Jan. 25: Take Action to Protest FBI and Grand Jury Repression!

Join the National Day of Action on Tuesday January 25, 2011

In December 2010, under the direction of U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, the FBI delivered nine new subpoenas in Chicago to anti-war and Palestine solidarity activists. Patrick Fitzgerald’s office is ordering the nine to appear at a Grand Jury in Chicago on January 25.

In response we are calling for protests on Jan. 25 across the country and around the world to show our solidarity. Hundreds of organizations and thousands of people will be protesting at Federal Buildings, FBI offices, and other appropriate places, showing solidarity with the nine newly subpoenaed activists, and with all the activists whose homes were raided by the FBI.

Fitzgerald’s expanding web of repression already includes the fourteen subpoenaed when the FBI stormed into homes on September 24th, carting away phones, computers, notebooks, diaries, and children’s artwork. In October, all fourteen activists from Chicago, Minneapolis, and Michigan each decided to not participate in the secret proceedings of Fitzgerald’s Grand Jury. Each signed a letter invoking their Fifth Amendment rights. However, three women from Minneapolis—Tracy Molm, Anh Pham, and Sarah Martin—are facing re-activated subpoenas. They are standing strong and we are asking you to stand with them – and with the newly subpoenaed nine activists – by protesting Patrick Fitzgerald and his use of the Grand Jury and FBI to repress anti-war and international solidarity activists.

Defend free speech! Defend the right to organize! Opposing war and occupation is not a crime!

• Tell Patrick Fitzgerald to call off the Grand Jury!
• Stop FBI raids and repression!

Take Action!

Please organize a local protest or picket in your city or on your campus on Tuesday Jan. 25 and e-mail us at stopfbi@gmail.com to let us know what you have planned.

The Committee to Stop FBI Repression www.StopFBI.net

Please e-mail stopfbi@gmail.com or call 612-379-3585

Here is a flyer you can use for your local protest (pdf). Just fill in the time and location of your local protest, and local contact information if you want.

File: 

jan 25 national flier.pdf

Actions and protests

1. Albany, New York - Albany, NY – Protest and press conference
2. Ann Arbor, Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI Protest
3. Asheville, North Carolina - Asheville, NC: Protest to Stop FBI Repression
4. Atlanta, Georgia - Atlanta - January 25 protest against FBI/Grand Jury repression
5. Birmingham, Alabama - Birmingham, AL – Protest
6. Boston, Massachusetts - Boston: Join the National Day of Action to Stop FBI Raids and Repression
7. Brunswick, Victoria - Melbourne, Australia Meeting in Solidarity with Activists
8. Chicago, Illinois - Chicago, IL: Rally against FBI & Grand Jury Repression
9. Dallas, Texas - Dallas TX protest at Federal Building
10. Detroit, Michigan - Detroit: Solidarity demonstration Tuesday, January 25 with those targeted by the FBI
11. Duluth, Minnesota - Duluth, MN—protest and press conference
12. Gainesville, Florida - Gainesville, FL Protest
13. Hartford, Connecticut - Hartford, CT: Jan. 25 Protest against Grand Jury Repression
14. Los Angeles, California - Los Angeles: Protest FBI Repression on National Day of Action
15. Louisville, Kentucky - Louisville: Rally Against FBI Repression of Anti-War Activists
16. Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Milwaukee, WI Protest
17. Minneapolis, Minnesota - Minneapolis: Protest FBI Repression for National Day of Action
18. New Haven, Connecticut - New Haven, CT: Jan. 25 protest against Grand Jury repression
19. New York, New York - New York, NY: Jan. 25 Protest to Stop FBI Repression
20. Provo, Utah - Provo, Utah—Protest
21. Raleigh, North Carolina - Protest FBI Repression
22. Sacramento, California - Sacramento, CA Protest
23. Salt Lake City, Utah - Salt Lake City, UT - Protest
24. San Francisco, California - San Francisco: Protest FBI and Grand Jury Repression!
25. San Jose, California - San Jose: Jan. 25 - Protest FBI and Grand Jury Repression
26. Seattle, Washington - Seattle, WA – Protest and people’s grand jury
27. Tallahassee, Florida - Tallahassee, FL – Protest
28. Tucson, Arizona - Tucson, AZ Protest at Federal Building
29. Tuscaloosa, Alabama - Tuscaloosa, AL - Picket at Federal Building
30. Washington, District Of Columbia - Defend Free Speech and the Right to Organize!