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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">SEPTEMBER 28, 2010</font></span></span></u></b></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><big><u>RI group to protest FBI raids on
the antiwar movement</u></big></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><big><font size="3">The RI Mobilization Committee
to Stop War and Occupation (RIMC)</font></big></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><big><font size="3"> has called for a protest of the
recent FBI raids on the antiwar movement in Minneapolis and other
cities. The protest will be held outside the Federal Building
in Providence, this Wednesday, September 29 from 5 to 6 PM. Similar
protests are being held around the country this week to oppose FBI
intimidation of the antiwar movement and defend freedom of
speech.</font></big></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><big><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><font size="3">On the morning of September 24, FBI agents armed with grand jury
subpoenas raided the homes of several antiwar and social justice activists in
Minnesota, Michigan and Illinois. </font></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><font size="3">Using the pretext of investigating
“terrorism,” and with “possibly providing material aid to terrorists,” the FBI
agents – 20 in the Twin Cities and 12 in Chicago – were armed with search and
seizure warrants. They seized computers, cell phones, political leaflets
and other printed materials, as well as personal belongings.
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><big><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><font size="3">The activists were ordered to appear before grand juries in various
cities investigating criminal activity and possible association<span>
</span>with<span> </span>“terrorist” organizations. </font></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><font size="3">In a recent statement,
the</font></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><font size="3"> United National
Antiwar Committee denounced the government’s raids, seizures and subpoenas as an
attack on the entire antiwar movement and all organizations seeking social
justice and an end to U.S. wars of intervention around the world.
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><font size="3">The New
York Times covered the story in this article: </font><font size="3"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/25/us/politics/25search.html?_r=1&hpw" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/25/us/politics/25search.html?_r=1&hpw</a></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">Martha Yager, Program Coordinator for the
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in Southeast New
England, and a member of RIMC, has been to Palestine, and the AFSC, a large
international organization, is one of the groups that has been harrassed by
the FBI.</font></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><big><font size="3">The demands
for the protest in Providence are: 1)</font><span><font size="3"> Stop the
repression against antiwar and international solidarity activists;
2)</font></span><span><font size="3"> Immediately return all confiscated
materials: computers, cell phones, papers, documents, etc.;
and 3)</font></span><span><font size="3"> End the grand jury proceedings and
FBI raids against all antiwar activists.</font></span></big></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><font size="3">RIMC is urging everyone who supports civil
liberties to join us at the Federal Building in Providence on Wednesday at
5:00 PM to oppose government harassment of the antiwar movement and
support freedom of speech.</font></span></p></div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><big><font size="3">
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more information: </font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Martha
Yager, 508-399-6699 (office), 603-491-6529 (cell)</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Shaun
Joseph, 401-572-1663 (cell)</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">RI
Mobilization Committee to Stop War and Occupation </font></div>
<div><a href="http://ristopwar.com/" target="_blank"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">http://ristopwar.com/</font></a></div></div></div></h3></div>
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