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Trial of Carlos Montes starts June 20 Pack the Courtroom -- Hold a Local Protest -- Call DA Cooley Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Trial of Carlos Montes starts June 20 Call DA Cooley - Call a Local Protest - Sign the Petition - Pack the Courtroom We are at a critical time. The trial for Carlos Montes starts Wednesday June 20, and will run for a week. We need your solidarity to beat the FBI attack. Here is what you can do: 1. Call Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley at 213-974-3512 Demand, “Drop the charges against Carlos Montes!” Call 8:00 - 5:00 Pacific Time 2. Call a local protest on June 20 at a Federal Building or a government office, like the FBI. Demand, “Drop the charges against Carlos Montes! Being anti-war is not a crime!” 3. Sign the petition that goes directly to the District Attorney’s office. 4. Pack the courtroom Your presence during Carlos trial can make the difference between his freedom and prison time! Sign up to attend for one, two or more days. Rally outside the Los Angeles courthouse and pack the courtroom Wednesday, June 20 8:00 a.m. Criminal Courts Building, 13th floor, Department 100 210 West Temple Avenue Los Angeles, CA The FBI Frame-up of Carlos Montes: Carlos Montes is facing 4 felony charges because the FBI directed the L.A. Sheriff to claim he is a felon and could not legally buy a gun at the local store. The FBI and Sheriff's claim stems from a 1969 student protest for Chicano, Black and Women’s studies at East L.A. College, where sheriffs came on campus and beat and arrested demonstrators. Montes was arrested later on his way home, and charged with assault on a peace officer at the protest. This was a frame up, as Carlos was a well-known leader of the Brown Berets and East L.A. student walkouts. The charge ended up as a misdemeanor. The FBI is using this 42-year-old charge today, attacking Carlos because of his current activism, and anti-war and solidarity work. It is clearly political repression. Now is the time to build a nationwide solidarity movement with Carlos Montes. The attack on Carlos Montes is an attack on our movements for international solidarity and against war and repression. We need to demand the District Attorney Steve Cooley drop the charges now. We need your solidarity to see that justice is done. Many of you heard Carlos Montes phone message to supporters, which says, “With your help we will win this case. The repression against me is an attack on all of our movements. Thank you all for your solidarity! Together we will win!” If you in the Los Angeles area, contact us at 626-532-7164 or visit the stopfbila.netwebsite to sign up for court support. follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend Copyright © 2012 Committee to Stop FBI Repression, All rights reserved. Thanks for your ongoing interest in the fight against FBI repression of anti-war and international solidarity activists! Our mailing address is: Committee to Stop FBI Repression PO Box 14183 Minneapolis, MN 55414 Add us to your address book www.stopfbila.net Trial of Carlos Montes starts June 20 Pack the Courtroom -- Hold a Local Protest -- Call DA Cooley Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Trial of Carlos Montes starts June 20 Call DA Cooley - Call a Local Protest - Sign the Petition - Pack the Courtroom We are at a critical time. The trial for Carlos Montes starts Wednesday June 20, and will run for a week. We need your solidarity to beat the FBI attack. Here is what you can do: 1. Call Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley at 213-974-3512 Demand, “Drop the charges against Carlos Montes!” Call 8:00 - 5:00 Pacific Time 2. Call a local protest on June 20 at a Federal Building or a government office, like the FBI. Demand, “Drop the charges against Carlos Montes! Being anti-war is not a crime!” 3. Sign the petition that goes directly to the District Attorney’s office. 4. Pack the courtroom Your presence during Carlos trial can make the difference between his freedom and prison time! Sign up to attend for one, two or more days. Rally outside the Los Angeles courthouse and pack the courtroom Wednesday, June 20 8:00 a.m. Criminal Courts Building, 13th floor, Department 100 210 West Temple Avenue Los Angeles, CA The FBI Frame-up of Carlos Montes: Carlos Montes is facing 4 felony charges because the FBI directed the L.A. Sheriff to claim he is a felon and could not legally buy a gun at the local store. The FBI and Sheriff's claim stems from a 1969 student protest for Chicano, Black and Women’s studies at East L.A. College, where sheriffs came on campus and beat and arrested demonstrators. Montes was arrested later on his way home, and charged with assault on a peace officer at the protest. This was a frame up, as Carlos was a well-known leader of the Brown Berets and East L.A. student walkouts. The charge ended up as a misdemeanor. The FBI is using this 42-year-old charge today, attacking Carlos because of his current activism, and anti-war and solidarity work. It is clearly political repression. Now is the time to build a nationwide solidarity movement with Carlos Montes. The attack on Carlos Montes is an attack on our movements for international solidarity and against war and repression. We need to demand the District Attorney Steve Cooley drop the charges now. We need your solidarity to see that justice is done. Many of you heard Carlos Montes phone message to supporters, which says, “With your help we will win this case. The repression against me is an attack on all of our movements. Thank you all for your solidarity! Together we will win!” If you in the Los Angeles area, contact us at 626-532-7164 or visit the stopfbila.netwebsite to sign up for court support. follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend Copyright © 2012 Committee to Stop FBI Repression, All rights reserved. Thanks for your ongoing interest in the fight against FBI repression of anti-war and international solidarity activists! 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