Libertarian think tanks have been laying the groundwork to criminalize protest for at least a decade.
Drilled
A true-crime podcast about climate change.
S10, Ep4: In Vietnam, Tax Evasion Charges Help Lock Up Climate Activists
Since 2021, five prominent climate activists have been jailed on shaky grounds.
S10, Ep3: In Australia, a State-by-State Approach to Criminalizing Protest
In just a few years, anti-protest legislation has spread rapidly in the country.
S10, Ep2 | Disha Ravi on Becoming the “Radical” Face of Protest in India at 22
For Disha Ravi, the price of success for effective climate activism in India was a sedition charge.
S10, Ep1 | The Corporate Push to Criminalize Speech
The more successful climate protestors are, the more effort industry is putting in to criminalize them.
S9, Ep3 | The Next Citizens United Will Be a Climate Case
Big Oil is still trying to expand corporate free speech rights.
S9, Ep2 | A Legal Strategy
Herb realizes it’s not enough just to defend corporate free speech in the court of public opinion.
S8, Ep9 | A Verdict
A Guyanese judge shocks the world with a blistering ruling against Exxon and the government.
S8, Ep7 | The Global Oil Rush
What’s happening in Guyana is happening throughout the Global South.

