SIGN THE UPDATED ONLINE PETITION AT http://www.iacenter.org/stopfbi
More than 45 cities will participate in National Day of
Actions!
Every day we are getting reports of more cities that are joining the January
25th National Day of Action Against the FBI and Grand Jury Repression. You can
view the list of places by clicking
here. If you are organizing a protest that is not listed,
send the info to
StopFBI@gmail.com .
The Protest Call
The call for the protest notes, “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 Jan. 25.”
The call continues, “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 14
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 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!
The Committee to Stop FBI Repression has posted a template for local press
releases on our web site. Protest organizers should feel free to use any
part of it that is helpful to your press work. It is available
here(scroll down the main body of the page to the
“Resources” section) .
Regional Conferences:
Anti War activism and International Solidarity are not
crimes!
The Committee to Stop FBI Repression is putting together regional organizing
conferences to push back against the government repression.
* San Francisco - February 12
* Chicago - February 12
* New York - February 19
* Triangle Area, North Carolina, February 19
Hold this date - the locations and times for the regional conferences will be
announced soon.
A leaflet about the conferences (
that you can distribute at your January 25
protest) is available
here.
Thank you,
Tom Burke,
for the Committee to Stop FBI Repression
The Committee to Stop FBI Repression
www.StopFBI .net
-
stopfbi@gmail.com -
612-379-3585
petition:
http://www.stopfbi .net/petition
Please also
SIGN the
UPDATED
ONLINE
PETITION to President Obama, Attorney General Holder, Chicago U.S.
Attorney Fitzgerald, Congressional leaders, the House and Senate
Judiciary Committees and members of the media at
iacenter.org/stopfbi. Tell them
to STOP THE FBI CAMPAIGN OF REPRESSION AGAINST ANTI-WAR AND INTERNATIONAL
SOLIDARITY ACTIVISTS NOW!
