[Peace-discuss] Action Alert: Call in to Stop FBI Repression ofAnti-War activists

Tue Oct 19 19:24:45 CDT 2010

Although your call will likely be ignored,
It is a chance to BE a fellow traveller (and travailer)
with Timothy McVeigh and all us other dissenters.

Welcome aboard, Brother.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robert Naiman 
  To: Peace-discuss List 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 3:41 AM
  Subject: [Peace-discuss] Action Alert: Call in to Stop FBI Repression ofAnti-War activists

  I recommend calling the second number first - the Attorney General, because I got through right away. For the White House comment line, I had to hold for a bit.

  ---------- Forwarded message ----------
  From: The Strategy Center <info at thestrategycenter.org>
  Date: Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 2:22 PM
  Subject: Strategy Center Action Alert: Call in to Stop FBI Repression of Anti-War activists
  To: "naiman at justforeignpolicy.org" <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>

        Please Call in to Stop FBI Repression of Anti-war Activists

        President Obama,

          a.. Stop the FBI aggression

          b.. Stop the raids

          c.. Stop the grand jury harassment

          d.. Stop the subpoenas

          e.. Return all confiscated materials
        Dear friends and allies of the Labor/Community Strategy Center, 

        Please join us, today, Tuesday, Oct. 19 for the 3rd National Call-In Day to stand in solidarity with anti-war activists targeted by the September 24, 2010 FBI raids and Grand Jury subpoenas.

        Call:

        President Obama (202)-456-1111 

        U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (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!

        Today, the third group of activists is 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  All of the activists are refusing to testify, so the Assistant U.S. Attorney Brand Fox has withdrawn the subpoenas thus far.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.  Please circulate this national call widely.

        The Strategy Center is participating in the national Campaign to Stop FBI Repression against anti-war and international solidarity activists. This is a time for action!

        We are working to protect the human rights of all people and the inherent right of mass social movements to protest the oppressive and repressive practices of the U.S. government.

        We oppose the criminalization of our communities and the militarization of our schools. We seek the removal of all US military bases from foreign and domestic lands and an end to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

        The Office of Homeland Security and its affiliates such as the FBI and ICE are aggressively attacking basic human rights, long fought for civil rights, and civil liberties long exercised in the United States. In the name of the War on Terrorism, this repressive apparatus is making an historic shift in the rule of law, now the innocent are called “guilty” and fear is made the backbone of popular mass sentiment.

        We join with all international anti-war and international solidarity activists and organizers to denounce the raids of the US government on US-based Palestinian solidarity activists, anti-war activists, and other international solidarity workers that took place in several U.S. cities on Friday, September 24th, 2010. We denounce the daily raids on immigrants and the repression of Arabs and Muslims who stand up for their families and communities.

        For more information please go to the Committee To Stop FBI Repression MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "simplesend.com" claiming to be www.stopfbi.net

        The Story: Grand Jury, FBI, 

        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 MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "simplesend.com" claiming to be www.stopfbi.net

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