TELL PRESIDENT OBAMA:
Stop FBI Raids on Peace Activists
JOIN THE NATIONAL CALL-IN DAY ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19
Tell President Obama and Attorney General Holder to:
STOP THE REPRESSION against anti-war and international solidarity activists
RETURN ALL CONFISCATED MATERIALS, computer, cell phones, and papers
NO GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS AND NO CHARGES against peace activists
TAKE ACTION – Call with the three demands
President Obama, 202-456-1111 and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, 202-353-1555
GREET PRESIDENT OBAMA IN SEATTLE ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21.
He will be speaking at the University of Washington on Thursday morning. Join us to protest the FBI raids and hand out flyers to people in line. 10 am - 12 noon, Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Montlake Blvd N.E at N.E. Pacific Place (3 blocks north of Montlake Bridge). We will meet in the plaza in front of the Pavilion. Look for our banner: Obama: Stop FBI Raids Against Peace Activists.
SIGN THE NATIONAL PETITION AT stopfbi.net/sign-the-
Seattle United Against FBI Repression
(an ad hoc committee comprising many activists and organizations)
For information on local actions, email SeattleStopFBI@gmail.com
On September 24, the FBI raided the homes of seven well-known antiwar and human rights activists in Chicago and Minneapolis.
Also raided were the offices of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul based Anti-War Committee.
The FBI 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 a grand jury. According to the FBI, the goal of the raids was to show material support for terrorism charges. This is an outrageous excuse for stifling dissent in America!
The activists targeted by the FBI are involved with many groups, including trade unions, the Twin Cities Antiwar Committee, the Students for a Democratic Society, the Palestine Solidarity Committee, the Colombia Action Network, and the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. The U.S. government is trying to put peace and solidarity activists in jail!
These peace and solidarity activists have done nothing wrong. They are refusing to cooperate with this witch hunt, and they may face jail time for their stand. Their freedom is at stake, along with our freedom to speak our minds and to organize.
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