FBI raids in OR & WA: Call for Groups to Sign the Solidarity Statement

Committee to Stop FBI Repression (stopfbi.net)

Please sign the Solidarity Statement

Speak out against FBI raids & Grand Jury repression in Oregon
and Washington

The Committee to Stop FBI Repression is circulating the following
statement on FBI raids and grand jury repression in Portland, Oregon and
in Olympia & Seattle in Washington.

*We urge all progressive organizations to sign on to this statement
.*
To add your group’s name to the solidarity statement, please send an
email to: nopoliticalrepression@gmail.com.

Current signers are at the bottom of this email.

/Thank you,
CSFR/
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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
We Are Oregon
Portland Jobs with Justice
Rose City Cop Watch
Portland Central America Solidarity Committee (PCASC)
Red Spark (Kasama)
Repeal Coalition
1st of May Anarchist Alliance
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

To add your group’s name to the solidarity statement, please email:
nopoliticalrepression@gmail.com.