Important updates from the Triangle Committee to Stop FBI Repression

[Triangle Committee to Stop FBI Repression]

In this e-mail:

1. Flyer for distributing at MLK events
2. Next organizing meetings for the Committee
3. Protest on 1/25, stop the grand jury repression!
4. Regional conference on February 19 in Durham/Raleigh
5. Press release about FBI infiltration of antiwar movement

1) Flyer for distributing at MLK events

The Committee to Stop FBI Repression is circulating the following flyer that can be distributed at Martin Luther King, Jr. commemoration events this weekend. Please print out and distribute: http://www.stopfbi.net/resources/flyer/flyer-martin-luther-king-jr-today-%E2%80%93-fbi-attacks-peace-and-justice-activists

2) Next organizing meetings for the Committee

The Triangle Committee to Stop FBI Repression is active in Durham, Chapel Hill, and Raleigh. We're having our next organizing meeting on Monday January 17 at 6:00pm at the Durham Solidarity Center (Snow Building), 331 W. Main St, downtown Durham. We'll meet again, same time and place, on January 31. Please call 919-360-6367 if the lobby door is locked. E-mail ncst...@gmail.com to RSVP if you can, so we can plan on how much food to bring.

3) Stop the grand jury repression of antiwar activists! Protest 1/25 in Raleigh!

We are joining in a national day of action called by the Committee to Stop FBI Repression and holding a demonstration in Raleigh. You can RSVP here http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126101957455734. We'll be gathering in Raleigh at 9am for a press conference and rally at the Federal Building. Then, there will be a march to the FBI office in downtown Raleigh for a letter delivery and closing rally. Here is more information about the national day of action: http://www.stopfbi.net/take-action/2010/12/31/jan-25-take-action-protest-fbi-and-grand-jury-repression

4) Southern regional conference on February 19

On Saturday February 19 we'll be hosting a southern regional conference of the Committee to Stop FBI Repression. We will discuss how to broaden and deepen our organizing work. We'll also hear first hand from antiwar activists who had their homes raided and who have been subpoenaed to appear before the federal grand jury. More details coming soon.

5) Press release about FBI infiltration of antiwar movement

Last week it was revealed that a law enforcement officer had infiltrated the Twin Cities Anti-War Committee and the Freedom Road Socialist Organization over the last 2.5 years. Read the full press release here: http://www.stopfbi.net/2011/1/12/anti-war-and-international-solidarity-activists-denounce-fbi-infiltration