Michael and Us: An Interview w/ Steven Donziger, Literal Prisoner of Chevron
When human rights lawyer Steven Donziger won a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the oil giant Chevron, the company retaliated by setting out to destroy Donziger’s life. Now in his twentieth month of house arrest on the orders of a Chevron-linked jud...
April 24, 2021
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April 24, 2021
Michael and Us: An Interview w/ Steven Donziger, Literal Prisoner of Chevron
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Michael and Us: An Interview w/ Steven Donziger, Literal Prisoner of Chevron
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<p>When human rights lawyer Steven Donziger won a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the oil giant Chevron, the company retaliated by setting out to destroy Donziger’s life. Now in his twentieth month of house arrest on the orders of a Chevron-linked judge, his Kafkaesque story is a window into the corrupt and corporate-captured US legal system.</p>
<p>Visit the #FreeDonziger website - <a href="https://www.freedonziger.org/" rel="nofollow">https://www.freedonziger.org/</a></p>
<p>The Steven Donziger Legal Defense Fund - <a href="https://www.donzigerdefense.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.donzigerdefense.&lt;wbr /&gt;com/</a></p>
<p>A text version of this interview can be found in Jacobin, here - <a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/04/attorney-steven-donziger-chevron-ecuador-prosecution-corruption-trial" rel="nofollow">https://www.jacobinmag.&lt;wbr /&gt;com/2021/04/attorney-steven-&lt;wbr /&gt;donziger-chevron-ecuador-&lt;wbr /&gt;prosecution-corruption-trial</a></p>
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