Criminal Justice
Support of Due Process for Anti-War and International Solidarity Activists
WHEREAS, on Friday, September 24, 2010, the FBI coordinated national actions when it raided six
homes in Chicago and two in Minneapolisi; and questioned activists in Michigan and Durham, North
Carolinaii; and
WHEREAS, in September 2010, the FBI subpoenaed 14 activists in Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota to
testify before a federal grand juryiii; and
WHEREAS, these activists were involved in many groups, including the Twin Cities Anti-War
Committee, the Palestine Solidarity Group, the Colombia Action Network, Students for a Democratic
Society, and the Freedom Road Socialist Organizationiv; and
WHEREAS, these activists and many others came together to organize the 2008 anti-war marches
during the Republican National Convention in St. Paulv; and
WHEREAS, in December, 2010, nine Palestine Solidarity activists in Chicago were also subpoenaed to
testify before a federal grand juryvi; and
WHEREAS, the subpoenas claim that the grand jury is investigating violations of the 1996 law on the
issue of "material support" of designated foreign terrorist organizationsvii; and
WHEREAS, the FBI confiscated computers, cell phones, CDs, files, papersviii, address books, family
calendars, and personal lettersix; and
WHEREAS, these raids and intimidations across the country, including in Durham, North Carolina,
against activists who oppose U.S. foreign policy are a threat to our freedoms and are unconstitutional;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Orange County Democratic Party of North Carolina call on
President Barack Obama, U. S. Attorney General Eric Holder, and the Senate and House Judiciary
Committees to stop the FBI Campaign of repression against anti-war and international solidarity
activists, halt the current grand jury proceedings against anti-war activists, and return all confiscated
materials.
i
Sheila Regan, FBI Raids Activist Homes in Minneapolis, Twin Cities Daily Planet, September 24, 2010.
Colin Moynihan, F.B.I. Searches Antiwar Activists’ Homes, New York Times, September 24, 2010; See also
Michael Biesecker, Pickets Decry FBI Probe of Anti-War Activists, News and Observer, September 29, 2010.
iii Kevin Gosztola, Kucinich Asks Holder Why Justice Department Is Investigating Antiwar Activists, Firedoglake,
July 25, 2011.
iv Id.
v Colin Moynihan, F.B.I. Searches Antiwar Activists’ Homes, New York Times, September 24, 2010.
vi Kevin Gosztola, Kucinich Asks Holder Why Justice Department Is Investigating Antiwar Activists, Firedoglake,
July 25, 2011.
vii Colin Moynihan, F.B.I. Searches Antiwar Activists’ Homes, New York Times, September 24, 2010.
viii Sheila Regan, FBI Raids Activist Homes in Minneapolis, Twin Cities Daily Planet, September 24, 2010.
ix Peter Wallsten, Activists Cry Foul Over FBI Probe, Washington Post, June 13, 2011.
ii