Author: Eric Garris

Protest Against FBI Intimidation of the Peace Movement

Greater Seattle Veterans For Peace (VFP 92) and the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) are working together to organize a Thursday afternoon rally outside of the FBI offices in downtown Seattle. Many local peace, solidarity and civil rights organizations are being invited to join us in denouncing recent FBI raids on anti-war and solidarity activists in Minnesota, Michigan and Illinois.

The protest rally and sidewalk press conference will be on Thursday, Sept. 30, 4 pm, at 1110 3rd Ave., on the northeast corner of 3rd and Spring.

For more information, call Gerry Condon at 206-499-1220.

It is critical that Veterans For Peace and all who believe in the rights of freedom of speech, assembly, and privacy make their voices heard now. If we do not, the FBI or other repressive police and military forces could literally be coming after us next.

National Veterans For Peace is calling on all VFP member to send letters of protest to the Obama administration, specifically the Department of Justice.

As part of a sting against antiwar activists suspected of connections to terrorism, on September 24 the FBI raided six homes in Minneapolis-St. Paul and elsewhere in the country. At the Hard Times Cafe in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, The UpTake interviewed peace activist Mick Kelly while the FBI searched his apartment above the cafe.

Antiwar Radio’s Scott Horton did an excellent job debating the “Iran threat” issue on Russia Today TV yesterday. Here is the clip:

MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan and Salon columnist Glenn Greenwald gang up on neocon warmonger Clifford May. Ratigan is not buying any of the anti-Iran fearmongering.

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Antiwar Radio host Scott Horton has a piece today on Iran in the Christian Science Monitor.

Read his: Reality Check: Iran Is Not a Nuclear Threat.

Also, check out Antiwar.com news editor Jason Ditz’s piece at Forbes.com.

On September 16-19, groups and individuals will call on the United States government to drop the charges against Army Private First Class Bradley Manning. Manning’s imprisonment has resulted in an international outcry, with groups and activists throughout the US and abroad demanding his release and calling for transparency in America’s war policies.

The opening event is Sept. 16 in Oakland, California, featuring Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wright, and Ray McGovern. This event will be webcast live and made available at michaelmoore.com.

Event locations include Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Spokane, Toronto, New York City, Minneapolis, Oklahoma City, and several others. Click here for a full list. If there is no event planned in your area, or want to help in any way, contact the Bradley Manning Support Network to help organize one.