Fight Back News Service urges your organization to sign the following statement from the Committee Against Political Repression in support of political activists who have been subpoenaed to appear before a Seattle Grand Jury. The Committee to Stop FBI Repression is also supporting this effort. To add your group’s name to the solidarity statement, please email: [email protected]

Solidarity Statement against the raids and grand jury

On Wednesday July 25th, the FBI conducted a series of coordinated raids against activists in Portland, Olympia, and Seattle. They subpoenaed several people to a special federal grand jury, and seized computers, black clothing and anarchist literature. This comes after similar raids in Seattle in July and earlier raids of squats in Portland.

Though the FBI has said that the raids are part of a violent crime investigation, the truth is that the federal authorities are conducting a political witch-hunt against anarchists and others working toward a more just, free, and equal society. The warrants served specifically listed anarchist literature as evidence to be seized, pointing to the fact that the FBI and police are targeting this group of people because of their political ideas. Pure and simple, these raids and the grand jury hearings are being used to intimidate people whose politics oppose the state’s agenda. During a time of growing economic and ecological crises that are broadly affecting people across the world, it is an attempt to push back any movement towards creating a world that is humane, one that meets every person’s needs rather than serving only the interests of the rich.

This attack does not occur in a vacuum. Around the country and around the world, people have been rising up and resisting an economic system that puts the endless pursuit of profit ahead of the basic needs of humanity and the Earth. From the Arab Spring to the Occupy movement to now Anaheim, people are taking to the streets. In each of these cases, the state has responded with brutal political repression. This is not a coincidence. It is a long-term strategy by state agencies to stop legitimate political challenges to a status quo that exploits most of the world’s people.

We, the undersigned, condemn this and all other political repression. While we may have differences in ideology or chose to use different tactics, we understand that we are in a shared struggle to create a just, free, and liberated world, and that we can only do this if we stand together. We will not let scare tactics or smear campaigns divide us, intimidate us, or stop us from organizing and working for a better world.

No more witch-hunts! An injury to one is an injury to all.

Signed:

Committee Against Political Repression

Freedom Archives

Sacramento Prisoner Support

Committee to Stop FBI Repression

Critical Resistance

Stop the Injunctions Coalition

National Jericho Movement for Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War

Civil Liberties Defense Center

We Are Oregon

Portland Jobs with Justice

Rose City Cop Watch

Bayan-USA Pacific Northwest Region

Portland Central America Solidarity Committee (PCASC)

Red Spark (Kasama)

Earth First! Journal collective

Repeal Coalition

1st of May Anarchist Alliance

Black Unity Movement

The Institute for Anarchist Studies

Connect the Dots

Oregon Jericho

Parasol Climate Collective

Portland Anarchist Black Cross

Right to Survive

Right to Dream 2

Rosehips Medic Collective

Communities United Against Police Brutality

The Radical Anti-Capitalist Caucus, of Occupy Portland

Students on Strike Organizing Committee

Autonomous Workers’ Group

Occupy Oakland Anti Repression Committee

Oakland Occupy Patriarchy

Oakland Occupy Legal

East Bay Solidarity Network

Portland Animal Defense League

Cascadians Against War

PDX Bike Swarm

Northbay Movement for a Democratic Society

Solano Peace and Justice Coalition

Solano Peace and Freedom Party

Northbay Uprising Radio Collective

MN Anti-War Committee

Peoples’ Action for Rights and Community

Redwood Curtain CopWatch

Occupy Eureka

Arizona Prison Watch

All Power to the Positive podcast

Justice for Palestinians, San Jose, CA

OccupyLV

Culture of Resistance

Family & Friends of Daniel McGowan

Blazing Arrow Organization

Portland International Socialist Organization

Anti-Racist Action-LA/People Against Racist Terror

The Portland World Citizens’ United Front

The Wild Poppies Collective

Everglades Earth First!

