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> solidarity with activists targeted by the government Max Ajl - > http://www.maxajl.com/?p=4617 > > As many of you may know, the FBI has lately been targeting Palestine > solidarity activists. People call it a witch-hunt, and like the witches, > these activists will be innocent of whatever the government charges them > with, if it bothers to charge them with anything. They are guilty of > something else that they should be proud to be guilty of: struggling against > the neo-colonial wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, and beyond. > > I had not mentioned this inquisition here before, but they have now > delivered a subpoena to Maureen Murphy, my editor at *Electronic > Intifada<http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11690.shtml> > *, who is responsible for tamping down my verbosity and also helping to > run the most important electronic newspaper serving the Palestine solidarity > movement. This subpoena comes in the wake of house-raids and other subpoenas > across the Midwest, through which some two dozen anti-war activists have > been targeted. > > Historically, Democratic administrations have been the ones to repress > civil liberties and anti-war organizing with the firmest hand. The Obama > administration is no exception, and its thuggish, anti-democratic nature > should be clear if it wasn’t before. The Obama administration is not > yielding to an oppressive atmosphere of Islamophobia and rightist > chauvinism. It is fomenting it. It is not struggling against those seeking > to prevent it from reforming the system. It is struggling against those > seeking to reform or destroy the system. > > As Maureen stated in a press release, “Along with several others, I am > being summoned to appear before the Grand Jury on Tuesday, January 25th, in > the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago.” Those who have been summoned have > so far refused to appear before the grand jury. There have been no arrests, > nor indictments. The government has not mentioned any crimes that it may be > investigating. > > To be subject to political harassment is a badge of honor. It means you are > destabilizing power. Our job now is to make sure that badge of honor remains > just a badge and not a burden. As the wars escalate in Af-Pak and Gaza is > being once again pummeled by the Israeli-American air force, the empire’s > courtroom is trying to intimidate those who are resisting those policies. > Don’t let them. Let’s push back. > > [More information available at www.stopfbi.net] > > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
