropol

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Gretchen Rubin

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Jeff Sessions

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Naomi Klein

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Rachel Meeropol is a Senior Staff Attorney and Associate Director of Legal Training and Education at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she works on prisoners’ rights, Muslim profiling, criminalization of dissent, and First Amendment issues. Rachel recently argued before the United States Supreme Court, an experience she describes as "terrifying" but that she wants to repeat! Get inspired by Rachel's successes that have had tremendous impact on the lives of many, including prisoners who got to see the sky for the first time in decades due to her work with others to stop the prisoners' solitary confinement.  No matter what your field, learn from Rachel the value of knowing yourself in identifying the role that you are best suited to play.

Rachel Meeropol is a Senior Staff Attorney and Associate Director of Legal Training and Education at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she works on prisoners’ rights, Muslim profiling, criminalization of dissent, and First Amendment issues. Rachel recently argued before the United States Supreme Court, an experience she describes as "terrifying" but that she wants to repeat! Get inspired by Rachel's successes that have had tremendous impact on the lives of many, including prisoners who got to see the sky for the first time in decades due to her work with others to stop the prisoners' solitary confinement.  No matter what your field, learn from Rachel the value of knowing yourself in identifying the role that you are best suited to play.

Ep. 76: Rachel Meeropol Makes An Impact As A Social Justice Lawyer

Fighting government repression through art and action: Laura interviews Ellen and Rachel Meeropol, a mother and daughter each seeking change -- one through the litigation and one through fiction. Ellen Meeropol is the author of two novels that deal with law, justice and government surveillance. Her most recent book, On Hurricane Island, explores a fictional secret domestic detention camp for citizens.  Ellen's daughter, Rachel Meeropol, is the senior staff attorney at Center for Constitutional Rights, where she works on prisoners’ rights, Muslim profiling, and the criminalization of dissent. These issues have affected both of their lives. Ellen’s father and mother in-law, Rachel’s grandparents, were Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who were executed by the US government as spies. Also on this episode: Part one of our interview with Boots Riley, a poet, lyricist, MC, screenwriter, activist, organizer, radical, and founder and frontman of Oakland based hip hop group The Coup. Boots Riley was also one of the most influential voices and leaders of the Occupy Wall Street movement, and is the only known musical artist whose surveillance by intelligence agents has been exposed due to Wikileaks documents. All this, and Laura takes a look back at Occupy Wall Street...and the politicians getting slandered now.

Fighting government repression through art and action: Laura interviews Ellen and Rachel Meeropol, a mother and daughter each seeking change -- one through the litigation and one through fiction. Ellen Meeropol is the author of two novels that deal with law, justice and government surveillance. Her most recent book, On Hurricane Island, explores a fictional secret domestic detention camp for citizens.  Ellen's daughter, Rachel Meeropol, is the senior staff attorney at Center for Constitutional Rights, where she works on prisoners’ rights, Muslim profiling, and the criminalization of dissent. These issues have affected both of their lives. Ellen’s father and mother in-law, Rachel’s grandparents, were Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who were executed by the US government as spies. Also on this episode: Part one of our interview with Boots Riley, a poet, lyricist, MC, screenwriter, activist, organizer, radical, and founder and frontman of Oakland based hip hop group The Coup. Boots Riley was also one of the most influential voices and leaders of the Occupy Wall Street movement, and is the only known musical artist whose surveillance by intelligence agents has been exposed due to Wikileaks documents. All this, and Laura takes a look back at Occupy Wall Street...and the politicians getting slandered now.

