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/
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