Support the David Price Six!

Charges dropped against protesters
By: Associated Press

Charges Dropped
The students were arrested during an anti-war protest at a congressman's local office.

CHAPEL HILL -- A judge dismissed trespassing charges Monday against six college students who had been arrested during an anti-war protest at a congressman's local office.

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What: Support the David Price Six!

When: Monday, May 7th-- Rally at 1 PM—Pack the Court at 2 PM!

Where: Chapel Hill Courthouse (in the post office)—East Franklin Street

Dear Anti-War Friends and Allies—

Representative Price has failed to represent the will of the people and lead us out of Iraq. Instead, Price is trying to appease the growing anti-war movement which is sweeping through North Carolina and the rest of the country with empty rhetoric and failed promises of action. On February 16 2007, six students, as part of a larger coordinated national effort, visited Price's Chapel Hill office to share our grave concerns about his supposed commitment to end the Iraq War. David Price's political advisor, Rose Auman, would not allow us to speak to Price by phone. Instead, Auman called the Chapel Hill Police Department to intimidate and silence us. The David Price Six were arrested and charged with first degree trespassing for the 'crime' of exercising our first amendment rights to seek a redress of grievances from our Congressperson. When we invited Congressman Price to come to our trial to testify as to his position about our country's invasion and occupation of Iraq, he wrote to District Attorney James Woodall and asked him to drop the charges against us. Woodall declined.

On Friday, March 23, Rep. David Price and the U.S. House of Representatives voted for war by funding an additional $100 billion dollars to continue the criminal Iraq Occupation. The Democratic leadership, which was elected on an anti-war mandate, framed this vote as a win—as 'the first check on the president's failed Iraq policy'. This supplemental was non-binding, calling for a withdrawal by March of 2008. This is a farce! The overwhelming majority of U.S. service people, Iraqi civilians, and American citizens want the troops out now!

Last week, President Bush's veto of the Democratic Party's war supplemental was extremely troubling. It was a weak bill, however; the next one the Democratic leadership puts forward will be even weaker. Iraq is in turmoil. Attacks against occupying forces are increasing and the U.S. surge has failed. Over 300 Iraqi civilians and 3 U.S. service people are dying every day bringing the death toll to over 655,000 Iraqi civilians and 3,358 U.S. service people. The Bush administration and mainstream media are using fear to keep us in Iraq—Both fear of letting down our soldiers in the field and fear of an Iraqi civil war. First, the best way to support the troops is to move them out of harms way. Second, there is no civil war. Just as the U.S. was born out of a strong resistance against the English invaders and occupiers, there is a strong Iraqi resistance movement against the U.S. invaders and occupiers. We stand in solidarity with the Iraqi Resistance and their struggle to throw the U.S. occupiers out!

Join us the Monday as we tell Price and the Bush Administration that we will not be silenced. We will continue to speak, continue to seek justice and continue to engage in civil disobedience until our collective voices drown out our politician's shameful support for this crime against humanity, the U.S. occupation of Iraq.

Join us as we say—IRAQ FOR IRAQIS, TROOPS OUT NOW!

In Struggle,

The David Price Six—
Laura Bickford, Ben Carroll, Alisan Fathalizadeh, Sara Joseph, Dante
Strobino, Tamara Tal

What: Support the David Price Six!
When: Monday, May 7th-- Rally at 1 PM—Pack the Court at 2 PM!
Where: Chapel Hill Courthouse (in the post office)—East Franklin Street

For more information visit: chapelhillsds.org or raleighFIST.wordpress.com