[PAA-Discuss] Denounce FBI Harassment of Peace & Solidarity Activists

[Bob Carter]

Dear Lee,
     Great letter to Eric Holder.  Thanks much for writing it.  Hope to see many today (Mon. Sept. 27) 5 to 6:30 pm at the Federal Bldg. 1919 Smith to protest FBI raids against peace-activists. These raids are an unbelievable encroachment of our civil rights and must be stopped now before it spreads.
 
Best,
Bob

--- On Sun, 9/26/10, C. Lee Taylor <c.lee.taylor at gmail.com> wrote:


From: C. Lee Taylor <c.lee.taylor at gmail.com>
Subject: [PAA-Discuss] Denounce FBI Harassment of Peace & Solidarity Activists
To: AskDOJ at usdoj.gov
Cc: "Houston Peace and Justice Center Board Members" <board at hpjc.net>, "Houston Chronicle" <viewpoints at chron.com>, "PAA Core" <discuss at paa-tx.org>
Date: Sunday, September 26, 2010, 9:14 PM


Greetings Eric Holder
I volunteer for several organizations including the Houston Peace &
Justice Center, the Progressive Action Alliance and our local Pacifica
station KPFT 90.1 FM Radio for Peace.

My colleagues and I are dismayed to learn about the FBI's harassment
of anti-war & solidarity activists.  We denounce its actions. The FBI
raided seven houses and an office in Chicago and Minneapolis on
Friday, September 24, 2010.  The FBI handed subpoenas to testify
before a federal grand jury to eleven activists in Illinois,
Minnesota, and Michigan. The FBI also attempted to intimidate
activists in California and North Carolina.

This suppression of civil rights is aimed at those who dedicate their
time and energy to supporting the struggles of the Palestinian and
Colombian peoples against U.S. funded occupation and war.   The FBI
has indicated that the grand jury is investigating the activists for
possible material support of terrorism charges.

The activists involved have done nothing wrong and are refusing to be
pulled into conversations with the FBI about their political views or
organizing against war and occupation.  The activists are involved
with many groups, including:  the Twin Cities Anti-War Committee, the
Palestine Solidarity Group, the Colombia Action Network, Students for
a Democratic Society, and Freedom Road Socialist Organization. These
activists came together with many others to organize the 2008 anti-war
marches on the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.

We are asking people of conscience to join us in fighting this
political repression, as we continue working to build the movements
against US war and occupation.

Kindly honor your oath of office to support and defend our
constitution including our hard-earned civil liberties. Surely you
know the invaluable role of dissent in our country.

C. Lee Taylor
429 Hawthorne
Houston, TX 77006

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