Suzanne Adely
Suzanne Adely President, National Lawyers Guild
Bio
From the National Lawyers Guild International Committee website:[1]
- Suzanne Adely is a graduate of City University of New York School of Law. Co-chair of the International Committee, she is also a founder of the Middle East, North Africa Labor Solidarity Network in the U.S. Prior to working with the UAW she was a civil rights coordinator with Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM) in Queens, NY, and a legal worker with the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (Cairo). Suzanne is also a longtime organizer. In Chicago, she worked on campaigns with the Arab American Action Network and the Chicago Coalition to Protect People's Rights, challenging War on Terror policies. Suzanne has been active in anti-war and Palestine solidarity organizing in the U.S. since her youth. Suzanne is the daughter of Jordanian workers and grew up in Yonkers, New York. For 10 years, she worked as a high school teacher in New York City and Cairo. She is a long-time member of Al-Awda-NY, the National Lawyers Guild, and the Defend the Egyptian Revolution Committee of New York. This past spring Suzanne organized an NLG delegation which brought U.S. lawyers to Egypt.
People's Assembly for Peace and Sovereignty
On December 10, 2025, a press conference was held by the U.S. Solidarity Delegation to Venezuela’s People's Assembly for Peace and Sovereignty to discuss legal challenges to President Trump’s declaration of a “no-fly zone” over Venezuela. The People's Assembly for Peace and Sovereignty is an international gathering of over 2000 grassroots, labor, women’s, youth and indigenous movements.
The majority of the U.S. solidarity delegation were prevented from traveling to Caracas because of the no-fly zone, and yet some were still able to make it to Venezuela, despite the U.S. aggression.
“As the U.S. ramps up its aggression towards the people of Venezuela, it is important to show that people of the U.S. stand in full solidarity with them. Even if we know there are risks, this will not stop us from doing everything we can to support the Venezuela and to stop this illegal criminal war.” said Ebtesham Ahmed, a representative of New Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) who was able to make the journey to Caracas.
“International solidarity is a powerful weapon,” stated Sara Flounders of the Workers World Party.
“We are disheartened to not be with [the delegation] today,” said Suzanne Adely, president of the National Lawyers Guild. She further explained how the “climate of uncertainty” triggered by the Trump administration's attacks on Venezuela caused a “cascade of flight suspensions” that has “created a humanitarian crisis” of Venezuelans being stranded on their way home.
The no-fly zone designation comes after months of U.S. military strikes against civilian boats and is a continued escalation by the Trump administration in their attempts at regime change in Venezuela. Specifically, the no-fly zone has suspended nearly “75% of international flights to Venezuela,” according to Karina Muller of the U.S. Peace Council.
At the end of the press conference, other organizations gave words of solidarity with the delegation and the fight against the Trump administration.
“Despite Trump’s attempt at a no-fly zone, our comrades made it to Caracas from Seattle, Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Grand Rapids and New York City. International solidarity is alive and well!” said Daniel Koh, a representative of the NYC district of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. The event ended with a chant of “Venceremos!”
Speakers included representatives of the Workers World Party, National Lawyers Guild (NLG), U.S. Peace Council, NY Chapter of the National Conference for Black Lawyers (NCBL), December 12th Movement, Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), and Mutual Aid and Scientific Socialism (MASS).[2]
Pro-Hamas Letter
In the wake of a terror attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023, Harvard University students signed an open letter blaming Israel. After the students received negative media coverage, the ANSWER Coalition jumped to their defense in an open letter titled: "Open letter against intimidation at Harvard: Defend the freedom to speak in support of Palestine!" Suzanne Adely signed the letter. Excerpt:[3]
- We stand together against the racist harassment and demonization of Pro-Palestine student activists at Harvard and elsewhere across the country. These attacks are designed to intimidate, weaken, and silence people's right to speak out in support of the Palestinian people's struggle against occupation and apartheid. Their educational and professional futures are being threatened and right wing political operatives have even rented a TV truck to drive around campus displaying the students' faces. Some are even receiving death threats..."
Activism
- Co-Chair at National Lawyers Guild International Committee
- Works at International Association of Democratic Lawyers
- Former Global Organizer at UAW International Union
- Former Organizer at Arab American Action Network
IADL
In 2016, Associate Members of the Bureau of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers included Americans Beth Lyons, and Suzanne Adely.[4]
Comrades
Joann Lo September 5, 2019 ·
— with Elizabeth Blair and Christina Spach, Jose Lopez, Sonia Singh, Suzanne Adely, Jose Oliva.
NY protest
Joe Catron May 19, 2018 ·
With Nadine Kay, Suzanne Adely, Nerdeen Kiswani and Izabela Qafa.
Left Forum 2016
Intifada in America: The History of the Palestine Left in the United States
- Dan Cione, Chair New York City Students for Justice in Palestine
- Suzanne Adely Labor for Palestine
- Nerdeen Kiswani New York City Students for Justice in Palestine
- Mohammed Nabulsi Palestine Solidarity Committee (Austin)
Labor 4 Palestine
- Michael Letwin, Chair Former President, ALAA/UAW L. 2325 (NYC)
- Suzanne Adely Global Workers Solidarity Network; Global Organizing Institute, UAW (NYC)
- Clarence Thomas Million Worker March; ILWU Local 10, retired, Oakland CA
- Jaime Veve Transport Workers Union Local 100, retired