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Did you know . . .
• 23 Midwest anti-war activists
are facing indictments from a
grand jury for the supposed crime
of opposing US foreign policy,
specifically in Palestine and
Colombia?
• 5 Tacoma anti-nuclear activists
just received harsh sentences to
deter others from acting?
• Police surveillance of
constitutionally protected
organizing is on the rise in
Washington State, funded by
millions of our tax dollars?
• Immigrant communities continue
to be the target of unjust raids and
detentions?
These are not isolated incidents!
How does this affect you?
• Maybe you or your loved ones are the target of repression.
• Maybe your union is at risk of losing its right to bargain collectively, like workers
in Wisconsin, Maine and other states, and your constitutionally mandated right
to protest and organize is threatened.
• Maybe your community faces police harassment.
You are here today because you are taking a stand.
Throughout US history people who have taken a stand for human rights and
dignity have become the targets of FBI investigations and grand juries, without
ever having done anything wrong. FBI harassment chills dissent and other
expressions of conscience so vital to our democracy.
Seattle United Against FBI Repression
[email protected]
www.stopfbi.net
Seattle United Against FBI Repression calls on all people
of conscience to stand in solidarity with the Midwest
activists subpoenaed by the FBI.
Their case is a test of the recent Supreme Court ruling that wildly expanded
the meaning of ”material support for terrorism.” If you supported Mandela
before he became S. Africa’s president you would have been guilty of
supporting terrorism under this new law.
Standing with the
Midwest 23 is
Standing Up for All of
Our Rights!
What can you do? Help build a movement:
• Sign the Pledge of Resistance and get your friends & family to sign:
www.stopfbi.net
• Post to Facebook, write on blogs.
• Sign up for action alerts from Seattle United Against FBI Repression:
[email protected]. If Indictments are handed down, we will
swiftly inform you so we can gather in solidarity and protest this
destruction of our right to dissent.
• Donate to the Legal Defense Fund: www.stopfbi.net. Legal fees are
already in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
• Get involved in Seattle United Against FBI Repression: We need
help organizing creative street actions, teach-ins, and educational
events, pressuring policymakers, and building unity among all of our
communities affected by the increasing climate of repression.
Seattle United Against FBI Repression
[email protected]
www.stopfbi.net