In September 2010, the homes of 23 peace activists were raided by the FBI. More recently, nine anti-war activists had been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury today. Although these raids occurred in Chicago and Minneapolis, local activists will be standing in solidarity from 5-7 this evening at the Federal Building in Hartford.
The purpose of the rally is to “demand an immediate end to the repression against anti-war and international solidarity activists, the return of all confiscated materials: computers, cell phones, papers, documents, etc., and an end to the Grand Jury proceedings and FBI raids against all anti-war activists.”
The rally — sponsored by CT United for Peace Organizing Committee; CT Council on American-Islamic Relations; West Hartford Citizens for Peace and Justice; Manchester Peace Coalition; Act Now to Stop War and End Racism, CT; People of Faith CT; Socialist Party of CT; Middle East Crisis Committee; CT Socialist Action, and the Greater New Haven Peace Council — is one of fifty protests being held around the United States.