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Grand Jury

This collection contains materials pertaining to the use of grand juries to repress political movements. Resources include historical context, what to do if the FBI shows up and principles of non-collaboration.

Documents

The New State Repression The New State Repression
Author: Ken LawrencePublisher: TarantulaYear: 2006Format: MonographCollection: Grand Jury
With new introduction by Kristian Williams. Originally published in 1985. Topic of focus is political repression which exists in three forms- police brutality, vigilantism, and secret police. Table of Contents: Introduction, The Strategy of Permanent Repression, Frank Kitson in Theory and Practice, Louis Giuffrida: Ronald Reagan's Kitson, Robin Evelegh's Alternative Strategy, Conclusion, References.
How to Deal with the Police How to Deal with the Police
Format: FlyerCollection: Grand Jury
It is very important that you know what your rights are vis a vis the police so that you can respond correctly. Nine step list.
Don't Talk to the FBI Don't Talk to the FBI
Publisher: Demonstrations Committee National Lawyers GuildFormat: ExcerptCollection: Grand Jury
Hot on the heels on Reagan and Bush's anti-terrorist crusade, the FBI is back in town. Many people have questions about what to do when confronted by the FBI. Here are some guidelines. Originally printed in Breakthrough, 1984.
Statement of Shelley Miller to the Grand Jury Statement of Shelley Miller to the Grand Jury
Author: Shelley MillerDate: 2/2/1983Volume Number: 2-FebFormat: StatementCollection: Grand Jury
I am refusing to testify before this grand jury because it is an attack, fundamentally, on the right of the Puerto Rican nation to fight to win its liberation, to defeat US imperialism by whatever means it takes.
National Peoples Moratorium 1979: Against Police, INS, BIA Crimes and Grand Jury, FBI Repression National Peoples Moratorium 1979: Against Police, INS, BIA Crimes and Grand Jury, FBI Repression
Publisher: New York Committee Against RepressionYear: 1979Format: FlyerCollection: Grand Jury
In English and Spanish. Conference to discuss and organize againist government repression of social movements.
Movement Support Network News Movement Support Network News
Publisher: MSN News and National Lawyers GuildYear: 1989Volume Number: Vol. 5-1 SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Grand Jury
Contents: The Meaning of Webster, Spies in the Stacks, New Release Under FOIA, An Orphan of America, Mississippi Revisited, Briefs, A Tale of Two Trials, Blacks and Latino Alumni Charge Race Discrimination by Baruch College, Dhoruba Moore 18 Years a Political Prisoner, Freedom Now Testifies in Geneva, Randall Struggle Continues, CCR Voting Rights Projects Grows, Wells Fargo Update, more.