Tha National Lawyers Guild Goes International

For the past several years, the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), originally established in the 1930s as a legal arm of the Communist Party USA, has been seen at anti-Israel protests across the nation. They are easy to spot with their distinctive lime green baseball caps with the inscription, "National Lawyers Guild Legal Observer" in black letters on the front.

On May 15, the anti-Israel, pro-Hamas mob, joined by Antifa, held a "Nakba Day"  event in Berlin that was monitored by a heavy police presence. When police ordered them to disperse, they ignored the repeated commands until police moved in, at which point, fighting broke out between the protesters and police. One police officer was trampled and seriously injured in the melee. It should be noted that Berlin has had more than its share of pro-Hamas, anti-Semitic, and violent protests in recent months. 

While watching the videos of the Berlin protest, I noted that there were dozens of young people among the crowd wearing lime green baseball caps with no inscription. Wondering if there was a connection to the US-based NLG, I searched the internet and quickly found the answer here.

NLG at UCLA

Berlin, May 15, 2025

Below is a live stream of the protest taken by an observer (Escalaba?) and uploaded to YouTube. It is almost 5 hours long, but if you watch closely-or skim it like I did- you will find many shots of people in lime green caps standing around, observing, and taking notes. They generally position themselves on the outer fringes of the protest.

 

 

 

The below video is much shorter (about 4:20) and features much of the scuffling. It is from Berliner Zeitung and on several occasions, you can see the lime green caps.