3 People Now in Jail for Refusing to Talk About Other Anarchists
and for the third time she refused to talk about her politics and other
anarchists. She was taken into custody on civil contempt, and is now
imprisoned at SEA-TAC in Seattle, Washington.
Olejnik, who have chosen to make the same principled stand.
Terrorism Task Force raids in multiple cities in the Northwest. The
search warrants identified “anti-government or anarchist literature.” At the
time, because of statements from police and because the warrants listed
that the items were connected to “conspiracy to destroy government
property” and “interstate travel with intent to riot,” it appeared that
the raids and grand jury were connected to broken windows and other
vandalism at a Seattle May Day protest.
with the Civil Liberties Defense Center, learned that the grand jury was empaneled March 2, 2012 — before
the May Day protests even took place. It’s possible that prosecutors
spent months anticipating and investigating May Day protests, but a
more likely explanation is that this grand jury is not about broken
windows.
or associate with anarchists. Grand juries have historically been used
against radical social movements as a tool to intimidate and to gather
information. When activists enter a grand jury proceeding, they check
their rights at the door. They are asked about what they believe, what
their friends believe, who they associate with, what kinds of activism
they support. If they choose to assert their First Amendment and Fifth
Amendment rights by refusing to speak about their political beliefs and
political associations, they can be imprisoned.
charged with both civil and criminal contempt for his
non-cooperartion. Not long ago, Carrie Feldman was imprisoned for her refusal as well.
The same tactics were recently used against antiwar and international
solidarity activists in the midwest.
Here are 3 reasons you should support these grand jury resisters:
Duran, and Olejnik were not subpoenaed to the grand jury because they are
being tied to a crime, they were subpoenaed with the hopes that they
could be intimidated into providing information on others. I’ve
seen some people say things like, ”if they didn’t have information
about a crime, they wouldn’t have been subpoenaed.” That’s simply
untrue. In the past, activists have been subpoenaed to grand juries
because they are friends with a “target,” or have dated someone under
investigation, or just had their name appear in an address book or
email list.
and dissent. From the FBI entrapment plot targeting Occupy Cleveland to FBI
training materials describing anarchists as “criminal seeking an ideology,” this is a
crackdown not on specific criminal activity but on an entire belief
system.
mean this in two ways. First, the resistance of these grand jurors, and
the support of their communities, may affect how long they are
imprisoned and whether others are subpoenaed. Grand jury resisters are
technically only allowed to be imprisoned if the jail time will be an
incentive for them to cooperate. If it’s clear that they will not
cooperate, under any circumstances, it puts their attorneys in a much
better position to fight for their release. And it also sends a clear
message to prosecutors that further attempts to intimidate activists
will also fail.
today will have a direct impact on how these tactics are used tomorrow,
against other social movements. For years I have been reporting about
the backlash against animal rights and environmental
activists as “terrorists.” We are seeing the exact same rhetoric,
and same tactics, being used against anarchists. They won’t be the
last. Whether it is animal rights activists, environmentalists,
anarchists, Occupy Wall Street, or whatever new movement is rising in
the distance, if these grand jury witch hunts are not resisted they
will be used against others.
What can you do?
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article was shared more than 12,000 times on Facebook alone, and has
received more than 100,000 views in less than 24 hours, indicates to me
that a wide range of people had no idea this was going on. And when
they learned about it, they were shocked and outraged and shared it
with other like-minded people. I see inspiration in that, and I see
huge opportunities for outreach and community building.
isolated, alone and scared.” Confronting those feelings openly,
honestly, and with one another is the best way to strip the power away
from tactics based on fear.
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