by nopatriot
Thursday, Apr. 04, 2002 at 7:42 PM
nopatriot@raisethefist.com
FIGHT STATE REPRESSION! PROTEST PATRIOT ACT!
When: April 6th 2002
Time: 1:00PM
Where: Westwood Federal Building (11000 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
90024)
On October 26, 2001, President George Bush signed into law the "Uniting and
Strengthening America" by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept
and Obstruct Terrorism Act (H.R. 3162, the USA PATRIOT Act).
Rushed through Congress with little debate and even less public input, the
USA PATRIOT Act seriously erodes any last constitutional protections we
might have left, particularly for immigrants, while giving the government
new power to label dissent as "terrorist activity".
On Jan 24, heavily armed FBI agents raided the home of Sherman A. Founder of
Los Angeles based anarchist web site and collective, Raise the Fist. The
founder was then arrested in NY at the WEF demonstrations almost a week
later after being targeted by secret service. After 30 hours in jail and
being interrogated by U.S political police, RTF founder was turned over to
the feds and incarcerated in 'high-security' MCC federal prison for 13 days
before charges were dropped, "pending further i investigation". The search
warrant and arrest warrant were both executed by Special Agents at Westwood
Federal Building.
Thousands of Arab people, South Asian people and Muslims have been violently
attacked inside the United States. Homes, mosques and stores have been
defaced. People of Arab and South Asian descent have been put off airplanes.
Main media outlets, like the Wall Street Journal, have called for
legitimizing racial profiling. This is racism pure and simple. After Timothy
McVeigh blew up the Oklahoma City Federal building in 1995, killing 168
people, there was no campaign to take white males off of airplanes because
people felt "uncomfortable" in their presence. White men were not rounded up
and held without charges. Since September 11, however, more than 1,000
people, mostly of Middle East origin, have been detained, many since Sept.
11 and many without charges.
WHEN WILL THE OPPRESSION END?
STOP THE ATTACK ON FREE SPEECH!
CONDEMN THE ATTACK ON RAISE THE FIST!
STOP THE ATTACK ON ARABS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR!
STOP THE INVASION OF PRIVACY!
STOP OPERATION COINTELPRO!
STOP STATE REPRESSION!
STOP AMERICA'S NEW DECEPTIVE "WAR ON TERRORISM"!
Protest in front of Westwood Federal Building!
When: April 6th 2002
Time: 1:00PM
Where: Westwood Federal Building (11000 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
90024)
(bring sings, banners, drums..)
www.raisethefist.com/nopatriot/
Original: SAT, APRIL 6, FIGHT STATE REPRESSION! PROTEST PATRIOT ACT!