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posted by carrotloves1 on Saturday, February 20th 2010 @ 8:47 AM
We received word today that Carrie is being told that she's going to be moved to a different jail. Jailers in Washington County won't tell her when or to what jail she'll be moved, but they are telling her she needs to sign a property release form and that we'll have 30 days to get her stuff from Washington County Jail after she's been transferred. She has already been moved to a different cell.
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 We received word today that Carrie is being told that she's going to be moved to a different jail. Jailers in Washington County won't tell her when or to what jail she'll be moved, but they are telling her she needs to sign a property release form and that we'll have 30 days to get her stuff from Washington County Jail after she's been transferred. She has already been moved to a different cell.
Urgent Update on Carrie Feldman, Grand Jury Resister, and Other Events
1. Carrie may be moved, visits being restricted
2. Feb. 20: Talk by radical attorney Stu Sugarman and professor David Pellow
3. ACTION ITEM! Feb. 21: Workday at Scott's House
4. ACTION ITEM!: Call MN congress people and demand Carrie's release
5. ACTION ITEM! Feb. 23: Motions Hearing for Scott
6. Feb. 28: Talk by former political prisoner Dhoruba Bin Wahad
* 1. Carrie may be moved, visits being denied *
We received word today that Carrie is being told that she's going to be moved to a different jail. Jailers in Washington County won't tell her when or to what jail she'll be moved, but they are telling her she needs to sign a property release form and that we'll have 30 days to get her stuff from Washington County Jail after she's been transferred. She has already been moved to a different cell.
This probably stems specifically from an incident this week in which two friends who visited her were reprimanded for greeting her through her cell window, which looks out onto the parking lot; they were immediately told they would be banned from future visits. After Carrie talked to the jail admin, she was told that they would be allowed to visit the next day, after all. However,
when they arrived, they were IDed and then told to leave, and advised that they'd be arrested if they were ever seen again.
We believe this all to be part of a larger State plan to isolate Carrie and harass her supporters, in an attempt to coerce her testimony before the grand jury and to intimidate people into abandoning her and other targets of State repression. Of course, it won't work, and only strengthens her resolve to resist their grand jury, and our resolve to work harder to support her.
We won't know where she's being transferred- or even if they're actually moving her- until it's happened. So, while we try and figure out exactly what is going on and what we can do, we're asking people to *continue writing Carrie,* but to refrain from sending books or other items. If your letters are returned, hold on to them so that you can re-send when we know where she's been transferred. Additionally, we're not sure if any visits will be allowed at this point so, if you want to visit her, please contact us first at davenportgrandjury @ riseup [dot] net to check in about the situation.
Lastly, we all feel the anger and frustration of having our friend locked up and understand the short-term therapeutic value (for those of us on the outside) of resisting even minor regulations. NONETHELESS, we want to remind everyone of the fact that Carrie will suffer for our fuck-ups more than we will, and to encourage everyone to consider the real consequences of their actions before taking them. We're in this for the bigger win rather than instant gratification.
* 2. Feb. 20: "State Repression and Social Movements: Grand Juries, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, and Community Activism" *
A talk with legendary radical attorney Stu Sugarman and Professor David N. Pellow
When: Saturday, February 20th, potluck at 6:30pm, talk at 7pm
Where: Social Science Building Room 1114, University of Minnesota campus
On the anniversary of the arrest of the AETA 4, join sociologists, attorneys, and community activists to learn about the history of state repression directed at activists and scholars involved in social change movements.
Information will be provided on the defense of the following activists:
-the AETA 4, four Santa Cruz activists facing "animal enterprise terrorism" charges for sidewalk-chalking and other 1st-amendment-protected activities
-Scott DeMuth, a grand jury resister now facing false charges of "animal enterprise terrorism"
-Carrie Feldman, currently in her third month of incarceration in Iowa for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury
Sponsored by Scholars for Academic Justice, Earth Warriors are OK! (EWOK!), the Coldsnap Legal Collective, the Scott and Carrie Support Committee, and the Minnesota Global Justice Project more info at: http:// www [dot] midwestgreenscare [dot] org
* 3. ACTION ITEM! Feb. 21: Workday at Scott's House *
This Sunday afternoon, join friends of Scott's in helping him finish work on his new house. Helping him wrap up loose ends will go a long way towards his ability to prepare for trial, and it's a great excuse to spend an afternoon with Scott and the support committee! We'll meet at the secret cafe, and head over to Scott's after.
* 4. ACTION ITEM!: Call MN congress people and demand Carrie's release. *
Carrie's mom has written a letter to Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Senators Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) explaining Carrie's case and asking that they work for her release. Read it here:
http:// davenportgrandjury [dot] files [dot] wordpress [dot] com / 2010 / 02 / carriesletter [dot] pdf, and call them to voice your support for Carrie and her release:
Keith Ellison: 612-522-1212 (in MN) or 202-225-4755 (in DC)
Al Franken: 651-221-1016 (in MN) or 202-224-5641 (in DC)
Amy Klobuchar: 612-727-5220 (in MN) or 202-224-3244 (in DC)
* 5. ACTION ITEM! Feb. 23: Motions Hearing for Scott *
On Feburary 23rd, Scott has a motions hearing scheduled in Davenport, IA. We'll be caravaning from Minneapolis the day before, and friends in Rock Island, IL (just across the state line) are planning a community potluck and conversation that evening. Then we'll traipse into court in the morning and show our support for Scott. Contact scottandcarrie @ riseup [dot] net if you need a ride!
* 6. Political Repression and State Violence, from Minneapolis to Palestine: a talk by Dhoruba Bin-Wahad *
In November 2009 Dhoruba Bin-Wahad, a former U.S. political prisoner, leader the Black Panther Party, and member of the Black Liberation Army, was detained and deported from the West Bank of occupied Palestine by Israeli authorities. He had been invited to attend a conference on political detention by the Palestinian Authority.
Dhoruba spent 19 years of a life sentence in jail for a crime he did not commit. He was a target of the FBI's COINTELPRO, was arrested in 1971 and had his conviction overturned in 1990.
He will discuss historic and current struggles against social injustice and state violence in the U.S. and in Palestine, with a specific focus on political prisoners and institutions that repress social movement mobilization within communities fighting oppression.
Join a wide array of Twin Cities organizations to hear this powerful speaker, who challenges conventional wisdom and inspires people to embrace social change.
***Schedule of Events***
**02/28, 7pm
Community Dinner with Dhoruba
Walker Church, 3100 16th Ave S, Mpls
Vegan/vegetarian options
$5 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds
**03/01, 7pm
Lecture followed by Q&A
5 Blegen Hall, University of Minnesota
Free
**03/02, 11:15am
Lecture followed by Q&A
Sundin Music Hall, Hamline University
1536 Hewitt Ave., St. Paul
Free
Sponsored by the American Studies Dept. (UofM), Black Law Student Assn. (Hamline), Coalition for Palestinian Rights, Communities United Against Police Brutality, Criminal Law Student Assn. (Hamline), Critical Legal Studies group (Hamline), Dept. of African American and African Studies (UofM), Dept. of Political Science (UofM), EWOK!, Hamline Chapter of the National Lawyers' Guild, Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, Latino Law Student Association (Hamline), Law Democrats (Hamline), MN Global Justice Project, MN Chapter of the National Lawyers' Guild, RNC 8 Defense Committee, Scholars for Academic Justice, Scott and Carrie Support Committee, St. Paul NAACP, WAMM Mideast Committee, Women's Student Activist Collective
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In Solidarity,
the SCSC
http:// davenportgrandjury [dot] wordpress [dot] com
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