On September 26th the FBI raided homes and seized personal belongings (phones, computers, etc.) of anti-war and international solidarity activists — mostly people associated with Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) — in Minneapolis, Chicago and
Sawyer Plotz has been a member of the Anti-War Committee in Minneapolis since early 2006. That summer, he traveled to Colombia on a two-week delegation to meet with trade unionists, farmers, student activists,
Carlos Montes is a veteran Chicano activist known for his leadership of the 1968 East Los Angeles education reform movement (see film Walkout), the historic Chicano Moratorium against the U.S. war in
Here are some of the people who have been targeted with an FBI and Grand Jury investigation allegedly related to providing "material support" to a foreign terrorist organization.
Nine of the activists are
Statement from Friends for a Non-Violent World
The FBI raids of anti-war activists in September, 2010, are symptomatic of a trend: the erosion of our fundamental democratic rights in the name of national
Dear Supporter,
We are calling on our international allies to take action in support of long-time peace and human rights activists who have come under attack for their work against U.S. occupation