GPUT co-chair, Russ Wagstaff, participated in the comment time during “Free Speech on Trial”, August 7, 2024. , featuring Jill Stein and others. This event was sponsored by the St. Louis Green Party and co-sponsored by the GPUT, among many others. Participants heard how the US government is writing new laws, twisting existing laws, and using lawsuits to target organizers that are fighting to end colonialism and oppression. Learn about the activists on the front lines of the fight to save free speech for all of us.
Introduction by Dr. Jill Stein, Green Party presumptive Presidential Nominee: on the right to resist 2 party corruption and on the Green Party standing up to protect free speech.
Speakers:
Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People’s Socialist Party and one of the Uhuru 3. Revolutionary leader fighting for reparations and African self determination
Tara Houska, Indigenous lawyer and activist, founder of Giniw Collective, water protector and organizer: on the collusion between law enforcement and corporations against those protesting for Indigenous land rights
Renee Johnston, weekly show co-host for Black Liberation Media. educator, researcher, abolitionist, and organizer: on the expansions of cop cities and the surveillance state
Rick Lass, Green Party Ballot Access Director for Jill Stein: on the Democratic party’s efforts to bypass and change existing laws to try keep Greens off the ballot
Green Party of Utah 