Ellen & Rachel Meeropol and Boots Riley on Art and Resistance

SHOW NOTES:  Episode 11 (Air Date: December 10th, 2012) Rachel Meeropol is currently the lead counsel on Blum v. Holder, a first amendment challenge to the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA).  Today she discusses with us the legal battle to hopefully overturn this unconstitutional law which stands in the way of animal activists and our first amendment rights. Please hit us up with any feedback you have, we love hearing from you! Email: bigfatveganradio@gmail.com Leave us a voicemail: (315) VEGAN-01 (that’s 315-834-2601) Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BigFatVeganRadio Twitter: @bigfatvegans  And please help us out by posting a positive review and an excellent rating (5 stars?) of our podcast on iTunes!  It really helps us out!    Interview with Rachel Meeropol (Center for Constitutional Rights) www.ccrjustice.org LIKE the Center for Constititutional Rights on Facebook  Rachel Meeropol has worked at the Center for Constitutional Rights since 2002. She is the co-editor and primary author of the Jailhouse Lawyers Handbook, a widely-requested resource for prisoners, and the editor of America’s Disappeared: Secret Imprisonment, Detainees, and the “War on Terror,” (Seven Stories Press, 2005). Rachel is currently lead counsel on Turkmen v. Ashcroft, the class action suit on behalf of Arab and Muslim men rounded up in immigration sweeps after 9/11, and Blum v. Holder, a first amendment challenge to the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act.  She also represents federal prisoners held in the Bureau of Prisons’ secretive “communication management units” in Aref v. Holder. Rachel was counsel on the amicus briefs in the SHAC 7 trial (SHAC stands for Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty).  The SHAC 7 were convicted of “animal enterprise terrorism” under the original AEPA law (Animal Enterprise Protection Act) for running a controversial website that posted news of both legal and illegal actions against an animal testing company. FOR MORE INFORMATION… Some background on AETA: http://www.ccrjustice.org/search/node/aeta About Blum v. Holder: http://www.ccrjustice.org/ourcases/Blum Animal Enterprise Terrorism 101: http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/aeta-101/313/ AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU TO Theme song by: Michael Harren Art and logo by: Kelly Huffine  SHAMELESS PLUGS: Watch Honey LaBronx’s Vegan Drag Queen Cooking Show at: www.VeganDragQueen.com

SHOW NOTES: Episode 11 (Air Date: December 10th, 2012) Rachel Meeropol is currently the lead counsel on Blum v. Holder, a first amendment challenge to the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA).  Today she discusses with us the legal battle to hopefully overturn this unconstitutional law which stands in the way of animal activists and our first amendment rights. Please hit us up with any feedback you have, we love hearing from you! Email: <a href="mailto:bigfatveganradio@gmail.com">bigfatveganradio@gmail.com</a> Leave us a voicemail: (315) VEGAN-01 (that’s 315-834-2601) Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BigFatVeganRadio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/BigFatVeganRadio</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/bigfatvegans" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@bigfatvegans </a> And please help us out by posting a positive review and an excellent rating (5 stars?) of our podcast on iTunes!  It really helps us out!<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/bigfatvegans" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> Interview with Rachel Meeropol (<a href="http://www.ccrjustice.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Center for Constitutional Rights</a>) <a href="http://www.facebook.com/CenterforConstitutionalRights" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.ccrjustice.org LIKE the Center for Constititutional Rights on Facebook </a> Rachel Meeropol has worked at the Center for Constitutional Rights since 2002. She is the co-editor and primary author of the <a href="http://ccrjustice.org/learn-more/reports/report%3A-jailhouse-lawyer%2526%2523039%3Bs-handbook" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jailhouse Lawyers Handbook</a>, a widely-requested resource for prisoners, and the editor of America’s Disappeared: Secret Imprisonment, Detainees, and the “War on Terror,” (Seven Stories Press, 2005). Rachel is currently lead counsel on <a href="http://ccrjustice.org/ourcases/current-cases/turkmen-v.-ashcroft" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Turkmen v. Ashcroft</a>, the class action suit on behalf of Arab and Muslim men rounded up in immigration sweeps after 9/11, and <a href="http://ccrjustice.org/ourcases/Blum" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blum v. Holder</a>, a first amendment challenge to the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act.  She also represents federal prisoners held in the Bureau of Prisons’ secretive “communication management units” in <a href="http://ccrjustice.org/cmu-factsheet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aref v. Holder</a>. Rachel was counsel on the amicus briefs in the SHAC 7 trial (SHAC stands for Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty).  <a href="http://www.shac.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The SHAC 7</a> were convicted of “animal enterprise terrorism” under the original AEPA law (Animal Enterprise Protection Act) for running a controversial <a href="http://www.shac.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a> that posted news of both legal and illegal actions against an animal testing company. FOR MORE INFORMATION… Some background on AETA: <a href="http://www.ccrjustice.org/search/node/aeta" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ccrjustice.org/search/node/aeta</a> About Blum v. Holder: <a href="http://www.ccrjustice.org/ourcases/Blum" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ccrjustice.org/ourcases/Blum</a> Animal Enterprise Terrorism 101: <a href="http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/aeta-101/313/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/aeta-101/313/</a> AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU TO Theme song by: <a href="http://michaelharren.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Harren </a>Art and logo by: <a href="http://kelly42fox.deviantart.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kelly Huffine </a> SHAMELESS PLUGS: Watch Honey LaBronx’s Vegan Drag Queen Cooking Show at: <a href="http://www.VeganDragQueen.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.VeganDragQueen.com</a>

Episode 11 – Interview: Rachel Meeropol on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act