Reminder - CSFR Community Forum on Saturday!
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Mike Gold
Jul 28, 2011, 5:41:04 PM7/28/11
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Hello everyone,
This is just a reminder about a very important community forum to be held on the UWM campus this Saturday. Carlos Montes, one of the targets of the recent FBI raids, will be joining us live via Skype. There will also be a discussion of the upcoming NATO/G8 protests.
Community Forum About FBI Repression
Saturday, July 30 · 12:00pm - 2:00pm
UWM Union Room 181
2200 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Milwaukee, WI
Community Forum About FBI Repression in the Anti-war, Immigrant Rights, and International Solidarity Movement
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Featuring Chicano immigrant rights activist Carlos Montes, live via satellite
Also featuring Tom Burke, national spokesperson for the Committee to Stop FBI Repression and Dr. Ahmed Mbalia, Senior Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Open to the public. Food and beverages provided. Donations Accepted.
Background:
On Sept. 24, the FBI raided the homes of prominent anti-war, immigrant rights, and international solidarity activists in Chicago and Minneapolis. Since then, 23 activists have been subpoenaed to a Grand Jury investigation and the home of prominent Chicano immigrant rights organizer Carlos Montes was raided. The FBI is attacking these activists because of their political activity. The U.S. government is using a 42-year-old charge from 1969 to prosecute Carlos Montes today for a weapons and ammunition charge, and four charges of perjury on his weapons permit and his next court date is August 12. Montes is facing decades in prison. The activists have chosen to fight back, uniting hundreds of labor, community, and student organizations to all condemn this wave of FBI repression.
The Committee to Stop FBI Repression:
http://www.stopfbi.net/
Read Solidarity Statements from Voces de la Frontera, The Milwaukee Graduate Assistants Association, Peace Action WI, Students for a Democratic Society, Bail Out the People Movement, and others here:
http://www.stopfbi.net/solidarity-statements
Sign the petition to drop the charges on Carlos Montes here:
http://www.stopfbi.net/petition/national
- Please Share this Invite to Others -
Featuring Chicano immigrant rights activist Carlos Montes, live via satellite
Also featuring Tom Burke, national spokesperson for the Committee to Stop FBI Repression and Dr. Ahmed Mbalia, Senior Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Open to the public. Food and beverages provided. Donations Accepted.
Background:
On Sept. 24, the FBI raided the homes of prominent anti-war, immigrant rights, and international solidarity activists in Chicago and Minneapolis. Since then, 23 activists have been subpoenaed to a Grand Jury investigation and the home of prominent Chicano immigrant rights organizer Carlos Montes was raided. The FBI is attacking these activists because of their political activity. The U.S. government is using a 42-year-old charge from 1969 to prosecute Carlos Montes today for a weapons and ammunition charge, and four charges of perjury on his weapons permit and his next court date is August 12. Montes is facing decades in prison. The activists have chosen to fight back, uniting hundreds of labor, community, and student organizations to all condemn this wave of FBI repression.
The Committee to Stop FBI Repression:
http://www.stopfbi.net/
Read Solidarity Statements from Voces de la Frontera, The Milwaukee Graduate Assistants Association, Peace Action WI, Students for a Democratic Society, Bail Out the People Movement, and others here:
http://www.stopfbi.net/solidarity-statements
Sign the petition to drop the charges on Carlos Montes here:
http://www.stopfbi.net/petition/national
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