[Occupymendocino] Fwd: Sign the petition: Black Lives Matter activism is not terrorism

[Irene L. Malone]

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> From: "Josh Nelson, CREDO Action" <act at credoaction.com>
> Date: July 16, 2016 6:26:10 AM PDT
> To: "Irene Malone" <irenelsm at mcn.org>
> Subject: Sign the petition: Black Lives Matter activism is not  
> terrorism
> Reply-To: "Josh Nelson, CREDO Action" <act at credoaction.com>
>
>
>
> Sign the petition: Investigate FBI and DHS surveillance of activists.
> Sign the petition to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees:
> "Fulfill Congress’s oversight role by investigating the FBI and  
> DHS surveillance of activists and political organizations. The U.S.  
> government should never subject Americans to surveillance for  
> exercising basic Constitutional rights."
>
> Add your name:
>
>
> Dear Irene,
>

> In a blatant attempt to intimidate peaceful protesters and  
> discourage First Amendment protected activities, Federal Bureau of  
> Investigation (FBI) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS)  
> agents are reportedly visiting the homes of peaceful activists and  
> community organizers in Cleveland, Ohio, and asking about their  
> plans for the Republican National Convention.1
>
> This type of behavior is not new. The FBI and DHS have conducted  
> ongoing surveillance of nonviolent social justice activists and  
> political organizations for years. They have engaged confidential  
> informants, infiltrated groups, interrogated organizers and used  
> social media to create dossiers on activists with Black Lives  
> Matter, School of the Americas Watch (SOAW), Occupy Wall Street and  
> anti-Keystone XL pipeline groups.
>
> Despite these revelations – and demands for an investigation from  
> the Bill of Rights Defense Committee/Defending Dissent Foundation  
> and more than 60 civil society organizations – Congress has so far  
> refused to fulfill its oversight duty and rein in these attacks on  
> our civil liberties.
>
> Tell the House and Senate Judiciary Committees: Investigate FBI and  
> DHS surveillance of activists. Click here to sign the petition.
>
> With some congressional Republicans already seeking to use the  
> tragedy in Orlando to make it easier for the FBI to spy on  
> Americans without a warrant,2 the potential for expanded  
> surveillance powers increases the threat to political groups and  
> activists. And details of the FBI and DHS surveillance activities  
> show a pattern of abuse.3
>
> The FBI infiltrated SOAW for 10 years with confidential informants  
> using “counterterrorism authority” — despite acknowledging the  
> group had no relationship to terrorism.
> It engaged in similar “counterterrorism” surveillance of the  
> Occupy Wall Street movement.
> DHS used social media to prepare detailed reports about peaceful  
> Black Lives Matter protests for “situational awareness.”
> FBI agents interrogated Keystone XL pipeline activists, cultivated  
> informants, and created dossiers.
> The use of counterterrorism authority to monitor peaceful social  
> justice organizations and organizers is an attack on politically  
> protected activity, and is a threat to civil society. Congress must  
> find out who is being spied on, why it keeps happening and take  
> steps to make sure it never happens again.
>
> Our government should never spy on Americans for exercising our  
> basic Constitutional rights. The time is now to build a groundswell  
> of support and pressure Congress to launch immediate investigations.
>
> Tell the House and Senate Judiciary Committees: Investigate FBI and  
> DHS surveillance of activists. Click here to sign the petition.
>
> Thanks for fighting to defend our civil liberties.
>
> Josh Nelson, Campaign Manager
> CREDO Action from Working Assets
>
> Add your name:
>
>
> "FBI and Police are Knocking on Activists' Doors Ahead of  
> Republican National Convention," The Intercept, June 23, 2016.
> Dustin Volz, "Invoking Orlando, Senate Republicans set up vote to  
> expand FBI spying," Reuters, June 20, 2016.
> "Recap: What We’ve Learned About Surveillance of Black Lives  
> Matter," Bill of Rights Defense Committee/ Defending Dissent  
> Foundation, March 7, 2016.
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