Chronicles of a Dying Empire

Chronicles of a Dying Empire

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Joining host David Cobb on Tuesday's "Redneck Gone Green" podcast

Joining host David Cobb on Tuesday's "Redneck Gone Green" podcast

We met during a creative direct action in Washington DC a generation ago

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When I was a baby lawyer working in Washington, DC, I was grateful to build avenues for expression both within—and also beyond—my legal practice and work in the non-profit arena. My first grassroots organizing project in the nation’s capital was the DC Guerrilla Poetry Insurgency.

Performing antiwar poetry and music in public spaces was always a joy, an…

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David K. Cobb
David is a “people’s lawyer” who has sued corporate polluters, lobbied elected officials, run for political office, and been arrested for non-violent civil disobedience. He serves is on staff with the People’s Network for Land & Liberation.
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