In case activists get re-subpoenaed or indicted by the Grand Jury:
Be ready for EMERGENCY ACTION: 4:30 pm, Federal Building, 4th St & 4th Ave, Downtown Mpls.
Text “follow mnstopfbi” to 40404 to get updates by text messages
You may also check stopfbi.net or call 612-837-5364 (WAMM) or 612-379-3585 (CSFR)
Join Carlos Montes in solidarity! Join the CSFR Contingent at the NATO Protest in Chicago, Sunday, May 20, at 12 Noon!
Carlos Montes is going on trial on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. We are days away now and Carlos Montes urgently needs your solidarity. Please join our contingent at the NATO protest in Chicago. The Committee to Stop FBI Repression in coordination with the protest leaders will march towards the front in a prominent position. We are hoping Carlos Montes will lead our contingent, but he may be unavailable due to the trial. Either way we will have a loud and visible presence opposing war abroad and political repression at home.
Carlos Montes has dedicated his life to opposing war and racism. Carlos Montes has led anti-war protests in Los Angeles from the days of the Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, up to today, forming Latinos Against War to oppose U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Carlos Montes is a hero.
Along with 23 other anti-war and international solidarity activists, Carlos Montes home was raided by the FBI, his papers stolen, belongings ransacked, and now he is going on trial for his decades of activism. Carlos Montes is a well-known Chicano leader and long-time anti-war, labor and immigrant rights activist in Los Angeles. This attack on Carlos Montes is an attack on our movements for peace, justice, and equality. This is an attack on all that is good and progressive.
In addition to marching in the contingent, we are also asking you to call District Attorney Steve Cooley in Los Angeles and demand he drop the charges against Carlos Montes now. Call Steve Cooley at 213-974-3512, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific time, Monday thru Friday. Say, “Drop the charges against Carlos Montes now!”
For the contingent–meet us at the Northeast corner of Columbus Drive and Jackson Boulevard, directly behind the Petrillo Bandshell, in Grant Park–near the Jackson Blvd street curb, under the banner “OPPOSING WAR IS NOT A CRIME!” You will see our big banner both before and during the rally at 12 Noon, so you can find us when it is time to march! We plan to have a sizeable CSFR contingent. Our friends from National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms (NCPCF) plan to march with us, as well as the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and a vibrant contingent of Palestinians and their supporters with their massive flag—truly a sight to see!
We will see you there around 12 Noon. SOLIDARITY FOREVER!
Vote NO Against the Marriage Amendment on November 6th, 2012!
The Minnesota Committee to Stop FBI Repression (CSFR) encourages all to vote NO against the anti-gay marriage amendment to the Minnesota constitution on November 6, 2012. Now is a time for increasing the civil rights of Minnesotans and certainly not the time for putting discrimination into the state constitution!
In 2010, 23 peace and international solidarity activists, many of whom are members of the LGBT community, were subpoenaed by the FBI in an outrageous fishing expedition to find evidence of “material support for terrorism.” All 23 people have refused to testify. This amendment debate in our state reminds us that the LGBT activists who are refusing to testify would be treated differently by the “justice” system because they aren’t in straight relationships that would be legally recognized. The MN CSFR stands for equality for all.
While the US government may think it can continue its McCarthyesque campaign of repression and harassment of activists, the CSFR is fighting for our right to work for change. We are defending the basic democratic rights of free speech and dissent. These rights have been essential in the decades-long fight for LGBT equality, and these are rights we need for the struggle ahead. We are also defending the right to organize in solidarity with oppressed people and value the organizing being done in solidarity with queer communities and organizations around the world.
Speaking Out and Solidarity Are NOT Crimes!
Vote NO in November and Take a Stand for Equality!
Fight for your Right to Dissent! A town hall on civil liberties
Dinner provided!
(donations requested for dinner)
Presentations by:
* MEL UNDERBAKKE – NCPCF
* KATHLEEN MANLEY – Attorney with Project Salam
* FARUQ KAASE – Outreach director of Minnesota Dawah Institute
* CLYDE BELLECOURT – American Indian movement (AIM)
* COLLEEN ROWLEY – WAMM member & FBI whistle-blower and Time magazine woman of the year
* Speaker from the Committee to Stop FBI Repression
In September of 2010, homes of Minneapolis activists were raided and the activist were subpoenaed to a grand jury. The prosecutor’s office said they were looking for evidence of “material aid to foreign terrorist organizations”. This is not the first time that international solidarity activist have been targeted by the government. Please join activist, community leaders and lawyers who have worked on these cases in this townhall as they present on the current state of the repression against our civil liberties and what is being done to fight back.
Sponsored by:
MN Committee to Stop FBI Repression (CSFR) and
National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms (NCPCF)
Women Against Military Madness (WAMM)
Endorsed by:
Anti-War Committee
Communities United Against Police Brutality (CUAPB)
Twin Cities Peace Campaign
Veterans for Peace Chapter 27
Click image below or here for PDF of flyer (bilingual English-Spanish)
National Committee to Stop FBI Repression
