[Peace-discuss] "NATL CALL-IN DAY, Tues OCT 19" against the FBI raids

Mon Oct 18 08:59:35 CDT 2010

Thanks, Robert.
This is very important. The FBI raids on peace activists are frightening.
-karen medina

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Robert Naiman <naiman.uiuc at gmail.com>wrote:

> http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155295884505588
>
> Please circulate this national call widely.
>
> The 3rd National Call In Day to stop FBI repression and stand in solidarity
> with anti-war activists targeted by the September 24 FBI raids and Grand
> Jury subpoenas is this Tuesday, October 19.
>
> This is the third group of activists scheduled to appear at the Grand Jury.
> All of the activists are refusing to testify, so the Assistant U.S. Attorney
> Brand Fox has withdrawn the subpoenas thus far.
>
> The Grand Jury continues however, and arrests, or subpoenas offering
> immunity—forcing activists to talk under the threat of imprisonment–are
> possibilities.
>
> We need your support.
>
> >>>Call President Obama at (202)-456-1111 and U.S. Attorney General Eric
> Holder at (202)-353-1555<<<
>
> Demand:
>
> **End repression of anti-war and international solidarity activists!
> **Return all materials seized in the raid!
> **Call off the Grand Jury!
>
> Stop FBI Repression: Call off the Grand Jury, No Charges
>
> On September 24, the FBI raided two Chicago and five Minneapolis homes of
> well-known anti-war and international solidarity activists. Also raided were
> the offices of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul based Anti-War Committee.
> Subpoenas to answer questions at a Grand Jury in Chicago were delivered to
> other activists at their homes and work places. In the past week, the FBI
> continues to attempt to harass other anti-war activists at their homes and
> work.
>
> When dozens of FBI agents stormed in, they took computer hard drives, cell
> phones, documents, newspapers and children’s artwork. They took 28 boxes out
> of one Chicago home, including a framed photo of the Reverend Doctor Martin
> Luther King Jr. shaking hands with Malcolm X. The FBI subpoenaed 14
> activists in Illinois, Minnesota and Michigan to testify at the Grand Jury.
> According to the FBI, the goal of the raids was to show material support for
> terrorism charges. It is outrageous!
>
> All the activists publicly announced they are refusing to testify and want
> the Grand Jury called off. The Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon Fox withdrew
> the subpoenas at this point, but it is not over. The government may force
> people to testify under threat of imprisonment or make arrests. The U.S.
> government is trying to put people in jail for anti-war and international
> solidarity activism. These people have done nothing wrong. They have given
> money to no one. Their freedom is at stake.
>
> Those targeted are well-known leaders in the anti-war movement and many
> helped to organize the huge protest against the Republican National
> Convention in St. Paul, MN in September 2008. This is the suppression of our
> democratic rights. It threatens our families, our children and our
> communities. This is a U.S. government attempt to silence those who support
> resistance to oppression in the Middle East and Latin America, by putting
> people in jail.
>
> The targeted activists are refusing to be pulled into conversations with
> the FBI about their political views or their organizing against war and
> occupation. The activists are involved with many groups, including the
> Palestine Solidarity Group, Students for a Democratic Society, Twin-Cities
> Anti-War Committee, Colombia Action Network, the Freedom Road Socialist
> Organization and Fight Back! newspaper.
>
> For more information please go to the Committee To Stop FBI Repression
> www.stopfbi.net
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> Date: Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 9:32 PM
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> OCTOBER 19"...
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