Michel Shehadeh, one of the LA 8 Serves on the Advisory Board of Cafe
Intifada.
Emma Rosenthal
Cafe Intifada
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Subject: LA8 BACK IN COURT...YOUR SUPPORT IS NEEDED
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:04:01 -0700
From: Michel Shehadeh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Michel Shehadeh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FWD: LA8 BACK IN COURT...YOUR SUPPORT IS NEEDED
The "Los Angeles 8" case has taken many twists and turns in the nineteen
years since it began in 1987. An important phase is now opening on June
20 where the government's claims are being challenged in the Federal Court..
>From the onset of the case, the government had spared no expense to
deport the Seven Palestinians and the Kenyan known as the LA8 for doing
nothing but speaking their minds on Palestinian rights. The government
so far has offered no evidence to show that these individuals have done
anything wrong. This nineteen-year campaign of vilification and
misconduct against the eight is being challenged in Federal Court.
Aiad Barakat, one of the LA8, has taken the government to court. The
government is being forced to disclose its case. Second, it is the first
time that the case is going to federal court since the Supreme Court
ruled that the LA8 could not go to federal court until they exhaust
their immigration due process. That is why this hearing is important for
our community and why we should be there for the hearing to support the
Eight and show the court that we are behind our constitutional rights.
This case is not only important for the Arab American community, it is
important to all immigrants. Through it, the government aims to strip
immigrants of their constitutional protections, and affords an
unfettered discretion to the immigration authorities to target certain
nationalities as "special threats", and manufacture reasons to deport
them. The doors of the federal district courts are now open in this
hearing to immigrants to challenge such arbitrary and illegal actions.
When asked if he is depressed because of the nineteen-year oppression,
Aiad said, "Yesterday was the day to be depressed; today we have work to
do." We need to be as strong as Aiad and the LA8 and attend the hearing
on the 20th to stand by them. This case is casting a profound chill on
the First Amendment rights of the Arab American community and immigrants
generally; it is time to stop it.
Support the LA8 and attend the hearing:
Place: 312 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
2nd Floor, Courtroom #6, Judge Stephen Wilson
Date: Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Time: 9:00 A.M.
--
"I must fight with all my strength so that the little positive things that my
health allows me to do might be pointed toward helping the revolution. The only
real reason for living."
-Frida Kahlo
emma rosenthal is a disabled artist, writer, educator, reiki practitioner,
activist and consultant, living in southern california.
emma rosenthal
po box 1664
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In Bed With Frida Kahlo:
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http://emmarosenthal.blogsource.com/
http://cafeintifada.blogsource.com/
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http://cafeintifadafilms.blogsource.com/
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