On 24 September, FBI agents took part in raids of the houses of anti-war and solidarity activists in states across the USA. Six houses in Chicago and Minneapolis were searched at 8:00 am central time, with agents of the “Joint Terrorism Task Force” serving grand jury subpoenas to activists in Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota. Activists in a number of other US states have also been harassed and intimidated by agents as part of the same operation.
The activists targeted were involved in a number of groups, including the Colombia Action Network, Students for a Democratic Society, National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera and the Freedom Road Socialist Organisation. A number were also heavily involved in a demonstration against the Republican National Congress in 2008.
Items seized in the raids include computer hard drives, paper files, passports, photographs and a mobile phone. FBI agents have specifically targeted activists for their solidarity with resistance in Latin American and the Middle East, with warrants having been handed out mentioning the FARC and PFLP by name.
We wholeheartedly condemn these actions of the US state, and urge solidarity with targeted activists.
For more information, please see the statement at: http://www.fightbacknews.org/2010/9/24/activists-denounce-fbi-raids-anti-war-and-solidarity-activists-homes
