<html>
<body>
<h1><font size=4><b>Drop the Charges Against Carlos
Montes!</b></font></h1><font size=3><b>Join the national call-in day on
<u>November 14</u> to<br><br>
-- President Obama at 202-456-1111 and<br>
-- Attorney General Holder at 202-514-2001<br><br>
Demand: “Drop the charges against Carlos Montes."<br><br>
</b><i>Contact us and let us know how your calls went:
info@stopFBI.net<br><br>
If you are in the L.A. area...<br>
</i><b>Join us and Occupy the Court!<br>
Downtown Courthouse on Temple St<br>
Los Angeles, CA<br>
Monday, November 14th - 8:00 AM<br>
13th Floor, Department 123<br><br>
<br>
</b>After a hugely successful conference on November 5 in Chicago, 150
activists and organizers committed to organizing solidarity with Carlos
Montes. So across the country, activists and defenders of human rights
are mobilizing to support Carlos Montes as he appears for a Preliminary
Hearing at the LA County Superior Courthouse Dept. on Monday.<br><br>
On May 17, under the direction of the FBI, LA Sheriffs brandishing
automatic weapons broke down Montes’ door at 5:00am and ransacked his
home, seizing meeting notes and writings covering over 40 years of
activism in the Chicano, immigrant rights, labor and anti-war movements.
Carlos Montes is charged with 6 felony counts for weapons possession,
threatening 18 years in prison - essentially a life sentence.Carlos
Montes is directly connected to the Midwest 23 through working to
organize the mass protest at the 2008 Republican National Convention.
Montes’ name appeared on the FBI search warrant for the
<a href="http://stopfbi.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8b7315d854bc40ca9fa6dd227&id=fb7dd2eb21&e=b7378561ef">
Anti-War Committee</a> office in Minneapolis one year ago on September 24
during the raids. While under arrest, the FBI attempted to question
Carlos about his political activism and the
<a href="http://stopfbi.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8b7315d854bc40ca9fa6dd227&id=6ba05bbc97&e=b7378561ef">
Freedom Road Socialist Organization</a>. We demand all charges be dropped
and the political repression end now.<br><br>
<b>Please take the following steps to the support Carlos Montes and the
23 Midwest activists facing FBI repression:<br><br>
<ul>
<li>Sign the
<a href="http://stopfbi.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8b7315d854bc40ca9fa6dd227&id=df0b057408&e=b7378561ef">
national petition</a> supporting Carlos Montes</b>
<li><b>Sign the
<a href="http://stopfbi.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=8b7315d854bc40ca9fa6dd227&id=10edcedfb2&e=b7378561ef">
Pledge to Resist</a> FBI and Grand Jury Repression</b>
<li><b>Join a
<a href="http://stopfbi.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8b7315d854bc40ca9fa6dd227&id=d32b818527&e=b7378561ef">
local support committee</a> of the CSFR or organize one in your town</b>
<li><b>
<a href="http://stopfbi.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=8b7315d854bc40ca9fa6dd227&id=84903c6f76&e=b7378561ef">
Donate </a>to the legal defense fund</b>
</ul><br>
<i>Copyright © 2011 Committee to Stop FBI Repression, All rights
reserved.</i> <br>
Thanks for your ongoing interest in the fight against FBI repression of
anti-war and international solidarity activists! <br>
<b>Our mailing address is:</b> <br>
Committee to Stop FBI Repression <br>
PO Box 14183<br>
Minneapolis, MN 55414<br><br>
<br><br>
</font><x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep>
<font size=3 color="#FF0000">Freedom Archives<br>
522 Valencia Street<br>
San Francisco, CA 94110<br><br>
</font><font size=3 color="#008000">415 863-9977<br><br>
</font><font size=3 color="#0000FF">
<a href="http://www.freedomarchives.org/" eudora="autourl">
www.Freedomarchives.org</a></font><font size=3> </font></body>
</html>