FBI Try to Intimidate Activists with Raids

The FBI raided several homes of activists in the Twin Cities and in Chicago, and also included the offices of the Anti-War Committee of Minneapolis. The goal was to find evidence that these certain activists were in some form connected with groups like the militant Muslim group Hezbollah of Lebanon, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) or the guerrillas of the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia).The activists targeted worked with various different groups including, The Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), the Palestine Solidarity Group, Students for a Democratic Society, the Twin Cities Anti-War Committee, the Colombia Action Network, and the National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera (a Colombian political prisoner).

These raids are a clear violation of our democratic rights to free speech and right to organize. Furthermore, the U.S. government is no position to tell us who we can and cannot support. After all, any group or organization that is against U.S. hegemony is labeled "terrorist". The U.S. record of demonizing certain groups and individuals is long, think Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress (ANC). A united response from progressives, activists and socialists is crucial. We will not allow FBI intimidation tactics to scare us. The struggle lives on, here is what we can do to fight back,

Contact U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder at 202-353-1555 or askdoj@usdoj.gov to demand an end to the repression of antiwar and international solidarity activists.
You can join protests planned for the coming days around the country:
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
Minneapolis, 4:30 p.m., FBI office, 111 Washington Ave. S.
Chicago, 4:30 p.m., FBI office, 2111 W. Roosevelt Road
Kalamazoo, Mich., 4:30 p.m., Federal Building, 410 W. Michigan Ave.
Salt Lake City, 9 a.m., Federal Building
Durham, N.C., 12 Noon, Federal Building, 323 E. Chapel Hill St.
Buffalo, N.Y., 4:30 p.m., FBI office, corner of S. Elmwood Avenue and Niagra Street
Gainesville, Fla., 4:30 p.m., FBI office
Boston, 4 p.m., JFK Federal Building, Government Center
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
New York City, 4:30 p.m., Federal Building, 26 Federal Plaza
Newark, N.J., 5 p.m., Federal Building, Broad Street
Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m., Federal Building, 6th and Market
Washington, D.C., 4:30 p.m., FBI Building, 935 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Boston, 5 p.m., JFK Federal Building
Detroit, 4:30 p.m., McNamara Federal Building, Michigan Avenue at Cass
Raleigh, N.C., 9 a.m., Federal Building, 310 New Bern Ave.
Asheville, N.C., 5 p.m., Federal Building
Atlanta, 12 Noon, FBI Building
Los Angeles, 5 p.m., Downtown Federal Building, 300 N. Los Angeles St.
Tucson, Ariz., 5 p.m., Federal Building
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
Albany, N.Y., 5 p.m., Federal Building