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<H3>THE CHARLESTON FIVE</H3>
<P>10/30/01</P>
<P>I have six names to call out to you. Five of them walk in the
footsteps of great American rebels and champions of democracy. Their
names are Kenneth Johnson, Peter Washington, Ricky Simmons, Jason
Edgerton, and Elijah Ford.<BR><BR>All five are Longshoremen who do
the backbreaking work of loading and unloading the huge freighters
that dock at the Port of Charleston in South Carolina. In January of
2000, these five were among 150 union dockworkers who were
peacefully picketing against a corporation that had brought in
non-union workers to unload a Danish freighter. As the picketers
were handing out informational leaflets (a form of free speech and
assembly guaranteed by our Constitution), the Powers That Be of
Charleston sent in 600 heavily harmed police in full riot gear to
bust the picket and bust some heads.<BR><BR>Now comes the sixth
name: Charlie Condon. Look up "Neanderthal" in your
dictionary and you'll see his picture. Charlie is a political
opportunist and full-blown gooberhead who presently is South
Carolina's attorney general. He's also running for governor, so to
kiss the butt of the state's business establishment, ol' Charlie got
a secret grand jury to indict the five dockworkers. He charged them
with rioting and conspiracy to riot. Hello. Five picketers, armed
with nothing but leaflets, "rioted" against 600
fully-armed riot police?<BR><BR>Nonetheless, the Charleston Five, as
they're now known across the country, have had their inalienable
rights stripped by this power-hungry politician. They are guilty of
nothing but peacefully picketing in defense of their jobs. They've
never been convicted of anything, yet Charlie Condon has had them
under house arrest for more than a year-and-a-half.<BR><BR>This is
Jim Hightower saying...Charlie is the kind of banty-rooster autocrat
that the founders of our country declared independence against 225
years ago and fought a revolutionary war to stop. The Charleston
Five are standing up for the freedom of all of us. To help them,
call 202-637-5387.</P>
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<P>Press Release "Justice For the Charleston 5" American
Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
08/01/2001</P>
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