The Center For A Stateless Society

Black Orchid Collective

Hella503 Collective

Portland Rising Tide

Laughing Horse Book and Film Collective

Occupy 4 Prisoners, Oakland

Night Heron Grassroots Activist Center

Palm Beach County Environmental Coalition

New York Taskforce for Political Prisoners

The North American Anarchist Studies Network

submedia.tv

Cleveland 4 Support Group

Freedom Socialist Party

Socialist Action

Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County

Justice for Randy L. Dixon Rivera & Family

Peace Resource Center

Occupy Washington DC

Occupy Peace House DC

BDS LA for Justice in Palestine

The American Iranian Friendship Committee

NYC Jericho Movement

Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee, NYC Chapter

New Direction Fest

Socialist Viewpoint Magazine

Bay Area United Against War Newsletter

Al-Nakba Awareness Project

Social Democrats

USA-Socialist Party, USA

The Young Social Democrats-Young Peoples’ Socialist League

Alliance for Global Justice

Nicaragua Network

Campaign for Labor Rights

New York City Labor Against the War

Labor for Palestine

Libertalia Autonomous Space

Community Futures Collective

The International Coalition to Free the Angola 3

Workers World Party

International Action Center

East Bay Saturday Dialogues

Soa Watch South Florida

Socialist Viewpoint

#OPDX

WORKERS ACTION

Occupy Kalamazoo

Good Morning Revolution

Wandering Llama Press

Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Social Justice Committee

Occupy Denver

Citizens Against Corruption

Mutant Legal Collective NYC

The Northampton (MA) Committee to Stop the Wars

South Chicago ABC Zine Distro

Defending Dissent Foundation

Occupy Seattle Street Medics

Vashon Women In Black

Veterans For Peace, Linus Pauling Chapter 132

Organic Consumers Association

World Can’t Wait

Internationalist Prison Books Collective

Collective A-GoGo

Alliance of the Libertarian Left of New England

Earth First! Prisoner Support Project

The Mineapolis Autonomous Radical Space (MARS) Collective

Wensday Media Distro

The Alice Committee

Liberty Tree Foundation

Grand Jury Resistance Project

Alliance for Peace and Justice of Western Massachusetts

Welfare Rights Committee (Mpls/St. Paul, MN)

Socialist Organizer

Occupy LCC (Lane Community College)

Phoenix Class War Council

The Wingnut Anarchist Collective

Richmond Copwatch

the ART lab

The People’s Tribunal (SF Bay Area)

San Jose Peace & Justice Center

Citizens for Legitimate Government

New York Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition

Unite Left Review

Anarchy-1 radio

Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement

Queers Without Borders

Olympia Coalition for a Fair Budget

Charm City Anarchist Black Cross

Blue Heron Infoshop

Portland Books to Prisoners

Moveon Desert Council

Progressive Democrats Of America Desert Chapter

Ocv

Occupy Colorado Springs

Support Vegans in the Prison System

Denver Anarchist Black Cross

Twin Cities IWW General Defense Committee Local 14

Decolonize PDX

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

Animal Defense League of Salt Lake City

Seattle Communist Study Group

Our World In Depth

Grupo El Heraldo

The Portland Solidarity Network

Portland IWW

Workers Solidarity Alliance

Occupy New Haven

NYC Anarchist Black Cross

Pilipino Association of Workers and Immigrants

CODEPINK LI, Women for Peace

OccupyWallSt.org

News and Letters Committees

MN Peace Action Coalition

Progressive Global Commons

Communities For Justice And Peace

Peace Action of San Mateo County

Fighting Union Caucus-Iowa

No Biomass Burn (Washington State)

Girl Army Self Defense

People of Faith CT

The Phoenix Commune

Modesto Anarcho Crew

May 1st Coalition 4 Worker & Immigrant Rights

occupy syracuse

Oakland Occubus Committee

Oakland Assembly of Unemployed

NATO 5 Support Committee

South Bay Committee Against Political Repression

CEO Pipe Organs/Golden Ponds Farm

our developing world

American Muslims for Palestine

People’s Community Medics

Responsible Marijuana Project

Austin Prisoner Support

CT-ABC

Teamster Defense Guard

Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights

Prison Activist Resource Center

Cascadia Earth First

The Purple Thistle Centre

SOAW-LA

Burning Books

The MOVE Organization

Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace

Freedom Road Socialist Organization

Chicago Committee Against Political Repression

International Action Center

Olympia Students for a Democratic Society

Seattle Young People’s Project

Seattle Copwatch

Bayou La Rose

October 22 Coalition To Stop Police Brutality – Seattle Affiliate

AK Press

Third coast conspiracy

opdxlive.org- the occupy portland livestream team

Common Struggle Libertarian Communist Federation

National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms

International Action Center Seattle

Austin People’s Legal Collective

Occupy Together

Steampunk Magazine

Combustion Books

Berkeley Copwatch

Edmonton anarchist bookfair collective

No Nukes Action Committee