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Karen Weill Memorial Fund

It's been a year and three months since our beloved friend, fearless activist, and intrepid legal assistant Karen Weill passed away. Her husband and fellow rabble rouser Larry Hildes, her family, clients, fellow activists, fellow union members in the IWW, and friends all over the world feel so thankful that such an intelligent, incredible person walked among us for so many years. And while we are still in mourning, we all know that her indomitable spirit will live on through all of us. We want to raise enough funds to properly honor Karen with a gravestone where she rests in Bellingham's bucolic Beth Israel Cemetery.


You can also donate to this fundraiser to Karen's friend and fellow activist Brendan Dunn via Venmo (@Brendan-Dunn-666), or Cash App ($JabbaTheDunn). Just write "Karen Weill Memorial Fund" in the message.


Karen Weill, for those who might not know her that well, was an active member of the National Lawyers Guild for years. She worked tirelessly alongside her husband and attorney Larry Hildes, and the two took on local governments, abusive police departments, the coal industry, the FBI and every branch of the US military in major civil liberties and civil rights cases from coast to coast. She worked tirelessly over the years defending activists and organizers, war resistors, union activists and Wobblies, environmental justice activists, political prisoners (including Leonard Peltier who called Karen a "sister warrior"), socialists and anarchists, and radicals of every stripe. Karen paid dearly for her dedication to the cause over the years - she stood in the face of riot cops and police batons, and weathered surveillance from the federal government and US military. Karen always stood out for her dedication, her wit, her love for her fellow humans, compassion, selflessness and humility.


Thank you to everyone for helping honor Karen. We want you to continue to honor her, and feel the best thing to do is to, as Mother Jones once famously said, "Pray for the dead, and fight like hell for the living." Let's continue Karen's fight for a better world, and fight like hell for it!

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Carlo Tresca
Organizer
Clinton, NY

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