2nd Panel at the Midwest Regional Conference of the Committee to Stop FBI Repression Speakers: Jose Lopez, Director of Puerto Rican Cultural Center, Chicago Abayomi Azikiwe, Editor f the Pan African News Wire, Detroit Carrie Feldman, grand jury resister in a green scare case, jailed 11/09 Christina Abraham, Civil Rights Director, Council on American Islamic Relations-Chicago Bill Chambers of the Committee to Stop FBI Repression makes the introductions.
Committee to Stop FBI Repression
The speakers recount aspects of government repression directed at different ethnic communities in the U.S. Fearing the changing demographic in the U.S. , the ruling class has demanded a crack down on challenges to their foreign policy agenda and the use of war as the principal driver of the U.S. economy. Last September,2010, the Obama administration loosed the FBI and the grand jury on anti-war and Palestinian Solidarity activists. This followed the reactionary Supreme court decision that criminalizes speech by claiming it is a form of "material support" under the 'Patriot Act'.