Fascism is defined by _open_ , not secret, terrorist rule. Fascism means in your face political terror. And all these years we on the new left and in the liberal press talked like secret and conspiratorial were the worse things to fear. When the police have to conspire in Red squads and culture squads, you have them bottledup, sneaking around in their own jurisdictions. It is when they are openly stalking politically that they are most dangerous.
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Sign On to Defend the First Amendment, Oppose the FBI's Targeting of the Antiwar Movement (Initiated by the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition)
Thousands of organizations and individuals will be signing the following statement in support of the First Amendment and in opposition to the FBI's targeting of the antiwar movement. Initial signers include former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark; historian Howard Zinn; National Lawyers Guild Executive Director, Heidi Boghosian and others.
If you would like to SIGN the statement, go to http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/fbi/index.html#sign We the undersigned stand in defense of the First Amendment and in opposition to the Bush Administration's expanding effort to stifle dissent. Confronted with a rising tide of political opposition from the people of the United States, who are outraged at the lies used to justify a war and occupation of Iraq, Bush and Ashcroft are resorting to crass intimidation tactics against the antiwar movement. The current campaign of FBI intimidation was revealed in the frontpage NY Times story of Sunday, November 23 under the headline: "F.B.I. SCRUTINIZES ANTIWAR RALLIES - Officials Say Effort Aims at 'Extremist Elements.'" Citing an internal FBI memorandum circulated ten days prior to the October 25 demonstrations that drew 100,000 in Washington D.C. and 20,000 in San Francisco, this well placed "revelation" of FBI targetting of the antiwar movement should be seen as a measure of the desperation of an Administration that is increasingly alarmed that people of this country are rejecting its illegal and immoral policies.
As they become isolated on Iraq, Bush and Ashcroft are borrowing a page from the Nixon and Mitchell tenure during Vietnam: use the secret police and FBI to disrupt and intimidate their opponents. Like Nixon they will fail because the people of the United States will stand together to reject FBI intimidation. Bush and Ashcroft seek to stifle dissent by make the exercise of First Amendment rights synonymous with terrorism but the people will defend these cherished rights today as they have been forced too in the past. We will never be silenced! We publicly affirm the right to express dissent and to engage in protest free from FBI and government harrassment and we vow to support the growing efforts of the antiwar movement to end the illegal and ongoing war and occupation of Iraq. ------------------- Email circulated by: A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition Act Now to Stop War & End Racism