FBI targets activists in San Diego, other cities

[Liberty Belle]

I received this very disturbing e-mail this morning. The FBI is rounding up activists and hauling them before grand juries, clearly aimed at stifling dissent. A meeting is planned tonight (Monday, 6/27) for those who want to learn more, and a protest is planend tomorrow (Tuesday, 6/28) at noon. Details below. -- LB

The San Diego FBI witch hunt is on. For some
background and overview of the situation please check out:

http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/06/109378.shtml
http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/06/109409.shtml
http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/06/109438.shtml

Monday, June 27th there is a community forum on the
grand jury at 7pm
at
the First Church of the Brethren, San Diego. 3850
Westgate Place, San
Diego CA 92105. A number of those who have been
subpoenaed and/or have
already testified will also be there to talk about
their experience and
the politics surrounding these proceedings. There will
be several
attorneys there talking about the grand jury process
and a number of
long-time activists who will share their stories about
how grand juries
have been used in the past to break social movements.

The 28th will be the first big day. 12 noon press
conference at the
federal building (front and Broadway).We need to get a
lot of people at
the federal building to show support for those
subpoenaed and to show
our outrage at this attack and the growing repressive
atmosphere in
this
country. Bring signs and yourself.

You can do (4) four things right now!!!

1) We are calling on people to call their politicians
to pressure them
to inquire about this fishing expedition and about how
the patriot act
and the grand jury are being abused. Ask why is due
process being
thrown
out the window and why the FBI cant do a regular
investigation that
doesn't violate peoples civil liberties? Similar
pressure stopped a
similar grand jury in Iowa in its tracks recently. A
few of those
people are:

Rep. Bob Filner [phone]
Sen. Boxer [phone]
Sen. Feinstein [phone]
Donna Frye [phone]
City council: http://www.sandiego.gov/citycouncil/
[e-mail], [phone]

2) Give the media hell for every bad, hysterical
article they write
about this case!!! Also write letters to the editor in
support of the
San Diego activist community, etc.

3) Donate to the defense of those who have been
subpoenaed. The organic
collective is accepting donations for their defense
which could be a
long and ugly process. Those who plead the 5th and
refuse to cooperate
with this illegitimate process can be sentence to jail
for the duration
of the grand jury process (18 months, plus possible 6
months
extension).
People will also be missing work in order to appear in
court. Online
donations can be made at www.organiccollective.org or
alternate
arrangements can be made be emailing Rich at
[e-mail] or
Marisa (the partner of subpoenaed activists Rob
"Ruckus" Middaugh) at
[e-mail].

4) Talk with every person you know about this case and
the increasingly
repressive climate that we find ourselves living in in
America 2005.
for
more information visit sandiego.indymedia.org

See you Monday and Tuesday!!!!!!

[Terran1212]

1. I wrote a little bit about my own 1-day job at homeland security

At my blog:

www.xanga.com/terran1212

I was very shocked to learn that MARTA, corporate workers, and other groups actually had homeland security people working in them.

I had no idea that the government infiltrates so many groups.

I guess you should be careful who you say what to.

[Liberty Belle]

3. Chilling. Thanks.

[SophieZ]

4. Whoa, Terran -- that was a very unsettling blog.

Truly!

Everyone should go read it!

[berni_mccoy]

2. Why in the HELL are they investigating Americans

When there are terrorists planning on attacking U.S. targets both here and abroad?

This country HAS gone to hell... and we are all in the hand-basket.

[hnsez]

5. * polls are down - liberuls must be to blame

[MountainLaurel]

10. Tradition

Going back to the days when folk singers had FBI agents harassing them and their family members and keeping records of their comings and goings because of their "subversive activities" (e.g., involvement in the civil rights movement)

[BMG]

6. The FBI can go fuck itself.

Seriously. If that is true; it really, really can.

[freedomburn]

7. This is disturbing, and I am outraged! WTF??!

FBI my ass!!

More like Federal Bureau of Intimidation!

So we are supposed to watch what we say and walk around like good little consuming drones?? Fuck that!!! I so want to go find some Anarchists and form an affinity group and do some civil disobedience now! Man, they better not try this shit on us, because brother, we will push back hard! We will shut down this machine of suppression and death. Live free or die, isn't that what the founding fathers said? Hmm?

[fooj]

8. Welcome to DU! I like your spirit!

"Very few people are willing to die on their feet as opposed to living on their knees."

peace.

[freedomburn]

9. This is disturbing, and I am outraged!! WTF??!

Had some problems with slow loading and double posted....

I am so pissed that it deserves two posts I guess. hehe ;)

[BamaBecky]

11. Unbelievable......What is this World coming to? n/t